Text of New York State Bill S03520

                                                                               
                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K                   
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                                         3520                                  
                                                                               
                              1999-2000 Regular Sessions                       
                                                                               
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                                     March 9, 1999                             
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       Introduced by Sen. VOLKER -- (at request of the Judiciary) -- read twice
         and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee
         on Codes                                                              
                                                                               
       AN  ACT  to  amend  the civil practice law and rules, in relation to the
         failure to make a periodic payment in a structured settlement         
                                                                               
         THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:                                               
                                                                               
    1    Section  1. Section 5034 of the civil practice law and rules, as added
    2  by chapter 294 of the laws of 1985, is amended to read as follows:      
    3    S 5034. Failure to make payment. If at any  time  following  entry  of
    4  judgment,  a judgment debtor fails for any reason to make a payment in a
    5  timely fashion according to the terms  of  this  article,  the  judgment
    6  creditor may petition the court which rendered the original judgment for
    7  an  order  requiring  payment  by the judgment debtor of the outstanding
    8  payments in a lump sum. In calculating the amount of the lump sum  judg-
    9  ment,  the  court  shall  total  the remaining periodic payments due and
   10  owing to the judgment creditor, as calculated  pursuant  to  subdivision
   11  {(b)} (E) of section five thousand thirty-one of this article, and shall
   12  not  convert  these  amounts  to their present value. The court may also
   13  require the payment of interest on the outstanding judgment.            
   14    S 2. Section 5044 of the civil practice law and  rules,  as  added  by
   15  chapter 682 of the laws of 1986, is amended to read as follows:         
   16    S  5044.  Failure  to  make payment. If at any time following entry of
   17  judgment, a judgment debtor fails for any reason to make a payment in  a
   18  timely  fashion  according  to  the  terms of this article, the judgment
   19  creditor may petition the court which rendered the original judgment for
   20  an order requiring payment by the judgment  debtor  of  the  outstanding
   21  payments  in a lump sum. In calculating the amount of the lump sum judg-
   22  ment, the court shall total the  remaining  periodic  payments  due  and
   23  owing  to  the  judgment creditor, as calculated pursuant to subdivision
   24  {(b)} (E) of section five thousand forty-one of this article, and  shall
                                                                               
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             { } is old law to be omitted.                     
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    1  not  convert  these  amounts  to their present value. The court may also
    2  require the payment of interest on the outstanding judgment.            
    3    S 3. This act shall take effect immediately.                          
.SO DOC S 3520          *END*                    BTXT                 1999     

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