STATE OF NEW YORK
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8568--A
IN SENATE
May 10, 2018
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Introduced by Sen. MAYER -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
printed to be committed to the Committee on Codes -- committee
discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted
to said committee
AN ACT to amend the civil practice law and rules, in relation to requir-
ing that certain subpoenas be served with a separate informational
sheet that summarizes why the subpoena has been issued
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Section 2303 of the civil practice law and rules is amended
2 by adding a new subdivision (c) to read as follows:
3 (c) A subpoena issued in relation to an action commenced under article
4 sixteen of the election law shall require that the subpoena be served
5 with a separate informational sheet that summarizes why the subpoena has
6 been issued, that the case is not related to a criminal action, that the
7 person to whom the subpoena is being served does not currently face
8 criminal charges related to the case, specify that the action is related
9 to the upcoming election of the pertinent office and the consequences of
10 not following the subpoena. The informational sheet shall be affixed to
11 the subpoena being served and shall be written in plain language and
12 printed in a format and type size that is clear and easy to read.
13 § 2. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall
14 have become a law.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
LBD13644-02-8
