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A07519 Summary:

BILL NOA07519A
 
SAME ASSAME AS S04577-A
 
SPONSORJeffries
 
COSPNSR
 
MLTSPNSR
 
Amd R909, CPLR
 
Authorizes attorneys' fees to be awarded to any person that the court finds has acted to benefit the class.
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A07519 Actions:

BILL NOA07519A
 
05/10/2011referred to codes
05/24/2011amend and recommit to codes
05/24/2011print number 7519a
06/01/2011reported referred to rules
06/06/2011reported
06/06/2011rules report cal.75
06/06/2011substituted by s4577a
 S04577 AMEND=A BONACIC
 04/12/2011REFERRED TO JUDICIARY
 05/03/20111ST REPORT CAL.441
 05/04/20112ND REPORT CAL.
 05/09/2011ADVANCED TO THIRD READING
 05/23/2011AMENDED ON THIRD READING 4577A
 06/02/2011PASSED SENATE
 06/02/2011DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
 06/02/2011referred to codes
 06/06/2011substituted for a7519a
 06/06/2011ordered to third reading rules cal.75
 06/06/2011passed assembly
 06/06/2011returned to senate
 09/12/2011DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR
 09/23/2011SIGNED CHAP.566
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A07519 Floor Votes:

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A07519 Text:



 
                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                         7519--A
 
                               2011-2012 Regular Sessions
 
                   IN ASSEMBLY
 
                                      May 10, 2011
                                       ___________
 
        Introduced  by  M.  of A. JEFFRIES -- (at request of the Office of Court
          Administration) -- read once and referred to the Committee on Codes --
          committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as  amended  and
          recommitted to said committee
 
        AN  ACT  to  amend  the civil practice law and rules, in relation to the

          award of attorneys' fees in class actions
 
          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
 
     1    Section  1.  Rule 909 of the civil practice law and rules, as added by
     2  chapter 207 of the laws of 1975, is amended to read as follows:
     3    Rule 909. Attorneys' fees. If a judgment in an action maintained as  a
     4  class  action  is  rendered  in  favor  of  the  class, the court in its
     5  discretion may award attorneys' fees to the representatives of the class
     6  and/or to any other person that the court finds has acted to benefit the
     7  class based on the reasonable value of legal services  rendered  and  if
     8  justice requires, allow recovery of the amount awarded from the opponent
     9  of the class.
    10    §  2.  This act shall take effect immediately and apply to all actions

    11  commenced on or after the date on which it shall have become a  law  and
    12  all actions pending on the date on which it shall have become a law.
 
 
 
 
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD09315-02-1
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