Assembly Bill A631

Signed By Governor
2023-2024 Legislative Session

Requires residential leases to include information on prior flood damage

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Current Bill Status - Signed by Governor

  • 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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2023-A631 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S1335
Law Section:
Real Property Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §231-b, RP L (as proposed in S.5472-A & A.7876-A)

2023-A631 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires residential leases to include information on prior flood damage due to a natural flood event, such as heavy rainfall, coastal storm surge, tidal inundation, or river overflow, that the lessor knows or reasonable should know has occurred to such premises and the nature of any such damage.

2023-A631 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                    631
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 10, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by M. of A. CARROLL -- read once and referred to the Commit-
   tee on Judiciary
 
 AN ACT to amend the real property law, in relation to requiring residen-
   tial leases to include information on prior flood damage
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section 1. Paragraph (d) of subdivision 1 of section 231-b of the real
 property  law,  as  added  by a chapter of the laws of 2022 amending the
 real property  law  relating  to  requiring  disclosure  of  information
 concerning  flood insurance on residential leases, as proposed in legis-
 lative bills numbers S. 5472-A and A. 7876-A,  is  amended  to  read  as
 follows:
   (d)  [whether  the  leased  premises  has experienced] any PRIOR flood
 damage TO THE LEASED PREMISES due to a  natural  flood  event,  such  as
 heavy   rainfall,  coastal  storm  surge,  tidal  inundation,  or  river
 overflow, THAT THE LESSOR KNOWS OR REASONABLY SHOULD KNOW  HAS  OCCURRED
 TO SUCH PREMISES AND THE NATURE OF ANY SUCH DAMAGE.
   §  2.  This  act  shall  take  effect on the same date and in the same
 manner as a chapter of the laws of 2022 amending the real  property  law
 relating  to requiring disclosure of information concerning flood insur-
 ance on residential leases, as proposed in legislative bills numbers  S.
 5472-A and A. 7876-A, takes effect.
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD03958-01-3

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