A02946 Summary:
BILL NO | A02946 |
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SAME AS | SAME AS S06946 |
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SPONSOR | Titone |
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COSPNSR | Skoufis, Jaffee, Rosenthal, Santabarbara, Paulin, Zebrowski, Moya, Cusick, Rozic, Englebright, Saladino, Curran, Skartados, Steck, Cook, Lavine, Miller, Wright, Abinanti, Weprin, Malliotakis, Titus, Colton, Linares, Harris, Otis, Castorina |
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MLTSPNSR | Abbate, Brennan, Galef, Gottfried, Hevesi, Hikind, Lopez, Magee, Perry, Rivera, Robinson, Simon, Weinstein |
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Add RR3410, 3411 & 3412, amd R3403, CPLR | |
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Relates to expediting actions involving insurance claims for damages resulting from a state disaster emergency. |
A02946 Actions:
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01/20/2015 | referred to judiciary | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
02/03/2015 | reported referred to codes | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
02/09/2015 | reported | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
02/19/2015 | advanced to third reading cal.31 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
01/06/2016 | referred to judiciary | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
02/25/2016 | reported referred to codes | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
03/01/2016 | reported | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
03/03/2016 | advanced to third reading cal.415 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
03/21/2016 | passed assembly | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
03/21/2016 | delivered to senate | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
03/21/2016 | REFERRED TO JUDICIARY |
A02946 Committee Votes:
Go to topA02946 Floor Votes:
Yes
Abbate
Yes
Curran
Yes
Gunther
Yes
Lupardo
Yes
Paulin
Yes
Simotas
Yes
Abinanti
Yes
Cusick
Yes
Harris
Yes
Lupinacci
Yes
Peoples-Stokes
Yes
Skartados
Yes
Arroyo
Yes
Cymbrowitz
No
Hawley
Yes
Magee
Yes
Perry
Yes
Skoufis
Yes
Aubry
Yes
Davila
Yes
Hevesi
Yes
Magnarelli
Yes
Pichardo
Yes
Solages
No
Barclay
Yes
DenDekker
ER
Hikind
Yes
Malliotakis
Yes
Pretlow
No
Stec
Yes
Barrett
Yes
Dilan
Yes
Hooper
Yes
Markey
Yes
Quart
Yes
Steck
Yes
Barron
Yes
Dinowitz
Yes
Hunter
Yes
Mayer
Yes
Ra
Yes
Stirpe
Yes
Benedetto
No
DiPietro
Yes
Hyndman
Yes
McDonald
Yes
Raia
Yes
Tedisco
ER
Bichotte
Yes
Duprey
Yes
Jaffee
Yes
McDonough
Yes
Ramos
No
Tenney
Yes
Blake
Yes
Englebright
Yes
Jean-Pierre
Yes
McKevitt
Yes
Richardson
Yes
Thiele
No
Blankenbush
Yes
Fahy
Yes
Johns
No
McLaughlin
Yes
Rivera
Yes
Titone
Yes
Brabenec
Yes
Farrell
Yes
Joyner
Yes
Miller
Yes
Robinson
Yes
Titus
Yes
Braunstein
No
Finch
Yes
Kaminsky
Yes
Montesano
ER
Rodriguez
Yes
Walker
Yes
Brennan
No
Fitzpatrick
No
Katz
Yes
Morelle
Yes
Rosenthal
No
Walter
Yes
Brindisi
No
Friend
Yes
Kavanagh
ER
Mosley
Yes
Rozic
Yes
Weinstein
Yes
Bronson
Yes
Galef
ER
Kearns
Yes
Moya
Yes
Russell
Yes
Weprin
Yes
Buchwald
ER
Gantt
Yes
Kim
Yes
Murray
Yes
Ryan
Yes
Woerner
No
Butler
Yes
Garbarino
No
Kolb
No
Nojay
Yes
Saladino
No
Wozniak
Yes
Cahill
Yes
Giglio
No
Lalor
Yes
Nolan
Yes
Santabarbara
ER
Wright
Yes
Ceretto
Yes
Gjonaj
Yes
Lavine
No
Oaks
Yes
Schimel
Yes
Zebrowski
Yes
Colton
Yes
Glick
No
Lawrence
Yes
O'Donnell
No
Schimminger
Yes
Mr. Speaker
Yes
Cook
ER
Goldfeder
Yes
Lentol
Yes
Ortiz
Yes
Seawright
No
Corwin
No
Goodell
ER
Lifton
Yes
Otis
ER
Sepulveda
Yes
Crespo
Yes
Gottfried
Yes
Linares
No
Palmesano
ER
Simanowitz
No
Crouch
Yes
Graf
Yes
Lopez
ER
Palumbo
ER
Simon
‡ Indicates voting via videoconference
A02946 Text:
