Senate Bill S663

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Requires residential real property managers to be licensed by secretary of state

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Current Bill Status - In Senate Committee Judiciary Committee


  • 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-S663 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Judiciary
Law Section:
Real Property Law
Laws Affected:
Add Art 12-D §448, RP L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2009-2010: S5301
2011-2012: S87
2013-2014: S184
2015-2016: S198
2017-2018: S2027, S7104
2019-2020: S2340
2021-2022: S3092
2025-2026: S71

2023-S663 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires residential real property managers or any firm employing a property manager, contracting with a property manager or contracting to provide a property manager to file a registration statement with the secretary of state and to be certified from an approved certifying organization.

2023-S663 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2023-S663 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                    663
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                              January 5, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by Sen. KAVANAGH -- 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 providing  certif-
   ication and registration requirements for property managers of cooper-
   atives and condominiums

   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  article
 12-D to read as follows:
                                ARTICLE 12-D
                       RESIDENTIAL REALTY MANAGEMENT
 SECTION 448. RESIDENTIAL REALTY MANAGEMENT.
   §  448.  RESIDENTIAL  REALTY  MANAGEMENT.  1. AS USED IN THIS ARTICLE,
 UNLESS THE CONTEXT OTHERWISE REQUIRES:
   (A) "CERTIFICATION" SHALL MEAN A DESIGNATION BY THE SECRETARY OF STATE
 THAT AN INDIVIDUAL HAS MET THE PREDETERMINED  QUALIFICATIONS  WHICH  ARE
 DEEMED  TO  CONSTITUTE  A  LEVEL  OF PROFICIENCY ADEQUATE TO PERFORM THE
 DAY-TO-DAY MANAGEMENT AND OPERATION OF REAL PROPERTY USED  FOR  RESIDEN-
 TIAL PURPOSES AND OWNED AS A COOPERATIVE OR CONDOMINIUM.
   (B) "PROPERTY MANAGER" SHALL MEAN ANY PERSON WHO, IN RETURN FOR REMUN-
 ERATION OR COMPENSATION OF ANY KIND, PERFORMS RESIDENTIAL REALTY MANAGE-
 MENT  FOR REAL PROPERTY OWNED AS A CONDOMINIUM OR COOPERATIVE.  PROPERTY
 MANAGER SHALL NOT MEAN OR INCLUDE:
   (1) A SHAREHOLDER OR OWNER OF THE COOPERATIVE OR CONDOMINIUM ACTING AS
 A PROPERTY MANAGER WITHOUT REMUNERATION OR COMPENSATION OF ANY KIND; OR
   (2) ANY DEVELOPER OR SPONSOR OF A COOPERATIVE  OR  CONDOMINIUM  DURING
 THE  PERIOD THAT THE DEVELOPER OR SPONSOR RETAINS CONTROL OF THE COOPER-
 ATIVE OR CONDOMINIUM; PROVIDED THAT THE DEVELOPER OR SPONSOR HAS IN  ITS
 EMPLOY OR HAS RETAINED A PROPERTY MANAGER CERTIFIED UNDER THIS ARTICLE.
   (C) "RESIDENTIAL REALTY MANAGEMENT" SHALL MEAN EITHER:
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD02999-01-3
 S. 663                              2
              

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