Relates to the filling of vacancies in the office of lieutenant-governor or governor and the powers and duties of such offices; establishes the committee on gubernatorial disability.
Prohibits single-agent dual agency in certain real property agreements; requires representation agreements for certain brokers; allows buyers and tenants to negotiate brokers' fees; prohibits landlords, lessors, sub-lessors, and grantors from requiring a tenant to pay brokers' fees as a condition of entering into a lease agreement.
Relates to the filing of objections to support magistrate determinations in child support, paternity and parentage proceedings in family court and to the time-limit for appeals in all categories of family court cases.
Ensures the sealing of records containing the name of the child or party in any document, index, or minutes available to the public in a proceeding for judgment of parentage.
Relates to venue in matrimonial actions regarding the children of the parties; provides that the place of the trial shall be in a county in which either party resides or, if there are minor children of the marriage, the place of trial may also be in the county where one of such children resides.
Relates to the annual maintenance allowance received by employees of the unified court system who are required to wear an employer-approved blazer; categorizes such allowance as compensation for retirement purposes, rather than part of the employee's basic annual salary.
Expands the civil jurisdiction of county courts to matters of up to fifty thousand dollars and district courts to matters of up to thirty-five thousand dollars.
Relates to conveying approximately 1.2 acres of land located within the forest preserve to the town of Montague, Lewis county, in order to allow the expansion of the town's barn for public use, in exchange for 26 acres of land to be conveyed by such town to the state.
Allows the alteration or repeal of real property tax exemptions for certain private institutions of higher education by the passage of a private bill by the legislature and approval by the governor.
Relates to automatic orders in matrimonial actions; provides that in the event that the governor declares an emergency which results in issuance by the judiciary of an administrative order which prohibits the filing of the summons or the summons and verified complaint during the emergency, then the automatic orders shall be binding upon the plaintiff and the defendant immediately upon service of the summons upon defendant, but shall have no force and effect unless: the plaintiff purchases an index number for the action within twenty-one days of the date of service upon the defendant of the summons with notice or the summons and verified complaint; or plaintiff applies for poor person status within twenty-one days of the date of service on the defendant of the summons with notice or the summons and verified complaint, and, in the event that the application for poor person status is denied, the plaintiff pays an index number fee within one hundred twenty days after the date of a court order denying the plaintiff's application for waiver of the fee.
Requires notice of enforcement of a lien on goods in a self-storage facility to be sent to an emergency contact designated by the occupant in a manner similar to the occupant; requires notice to update information on occupancy agreement.
Provides that a plaintiff shall have up to twenty-one days to consider whether any resolution to a claim involving discrimination shall include the underlying facts of the claim or whether such underlying facts shall be kept confidential.