Bill Text: NY S06408 | 2017-2018 | General Assembly | Amended


Bill Title: Relates to the use of electronic means for the commencement and filing of papers in certain actions and proceedings.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-06-19 - SUBSTITUTED BY A8127 [S06408 Detail]

Download: New_York-2017-S06408-Amended.html


                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                         6408--A
            Cal. No. 1137
                               2017-2018 Regular Sessions
                    IN SENATE
                                      May 17, 2017
                                       ___________
        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 -- reported favorably from
          said committee, ordered to first and second report, amended on  second
          report,  ordered  to  a third reading, and to be reprinted as amended,
          retaining its place in the order of third reading
        AN ACT to amend the judiciary law, the civil practice law and rules  and
          chapter  237 of the laws of 2015 amending the judiciary law, the civil
          practice law and rules and other laws relating to  use  of  electronic
          means for the commencement and filing of papers in certain actions and
          proceedings,  in  relation  to  the  use  of  electronic means for the
          commencement and filing of papers in certain actions and proceedings
          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section 1. Clause (A) of subparagraph (i) of paragraph (t) of subdivi-
     2  sion  2  of section 212 of the judiciary law, as added by chapter 237 of
     3  the laws of 2015, is amended to read as follows:
     4    (A) Not later than [April] February first in each calendar  year,  the
     5  chief  administrator  of the courts shall submit to the legislature, the
     6  governor and the chief judge  of  the  state  a  report  evaluating  the
     7  state's  experience with programs in the use of electronic means for the
     8  commencement of actions and proceedings and the service of papers there-
     9  in as authorized by law and containing such recommendations for  further
    10  legislation  as  he or she shall deem appropriate. In the preparation of
    11  such report, the chief administrator  shall  consult  with  each  county
    12  clerk  in  whose county a program has been implemented in civil cases in
    13  the supreme court,  the  advisory  committees  established  pursuant  to
    14  subparagraphs  (ii)  through  (vi)  of this paragraph, the organized bar
    15  including but not limited to city, state, county and women's bar associ-
    16  ations; the office  of  indigent  legal  services;  institutional  legal
    17  service providers; not-for-profit legal service providers; public defen-
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD11264-03-7

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     1  ders;  attorneys  assigned  pursuant to article eighteen-B of the county
     2  law; unaffiliated attorneys who regularly appear in proceedings that are
     3  or have been affected by any programs that have been implemented or  who
     4  may be affected by the proposed recommendations for further legislation;
     5  representatives  of victims' rights organizations; and any other persons
     6  in whose county a program has been implemented  in  any  of  the  courts
     7  therein  as  deemed  to  be  appropriate by the chief administrator, and
     8  afford them an opportunity to  submit  comments  with  respect  to  such
     9  implementation  for  inclusion  in  the  report  and  address  any  such
    10  comments.
    11    Public comments shall also be sought via a prominent  posting  on  the
    12  website  of  the  office  of court administration. All comments received
    13  from any source shall be posted for public review on the same website.
    14    § 1-a. Clause (A) of subparagraph (i) of paragraph (u) of  subdivision
    15  2  of  section  212 of the judiciary law, as added by chapter 237 of the
    16  laws of 2015 and as relettered by section 1 of part BB of chapter 55  of
    17  the laws of 2017, is amended to read as follows:
    18    (A)  Not  later than [April] February first in each calendar year, the
    19  chief administrator of the courts shall submit to the  legislature,  the
    20  governor  and  the  chief  judge  of  the  state a report evaluating the
    21  state's experience with programs in the use of electronic means for  the
    22  commencement of actions and proceedings and the service of papers there-
    23  in  as authorized by law and containing such recommendations for further
    24  legislation as he or she shall deem appropriate. In the  preparation  of
    25  such  report,  the  chief  administrator  shall consult with each county
    26  clerk in whose county a program has been implemented in civil  cases  in
    27  the  supreme  court,  the  advisory  committees  established pursuant to
    28  subparagraphs (ii) through (vi) of this  paragraph,  the  organized  bar
    29  including but not limited to city, state, county and women's bar associ-
    30  ations;  the  office  of  indigent  legal  services; institutional legal
    31  service providers; not-for-profit legal service providers; public defen-
    32  ders; attorneys assigned pursuant to article eighteen-B  of  the  county
    33  law; unaffiliated attorneys who regularly appear in proceedings that are
    34  or  have been affected by any programs that have been implemented or who
    35  may be affected by the proposed recommendations for further legislation;
    36  representatives of victims' rights organizations; and any other  persons
    37  in  whose  county  a  program  has been implemented in any of the courts
    38  therein as deemed to be appropriate  by  the  chief  administrator,  and
    39  afford  them  an  opportunity  to  submit  comments with respect to such
    40  implementation  for  inclusion  in  the  report  and  address  any  such
    41  comments.
    42    Public  comments  shall  also be sought via a prominent posting on the
    43  website of the office of court  administration.  All  comments  received
    44  from any source shall be posted for public review on the same website.
    45    §  2.  Section  2112  of the civil practice law and rules, as added by
    46  chapter 237 of the laws of 2015, is amended to read as follows:
    47    § 2112. Filing of papers  in  the  appellate  division  by  electronic
    48  means.  Notwithstanding any other provision of law, and except as other-
    49  wise provided in subdivision (c) of section twenty-one hundred eleven of
    50  this  article,  the  appellate  division in each judicial department may
    51  promulgate rules authorizing a program in the use  of  electronic  means
    52  for:  (i) appeals to such court from the judgment or order of a court of
    53  original instance or from that of another appellate court, (ii) making a
    54  motion for permission to appeal to such court, (iii) commencement of any
    55  other proceeding that may be brought in such court, and (iv) the  filing
    56  and  service  of  papers  in  pending  actions and proceedings. Provided

