| Date of Action |
Assembly Actions -
Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE |
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| Jan 08, 2020 |
referred to judiciary |
| Mar 05, 2019 |
referred to judiciary |
Senate Bill S4219
2019-2020 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(D, WF) 21st Senate District
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Judiciary Committee
Actions
2019-S4219 (ACTIVE) - Details
2019-S4219 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER: S4219
SPONSOR: PARKER
TITLE OF BILL: An act to amend the real property law, in relation to
providing prospective lessees with the property's bedbug infestation
history for the previous year
PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL:
To allow tenants the opportunity to examine the facts regarding the
bedbug infestation history of a building, condo or an apartment within
the past year in order to make an educated determination about the
health and safety of the property.
SUMMARY OF SPECIFIC PROVISIONS:
Section 1: The real property law is amended by adding a new section
235-h, requiring that prospective lessees shall be furnished with a
notice outlining the property's bedbug infestation history for the
previous year. Information shall include the premises to be rented and
the building in which the premises is located.
2019-S4219 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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4219
2019-2020 Regular Sessions
I N S E N A T E
March 5, 2019
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Introduced by Sen. PARKER -- 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 providing prospec-
tive lessees with the property's bedbug infestation history for the
previous year
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
235-h to read as follows:
§ 235-H. NOTICE OF BEDBUG INFESTATION HISTORY. 1. ALL PROSPECTIVE
LESSEES SHALL BE FURNISHED WITH A NOTICE, IN A FORM PROMULGATED OR
APPROVED BY THE STATE DIVISION OF HOUSING AND COMMUNITY RENEWAL, THAT
SETS FORTH THE PROPERTY'S BEDBUG INFESTATION HISTORY FOR THE PREVIOUS
YEAR.
2. INFORMATION SHALL INCLUDE ANY BEDBUG INFESTATION OF THE PREMISES TO
BE RENTED BY THE PROSPECTIVE TENANT AND THE BUILDING IN WHICH THE PREM-
ISES ARE LOCATED.
3. THE PROVISIONS OF THIS SECTION SHALL NOT APPLY TO CITIES WITH A
POPULATION OF ONE MILLION OR MORE.
4. THIS SECTION SHALL APPLY TO, BUT NOT BE LIMITED TO, CO-OP SALES AND
CO-OP AND CONDO RENTALS.
§ 2. This act shall take effect on the sixtieth day after it shall
have become a law. Effective immediately the commissioner of the state
division of housing and community renewal may take any action necessary
for the timely implementation of this act on or before the date on which
it shall have become a law.
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
LBD09400-01-9
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