Assembly Actions -
Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE |
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Apr 13, 2012 |
referred to judiciary |
Assembly Bill A9827
2011-2012 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
GUNTHER
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Assembly Committee
- Introduced
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- In Committee Assembly
- In Committee Senate
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- On Floor Calendar Assembly
- On Floor Calendar Senate
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- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
- Delivered to Governor
- Signed By Governor
Actions
2011-A9827 (ACTIVE) - Details
- Current Committee:
- Assembly Judiciary
- Law Section:
- Uniform Justice Court Act
- Laws Affected:
- Amd ยง1803, UJCA
2011-A9827 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 9827 I N A S S E M B L Y April 13, 2012 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. GUNTHER -- read once and referred to the Commit- tee on Judiciary AN ACT to amend the uniform justice court act, in relation to fees for commencement of small claims THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Subdivision (a) of section 1803 of the uniform justice court act, as amended by chapter 309 of the laws of 1996, is amended to read as follows: (a) Small claims shall be commenced upon the payment by the claimant of a filing fee of [ten] TWENTY dollars for claims in the amount of one thousand dollars or less and [fifteen] THIRTY dollars for claims in the amount of more than one thousand dollars, without the service of a summons and, except by special order of the court, without the service of any pleading other than a statement of his cause of action by the claimant or someone in his behalf to the clerk, who shall reduce the same to a concise, written form and record it in a filing system main- tained especially for such purpose. Such procedure shall provide for the sending of notice of such claim by ordinary first class mail and certi- fied mail with return receipt requested to the party complained against at his residence, if he resides within the county and his residence is known to the claimant, or at his office or place of regular employment within the municipality if he does not reside within the county or his residence within the county is not known to the claimant. If, after the expiration of twenty-one days, such ordinary first class mailing has not been returned as undeliverable, the party complained against shall be presumed to have received notice of such claim. Such notice shall include a clear description of the procedure for filing a counterclaim, pursuant to subdivision (c) of this section. Such procedure shall further provide for an early hearing upon and determination of such claim. No filing fee, however, shall be demanded or received on small claims of employees who shall comply with section nineteen hundred twelve of this act which is hereby made applicable, except that necessary mailing costs shall be paid. S 2. This act shall take effect on the first of January next succeed- ing the date on which it shall have become a law and shall apply to actions or proceedings filed on or after such date.
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