Bill Text: NY A07524 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Relates to the substitution of parties when it involves a public officer, body, board, commission or other public agency.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-07-14 - reported referred to rules [A07524 Detail]
Download: New_York-2019-A07524-Introduced.html
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 7524 2019-2020 Regular Sessions IN ASSEMBLY May 8, 2019 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. BUCHWALD, DINOWITZ -- (at request of the Office of Court Administration) -- read once and referred to the Committee on Judiciary AN ACT to amend the civil practice law and rules, in relation to substi- tution of parties; and repealing certain provisions of such law relat- ing thereto The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Section 1019 of the civil practice law and rules is 2 REPEALED. 3 § 2. Section 1023 of the civil practice law and rules is amended to 4 read as follows: 5 § 1023. Public body or officer described by official title. When a 6 public officer, body, board, commission or other public agency may sue 7 or be sued in its official capacity, [it may] that person or entity 8 shall be designated by [its] the official title, subject to the power of 9 the court to require names to be added. 10 § 3. This act shall take effect immediately and shall apply to all 11 pending actions and proceedings. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD10171-01-9
