Bill Text: NY S03114 | 2011-2012 | General Assembly | Amended

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Bill Title: Provides for the use of common areas in housing authority projects by tenant groups, committees or organizations without the imposition of a fee providing that the meeting is peacefully conducted, during reasonable hours, does not obstruct any access, and the meeting space is reserved three days in advance.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2011-03-16 - SUBSTITUTED BY A570 [S03114 Detail]

Download: New_York-2011-S03114-Amended.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                        3114--A
           Cal. No. 195
                              2011-2012 Regular Sessions
                                   I N  S E N A T E
                                   February 9, 2011
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       Introduced  by  Sens.  ESPAILLAT,  AVELLA,  MONTGOMERY -- read twice and
         ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee  on
         Housing,  Construction and Community Development -- reported favorably
         from said committee, ordered to first and second report, ordered to  a
         third  reading,  substituted  by  Assembly  Bill No. 570, substitution
         reconsidered and vote reconsidered, restored to third reading,  passed
         Senate  and  delivered  to  Assembly,  recalled,  amended  and ordered
         reprinted, retaining its place in the order of third reading
       AN ACT to amend the public housing law, in relation to the use of  areas
         in housing authority developments for tenant meetings
         THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section 1. The public housing law is amended by adding a  new  section
    2  61 to read as follows:
    3    S  61.    TENANT  MEETINGS. ANY GROUP, COMMITTEE OR OTHER ORGANIZATION
    4  COMPRISED  OF  TENANTS  RESIDING  IN  HOUSING  AUTHORITY   DEVELOPMENTS,
    5  CONDUCTING  A  MEETING AUTHORIZED PURSUANT TO SECTION TWO HUNDRED THIRTY
    6  OF THE REAL PROPERTY LAW SHALL HAVE THE  RIGHT  TO  MEET  WITHOUT  BEING
    7  REQUIRED  TO  PAY A FEE IN ANY LOCATION OWNED BY SUCH AUTHORITY WHICH IS
    8  DEVOTED TO THE COMMON USE OF  ALL  TENANTS,  INCLUDING  A  COMMUNITY  OR
    9  SOCIAL  ROOM  WHERE USE IS NORMALLY SUBJECT TO A FEE, PROVIDED THAT SUCH
   10  MEETING IS CONDUCTED IN A PEACEFUL MANNER, AT REASONABLE HOURS AND WITH-
   11  OUT OBSTRUCTING ACCESS TO THE PREMISES OR FACILITIES SO  LONG  AS  THREE
   12  DAYS'  PRIOR  NOTICE  IS  GIVEN  TO THE MANAGEMENT OFFICE OF THE HOUSING
   13  DEVELOPMENT.
   14    S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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