A08911 Summary:

BILL NOA08911
 
SAME ASSAME AS UNI. S06130
 
SPONSORSimotas
 
COSPNSRGunther, Rosenthal, Jaffee, Montesano, Raia, Millman
 
MLTSPNSRBrook-Krasny, Crouch, Finch, Gabryszak, Heastie, McDonough, McLaughlin, Reilly, Saladino
 
Amd S9-103, Gen Ob L
 
Grants immunity from liability for personal injury and property damage sustained by a crime victim upon the premises of a business or nonprofit while seeking assistance, except in the case of gross negligence.
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A08911 Actions:

BILL NOA08911
 
01/04/2012referred to judiciary
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A08911 Floor Votes:

There are no votes for this bill in this legislative session.
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A08911 Text:



 
                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
 
            S. 6130                                                  A. 8911
 
                SENATE - ASSEMBLY
 
                                       (Prefiled)
 
                                     January 4, 2012
                                       ___________
 
        IN  SENATE -- Introduced by Sens. GIANARIS, AVELLA, BRESLIN, MONTGOMERY,
          OPPENHEIMER, PERKINS -- read  twice  and  ordered  printed,  and  when
          printed to be committed to the Committee on Judiciary
 
        IN  ASSEMBLY -- Introduced by M. of A. SIMOTAS -- read once and referred
          to the Committee on Judiciary
 

        AN ACT to amend the general obligations law,  in  relation  to  granting
          immunity  from liability for personal injury, death or property damage
          incurred by a victim of a crime  while  seeking  assistance  upon  the
          premises of a business entity or not-for-profit corporation
 
          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
 
     1    Section 1.  Section 9-103 of the general obligations law is amended by
     2  adding a new subdivision 2-a to read as follows:
     3    2-a. an owner, lessee or occupant of a premises, which is operated  as
     4  a business entity or not-for-profit corporation, who provides assistance
     5  to a victim of a crime by allowing such victim to remain upon such prem-
     6  ises  for  the  purpose  of  summoning a police officer and/or emergency

     7  medical personnel, shall assume no responsibility for or incur liability
     8  for any personal injury, death or property damage sustained by the crime
     9  victim while upon such premises in the  course  of  seeking  assistance,
    10  unless  it  is established that such injury or death was caused by gross
    11  negligence on the part of such business entity or not-for-profit  corpo-
    12  ration.
    13    §  2.  This  act  shall take effect on the sixtieth day after it shall
    14  have become a law.
 
 
 
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD13704-02-2
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