Assembly Bill A4769

2013-2014 Legislative Session

Defines lease-hold retirement community and proscribes rules and regulations for ownership and operation thereof

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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-A4769 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S3660
Current Committee:
Assembly Codes
Law Section:
Real Property Law
Laws Affected:
Add §238-a, RP L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2009-2010: S3142
2011-2012: A2136, S1941
2015-2016: A6268, S4435
2017-2018: A3145, S3818
2019-2020: A6364, S4316
2021-2022: A9213, S8312
2023-2024: A4955

2013-A4769 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Sets up rules and regulations for the operation of lease-hold retirement communities to provide adequate housing for senior citizens wishing to retire and locate in a lease-hold retirement community; grants owners of homes in lease-hold retirement communities the right to sell their homes by methods common to sales of residential property; requires that owners of lease-hold retirement communities offer owners of homes the option to sign a long-term ninety-nine year lease.

2013-A4769 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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    S. 3660                                                  A. 4769

                       2013-2014 Regular Sessions

                      S E N A T E - A S S E M B L Y

                            February 8, 2013
                               ___________

IN SENATE -- Introduced by Sen. LAVALLE -- read twice and ordered print-
  ed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Judiciary

IN  ASSEMBLY  -- Introduced by M. of A. THIELE -- read once and referred
  to the Committee on Aging

AN ACT to amend the real property law, in relation to lease-hold retire-
  ment communities

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

  Section  1.  The  real property law is amended by adding a new section
238-a to read as follows:
  S 238-A. LEASE-HOLD RETIREMENT COMMUNITY. 1. DEFINITIONS. AS  USED  IN
THIS SECTION:
  (A) A "LEASE-HOLD RETIREMENT COMMUNITY" SHALL MEAN A CONTIGUOUS PARCEL
OF  PRIVATELY  OWNED  REAL  PROPERTY CONTAINING TWO HUNDRED OR MORE LOTS
WHICH ARE LEASED TO OWNERS  OF  YEAR-ROUND  HOMES  ERECTED  THEREON  AND
AFFIXED  THERETO  WHEREIN  THE  OCCUPATION  IS RESTRICTED TO INDIVIDUALS
BASED ON AGE PURSUANT TO PARAGRAPH (H)  OF  SUBDIVISION  THREE  OF  THIS
SECTION.
  A  "LEASE-HOLD  RETIREMENT  COMMUNITY" SHALL NOT INCLUDE A MOBILE HOME
PARK, OR CONDOMINIUM, AS DEFINED IN THIS CHAPTER OR REAL PROPERTY  OWNED
BY A CORPORATION FORMED PURSUANT TO THE COOPERATIVE CORPORATIONS LAW.
  (B) "HOME OWNER" SHALL MEAN ONE WHO HOLDS TITLE TO A HOME.
  (C)  "TENANT"  SHALL  MEAN  ONE  WHO  OCCUPIES  A HOME IN A LEASE-HOLD
RETIREMENT COMMUNITY FOR THIRTY DAYS OR MORE, AND  WHOSE  OCCUPATION  OF
THE  HOME  IN  THE  LEASE-HOLD  RETIREMENT  COMMUNITY  IS  KNOWN  TO THE
LEASE-HOLD RETIREMENT COMMUNITY OWNER OR OPERATOR.
  2. LEASES. (A) ANY LEASE-HOLD RETIREMENT COMMUNITY OWNER  OR  OPERATOR
SHALL  OFFER  EVERY HOME OWNER THE OPPORTUNITY TO SIGN A LONG TERM LEASE
FOR NINETY-NINE YEARS, WITH AN OPTION OF THE HOME OWNER TO  CANCEL  SAID
LEASE ON NINETY DAYS WRITTEN NOTICE TO SAID OWNER OR OPERATOR.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD01712-02-3
              

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