Bill Text: NY S02852 | 2009-2010 | General Assembly | Introduced


Bill Title: Relates to the defense and indemnification of certain nonjudicial employees certified by the office of court administration and paid by the city of New York to serve as a guardian ad litem in an action or proceeding pending in the housing part of the civil court of the city of New York.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Passed) 2010-09-17 - SIGNED CHAP.510 [S02852 Detail]

Download: New_York-2009-S02852-Introduced.html
                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         2852
                              2009-2010 Regular Sessions
                                   I N  S E N A T E
                                     March 4, 2009
                                      ___________
       Introduced  by Sen. SAMPSON -- (at request of the Office of Court Admin-
         istration) -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed  to  be
         committed to the Committee on Finance
       AN  ACT  to  amend the public officers law, in relation to expanding the
         definition of "employee" for the purposes of defense and  indemnifica-
         tion of certain nonjudicial employees
         THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section 1. Subdivision 1 of section 17 of the public officers  law  is
    2  amended by adding a new paragraph (w) to read as follows:
    3    (W)  FOR PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION, THE TERM "EMPLOYEE" SHALL INCLUDE A
    4  PERSON CERTIFIED BY THE OFFICE OF COURT ADMINISTRATION AND PAID  BY  THE
    5  CITY  OF  NEW  YORK  TO  SERVE  AS  A  GUARDIAN AD LITEM IN AN ACTION OR
    6  PROCEEDING PENDING IN THE HOUSING PART OF THE CIVIL COURT OF THE CITY OF
    7  NEW YORK.
    8    S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                  LBD09219-01-9
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