Bill Text: NY A09585 | 2017-2018 | General Assembly | Introduced


Bill Title: Extends time limitations for certain actions relating to phenoxy herbicide exposure.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)

Status: (Passed) 2018-07-01 - signed chap.82 [A09585 Detail]

Download: New_York-2017-A09585-Introduced.html


                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
                                          9585
                   IN ASSEMBLY
                                    January 23, 2018
                                       ___________
        Introduced  by  M.  of A. HUNTER, DenDEKKER -- 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 75 of the laws of 2016, is amended to read as follows:
     4    § 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, [2018]
    11  2020.
    12    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD14155-01-8
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