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A00449 Summary:
BILL NO | A00449 |
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SAME AS | No Same As |
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SPONSOR | Rosenthal L |
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COSPNSR | |
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MLTSPNSR | |
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Add §235-h, RP L | |
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Relates to the timely cashing of rent checks, requiring a landlord to cash a rent check provided by a tenant in his or her possession within thirty days after the check is postmarked. |
A00449 Actions:
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01/09/2019 | referred to housing | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
01/08/2020 | referred to housing |
A00449 Committee Votes:
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There are no votes for this bill in this legislative session.
Go to topA00449 Text:
Go to top STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 449 2019-2020 Regular Sessions IN ASSEMBLY (Prefiled) January 9, 2019 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. L. ROSENTHAL -- read once and referred to the Committee on Housing AN ACT to amend the real property law, in relation to timely cashing of rent checks 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-h to read as follows: 3 § 235-h. Timely cashing of rent check. 1. A landlord shall cash a rent 4 check provided by a tenant in his or her possession within thirty days 5 after the check is postmarked. 6 2. Any landlord who violates this section shall be subject to a civil 7 penalty of two hundred fifty dollars. 8 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD01494-01-9