Bill Text: NY S04850 | 2013-2014 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Prevents abuse during discovery.
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2013-06-11 - SUBSTITUTED BY A6554 [S04850 Detail]
Download: New_York-2013-S04850-Introduced.html
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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4850
2013-2014 Regular Sessions
I N S E N A T E
April 26, 2013
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Introduced by Sen. BONACIC -- (at request of the Office of Court Admin-
istration) -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be
committed to the Committee on Judiciary
AN ACT to amend the civil practice law and rules, in relation to
prevention of abuse during discovery
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
1 Section 1. Subdivision (a) of section 3103 of the civil practice law
2 and rules, as amended by chapter 98 of the laws of 1993, is amended to
3 read as follows:
4 (a) Prevention of abuse. The court may at any time on its own initi-
5 ative, or on motion of any party or of any person from whom OR ABOUT
6 WHOM discovery is sought, make a protective order denying, limiting,
7 conditioning or regulating the use of any disclosure device. Such order
8 shall be designed to prevent unreasonable annoyance, expense, embarrass-
9 ment, disadvantage, or other prejudice to any person or the courts.
10 S 2. This act shall take effect immediately and shall apply to all
11 actions pending on such effective date or commenced on or after such
12 effective date.
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
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