Assembly Bill A6889A

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Relates to arbitration proceedings

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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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2023-A6889 - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S8201
Current Committee:
Senate Rules
Law Section:
Civil Practice Law and Rules
Laws Affected:
Amd §§7502, 7503 & 7506, add §§7513-a, 7513-b & 7517, CPLR

2023-A6889 - Summary

Amends provisions of law governing arbitration proceedings; specifies fees and expenses with regard to employment or consumer arbitration proceedings; directs certain sanctions on a party which breaches an arbitration agreement.

2023-A6889 - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   6889
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                                May 8, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. LAVINE -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on Judiciary
 
 AN  ACT  to amend the civil practice law and rules, in relation to arbi-
   tration
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section  1.  Subdivision (a) of section 7502 of the civil practice law
 and rules is amended by adding a new paragraph (v) to read as follows:
   (V) IF THERE ARE MULTIPLE PARTIES SEEKING ARBITRATION AGAINST THE SAME
 PARTY OR PARTIES, THE PROCEEDING MAY BE BROUGHT IN ANY COURT AND  COUNTY
 WHERE  ANY  OF THE PARTIES SEEKING ARBITRATION RESIDES OR IS DOING BUSI-
 NESS OR WHERE THE ARBITRATION WAS HELD OR IS PENDING.
   § 2. Subdivision (c) of section 7503 of the  civil  practice  law  and
 rules,  as  amended  by  chapter 1028 of the laws of 1973, is amended to
 read as follows:
   (c) Notice of intention to arbitrate. A party may serve  upon  another
 party  a  demand  for arbitration or a notice of intention to arbitrate,
 specifying the agreement pursuant to which arbitration is sought and the
 name and address of the party serving the notice, or of  an  officer  or
 agent  thereof if such party is an association or corporation, and stat-
 ing that unless the party served applies to stay the arbitration  within
 twenty  days  after  such  service he shall thereafter be precluded from
 objecting that a valid agreement was not made or has not  been  complied
 with  and  from asserting in court the bar of a limitation of time. Such
 notice or demand shall be served in the same manner as a summons  or  by
 registered  or  certified mail, return receipt requested. An application
 to stay arbitration must be made by the party served within twenty  days
 after  service  upon  him  of  the  notice  or demand, or he shall be so
 precluded.   Notice of such application shall  be  served  in  the  same
 manner  as  a summons or by registered or certified mail, return receipt
 requested.  Service of the application may  be  made  upon  the  adverse
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD10900-01-3
              

co-Sponsors

2023-A6889A (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S8201
Current Committee:
Senate Rules
Law Section:
Civil Practice Law and Rules
Laws Affected:
Amd §§7502, 7503 & 7506, add §§7513-a, 7513-b & 7517, CPLR

2023-A6889A (ACTIVE) - Summary

Amends provisions of law governing arbitration proceedings; specifies fees and expenses with regard to employment or consumer arbitration proceedings; directs certain sanctions on a party which breaches an arbitration agreement.

2023-A6889A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                  6889--A
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                                May 8, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  LAVINE,  WALLACE, KIM, STECK, HEVESI, SIMON,
   ZEBROWSKI, SIMONE, DINOWITZ, BURGOS -- read once and referred  to  the
   Committee on Judiciary -- recommitted to the Committee on Judiciary in
   accordance  with Assembly Rule 3, sec. 2 -- committee discharged, bill
   amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said  commit-
   tee
 
 AN  ACT  to amend the civil practice law and rules, in relation to arbi-
   tration
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  Subdivision (a) of section 7502 of the civil practice law
 and rules is amended by adding a new paragraph (v) to read as follows:
   (V) IF THERE ARE MULTIPLE PARTIES SEEKING ARBITRATION AGAINST THE SAME
 PARTY OR PARTIES, THE PROCEEDING MAY BE BROUGHT IN ANY COURT AND  COUNTY
 WHERE  ANY  OF THE PARTIES SEEKING ARBITRATION RESIDES OR IS DOING BUSI-
 NESS OR WHERE THE ARBITRATION WAS HELD OR IS PENDING.
   § 2. Subdivision (c) of section 7503 of the  civil  practice  law  and
 rules,  as  amended  by  chapter 1028 of the laws of 1973, is amended to
 read as follows:
   (c) Notice of intention to arbitrate. A party may serve  upon  another
 party  a  demand  for arbitration or a notice of intention to arbitrate,
 specifying the agreement pursuant to which arbitration is sought and the
 name and address of the party serving the notice, or of  an  officer  or
 agent  thereof if such party is an association or corporation, and stat-
 ing that unless the party served applies to stay the arbitration  within
 twenty  days  after  such  service  [he]  SUCH PARTY shall thereafter be
 precluded from objecting that a valid agreement was not made or has  not
 been  complied  with and from asserting in court the bar of a limitation
 of time. Such notice or demand shall be served in the same manner  as  a
 summons or by registered or certified mail, return receipt requested. An
 application  to stay arbitration must be made by the party served within
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD10900-02-4
              

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