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     1  however, [the appellate division may not eliminate  the  requirement  of
     2  consent to participation in appeals in such a program involving matrimo-
     3  nial  actions  as  defined  by  this  chapter, election law proceedings,
     4  proceedings brought pursuant to article seventy or seventy-eight of this
     5  chapter,  proceedings  brought pursuant to the mental hygiene law, resi-
     6  dential foreclosure actions involving  a  home  loan  as  such  term  is
     7  defined  in  section  thirteen hundred four of the real property actions
     8  and proceedings law and proceedings related to  consumer  credit  trans-
     9  actions  as  defined  in  subdivision (f) of section one hundred five of
    10  this chapter; and] such rules shall not require an  unrepresented  party
    11  or  any  attorney  who furnishes a certificate specified in subparagraph
    12  (A) or (B) of paragraph three of subdivision (b) of  section  twenty-one
    13  hundred eleven of this article to take or perfect an appeal by electron-
    14  ic means. Provided further, however, before promulgating any such rules,
    15  the  appellate  division  in each judicial department shall consult with
    16  the chief administrator of the courts and shall provide  an  opportunity
    17  for review and comment by all those who are or would be affected includ-
    18  ing  city,  state,  county  and  women's bar associations; institutional
    19  legal service providers; not-for-profit legal service providers;  attor-
    20  neys assigned pursuant to article eighteen-B of the county law; unaffil-
    21  iated  attorneys  who  regularly  appear in proceedings that are or have
    22  been affected by the programs that have been implemented or who  may  be
    23  affected  by  promulgation of rules concerning the use of the electronic
    24  filing program in the appellate division of any judicial department; and
    25  any other persons in whose county a program has been implemented in  any
    26  of the courts therein as deemed to be appropriate by any appellate divi-
    27  sion.  To  the  extent  practicable,  rules promulgated by the appellate
    28  division in each judicial department pursuant to this section  shall  be
    29  uniform.
    30    §  3. Section 11 of chapter 237 of the laws of 2015 amending the judi-
    31  ciary law, the civil practice law and rules and other laws  relating  to
    32  use  of  electronic  means  for the commencement and filing of papers in
    33  certain actions and proceedings is amended to read as follows:
    34    § 11. This act shall take effect immediately; provided  that  sections
    35  four,  five,  six  and seven of this act shall each expire and be deemed
    36  repealed September 1, 2019; and provided that paragraph 2-a of  subdivi-
    37  sion  (b)  of section 2111 of the civil practice law and rules, as added
    38  by section two of this act, shall expire and be deemed repealed  Septem-
    39  ber 1, [2017] 2018.
    40    §  4.  This  act  shall  take effect immediately provided, however the
    41  amendments to subdivision 2 of section 212 of the judiciary law made  by
    42  section  one-a of this act shall take effect on the same date and in the
    43  same manner as section 1 of part BB of chapter 55 of the laws  of  2017,
    44  takes effect.
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