Bill Text: NY S00165 | 2013-2014 | General Assembly | Introduced

New York Senate Bill 165 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: Permits special proceedings against certain designated state officials to be commenced in a supreme court in the judicial district of the petitioner's residence or principal place of business; provides that a proceeding against the public service commission shall only be commenced in the supreme court, Albany county.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2014-01-08 - REFERRED TO JUDICIARY [S00165 Detail]

Download: New_York-2013-S00165-Introduced.html

                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                          165
                              2013-2014 Regular Sessions
                                   I N  S E N A T E
                                      (PREFILED)
                                    January 9, 2013
                                      ___________
       Introduced  by Sen. SQUADRON -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
         printed to be committed to the Committee on Judiciary
       AN ACT to amend the civil practice law and rules,  in  relation  to  the
         venue for certain special proceedings
         THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section 1. Paragraph 2 of subdivision (b) of section 506 of the  civil
    2  practice law and rules, as amended by chapter 47 of the laws of 1992, is
    3  amended to read as follows:
    4    2.  a proceeding against the regents of the university of the state of
    5  New York, the commissioner of education, the  commissioner  of  taxation
    6  and finance, the tax appeals tribunal, except as provided in section two
    7  thousand  sixteen  of  the  tax  law, the public service commission, the
    8  commissioner or the department of transportation relating to  [articles]
    9  ARTICLE three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine, or ten of the trans-
   10  portation  law  or  to  the railroad law, the water resources board, the
   11  comptroller, or the department of agriculture and markets[,  shall]  MAY
   12  be  commenced  in  the  supreme  court, Albany county OR IN THE JUDICIAL
   13  DISTRICT IN WHICH THE PETITIONER RESIDES OR HAS ITS PRINCIPAL  PLACE  OF
   14  BUSINESS;  PROVIDED,  HOWEVER,  THAT  A  PROCEEDING  AGAINST  THE PUBLIC
   15  SERVICE COMMISSION SHALL ONLY BE COMMENCED IN THE SUPREME COURT,  ALBANY
   16  COUNTY.
   17    S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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