S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                      9759
                              I N  A S S E M B L Y
                                  March 3, 1998
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    Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  TOCCI,  HARENBERG,  PARMENT, ROBACH, COOK --
      Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of  A.  ABBATE,  BOYLAND,  BRAGMAN,  BRENNAN,
      D. BUTLER,  CANESTRARI,  CHRISTENSEN, CLARK, COLMAN, COLTON, CONNELLY,
      CROWLEY, DENIS, DESTITO, DiNAPOLI, DINOWITZ, FELDMAN, GENOVESI, GLICK,
      GREEN, GREENE, GROMACK, HILL, JACOBS, JOHN,  JOHNSON,  KATZ,  KAUFMAN,
      KLEIN, LAFAYETTE, LUSTER, MAGEE, MATUSOW, MAYERSOHN, McENENY, MILLMAN,
      MORELLE,  NESBITT,  NOLAN, PERRY, PHEFFER, PRENTISS, PRETLOW, SANDERS,
      SCARBOROUGH, SCHIMMINGER, SIDIKMAN,  SMITH,  F. T. SULLIVAN,  SWEENEY,
      TOKASZ, VITALIANO, WEISENBERG -- read once and referred to the Commit-
      tee 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-
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    bly, do enact as follows:
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 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 615 of the laws of 1996, 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 December 22, 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,  [1998]
11  2000.
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12     2. This act shall take effect immediately.
     EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
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                          [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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