Assembly Actions -
Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE |
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Feb 24, 2022 |
signed chap.74 delivered to governor |
Jan 31, 2022 |
returned to senate passed assembly ordered to third reading cal.330 substituted for a8753 |
Jan 31, 2022 |
substituted by s7701 |
Jan 27, 2022 |
advanced to third reading cal.330 |
Jan 25, 2022 |
reported |
Jan 11, 2022 |
referred to housing |
Assembly Bill A8753
Signed By Governor2021-2022 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
CYMBROWITZ
Archive: Last Bill Status Via S7701 - Signed by Governor
- Introduced
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- In Committee Assembly
- In Committee Senate
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- On Floor Calendar Assembly
- On Floor Calendar Senate
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- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
- Delivered to Governor
- Signed By Governor
Actions
Votes
2021-A8753 (ACTIVE) - Details
- See Senate Version of this Bill:
- S7701
- Law Section:
- Public Housing Law
- Laws Affected:
- Amd §19-a, Pub Hous L (as proposed in S.4742 & A.2679)
2021-A8753 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 8753 I N A S S E M B L Y January 11, 2022 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. CYMBROWITZ -- read once and referred to the Committee on Housing AN ACT to amend the public housing law, in relation to directing the commissioner of housing and community renewal to promulgate rules and regulations regarding the use of electronic records and signatures for certain residential leases THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Section 19-a of the public housing law, as added by a chap- ter of the laws of 2021 amending the public housing law relating to directing the commissioner of housing and community renewal to promul- gate rules and regulations regarding the use of electronic records and signatures for certain residential leases, as proposed in legislative bills numbers S. 4742 and A. 2679, is amended to read as follows: § 19-a. Electronic lease regulations. 1. The commissioner, in consul- tation with the electronic facilitator as defined in section three hundred three of the state technology law, shall promulgate rules and regulations authorizing the use of electronic records or signatures on a voluntary basis by tenants for residential leases and lease renewals of units for which the owner is required to file annual registration state- ments, pursuant to either section twelve-a of the emergency tenant protection act of nineteen seventy-four or section 26-517 of the admin- istrative code of the city of New York, in a manner that conforms with the requirements of article three of the state technology law. 2. Such rules and regulations shall include, but not be limited to, procedures [to ensure that the tenant affirmatively consented] REGARDING NOTIFICATION TO TENANTS REGARDING AFFIRMATIVE CONSENT to the use of electronic records and that the use of electronic records and signatures is voluntary pursuant to section three hundred nine of the state tech- nology law. 3. The division shall also develop a form in the top six languages other than English spoken in the state according to the latest available data from the U.S. Bureau of Census that confirms a tenant's affirmative consent to the use of electronic records. Such form shall clearly state EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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