STATE OF NEW YORK
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4868--A
Cal. No. 630
2017-2018 Regular Sessions
IN SENATE
March 3, 2017
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Introduced by Sen. BONACIC -- (at request of the Office of Court Admin-
istration) -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be
committed to the Committee on Judiciary -- reported favorably from
said committee, ordered to first and second report, ordered to a third
reading, amended and ordered reprinted, retaining its place in the
order of third reading
AN ACT to amend the civil practice law and rules, in relation to admis-
sibility of an opposing party's statement
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 a new
2 section 4551 to read as follows:
3 § 4551. Admissibility of an opposing party's statement. A statement
4 offered against an opposing party shall not be excluded from evidence as
5 hearsay if made by a person whom the opposing party authorized to make a
6 statement on the subject or by the opposing party's agent or employee on
7 a matter within the scope of that relationship and made during the
8 existence of that relationship.
9 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately and shall apply to all
10 actions pending on or after its effective date.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
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