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Senate Bill S3464
2011-2012 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(D, WF) Senate District
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Housing, Construction And Community Development 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
co-Sponsors
(D) Senate District
2011-S3464 (ACTIVE) - Details
- Current Committee:
- Senate Housing, Construction And Community Development
- Law Section:
- Emergency Tenant Protection Act of 1974
- Laws Affected:
- Amd ยง4, Emerg Ten Prot Act of 1974
- Versions Introduced in 2009-2010 Legislative Session:
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S3957
2011-S3464 (ACTIVE) - Summary
Provides that no member, officer or employee of any municipal rent regulation agency or the state division of housing and community renewal shall serve on a rent guidelines board and no person who owns or manages real estate covered by the emergency tenant protection act of 1974 or who is an officer of any owner or tenant organization shall serve as a public member on a rent guidelines board; and further provides that no person who is engaged in any business which involves substantial dealings with real estate or tenant interests shall serve as a public member of a rent guidelines board.
2011-S3464 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER:S3464 TITLE OF BILL: An act to amend the emergency tenant protection act of nineteen seventy-four, in relation to additional qualifications for members of local rent guidelines boards SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS: This bill eliminates the present statutory prohibition against owners or managers of covered real estate or officers of owner organizations from serving as the two designated owner representatives on a county guidelines board. Likewise, the bill eliminates the restriction of officers of tenant organizations from serving as the two tenant representatives. These prohibitions would be continued with respect to the five public members on each board. JUSTIFICATION: Owners and tenants have had difficulty in securing bona fide representatives to serve on the guidelines board. This is primarily due to the restrictions contained in current law. While the majority of public members on each board must be kept free of conflicts of
2011-S3464 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 3464 2011-2012 Regular Sessions I N S E N A T E February 23, 2011 ___________ Introduced by Sens. OPPENHEIMER, DIAZ -- 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 emergency tenant protection act of nineteen seven- ty-four, in relation to additional qualifications for members of local rent guidelines boards THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Subdivision a of section 4 of section 4 of chapter 576 of the laws of 1974, constituting the emergency tenant protection act of nineteen seventy-four, as amended by chapter 349 of the laws of 1979, is amended to read as follows: a. In each county wherein any city having a population of less than one million or any town or village has determined the existence of an emergency pursuant to section three of this act, there shall be created a rent guidelines board to consist of nine members appointed by the commissioner of housing and community renewal upon recommendation of the county legislature which recommendation shall be made within thirty days after the first local declaration of an emergency in such county; two such members shall be representative of tenants, two shall be represen- tative of owners of property, and five shall be public members each of whom shall have had at least five years experience in either finance, economics or housing. One public member shall be designated by the commissioner to serve as chairman and shall hold no other public office. No member, officer or employee of any municipal rent regulation agency or the state division of housing and community renewal SHALL SERVE ON A RENT GUIDELINES BOARD and no person who owns or manages real estate covered by this law or who is an officer of any owner or tenant organ- ization shall serve AS A PUBLIC MEMBER on a rent guidelines board. NO PERSON WHO IS ENGAGED IN ANY BUSINESS WHICH INVOLVES SUBSTANTIAL DEAL- INGS WITH REAL ESTATE OR TENANT INTERESTS SHALL SERVE AS A PUBLIC MEMBER EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD08606-01-1
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