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Assembly Bill A5814

2017-2018 Legislative Session

Permits tenants or residents of limited profit housing to copy financial documents pertaining to their projects, subject to a reasonable charge therefor

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2017-A5814 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Housing
Law Section:
Private Housing Finance Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §32-a, Priv Hous Fin L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2009-2010: A1292
2011-2012: A1847
2013-2014: A2835
2015-2016: A3672
2019-2020: A5351

2017-A5814 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Permits tenants or residents of limited profit housing, or persons acting on their behalf, to copy financial documents pertaining to their projects, subject to a reasonable charge therefor, the maximum of which shall be prescribed by regulation.

2017-A5814 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   5814
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             February 15, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  CYMBROWITZ  -- read once and referred to the
   Committee on Housing
 
 AN ACT to amend the private housing finance  law,  in  relation  to  the
   copying of documents of limited profit housing companies
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section 1. Section 32-a of the private housing finance law is  amended
 by adding a new subdivision 8 to read as follows:
   8.  EVERY TENANT OR RESIDENT, OR A PERSON ACTING ON BEHALF OF A TENANT
 OR RESIDENT, SHALL BE PERMITTED TO  COPY,  BY  PHOTOGRAPHIC  MEANS,  ANY
 DOCUMENT  WITHIN  THE SCOPE OF THIS SECTION PERTAINING TO THE PROJECT IN
 WHICH SUCH TENANT OR RESIDENT RESIDES. A REASONABLE FEE,  SUBJECT  TO  A
 MAXIMUM  THEREFOR  PRESCRIBED  IN  REGULATIONS,  MAY BE CHARGED FOR SUCH
 COPIES.
   § 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred twentieth day after
 it shall have become a law; provided that the  commissioner  of  housing
 and  community renewal and supervising agencies, as defined in article 2
 of the private housing finance law, are authorized to promulgate any and
 all rules and regulations and  take  any  other  measures  necessary  to
 implement this act on its effective date on or before such date.
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD09722-01-7

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