Senate Bill S6135

2021-2022 Legislative Session

Establishes the lease and landlord fraud public awareness program

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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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2021-S6135 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A5869
Current Committee:
Senate Finance
Law Section:
Public Housing Law
Laws Affected:
Add §20-a, Pub Hous L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2015-2016: A10701
2017-2018: A1930
2019-2020: S8741, A619

2021-S6135 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Establishes the lease and landlord fraud public awareness program to promote public awareness of the potential risks of signing a fraudulent lease with an individual misrepresenting themselves as a landlord.

2021-S6135 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2021-S6135 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   6135
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                              April 12, 2021
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  BOYLE  -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Housing, Construction  and
   Community Development
 
 AN  ACT to amend the public housing law, in relation to establishing the
   lease and landlord fraud public awareness program  to  promote  public
   awareness of the potential risks of signing a fraudulent lease with an
   individual misrepresenting themselves as a landlord
 
   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
 20-a to read as follows:
   §  20-A.  LEASE  AND  LANDLORD  FRAUD PUBLIC AWARENESS PROGRAM. 1. THE
 LEASE AND LANDLORD FRAUD PUBLIC AWARENESS PROGRAM IS HEREBY  ESTABLISHED
 WITHIN  THE  DIVISION TO PROMOTE PUBLIC AWARENESS OF THE POTENTIAL RISKS
 OF SIGNING A FRAUDULENT LEASE WITH AN INDIVIDUAL  MISREPRESENTING  THEM-
 SELVES AS A LANDLORD.
   2. THE DIVISION SHALL:
   A. DEVELOP A PUBLIC EDUCATION AND OUTREACH CAMPAIGN INCLUDING, BUT NOT
 LIMITED  TO,  WRITTEN MATERIALS AND BROCHURES TO PROMOTE LEASE AND LAND-
 LORD FRAUD AWARENESS AND EDUCATE THE GENERAL PUBLIC ON FRAUDULENT LEASES
 AND INDIVIDUALS MISREPRESENTING THEMSELVES AS LANDLORDS; AND
   B. DEVELOP EDUCATIONAL MATERIALS AND BROCHURES  WHICH  SHALL  BE  MADE
 AVAILABLE TO THE GENERAL PUBLIC AND LOCAL MUNICIPALITIES.
   § 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after
 it  shall have become a law. Effective immediately, the addition, amend-
 ment and/or repeal of any rule or regulation necessary for the implemen-
 tation of this act on its effective date are authorized to be  made  and
 completed on or before such effective date.
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD03534-01-1

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