Bill Text: NY A09104 | 2011-2012 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Extends time limitations for certain actions relating to injury or death caused by contact with or exposure to phenoxy herbicides while serving as a member of the armed forces of the United States in Indo-China from February 28, 1961 through May 7, 1975.

Spectrum: Strong Partisan Bill (Democrat 12-1)

Status: (Passed) 2012-06-29 - signed chap.69 [A09104 Detail]

Download: New_York-2011-A09104-Introduced.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         9104
                                 I N  A S S E M B L Y
                                   January 20, 2012
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       Introduced  by M. of A. RAMOS, CASTELLI, CUSICK, SCHIMEL, NOLAN, BRINDI-
         SI, RUSSELL -- Multi-Sponsored by --  M.  of  A.  BRONSON,  DenDEKKER,
         McENENY,  M. MILLER  --  read  once  and  referred to the Committee on
         Veterans' Affairs
       AN ACT to amend chapter 266 of the laws  of  1981,  amending  the  civil
         practice  law  and  rules relating to time limitations, in relation to
         extending time limitations for certain actions
         THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section 1.  Section 4 of chapter 266 of the laws of 1981, amending the
    2  civil practice law and rules relating to time limitations, as amended by
    3  chapter 118 of the laws of 2010, is amended to read as follows:
    4    S  4.  Every  cause of action for an injury or death caused by contact
    5  with or exposure to phenoxy herbicides while serving as a member of  the
    6  armed  forces  of the United States in Indo-China from February 28, 1961
    7  through May 7, 1975, which is or would be barred prior to June 16, 1985,
    8  because the applicable  period  of  limitation  has  expired  is  hereby
    9  revived  and extended and any action thereon may be commenced and prose-
   10  cuted provided such action is commenced not later than June  16,  [2012]
   11  2014.
   12    S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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