Assembly Actions -
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Jun 02, 2014 |
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Jan 08, 2014 |
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Assembly Bill A4724
2013-2014 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
MONTESANO
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Assembly Committee
- Introduced
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- In Committee Assembly
- In Committee Senate
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- On Floor Calendar Assembly
- On Floor Calendar Senate
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- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
- Delivered to Governor
- Signed By Governor
Actions
co-Sponsors
Michael G. Miller
Andrew Raia
multi-Sponsors
Claudia Tenney
2013-A4724 (ACTIVE) - Details
2013-A4724 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 4724 2013-2014 Regular Sessions I N A S S E M B L Y February 8, 2013 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. MONTESANO, STEVENSON, MILLER -- read once and referred to the Committee on Judiciary AN ACT to amend the general municipal law and the penal law, in relation to liability of owners of illegal rentals if a resident or certain other person is injured or dies related to such owner's negligent maintenance of such illegal rental THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. The general municipal law is amended by adding a new section 99-x to read as follows: S 99-X. LIABILITY OF OWNERS OF ILLEGAL RENTALS. IN THE CASE OF SERI- OUS INJURY OR DEATH OF ANY RESIDENT OF AN ILLEGAL RENTAL, OR PERSON INVOLVED IN RESCUING OR ASSISTING VICTIMS LIVING IN AN ILLEGAL RENTAL, THE OWNER OF SUCH ILLEGAL RENTAL SHALL BE PRESUMED LIABLE PURSUANT TO SECTIONS 120.20 AND 125.10 OF THE PENAL LAW. S 2. The first undesignated paragraph of section 120.20 of the penal law is amended to read as follows: A person is guilty of reckless endangerment in the second degree when: (A) he OR SHE recklessly engages in conduct which creates a substan- tial risk of serious physical injury to another person; OR (B) HE OR SHE IS AN OWNER OF AN ILLEGAL RENTAL UNIT AND A RESIDENT OF SUCH UNIT IS A VICTIM OF SUCH OWNER'S NEGLIGENT MAINTENANCE OF SUCH RENTAL, OR A PERSON INVOLVED IN RESCUING OR ASSISTING SUCH VICTIMS IN SUCH ILLEGAL RENTAL SUFFERS SERIOUS PHYSICAL INJURY. S 3. The first undesignated paragraph of section 125.10 of the penal law is amended to read as follows: A person is guilty of criminally negligent homicide when[,]: (A) with criminal negligence, he OR SHE causes the death of another person; OR (B) HE OR SHE IS AN OWNER OF AN ILLEGAL RENTAL UNIT AND A RESIDENT OF SUCH UNIT IS A VICTIM OF SUCH OWNER'S NEGLIGENT MAINTENANCE OF SUCH EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD08590-01-3
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