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A01370 Summary:

A01370 Actions:

A01370 Committee Votes:

Committee:JUDICIARY   Chair:Weinstein      
DATE:04/24/2017AYE/NAY:21/0  Action: Favorable         
Weinstein
Aye
Palumbo
Aye
Dinowitz
Aye
Montesano
Aye
Titus
Aye
Barclay
Aye
Lavine
Aye
Goodell
Aye
Zebrowski
Aye
Graf
Aye
Weprin
Aye
Lupinacci
Aye
Braunstein
Aye
Simotas
Aye
Quart
Aye
Titone
Aye
Buchwald
Aye
Steck
Aye
Seawright
Aye
Simon
Aye
Joyner
Aye

A01370 Floor Votes:

A01370 Text:

 
                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                          1370
 
                               2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                   IN ASSEMBLY
 
                                    January 11, 2017
                                       ___________
 
        Introduced  by M. of A. WEINSTEIN, TITONE, DINOWITZ, SEAWRIGHT, SEPULVE-
          DA, COLTON, ABINANTI -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. CAHILL --  read
          once and referred to the Committee on Judiciary
 
        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