Assembly Actions - Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE |
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Oct 03, 2019 | signed chap.320 |
Oct 01, 2019 | delivered to governor |
May 29, 2019 | returned to assembly passed senate 3rd reading cal.494 substituted for s3891 |
May 29, 2019 | substituted by a2118 |
May 06, 2019 | advanced to third reading |
May 01, 2019 | 2nd report cal. |
Apr 30, 2019 | 1st report cal.494 |
Feb 20, 2019 | referred to judiciary |
senate Bill S3891
Signed By GovernorSponsored By
Luis R. Sepúlveda
(D) 32nd Senate District
Archive: Last Bill Status Via A2118 - Signed by Governor
- Introduced
- In Committee
- On Floor Calendar
- Passed Senate
- Passed Assembly
- Delivered to Governor
- Signed by Governor
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Andrew Gounardes
(D) 26th Senate District
Anna M. Kaplan
(D, IP, WF) 0 Senate District
Rachel May
(D, WF) 48th Senate District
Velmanette Montgomery
(D) 0 Senate District
S3891 (ACTIVE) - Details
S3891 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER: S3891 SPONSOR: SEPULVEDA TITLE OF BILL: An act to amend the real property law, in relation to individuals with disabilities being able to terminate their leases when moving to a residence of a family member or entering certain facilities PURPOSE: To allow those with a disability to more easily move into housing that better suits their needs. SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS: Section 1 amends the real property law by amending section 227-a. Para- graph (a) of subdivision 1 of section 227-a is amended to include people with disabilities in addition to those who are 62 years old or older during a lease agreement for the purpose of terminating a lease when the individual can no longer live independently. Qualifying conditions include: change in financial circumstances that is
S3891 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 3891 2019-2020 Regular Sessions I N S E N A T E February 20, 2019 ___________ Introduced by Sen. SEPULVEDA -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Judiciary AN ACT to amend the real property law, in relation to individuals with disabilities being able to terminate their leases when moving to a residence of a family member or entering certain facilities THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Section 227-a of the real property law, as amended by chap- ter 313 of the laws of 1999, subdivision 2 as separately amended by chapter 314 of the laws of 1999, is amended to read as follows: § 227-a. Termination of residential lease by senior citizens OR INDI- VIDUALS WITH A DISABILITY moving to a residence of a family member or entering certain health care facilities, adult care facilities or hous- ing projects. 1. In any lease or rental agreement covering premises occupied for dwelling purposes in which a lessee or tenant has (A) attained the age of sixty-two years or older, or will attain such age during the term of such lease or rental agreement OR (B) IS AN INDIVID- UAL WITH A "DISABILITY", AS DEFINED IN SUBDIVISION TWENTY-ONE OF SECTION TWO HUNDRED NINETY-TWO OF THE EXECUTIVE LAW or a husband or wife OR DEPENDENT of such a person residing with him or her, there shall be implied a covenant by the lessor or owner to permit such lessee or tenant: [(a)] (I) who is certified by a physician as no longer able, for medical reasons, to live independently in such premises and requiring assistance with instrumental activities of daily living or personal activities of daily living, and who will move to a residence of a member of his or her family, or [(b)] (II) who is notified of his or her oppor- tunity to commence occupancy in an adult care facility (as defined in subdivision twenty-one of section two of the social services law) except for a shelter for adults (as defined in subdivision twenty-three of section two of such law), a residential health care facility (as defined in section two thousand eight hundred one of the public health law), or a housing unit which receives substantial assistance of grants, loans or subsidies from any federal, state or local agency or instrumentality, or any not-for-profit philanthropic organization one of whose primary
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