Assembly Actions -
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Jan 05, 2022 |
referred to judiciary |
Feb 01, 2021 |
referred to judiciary |
Assembly Bill A4279
2021-2022 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
WALKER
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Assembly 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
2021-A4279 (ACTIVE) - Details
2021-A4279 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 4279 2021-2022 Regular Sessions I N A S S E M B L Y February 1, 2021 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. WALKER -- read once and referred to the Committee on Judiciary AN ACT to amend the real property actions and proceedings law, in relation to the imposition of civil penalties for failure to seal the court records of evictions of tenants leasing real property that is the subject of a foreclosure THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Section 757 of the real property actions and proceedings law, as added by section 23 of part M of chapter 36 of the laws of 2019, is amended to read as follows: § 757. Eviction as the result of foreclosure. In the event that a lessee is removed from real property pursuant to this article, and the leased real property was the subject of a foreclosure proceeding pursu- ant to this chapter or the subject of a tax foreclosure proceeding, the court records relating to any such lessee shall be sealed and be deemed confidential. No disclosure or use of such information relating to any such lessee shall be authorized, and the use of such information shall be prohibited. ANY VIOLATION OF THIS SECTION BY A PRIVATE PERSON SHALL RESULT IN A CIVIL PENALTY OF NOT LESS THAN ONE THOUSAND DOLLARS, NOR MORE THAN TWO THOUSAND DOLLARS. § 2. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD07749-01-1
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