Go to top STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 2946 2015-2016 Regular Sessions IN ASSEMBLY January 20, 2015 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. TITONE, SKOUFIS, JAFFEE, ROSENTHAL, SANTABARBARA, PAULIN, ZEBROWSKI, MOYA, BROOK-KRASNY, CUSICK, GOLDFEDER, ROZIC, BORELLI, ENGLEBRIGHT, SALADINO, CURRAN, GRAF, SKARTADOS, STECK, ROBERTS, COOK, LAVINE, MILLER, SCARBOROUGH, WRIGHT, ABINANTI, WEPRIN, MALLIOTAKIS, TITUS -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. ABBATE, BRENNAN, GALEF, GOTTFRIED, HEVESI, HIKIND, MAGEE, PERRY, RIVERA, ROBINSON, WEINSTEIN -- read once and referred to the Committee on Judiciary AN ACT to amend the civil practice law and rules, in relation to expe- diting actions involving insurance claims for damages resulting from a state disaster emergency The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. The civil practice law and rules is amended by adding three 2 new rules 3410, 3411 and 3412 to read as follows: 3 Rule 3410. Mandatory preliminary conference in certain insurance 4 actions. (a) In any action involving an insurance claim for damages 5 occurring to property in a county where a state disaster emergency has 6 been declared by the governor pursuant to section twenty-eight of the 7 executive law relating to any claim arising from the cause of such 8 declaration, the court shall hold a preliminary conference within thirty 9 days after the request for judicial intervention is filed. 10 (b) At any conference held pursuant to this rule, all parties shall 11 appear in person or by counsel, and if appearing by counsel, such coun- 12 sel shall be fully authorized to dispose of the case. In the court's 13 discretion, the court may permit a representative of any party to attend 14 the settlement conference telephonically or by video-conference. 15 (c) Upon filing of a request for judicial intervention, the court 16 shall promptly send a notice to parties advising them of the time and 17 place of the conference, the purpose of the conference and the require- 18 ments of this rule. The notice shall be in a form prescribed by the 19 office of court administration, or, at the discretion of the office of EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD03784-01-5A. 2946 2 1 court administration, the administrative judge of the judicial district 2 in which the action is pending, and shall advise the parties of the 3 documents that they should bring to the conference. 4 (d) No adjournment in excess of ten days shall be granted by the court 5 for any such preliminary conference, and such an adjournment shall only 6 be granted upon good cause shown. 7 (e) Discovery shall be completed within sixty days from the date of 8 the preliminary conference, and penalties may be assessed against any 9 party as per section three thousand one hundred twenty-six of this chap- 10 ter for refusal to comply with discovery within said sixty day time 11 period. The court may extend said sixty day time period sua sponte in 12 the interest of justice, or upon good cause shown by any party. 13 Rule 3411. Mandatory settlement conference in certain insurance 14 actions. In any action involving an insurance claim for damages occur- 15 ring to property in a county where a state disaster emergency has been 16 declared by the governor pursuant to section twenty-eight of the execu- 17 tive law relating to any claim arising from the cause of such declara- 18 tion, the court shall hold a mandatory settlement conference within 19 fourteen days after a note of issue has been filed for the purpose of 20 holding settlement discussions pertaining to such insurance claims. 21 Rule 3412. Motions in certain insurance actions. (a) Notwithstanding 22 subdivision (a) of rule thirty-two hundred twelve of this chapter, in 23 any action involving an insurance claim for damages occurring to proper- 24 ty in a county where a state disaster emergency has been declared by the 25 governor pursuant to section twenty-eight of the executive law relating 26 to any claim arising from the cause of such declaration, all pre-trial 27 motions shall be made within thirty days after the note of issue is 28 filed. 29 (b) This rule shall not apply to claims involving reinsurance. 30 § 2. Subdivision (a) of rule 3403 of the civil practice law and rules 31 is amended by adding a new paragraph 7 to read as follows: 32 7. an action to recover damages resulting from damage to property in a 33 county caused by a natural disaster upon declaration of a state disaster 34 emergency by the governor pursuant to section twenty-eight of the execu- 35 tive law relating to any claim arising from the cause of such declara- 36 tion. 37 § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.