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                                         6057                                  
                                                                               
                              1999-2000 Regular Sessions                       
                                                                               
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                                     July 8, 1999                              
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       Introduced  by  Sen. LACK -- (at request of the Judiciary) -- read twice
         and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee
         on Rules                                                              
                                                                               
       AN ACT to amend the court of claims act, in relation to service of proc-
         ess                                                                   
                                                                               
         THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:                                               
                                                                               
    1    Section  1. Paragraph (ii) of subdivision a of section 11 of the court
    2  of claims act, as added by a chapter of the laws of 1999,  amending  the
    3  court  of  claims  act  relating  to  service of process, as proposed in
    4  legislative bills numbers S. 5552 and A. 7713, is  amended  to  read  as
    5  follows:                                                                
    6    (ii) In any action brought in the court of claims against the New York
    7  state  thruway  authority,  the  city university of New York, OR the New
    8  York state power authority, {the olympic regional development authority,
    9  or any other defendant, other than the state  of  New  York,  over  whom
   10  jurisdiction  lies in the court of claims,} a copy of the claim shall be
   11  served personally or by certified mail, return receipt  requested,  upon
   12  such  defendant,  in  addition to the attorney general, within the times
   13  hereinbefore provided for filing with the clerk of the  court,  and  any
   14  notice  of  intention  shall  be served personally or by certified mail,
   15  return receipt requested, upon such defendant, in addition to the attor-
   16  ney general, within the times hereinbefore provided for service upon the
   17  attorney general. Service by certified mail, return  receipt  requested,
   18  shall not be complete until the claim or notice of intention is received
   19  by  the  defendant. Personal service upon any defendant shall be made in
   20  the same manner as described in the civil practice law and rules.       
   21    S 2. This act shall take effect on the same date as a chapter  of  the
   22  laws  of  1999  amending  the court of claims act relating to service of
   23  process, as proposed in legislative bills numbers S. 5552 and  A.  7713,
   24  takes effect.                                                           
                                                                               
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             { } is old law to be omitted.                     
                                                                  LBD14138-01-9
.SO DOC S 6057          *END*                    BTXT                 1999     

Bill S06057
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