Assembly Bill A6302

2017-2018 Legislative Session

Allows persons 60 years or older in any housing project to keep common household pets

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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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2017-A6302 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Housing
Law Section:
Public Housing Law
Laws Affected:
Add §223-c, Pub Hous L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2009-2010: A188
2011-2012: A1000, A7873
2013-2014: A1843, A8470
2015-2016: A6842
2019-2020: A6435

2017-A6302 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Allows persons 60 years or older to keep and care for common household pets in municipal housing; prevents eviction of such persons based on the ownership of pets; provides that any pet who poses a nuisance to the community may be removed; does not remove any pet owner from liability for the reasonable costs directly attributable to any damage caused by the pet.

2017-A6302 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   6302
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                               March 2, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. CRESPO -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on Housing
 
 AN  ACT  to  amend the public housing law, in relation to the keeping of
   certain household pets by persons sixty years of age or older
 
   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
 223-c to read as follows:
   § 223-C. DISCRIMINATION AGAINST PERSONS  WHO  HAVE  CERTAIN  HOUSEHOLD
 PETS.  1.  NO  PERSON WHO IS SIXTY YEARS OF AGE OR OLDER SHALL BE DENIED
 OCCUPANCY IN A DWELLING IN  ANY  HOUSING  PROJECT  OR  BE  SUBJECTED  TO
 EVICTION  FROM ANY SUCH DWELLING ON THE SOLE GROUND THAT SUCH PERSON HAS
 A COMMON HOUSEHOLD PET WHICH WILL OR DOES RESIDE WITH SUCH PERSON THERE-
 IN.
   2. ALL MUNICIPAL HOUSING AUTHORITIES SHALL PROMULGATE REGULATIONS  FOR
 THE  KEEPING  OF  COMMON HOUSEHOLD PETS BY PERSONS SIXTY YEARS OF AGE OR
 OLDER WHO RESIDE IN A DWELLING IN ANY HOUSING PROJECT. SUCH  REGULATIONS
 MAY  INCLUDE  CONSIDERATION, AFTER CONSULTATION WITH THE TENANTS OF SUCH
 HOUSING PROJECT, OF OTHER REASONABLE FACTORS TO GOVERN  THE  KEEPING  OF
 COMMON  HOUSEHOLD  PETS  SUCH AS DENSITY OF TENANTS, PET SIZE, POTENTIAL
 FINANCIAL OBLIGATIONS OF TENANTS, AND STANDARDS OF PET CARE. SUCH  REGU-
 LATIONS  MAY INCLUDE, BUT NOT BE LIMITED TO, REQUIRING ALL PET OWNERS TO
 COMPLY WITH:
   (A) INOCULATIONS AND LICENSING MANDATED BY STATE AND  LOCAL  LAWS,  IF
 APPLICABLE;
   (B) SANITARY STANDARDS GOVERNING THE DISPOSAL OF PET WASTE;
   (C) PET RESTRAINT IN COMMON AREAS;
   (D)  ALTERNATE CARETAKERS IN THE CASE OF SICKNESS OR INCAPACITY OF THE
 PET OWNER;
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD00020-03-7

              

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