Assembly Bill A4712

2015-2016 Legislative Session

Grants immunity from liability for personal injury and property damage sustained by a crime victim upon the premises of a business or nonprofit seeking assistance

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  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2015-A4712 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S2481
Current Committee:
Assembly Judiciary
Law Section:
General Obligations Law
Laws Affected:
Amd ยง9-103, Gen Ob L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2011-2012: A8911, S6130
2013-2014: A2709, S607
2017-2018: A4312, S3233
2019-2020: A868, S2153
2021-2022: S1245
2023-2024: S176

2015-A4712 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Grants immunity from liability for personal injury and property damage sustained by a crime victim upon the premises of a business or nonprofit while seeking assistance, except in the case of gross negligence.

2015-A4712 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                  4712

                       2015-2016 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                            February 5, 2015
                               ___________

Introduced  by  M. of A. SIMOTAS, GUNTHER, ROSENTHAL, JAFFEE, MONTESANO,
  RAIA -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A.  BROOK-KRASNY,  CROUCH,  FINCH,
  McDONOUGH,  McLAUGHLIN,  SALADINO  --  read  once  and referred to the
  Committee on Judiciary

AN ACT to amend the general obligations law,  in  relation  to  granting
  immunity  from liability for personal injury, death or property damage
  incurred by a victim of a crime  while  seeking  assistance  upon  the
  premises of a business entity or not-for-profit corporation

  THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section 1.  Section 9-103 of the general obligations law is amended by
adding a new subdivision 2-a to read as follows:
  2-A. AN OWNER, LESSEE OR OCCUPANT OF A PREMISES, WHICH IS OPERATED  AS
A BUSINESS ENTITY OR NOT-FOR-PROFIT CORPORATION, WHO PROVIDES ASSISTANCE
TO A VICTIM OF A CRIME BY ALLOWING SUCH VICTIM TO REMAIN UPON SUCH PREM-
ISES  FOR  THE  PURPOSE  OF  SUMMONING A POLICE OFFICER AND/OR EMERGENCY
MEDICAL PERSONNEL, SHALL ASSUME NO RESPONSIBILITY FOR OR INCUR LIABILITY
FOR ANY PERSONAL INJURY, DEATH OR PROPERTY DAMAGE SUSTAINED BY THE CRIME
VICTIM WHILE UPON SUCH PREMISES IN THE  COURSE  OF  SEEKING  ASSISTANCE,
UNLESS  IT  IS ESTABLISHED THAT SUCH INJURY OR DEATH WAS CAUSED BY GROSS
NEGLIGENCE ON THE PART OF SUCH BUSINESS ENTITY OR NOT-FOR-PROFIT  CORPO-
RATION.
  S  2.  This  act  shall take effect on the sixtieth day after it shall
have become a law.



 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD07334-01-5

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