Bill Text: NY A10650 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Permanently extends the revival of time barred causes of action for an injury or death caused by contact with or exposure to phenoxy herbicides for those persons serving as members of the armed forces in Indo-China from February 28, 1961 through May 7, 1975.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-06-17 - referred to veterans' affairs [A10650 Detail]
Download: New_York-2019-A10650-Introduced.html
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 10650 IN ASSEMBLY June 17, 2020 ___________ Introduced by COMMITTEE ON RULES -- (at request of M. of A. Hunter) -- 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 permanently 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 section 1 of item Q of subpart B of part XXX of chapter 58 of the laws 4 of 2020, is amended to read as follows: 5 § 4. Every cause of action for an injury or death caused by contact 6 with or exposure to phenoxy herbicides while serving as a member of the 7 armed forces of the United States in Indo-China from February 28, 1961 8 through May 7, 1975, which is or would be barred prior to June 16, 1985, 9 because the applicable period of limitation has expired is hereby 10 revived and extended and any action thereon may be commenced and prose- 11 cuted [provided such action is commenced not later than June 16, 2022]. 12 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD14631-03-0