Senate Bill S6906

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Relates to information to be provided with all new and renewal leases for certain housing accommodations

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    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
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2023-S6906 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A3283
Current Committee:
Senate Rules
Law Section:
Real Property Tax Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §467-b, RPT L

2023-S6906 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires landlords of certain housing accommodations to include with all new and renewal leases, on any rent bills, including any electronic communication the informational material describing eligibility for and the benefits of the senior rent increase exemption program and the disability rent increase exemption program.

2023-S6906 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2023-S6906 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   6906
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                               May 15, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  CLEARE -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Local Government
 
 AN ACT to amend the real property tax law, in relation to information to
   be provided with all new and renewal leases for certain housing accom-
   modations

   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  Subparagraph 2 of paragraph i of subdivision 3 of section
 467-b of the real property tax law, as added by chapter 424 of the  laws
 of 2015, is amended to read as follows:
   (2)  a  landlord of any housing accommodation subject to provisions of
 the local emergency housing  rent  control  act,  the  emergency  tenant
 protection act of nineteen seventy-four or any local laws enacted pursu-
 ant thereto, the emergency housing rent control law or the rent stabili-
 zation  law of nineteen hundred sixty-nine shall[, at least once annual-
 ly, including] INCLUDE with [a] ALL new  [lease  and  all]  AND  renewal
 leases,  ON  ANY  RENT  BILLS,  INCLUDING  ANY ELECTRONIC COMMUNICATION,
 delivered to the occupant of such accommodation[,] provide the  informa-
 tional  material  describing  eligibility  for  and  the benefits of the
 senior citizen rent increase exemption program and the  disability  rent
 increase  exemption program, as provided by the entity administering the
 program pursuant to subparagraph one of this paragraph.
   § 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred twentieth day after
 it shall have become a law.
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD05668-06-3



              

2023-S6906A - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A3283
Current Committee:
Senate Rules
Law Section:
Real Property Tax Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §467-b, RPT L

2023-S6906A - Summary

Requires landlords of certain housing accommodations to include with all new and renewal leases, on any rent bills, including any electronic communication the informational material describing eligibility for and the benefits of the senior rent increase exemption program and the disability rent increase exemption program.

2023-S6906A - Sponsor Memo

2023-S6906A - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                  6906--A
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                               May 15, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  CLEARE -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Local Government -- recom-
   mitted to the Committee on Local Government in accordance with  Senate
   Rule  6,  sec.  8  --  committee  discharged,  bill  amended,  ordered
   reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee

 AN ACT to amend the real property tax law, in relation to information to
   be provided with all new and renewal leases for certain housing accom-
   modations
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  Subparagraph 2 of paragraph i of subdivision 3 of section
 467-b of the real property tax law, as added by chapter 424 of the  laws
 of 2015, is amended to read as follows:
   (2)  a  landlord of any housing accommodation subject to provisions of
 the local emergency housing  rent  control  act,  the  emergency  tenant
 protection act of nineteen seventy-four or any local laws enacted pursu-
 ant thereto, the emergency housing rent control law or the rent stabili-
 zation law of nineteen hundred sixty-nine shall, at least once annually,
 [including] PROVIDE with [a] ALL new [lease and all] AND renewal leases,
 AND  ANY  WRITTEN LEASE MODIFICATIONS, delivered to the occupant of such
 accommodation, [provide] the informational material describing eligibil-
 ity for and the benefits of the senior citizen rent  increase  exemption
 program  and the disability rent increase exemption program, as provided
 by the entity administering the program pursuant to subparagraph one  of
 this  paragraph; PROVIDED HOWEVER, THAT ANY SUCH INFORMATION PROVIDED AS
 PART OF A NEW OR RENEWAL LEASE, OR  WRITTEN  LEASE  MODIFICATION,  SHALL
 COUNT TOWARD THE REQUIREMENT FOR TWO ANNUAL NOTICES.
   § 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred twentieth day after
 it shall have become a law.

  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD05668-07-4


              

2023-S6906B - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A3283
Current Committee:
Senate Rules
Law Section:
Real Property Tax Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §467-b, RPT L

2023-S6906B - Summary

Requires landlords of certain housing accommodations to include with all new and renewal leases, on any rent bills, including any electronic communication the informational material describing eligibility for and the benefits of the senior rent increase exemption program and the disability rent increase exemption program.

2023-S6906B - Sponsor Memo

2023-S6906B - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                  6906--B
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                               May 15, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  CLEARE -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Local Government -- recom-
   mitted to the Committee on Local Government in accordance with  Senate
   Rule  6,  sec.  8  --  committee  discharged,  bill  amended,  ordered
   reprinted as amended and recommitted to said  committee  --  committee
   discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted
   to said committee
 
 AN ACT to amend the real property tax law, in relation to information to
   be provided with all new and renewal leases for certain housing accom-
   modations
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Subparagraph 2 of paragraph i of subdivision 3  of  section
 467-b  of the real property tax law, as added by chapter 424 of the laws
 of 2015, is amended to read as follows:
   (2) a landlord of any housing accommodation subject to  provisions  of
 the  local  emergency  housing  rent  control  act, the emergency tenant
 protection act of nineteen seventy-four or any local laws enacted pursu-
 ant thereto, the emergency housing rent control law or the rent stabili-
 zation law of nineteen hundred sixty-nine shall, at least  [once]  TWICE
 annually,  [including]  PROVIDE  with  [a]  ALL  new [lease and all] AND
 renewal leases, AND ANY WRITTEN LEASE MODIFICATIONS,  delivered  to  the
 occupant  of  such  accommodation,  [provide] the informational material
 describing eligibility for and the benefits of the senior  citizen  rent
 increase  exemption  program  and the disability rent increase exemption
 program, as provided by the entity administering the program pursuant to
 subparagraph one of this paragraph;  PROVIDED  HOWEVER,  THAT  ANY  SUCH
 INFORMATION PROVIDED AS PART OF A NEW OR RENEWAL LEASE, OR WRITTEN LEASE
 MODIFICATION, SHALL COUNT TOWARD THE REQUIREMENT FOR TWO ANNUAL NOTICES.
   § 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred twentieth day after
 it shall have become a law.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD05668-09-4
              

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