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Senate Bill S6776

2015-2016 Legislative Session

Relates to massage therapist locations that promote prostitution and/or practice massage therapy without a professional license

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2015-S6776 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A9045
Current Committee:
Senate Judiciary
Law Section:
Real Property Law
Laws Affected:
Add ยง228-a, RP L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2017-2018: A743
2019-2020: A810

2015-S6776 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to massage therapist locations that promote prostitution and/or practice massage therapy without a professional license.

2015-S6776 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2015-S6776 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  6776

                            I N  S E N A T E

                            February 19, 2016
                               ___________

Introduced  by  Sen. ADDABBO -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
  printed to be committed to the Committee on Judiciary

AN ACT to amend the real property law, in relation to massage  therapist
  locations  that  promote  prostitution and/or practice massage therapy
  without a license

  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
228-a to read as follows:
  S 228-A.  TENANT  LOCATION  USED  AS  AN  UNLICENSED  MASSAGE  THERAPY
LOCATION  AND/OR  MASSAGE THERAPY THAT PROMOTES PROSTITUTION. A LANDLORD
SHALL TERMINATE A TENANCY AND EVICT A  TENANT  WHO  OPERATES  A  MASSAGE
THERAPIST  LOCATION  ON  THE  LANDLORD'S  PROPERTY  WITHIN SIXTY DAYS OF
NOTIFICATION TO THE LANDLORD  BY  A  CITY  OR  STATE  AGENCY  THAT  SUCH
TENANT'S MASSAGE THERAPIST LOCATION:
  1.  PRACTICES MASSAGE THERAPY WITHOUT A PROFESSIONAL MASSAGE THERAPIST
LICENSE IN VIOLATION OF SECTION SIX THOUSAND FIVE HUNDRED TWELVE OF  THE
EDUCATION LAW; AND/OR
  2. PROMOTES PROSTITUTION AS DEFINED IN SECTION 230.15, 230.19, 230.20,
230.25, 230.30 OR 230.32 OF THE PENAL LAW.
  S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.





 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD13086-04-5

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