Assembly Bill A9329

Signed By Governor
2023-2024 Legislative Session

Requires landlords and lessors provide notice to tenants about bed bug infestation

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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-A9329 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S9227
Law Section:
Real Property Law
Laws Affected:
Add §235-j, RP L

2023-A9329 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires landlords and lessors provide notice to tenants about bed bug infestation within twenty-four hours of having knowledge of such infestation.

2023-A9329 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   9329
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             February 29, 2024
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by M. of A. JACKSON -- read once and referred to the Commit-
   tee on Housing
 
 AN ACT to amend the real property law, in relation  to  requiring  land-
   lords and lessors provide notice to tenants about bed bug infestation
 
   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
 235-j to read as follows:
   §  235-J. DUTY TO INFORM OF BED BUG INFESTATION. UPON HAVING KNOWLEDGE
 OF A BED BUG INFESTATION, THE LANDLORD OR LESSOR OF A RESIDENTIAL  PREM-
 ISES  SHALL  PROVIDE  ALL  TENANTS  AND LESSEES ON SUCH PREMISES WRITTEN
 NOTICE OF SUCH INFESTATION. SUCH WRITTEN NOTICE SHALL BE PROVIDED TO THE
 TENANTS AND LESSEES WITHIN TWENTY-FOUR HOURS OF THE LANDLORD  OR  LESSOR
 HAVING KNOWLEDGE OF THE BED BUG INFESTATION.
   §  2.  This  act shall take effect on the thirtieth day after it shall
 have become a law.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD13970-01-4

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