Establishes venue in actions to recover student debt; provides that in actions to recover student debt owed to the state of New York, the place of trial shall be the residence of the defendant, if one resides in the state.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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6672--A
2023-2024 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
April 28, 2023
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Introduced by M. of A. EPSTEIN, BURDICK, CLARK, COLTON, DINOWITZ,
GALLAGHER, GIBBS, JACKSON, KELLES, MAGNARELLI, SEAWRIGHT, SIMON,
STECK, ZINERMAN -- read once and referred to the Committee on Judici-
ary -- 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 estab-
lishing venue in actions to recover student debt
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Section 503 of the civil practice law and rules is amended
2 by adding a new subdivision (g) to read as follows:
3 (g) Student debt. In an action to recover tuition, fees, room and
4 board, educational benefit payments, student loans, or other such charg-
5 es incurred by a student in furtherance of such student's education owed
6 to the state of New York, the place of trial shall be the residence of a
7 defendant, if one resides within the state, or, in other cases, as set
8 forth in this article.
9 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
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