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A06896 Summary:

BILL NO	A06896
SAME AS	No Same As
SPONSOR	Vanel
COSPNSR	Peoples-Stokes
MLTSPNSR
Add 235-j, RP L
Requires lessors or their authorized agent to provide a copy of a lease agreement upon written request of a residential lessee within thirty calendar days from the date of such request.

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A06896 Actions:

BILL NO	A06896
05/08/2023	referred to housing
01/03/2024	referred to housing

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A06896 Committee Votes:

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A06896 Text:

 
                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                          6896
 
                               2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                   IN ASSEMBLY
 
                                       May 8, 2023
                                       ___________
 
        Introduced  by M. of A. VANEL -- read once and referred to the Committee
          on Housing
 
        AN ACT to amend the real property law, in relation to requiring  lessors
          to provide a copy of a lease agreement upon written request of a resi-
          dential lessee
 
          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
 
     1    Section 1. The real property law is amended by adding  a  new  section
     2  235-j to read as follows:
     3    § 235-j. Duty to furnish lease. Upon receipt of a written request from
     4  a  residential  lessee,  the lessor or their authorized agent shall have
     5  the duty to furnish a copy of the lease agreement entered  into  between
     6  the  lessor  and the lessee within thirty calendar days from the date of
     7  such request, provided however that this duty shall not  apply  where  a
     8  lessee requests a copy of their lease agreement more than two times in a
     9  calendar year.
    10    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
 
 
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD10953-01-3

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