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Assembly Bill A1812

2017-2018 Legislative Session

Prohibits the use, with exceptions, of an electronic entry card or device as a mechanism for resident or resident's guest to enter or exit a residential building

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2017-A1812 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S7152
Law Section:
General City Law
Laws Affected:
Add §18-e, Gen City L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2009-2010: A514
2011-2012: A3514
2013-2014: A253
2015-2016: A5928
2019-2020: S2308
2021-2022: S2954

2017-A1812 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Prohibits the use, with exceptions, of an electronic entry card or device as a mechanism for resident or resident's guest to enter or exit a residential building unless such resident affirmatively consents in writing to use of such card or device.

2017-A1812 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   1812
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 13, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by M. of A. KAVANAGH, O'DONNELL, GLICK, ENGLEBRIGHT, HOOPER,
   GOTTFRIED, WEPRIN -- read once and referred to the Committee on Cities
 
 AN ACT to amend the general city law, in relation  to  electronic  entry
   cards which register personal identifying information
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. The general city law is amended by  adding  a  new  section
 18-e to read as follows:
   § 18-E. ELECTRONIC ENTRY CARDS OR DEVICES. AN ELECTRONIC ENTRY CARD OR
 DEVICE  WHICH CONTAINS, REGISTERS OR RECORDS PERSONAL IDENTIFYING INFOR-
 MATION SHALL NOT BE REQUIRED AS A MECHANISM FOR A RESIDENT OR RESIDENT'S
 GUEST TO ENTER OR EXIT A RESIDENTIAL BUILDING OR APARTMENT  UNLESS  SUCH
 RESIDENT  AFFIRMATIVELY  CONSENTS  IN  WRITING  TO  USE  OF SUCH CARD OR
 DEVICE. SUCH CONSENT SHALL NOT BE A TERM OR CONDITION  OF  A  LEASE  AND
 SHALL NOT BE VALID UNLESS SUCH RESIDENT IS NOTIFIED IN WRITING THAT SUCH
 CONSENT  IS ENTIRELY OPTIONAL AND IS NOT REQUIRED FOR OCCUPANCY. A RESI-
 DENT'S WITHHOLDING OF SUCH CONSENT SHALL NOT HAVE ANY EFFECT  WHATSOEVER
 ON  THE  TERMS  AND  CONDITIONS  OF  THE  RESIDENT'S  OCCUPANCY. FOR THE
 PURPOSES  OF  THIS  SECTION,  PERSONAL  IDENTIFYING  INFORMATION   SHALL
 INCLUDE,  BUT  NOT  BE  LIMITED TO, A PHOTOGRAPH, NAME, ADDRESS, UNIT OR
 APARTMENT NUMBER, AND TIME OF ENTRANCE OR EXIT, AND A RESIDENTIAL BUILD-
 ING SHALL MEAN AN APARTMENT HOUSE.
   § 2. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day  after  it  shall
 have become a law.
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD02822-01-7

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