NY A02475 | 2011-2012 | General Assembly

Status

Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 8-3)
Status: Introduced on January 19 2011 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2012-01-04 - referred to higher education
Pending: Assembly Higher Education Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

Summary

Repeals and reenacts statute of limitation provisions on wrongful death, personal injury and property damage actions against professional engineers, architects, landscape architects, land surveyors and construction contractors to provide for a limitations period of ten years after completion of improvement to real property; "completion", which constitutes the accrual date for the limitations period, is defined; provides for a one year extension for injuries to person or property or wrongful death which occur during the tenth year after completion.

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Title

Repeals and reenacts statute of limitation provisions on wrongful death, personal injury and property damage actions against professional engineers, architects, landscape architects, land surveyors and construction contractors to provide for a limitations period of ten years after completion of improvement to real property; "completion", which constitutes the accrual date for the limitations period, is defined; provides for a one year extension for injuries to person or property or wrongful death which occur during the tenth year after completion.

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History

DateChamberAction
2012-01-04Assemblyreferred to higher education
2011-01-19Assemblyreferred to higher education

Same As/Similar To

S04782 (Same As) 2012-01-04 - REFERRED TO JUDICIARY

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