Bill Text: NY A04273 | 2011-2012 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Requires that all decisions made by referees be subject to judicial approval.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2012-01-04 - referred to judiciary [A04273 Detail]
Download: New_York-2011-A04273-Introduced.html
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 4273 2011-2012 Regular Sessions I N A S S E M B L Y February 2, 2011 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. PRETLOW -- read once and referred to the Commit- tee on Judiciary AN ACT to amend the civil practice law and rules, in relation to requir- ing that all decisions made by referees be subject to judicial approval THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: 1 Section 1. Section 4319 of the civil practice law and rules is amended 2 to read as follows: 3 S 4319. Decision. The decision of a referee shall comply with the 4 requirements for a decision by the court and shall stand as the decision 5 of a court SUBJECT TO JUDICIAL APPROVAL. Unless otherwise specified in 6 the order of reference, the referee shall file his decision within thir- 7 ty days after the cause or matter is finally submitted. If it is not 8 filed within the required time, upon the motion of a party before it is 9 filed, the court may grant a new trial and, in that event, the referee 10 shall not be entitled to any fees. 11 S 2. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD02728-01-1