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S07312 Summary:

BILL NO	S07312
SAME AS	SAME AS A07320
SPONSOR	BONACIC
COSPNSR
MLTSPNSR
Add §4551, CPLR
Relates to admissibility of an opposing party's statement.

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S07312 Actions:

BILL NO	S07312
04/15/2016	REFERRED TO JUDICIARY
05/24/2016	1ST REPORT CAL.1131
05/25/2016	2ND REPORT CAL.
06/01/2016	ADVANCED TO THIRD READING
06/17/2016	COMMITTED TO RULES

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S07312 Text:

 
                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                          7312
 
                    IN SENATE
 
                                     April 15, 2016
                                       ___________
 
        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
 
        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 during the  existence
     8  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.
                                                                   LBD09375-02-5

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