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Senate Bill S9127

2017-2018 Legislative Session

Relates to short-term property rentals

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2017-S9127 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Rules
Law Section:
Real Property Law
Laws Affected:
Add §238-a, RP L

2017-S9127 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires property owners who use 1 or 2 family dwellings for short term rentals to certify that such property does not have any pending violations of the housing and/or building codes.

2017-S9127 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2017-S9127 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   9127
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                               June 29, 2018
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  AVELLA -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules
 
 AN ACT to amend the real property law, in relation to short-term proper-
   ty rentals
 
   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
 238-a to read as follows:
   § 238-A. SHORT-TERM RENTAL; CERTIFICATION OF NO VIOLATIONS. 1.   WHEN-
 EVER  USED  IN  THIS SECTION THE TERM "SHORT-TERM RENTAL" SHALL MEAN THE
 RENTING OF A PROPERTY OF A TERM OF THIRTY DAYS OR LESS.
   2. A PROPERTY OWNER WHO USES THEIR PROPERTY CONSISTING OF A ONE OR TWO
 FAMILY DWELLING FOR THE PURPOSES  OF  A  SHORT-TERM  RENTAL  MUST  FIRST
 CERTIFY WITH THE LOCAL MUNICIPAL AGENCY WITH JURISDICTION OVER THE PROP-
 ERTY  BEING  RENTED  THAT THERE ARE NO PENDING VIOLATIONS OF THE HOUSING
 AND/OR BUILDING CODES EXISTING ON THE PROPERTY. EACH SUCH  CERTIFICATION
 SHALL  BE  VALID FOR NINETY DAYS. IF THE PROPERTY OWNER DOES NOT CERTIFY
 OR CERTIFIES AND IS FOUND TO HAVE A PENDING VIOLATION WHEN USING A PROP-
 ERTY FOR A SHORT-TERM RENTAL, THE PROPERTY OWNER SHALL BE LIABLE  FOR  A
 CIVIL  PENALTY  OF  NOT  MORE  THAN  ONE  THOUSAND  DOLLARS  FOR A FIRST
 VIOLATION, FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS FOR A SECOND  VIOLATION,  AND  SEVENTY-
 FIVE  HUNDRED DOLLARS AND/OR AN ORDER TO VACATE FOR THE THIRD AND SUBSE-
 QUENT VIOLATIONS.
   § 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred twentieth day after
 it shall have become a law.
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD13350-01-7

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