STATE OF NEW YORK
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4627
2013-2014 Regular Sessions
IN SENATE
April 16, 2013
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Introduced by Sen. PARKER -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
printed to be committed to the Committee on Investigations and Govern-
ment Operations
AN ACT to amend the executive law, in relation to providing for the
award of attorneys' fees to prevailing parties in actions based on the
human rights law
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. The executive law is amended by adding a new section 298-b
2 to read as follows:
3 § 298-b. Attorneys' fees for prevailing parties. 1. The court shall
4 award the prevailing party, in an action or proceeding alleging a
5 violation of section two hundred ninety-six, two hundred ninety-six-a or
6 two hundred ninety-six-b of this article, attorneys' fees, including but
7 not limited to, expert witness fees.
8 2. The state or any division thereof is prohibited from collecting
9 attorneys' fees under subdivision one of this section.
10 3. The losing party shall be liable for all costs awarded by the court
11 pursuant to this section.
12 § 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after
13 it shall have become a law.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
LBD09742-01-3
