Assembly Bill A993

2013-2014 Legislative Session

Requires the disclosure of bedbug infestation history for the previous year to prospective lessees

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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-A993 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S5472
Current Committee:
Assembly Judiciary
Law Section:
Real Property Law
Laws Affected:
Add §235-h, RP L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2011-2012: A5177
2015-2016: A610, S528
2017-2018: S2830
2019-2020: S4219
2021-2022: S4747
2023-2024: S5701

2013-A993 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires the disclosure of bedbug infestation history for the previous year to prospective lessees; does not apply to cities with a population of one million or more; includes co-op sales and co-op and condo rentals in addition to other types of rentals.

2013-A993 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                   993

                       2013-2014 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                               (PREFILED)

                             January 9, 2013
                               ___________

Introduced by M. of A. ROSENTHAL, GIBSON, DINOWITZ, MAISEL, SCARBOROUGH,
  JAFFEE,  MILLMAN,  ROBERTS,  HOOPER  -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A.
  ARROYO, BRAUNSTEIN, BRENNAN, CAMARA, CERETTO, COOK, GLICK,  GOTTFRIED,
  LUPARDO -- read once and referred to the Committee on Judiciary

AN ACT to amend the real property law, in relation to providing prospec-
  tive  lessees  with  the property's bedbug infestation history for the
  previous year

  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
235-h to read as follows:
  S 235-H. NOTICE OF BEDBUG  INFESTATION  HISTORY.  1.  ALL  PROSPECTIVE
LESSEES  SHALL  BE  FURNISHED  WITH  A  NOTICE, IN A FORM PROMULGATED OR
APPROVED BY THE STATE DIVISION OF HOUSING AND  COMMUNITY  RENEWAL,  THAT
SETS  FORTH  THE  PROPERTY'S BEDBUG INFESTATION HISTORY FOR THE PREVIOUS
YEAR.
  2. INFORMATION SHALL INCLUDE ANY BEDBUG INFESTATION OF THE PREMISES TO
BE RENTED BY THE PROSPECTIVE TENANT AND THE BUILDING IN WHICH THE  PREM-
ISES ARE LOCATED.
  3.  THE  PROVISIONS  OF  THIS SECTION SHALL NOT APPLY TO CITIES WITH A
POPULATION OF ONE MILLION OR MORE.
  4. THIS SECTION SHALL APPLY TO, BUT NOT BE LIMITED TO, CO-OP SALES AND
CO-OP AND CONDO RENTALS.
  S 2. This act shall take effect on the sixtieth  day  after  it  shall
have  become  a  law.    Provided, however, that the commissioner of the
state division of housing and community  renewal  may  take  any  action
necessary  for  the  timely  implementation of this act on or before 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.
                                                           LBD04435-01-3

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