STATE OF NEW YORK
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7524
2019-2020 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
May 8, 2019
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Introduced by M. of A. BUCHWALD, DINOWITZ -- (at request of the Office
of Court Administration) -- read once and referred to the Committee on
Judiciary
AN ACT to amend the civil practice law and rules, in relation to substi-
tution of parties; and repealing certain provisions of such law relat-
ing thereto
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Section 1019 of the civil practice law and rules is
2 REPEALED.
3 § 2. Section 1023 of the civil practice law and rules is amended to
4 read as follows:
5 § 1023. Public body or officer described by official title. When a
6 public officer, body, board, commission or other public agency may sue
7 or be sued in its official capacity, [it may] that person or entity
8 shall be designated by [its] the official title, subject to the power of
9 the court to require names to be added.
10 § 3. This act shall take effect immediately and shall apply to all
11 pending actions and proceedings.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
LBD10171-01-9
