Senate Bill S8201A

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Relates to arbitration proceedings

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Current Bill Status - In Senate Committee Rules Committee


  • 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-S8201 - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A6889
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-S8201 - 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-S8201 - Sponsor Memo

2023-S8201 - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   8201
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             January 12, 2024
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by Sen. HOYLMAN-SIGAL -- read twice and ordered printed, and
   when printed to be committed 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
 party, or upon his attorney if the attorney's name appears on the demand
 for arbitration or the notice of intention to arbitrate. Service of  the
 application by mail shall be timely if such application is posted within
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

2023-S8201A (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A6889
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-S8201A (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-S8201A (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2023-S8201A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                  8201--A
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             January 12, 2024
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by Sen. HOYLMAN-SIGAL -- read twice and ordered printed, and
   when printed to be committed to the Committee on Judiciary --  commit-
   tee  discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recom-
   mitted to said committee
 
 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
 twenty days after service upon [him] SUCH PARTY of the notice or demand,
 or  [he]  SUCH  PARTY 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 party, or upon [his] SUCH PARTY'S  attorney
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

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