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S09556 Summary:

BILL NO	S09556
SAME AS	No Same As
SPONSOR	COONEY
COSPNSR
MLTSPNSR
Add Art 9-E §§344-a & 344-b, RP L
Imposes restrictions on the usage of pesticides and outdoor sprinkler systems on certain homeowners associations.

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S09556 Actions:

BILL NO	S09556
05/16/2024	REFERRED TO JUDICIARY

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S09556 Text:

 
                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                          9556
 
                    IN SENATE
 
                                      May 16, 2024
                                       ___________
 
        Introduced  by  Sen.  COONEY -- 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  restrictions  on
          certain activities by homeowners associations
 
          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  article
     2  9-e to read as follows:
     3                                 ARTICLE 9-E
     4        RESTRICTIONS ON CERTAIN ACTIVITIES BY HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATIONS
     5  Section 344-a. Restrictions on the usage of pesticides.
     6          344-b. Restrictions on use of outdoor sprinkler systems.
     7    § 344-a. Restrictions on the usage of pesticides. A homeowners associ-
     8  ation  may  not  require  an owner to apply a pesticide, as such term is
     9  defined in section 33-0101 of the environmental  conservation  law,  and
    10  shall allow any owner to exclude the owner's property from the landscap-
    11  ing  activities  of the association that include application of a pesti-
    12  cide, except to the extent a pesticide or other pest management practice
    13  is necessary to manage or prevent a pest issue that could harm  ecologi-
    14  cal or public health.
    15    §  344-b. Restrictions on use of outdoor sprinkler systems. A homeown-
    16  ers association may not require an owner to use  any  outdoor  sprinkler
    17  system.
    18    §  2.  This  act  shall take effect on the sixtieth day after it shall
    19  have become a law.
 
 
 
 
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD15623-01-4

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