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                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                          8036
 
                    IN SENATE
 
                                     January 5, 2024
                                       ___________
 
        Introduced  by  Sen.  THOMAS -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
          printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules
 
        AN ACT to amend the general business law, in relation to prohibiting the
          unauthorized installation of certain security devices  on  residential
          buildings
 
          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:

     1    Section 1. Section 390-e of the general business law, as  added  by  a
     2  chapter  of  the laws of 2023 amending the general business law relating
     3  to prohibiting the unauthorized installation of certain security devices
     4  on residential buildings, as proposed in legislative  bills  numbers  S.
     5  358-B and A. 2258-B, is amended to read as follows:
     6    § 390-e. Unauthorized installation of certain security devices prohib-
     7  ited.  No  person,  firm,  partnership, association or corporation shall
     8  install any keyless security device used to control and secure access to
     9  the common areas of any residential building without the express written
    10  consent of the owner, board of managers, board of directors, or  author-
    11  ized  party  of  such property. Where a keyless security device has been
    12  authorized, any installation of such device shall be  performed  by,  or
    13  with  the  consent  of,  the owner, property manager, board of managers,
    14  board of directors, or authorized party in place in such  building.  The
    15  owner,  board  of  managers,  board of directors, or authorized party of
    16  such property consenting to  the  installation  of  a  keyless  security
    17  device  shall  provide  written  notice  to occupants of the residential
    18  building no less than thirty days prior to installation of  the  keyless
    19  security  device, which may be made by delivering a notice to each unit,
    20  either via physical or electronic means, or by posting the notice  in  a
    21  conspicuous  location  in each common area accessible to residents for a
    22  thirty-day period. Where notice is  prescribed  by  the  certificate  of
    23  incorporation or the by-laws of a cooperative or condominium, the owner,
    24  board  of  managers,  board  of  directors or other authorized party may
    25  instead comply with the certificate of incorporation or by-laws.  In  no
    26  event  shall  the  installation of such a system be considered a service
    27  nor be considered a reason, for any purpose, to  increase  rent.  In  no
 
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD01646-06-4
        S. 8036                             2
 
     1  event  shall  the  installation  of  such a system obstruct or adversely
     2  impact the manner in which residents of the residential building  access
     3  such building.
     4    §  2.  This  act  shall  take  effect on the same date and in the same
     5  manner as a chapter of the laws of 2023 amending  the  general  business
     6  law  relating  to  prohibiting  the unauthorized installation of certain
     7  security devices on residential buildings, as  proposed  in  legislative
     8  bills numbers S. 358-B and A. 2258-B, takes effect.