Assembly Actions -
Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE |
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Sep 19, 2018 |
referred to judiciary |
Assembly Bill A11353
2017-2018 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
SIMOTAS
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
2017-A11353 (ACTIVE) - Details
2017-A11353 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 11353 I N A S S E M B L Y September 19, 2018 ___________ Introduced by COMMITTEE ON RULES -- (at request of M. of A. Simotas) -- read once and referred to the Committee on Judiciary AN ACT to amend the general obligations law, in relation to independent consideration required for certain provisions in settlement agreements THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. The general obligations law is amended by adding a new section 5-1117 to read as follows: § 5-1117. INDEPENDENT CONSIDERATION REQUIRED FOR SETTLEMENT AGREE- MENTS. INDEPENDENT CONSIDERATION SHALL BE REQUIRED FOR EACH CONFIDEN- TIALITY PROVISION INCLUDED IN A SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT. FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION, "INDEPENDENT CONSIDERATION" SHALL MEAN SOMETHING OF VALUE, EITHER A PROMISE, AN ACT OR AN OBJECT THAT IS OFFERED IN EXCHANGE FOR EACH CONFIDENTIALITY PROVISION. § 2. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD13925-01-7
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