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Jan 06, 2010 |
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Apr 27, 2009 |
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Senate Bill S5124
2009-2010 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(D, WF) 21st Senate District
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Judiciary Committee
- 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
2009-S5124 (ACTIVE) - Details
- See Assembly Version of this Bill:
- A8306
- Current Committee:
- Senate Judiciary
- Law Section:
- Real Property Law
- Laws Affected:
- Add ยง291-i, RP L
- Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
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2011-2012:
S1105, A2915
2013-2014: S3192
2009-S5124 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER: S5124 TITLE OF BILL : An act to amend the real property law, in relation to the preparation and recording of restrictive covenant declarations PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL : To provide a mechanism to allow home owners to remove current offensive, illegal and racist covenants that restrict owners from selling or conveying to any person based on one's race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, familial status, marital status, disability, national origin or ancestry, source of income, socio-economic status or human immunodeficiency virus, or any other criteria in violation of applicable federal or state law. SUMMARY OF SPECIFIC PROVISIONS : The modification document shall be filed with the clerk of the county in which the real property is located, indexed in the same manner as any previously recorded document or documents to which the modification document refers. Subject to provisions in this bill, no written instrument hereafter made, relating to or affecting real property, shall contain any restrictive covenant. Upon the transfer or sale of real property, or upon the occurrence of any other circumstances entailing the filing of a new deed pertaining
2009-S5124 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 5124 2009-2010 Regular Sessions I N S E N A T E April 27, 2009 ___________ 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 the preparation and recording of restrictive covenant declarations 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 291-i to read as follows: S 291-I. PROHIBITED RESTRICTIVE COVENANTS. 1. (A) ANY PROVISION IN A WRITTEN INSTRUMENT RELATING TO OR AFFECTING REAL PROPERTY THAT PURPORTS TO FORBID OR RESTRICT CONVEYING, MORTGAGING, ENCUMBERING OR LEASING OF SUCH REAL PROPERTY TO ANY PERSON ON THE BASIS OF RACE, COLOR, RELIGION, GENDER OR ANY OTHER CRITERIA IN VIOLATION OF APPLICABLE FEDERAL OR STATE LAW, SHALL BE VOID. (B) NOTWITHSTANDING PARAGRAPH (A) OF THIS SUBDIVISION, THE FOLLOWING PROVISIONS ARE NOT PROHIBITED BY THIS SECTION: (I) A LIMITATION, ON THE BASIS OF RELIGION, ON THE USE OF REAL PROPER- TY HELD BY A RELIGIOUS INSTITUTION OR ORGANIZATION OR BY ANY RELIGIOUS OR CHARITABLE ORGANIZATION, OPERATED, SUPERVISED OR CONTROLLED BY A RELIGIOUS INSTITUTION OR ORGANIZATION AND USED FOR RELIGIOUS OR CHARITA- BLE PURPOSES; AND (II) A LIMITATION, IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PROVISIONS OF STATE OR FEDERAL LAW, ON THE BASIS OF SOURCE OF INCOME OR SOCIO-ECONOMIC STATUS, ON THE USE OF REAL PROPERTY DESIGNATED AS HOUSING ACCOMMODATIONS FOR PERSONS IN LOW INCOME CATEGORIES, WHICH LIMITATION RESTRICTS USE OR OCCUPANCY OF SUCH PROPERTY TO PERSONS IN SUCH CATEGORIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO LIMITATIONS ON PROPERTY: (A) DESIGNATED AS PUBLICLY-ASSISTED HOUSING ACCOMMODATIONS AS PROVIDED IN SECTION TWO HUNDRED NINETY-TWO OF THE HUMAN RIGHTS LAW; OR (B) SUBJECT TO RENT CONTROL OR RENT STABILIZATION PURSUANT TO CHAPTER FIVE HUNDRED SEVENTY-SIX OF THE LAWS OF NINETEEN HUNDRED SEVENTY-FOUR, EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD11179-01-9
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