Assembly Actions -
Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE |
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Jun 09, 2016 |
referred to housing delivered to assembly passed senate ordered to third reading cal.1657 committee discharged and committed to rules |
May 12, 2016 |
referred to housing, construction and community development |
Senate Bill S7732
2015-2016 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(R) Senate District
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
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Votes
2015-S7732 (ACTIVE) - Details
2015-S7732 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER: S7732 TITLE OF BILL : An act to amend the public housing law, in relation to establishing the lease and landlord fraud public awareness program to promote public awareness of the potential risks of signing a fraudulent lease with an individual misrepresenting themselves as a landlord PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL : This bill will create a public awareness program to inform the public of the risks of signing a fraudulent or invalid lease. SUMMARY OF SPECIFIC PROVISIONS : Section 1. Amends the public housing law to create a public awareness program. Section 2. Effective Date JUSTIFICATION : Due to the recent housing crisis, many homes have been foreclosed or become abandoned homes. This has allowed for unscrupulous individuals to prey on those looking for housing to rent these homes as if they
2015-S7732 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 7732 I N S E N A T E May 12, 2016 ___________ Introduced by Sen. BOYLE -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Housing, Construction and Community Development AN ACT to amend the public housing law, in relation to establishing the lease and landlord fraud public awareness program to promote public awareness of the potential risks of signing a fraudulent lease with an individual misrepresenting themselves as a landlord THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. The public housing law is amended by adding a new section 20-a to read as follows: S 20-A. LEASE AND LANDLORD FRAUD PUBLIC AWARENESS PROGRAM. 1. THE LEASE AND LANDLORD FRAUD PUBLIC AWARENESS PROGRAM IS HEREBY ESTABLISHED WITHIN THE DIVISION TO PROMOTE PUBLIC AWARENESS OF THE POTENTIAL RISKS OF SIGNING A FRAUDULENT LEASE WITH AN INDIVIDUAL MISREPRESENTING THEM- SELVES AS A LANDLORD. 2. THE DIVISION SHALL: A. DEVELOP A PUBLIC EDUCATION AND OUTREACH CAMPAIGN INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, WRITTEN MATERIALS AND BROCHURES TO PROMOTE LEASE AND LAND- LORD FRAUD AWARENESS AND EDUCATE THE GENERAL PUBLIC ON FRAUDULENT LEASES AND INDIVIDUALS MISREPRESENTING THEMSELVES AS LANDLORDS; AND B. DEVELOP EDUCATIONAL MATERIALS AND BROCHURES WHICH SHALL BE MADE AVAILABLE TO THE GENERAL PUBLIC AND LOCAL MUNICIPALITIES. S 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after it shall have become a law. Effective immediately, the addition, amend- ment and/or repeal of any rule or regulation necessary for the implemen- tation of this act on its effective date are authorized to be made and completed on or before such effective date. EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD15417-01-6
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