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S07811 Summary:

BILL NO	S07811A
SAME AS	SAME AS A10878-A
SPONSOR	KRUEGER
COSPNSR
MLTSPNSR
Add S235-g, RP L
Prohibits the implementation of electronic billing and/or payment of rent by a landlord without the tenant's consent; landlords shall not require participation in an electronic payment system as the only method for payment of rent; provides that a landlord shall not impose any fee or other charge upon tenants who choose not to use electronic billing and/or payment systems.

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S07811 Actions:

BILL NO	S07811A
05/13/2010	REFERRED TO JUDICIARY
06/01/2010	AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO JUDICIARY
06/01/2010	PRINT NUMBER 7811A
06/25/2010	COMMITTEE DISCHARGED AND COMMITTED TO RULES
06/25/2010	ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.1242
06/25/2010	SUBSTITUTED BY A10878A
	A10878 AMEND=A Rosenthal (MS)
	04/27/2010	referred to housing
	05/26/2010	amend and recommit to housing
	05/26/2010	print number 10878a
	06/03/2010	reported referred to codes
	06/14/2010	reported referred to rules
	06/16/2010	reported
	06/16/2010	rules report cal.198
	06/16/2010	ordered to third reading rules cal.198
	06/17/2010	passed assembly
	06/17/2010	delivered to senate
	06/18/2010	REFERRED TO RULES
	06/25/2010	SUBSTITUTED FOR S7811A
	06/25/2010	3RD READING CAL.1242
	06/25/2010	PASSED SENATE
	06/25/2010	RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
	08/03/2010	delivered to governor
	08/13/2010	signed chap.367

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S07811 Floor Votes:

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S07811 Text:

 
                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                         7811--A
 
                    IN SENATE
 
                                      May 13, 2010
                                       ___________
 
        Introduced  by  Sen. KRUEGER -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
          printed to be committed to the Committee  on  Judiciary  --  committee
          discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted
          to said committee
 
        AN  ACT  to  amend the real property law, in relation to prohibiting the
          implementation of electronic billing and/or payment  of  rent  without
          the tenant's consent
 

          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-g to read as follows:
     3    §  235-g.    Electronic  billing and/or payment of rent. 1. A landlord
     4  shall not require a lessee or tenant to use an electronic billing and/or
     5  payment system as the only method for the payment of  rent.  A  landlord
     6  shall  not  assess  any  fee or other charge for a lessee or tenant that
     7  chooses not to use an electronic billing and/or payment system.
     8    2. Any agreement by a lessee or tenant of a dwelling waiving or  modi-
     9  fying  his  or  her rights as set forth in this section shall be void as
    10  contrary to public policy.

    11    § 2. This act shall take effect on the thirtieth day  after  it  shall
    12  have  become a law and shall govern all payments of rent for residential
    13  premises.
 
 
 
 
 
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD16806-10-0

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