Assembly Bill A966

Signed By Governor
2023-2024 Legislative Session

Relates to information available for inspection during certain special proceedings by tenants

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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-A966 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S1341
Law Section:
Real Property Actions and Proceedings Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §796-k, RPAP L; amd §2, Chap of 2022 (as proposed in S.6721 & A.3241)

2023-A966 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to information available for inspection during certain special proceedings by certain tenants for judgment directing deposit of rents that are in the possession of the department charged with the enforcement of the housing maintenance code of the municipality; relates to the effectiveness of such provisions.

2023-A966 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                    966
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 11, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. McDONALD -- read once and referred to the Commit-
   tee on Judiciary
 
 AN  ACT  to  amend  the  real  property  actions and proceedings law, in
   relation  to  information  available  for  inspection  during  certain
   special  proceedings by tenants; and to amend a chapter of the laws of
   2022 amending the real property actions and proceedings  law  relating
   to special proceedings by tenants of dwellings outside the city of New
   York  and certain counties for judgment directing deposit of rents and
   the use thereof for the purpose of remedying conditions  dangerous  to
   life,  health  or  safety, as proposed in legislative bills numbers S.
   6721 and A. 3241, in relation to the effectiveness thereof
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1. Section 796-k of the real property actions and proceedings
 law, as added by a chapter of the laws of 2022 amending the real proper-
 ty actions and  proceedings  law  relating  to  special  proceedings  by
 tenants  of  dwellings outside the city of New York and certain counties
 for judgment directing deposit of rents and  the  use  thereof  for  the
 purpose  of remedying conditions dangerous to life, health or safety, as
 proposed in legislative bills numbers S. 6721 and A. 3241, is amended to
 read as follows:
   § 796-k. Presentation or  settlement  of  accounts.  The  court  shall
 require  the  keeping  of  written  accounts  itemizing the receipts and
 expenditures for work  performed  under  an  order  issued  pursuant  to
 section seven hundred ninety-six-h or seven hundred ninety-six-i of this
 article, which shall be open to inspection by the owner of the dwelling,
 or  any  mortgagee  or  lienor or any other person having an interest in
 such receipts or expenditures provided,  however,  that  notwithstanding
 any  other  provision of law to the contrary, such information as may be
 in the possession of the department charged with the enforcement of  the
 housing  maintenance  code of the [county or city] MUNICIPALITY shall be
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD03956-01-3
              

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