Bill Text: NY S06417 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Increases the small claims court jurisdiction amount to no more than ten thousand dollars in the New York city civil courts.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Passed) 2019-12-16 - signed chap.664 [S06417 Detail]

Download: New_York-2019-S06417-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          6417

                               2019-2020 Regular Sessions

                    IN SENATE

                                      June 10, 2019
                                       ___________

        Introduced by Sen. GIANARIS -- (at request of the Office of Court Admin-
          istration)  --  read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be
          committed to the Committee on Rules

        AN ACT to amend the New York city civil court act, in relation to  small
          claims jurisdiction

          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:

     1    Section 1. Section 1801 of the New  York  city  civil  court  act,  as
     2  amended  by  chapter  65  of  the  laws  of  2010, is amended to read as
     3  follows:
     4    § 1801. Small claims defined. The term "small claim" or "small claims"
     5  as used in this act shall mean and include any cause of action for money
     6  only not in excess of [five] ten thousand dollars exclusive of  interest
     7  and  costs,  or  any  action  commenced by a party aggrieved by an arbi-
     8  tration award rendered pursuant to part 137 of the rules  of  the  chief
     9  administrator  of  the courts (22 NYCRR Part 137) in which the amount in
    10  dispute does not exceed [five] ten thousand dollars, provided  that  the
    11  defendant  either resides, or has an office for the transaction of busi-
    12  ness or a regular employment, within the city of New York.
    13    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately and apply to  actions  and
    14  proceedings commenced on or after such date.




         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD10176-01-9