S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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3204
2009-2010 Regular Sessions
I N S E N A T E
March 12, 2009
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Introduced by Sens. MAZIARZ, VOLKER -- read twice and ordered printed,
and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Judiciary
AN ACT to amend general obligations law, in relation to money deposited
or advanced for use or rental of real property
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Subdivision 2 of section 7-103 of the general obligations
law, as amended by chapter 402 of the laws of 1979, is amended to read
as follows:
2. Whenever the person receiving money so deposited or advanced shall
deposit such money in a banking organization, such person shall thereup-
on notify in writing each of the persons making such security deposit or
advance, giving the name and address of the banking organization in
which the deposit of security money is made, and the amount of such
deposit. Deposits in a banking organization pursuant to the provisions
of this subdivision shall be made in a banking organization having a
place of business within the state. If the person depositing such secu-
rity money in a banking organization shall deposit same in an interest
bearing account, [he shall be entitled to receive, as administration
expenses, a sum equivalent to one per cent per annum upon the security
money so deposited, which shall be in lieu of all other administrative
and custodial expenses. The balance of] the interest paid by the banking
organization shall be the money of the person making the deposit or
advance and shall either be held in trust by the person with whom such
deposit or advance shall be made, until repaid or applied for the use or
rental of the leased premises, or annually paid to the person making the
deposit of security money.
S 2. This act shall take effect on the first of January next succeed-
ing the date on which it shall have become a law.
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
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