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Assembly Bill A9645

2019-2020 Legislative Session

Extends time limitations for certain actions for an injury or death caused by contact with or exposure to phenoxy herbicides for certain persons

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Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Veterans, Homeland Security And Military Affairs Committee

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2019-A9645 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Veterans, Homeland Security And Military Affairs
Law Section:
Civil Practice Law and Rules
Laws Affected:
Amd §4, Chap 266 of 1981

2019-A9645 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Extends from June 16, 2020 to June 16, 2022, revival of time barred causes of action for an injury or death caused by contact with or exposure to phenoxy herbicides for those persons serving as members of the armed forces in Indo-China from February 28, 1961 through May 7, 1975.

2019-A9645 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   9645
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 29, 2020
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. HUNTER -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on Veterans' Affairs
 
 AN  ACT  to  amend  chapter  266 of the laws of 1981, amending the civil
   practice law and rules relating to time limitations,  in  relation  to
   extending time limitations for certain actions
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Section 4 of chapter 266 of the laws of 1981, amending  the
 civil practice law and rules relating to time limitations, as amended by
 chapter 82 of the laws of 2018, is amended to read as follows:
   §  4.  Every  cause of action for an injury or death caused by contact
 with or exposure to phenoxy herbicides while serving as a member of  the
 armed  forces  of the United States in Indo-China from February 28, 1961
 through May 7, 1975, which is or would be barred prior to June 16, 1985,
 because the applicable  period  of  limitation  has  expired  is  hereby
 revived  and extended and any action thereon may be commenced and prose-
 cuted provided such action is commenced not later than June  16,  [2020]
 2022.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
 
 

  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD14631-01-0

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