Assembly Bill A2835

2013-2014 Legislative Session

Permits tenants or residents of limited profit housing to copy financial documents pertaining to their projects, subject to a reasonable charge therefor

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  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2013-A2835 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Housing
Law Section:
Private Housing Finance Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §32-a, Priv Hous Fin L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2009-2010: A1292
2011-2012: A1847
2015-2016: A3672
2017-2018: A5814
2019-2020: A5351

2013-A2835 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Permits tenants or residents of limited profit housing, or persons acting on their behalf, to copy financial documents pertaining to their projects, subject to a reasonable charge therefor, the maximum of which shall be prescribed by regulation.

2013-A2835 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                  2835

                       2013-2014 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                            January 18, 2013
                               ___________

Introduced by M. of A. WRIGHT -- read once and referred to the Committee
  on Housing

AN  ACT  to  amend  the  private housing finance law, in relation to the
  copying of documents of limited profit housing companies

  THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section  1. Section 32-a of the private housing finance law is amended
by adding a new subdivision 8 to read as follows:
  8. EVERY TENANT OR RESIDENT, OR A PERSON ACTING ON BEHALF OF A  TENANT
OR  RESIDENT,  SHALL  BE  PERMITTED  TO COPY, BY PHOTOGRAPHIC MEANS, ANY
DOCUMENT WITHIN THE SCOPE OF THIS SECTION PERTAINING TO THE  PROJECT  IN
WHICH  SUCH  TENANT  OR RESIDENT RESIDES. A REASONABLE FEE, SUBJECT TO A
MAXIMUM THEREFOR PRESCRIBED IN REGULATIONS,  MAY  BE  CHARGED  FOR  SUCH
COPIES.
  S 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred twentieth day after
it  shall  have  become a law; provided that the commissioner of housing
and community renewal and supervising agencies, as defined in article  2
of the private housing finance law, are authorized to promulgate any and
all  rules  and  regulations  and  take  any other measures necessary to
implement this act on its effective date on or before such date.




 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD00804-01-3

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