Assembly Bill A3121

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Prohibits residential landlords from charging tenants with fees for the payment of rent through an automated clearing house or online payment system

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  • 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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2025-A3121 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S947
Current Committee:
Assembly Housing
Law Section:
Real Property Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §235-g, RP L
Versions Introduced in 2023-2024 Legislative Session:
A8967, S9070

2025-A3121 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Prohibits residential landlords from charging tenants with fees for the payment of rent through an automated clearing house or online payment system.

2025-A3121 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   3121
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 23, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  ROSENTHAL,  TAYLOR, BURDICK -- read once and
   referred to the Committee on Housing
 
 AN ACT to amend the real property law, in relation to prohibiting  resi-
   dential  landlords  from charging tenants with fees for the payment of
   rent through an automated clearing house or online payment system

   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Section 235-g of the real property law, as added by chapter
 367 of the laws of 2010, is amended to read as follows:
   §  235-g.  Electronic  billing  and/or  payment of rent. 1. A landlord
 shall not require a lessee or tenant to use an electronic billing and/or
 payment system as the only method for the payment of  rent.  A  landlord
 shall  not  assess  any  fee or other charge for a lessee or tenant that
 chooses not to use an electronic billing and/or payment system.
   2. A LANDLORD SHALL NOT ASSESS ANY FEE OR OTHER CHARGE FOR THE USE  OF
 AN AUTOMATED CLEARING HOUSE PAYMENT FOR THE PAYMENT OF RENT.
   3.  A  LANDLORD  SHALL  PROVIDE  A  LESSEE  OR TENANT A METHOD FOR THE
 PAYMENT OF RENT THAT DOES NOT INCUR A FEE OR OTHER  CHARGE  ASSESSED  BY
 THE  LANDLORD.  THIS  METHOD  MAY  INCLUDE BUT IS NOT LIMITED TO CASH OR
 PERSONAL CHECK OF THE LESSEE OR TENANT.
   4. Any agreement by a lessee or tenant of a dwelling waiving or  modi-
 fying  [his  or  her] THEIR rights as set forth in this section shall be
 void as contrary to public policy.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD02960-01-5

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