Bill Text: NY A05034 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Establishes the time period during which to file a claim for sexual harassment against the state in cases when a complaint was filed with a state or local agency.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 19-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-01-08 - referred to judiciary [A05034 Detail]
Download: New_York-2019-A05034-Introduced.html
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 5034 2019-2020 Regular Sessions IN ASSEMBLY February 6, 2019 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. ZEBROWSKI -- read once and referred to the Committee on Judiciary AN ACT to amend the court of claims act, in relation to establishing the time period during which to file a claim for sexual harassment against the state in cases when a complaint was filed with a state or local agency The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Section 10 of the court of claims act is amended by adding 2 a new subdivision 4-a to read as follows: 3 4-a. If the claimant filed a complaint with any state or local agency 4 alleging unlawful discriminatory practices constituting sexual harass- 5 ment, a claim shall be filed and served upon the attorney general within 6 six months of the final adjudication or dismissal of the complaint by 7 the state or local agency. 8 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately and shall apply to all 9 cases alleging unlawful discriminatory practices constituting sexual 10 harassment occurring on and after such effective date. Effective imme- 11 diately the addition, amendment and/or repeal of any rule or regulation 12 necessary for the implementation of this act on its effective date are 13 authorized to be made on or before such date. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD00399-01-9
