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
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                                         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
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