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S06060 Summary:

BILL NO	S06060
SAME AS	SAME AS A01370
SPONSOR	AVELLA
COSPNSR	SEPULVEDA
MLTSPNSR
Amd §7511, CPLR
Authorizes the vacating of an arbitration award on the basis of arbitrator disregard of the law.

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S06060 Actions:

BILL NO	S06060
05/10/2017	REFERRED TO CODES
01/03/2018	REFERRED TO CODES

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S06060 Committee Votes:

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S06060 Text:

 
                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                          6060
 
                               2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                    IN SENATE
 
                                      May 10, 2017
                                       ___________
 
        Introduced  by  Sen.  AVELLA -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
          printed to be committed to the Committee on Codes
 
        AN ACT to amend the civil practice law and rules, in relation to  vacat-
          ing arbitration awards on the basis of arbitrator disregard of the law
 
          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
 
     1    Section 1. Subparagraph (iv) of paragraph  1  of  subdivision  (b)  of
     2  section  7511  of  the civil practice law and rules is amended and a new
     3  subparagraph (v) is added to read as follows:
     4    (iv) failure to follow the procedure of this article, unless the party
     5  applying to vacate the award continued with the arbitration with  notice
     6  of the defect and without objection[.]; or
     7    (v)  the  arbitrator  evidenced  a  manifest  disregard  of the law in
     8  rendering the award.
     9    § 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after
    10  it shall have become a law.
 
 
 
 
 
 
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD02866-01-7

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