Bill Text: NY S05212 | 2013-2014 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relates to sprinkler system notice in residential leases.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)

Status: (Passed) 2014-08-05 - SIGNED CHAP.202 [S05212 Detail]

Download: New_York-2013-S05212-Introduced.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         5212
                              2013-2014 Regular Sessions
                                   I N  S E N A T E
                                     May 14, 2013
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       Introduced  by Sen. FLANAGAN -- 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  sprinkler  system
         notice in residential leases
         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  231-a to read as follows:
    3    S 231-A. SPRINKLER SYSTEM NOTICE IN RESIDENTIAL LEASES. 1. EVERY RESI-
    4  DENTIAL LEASE ENTERED INTO ON OR AFTER JANUARY FIRST, TWO THOUSAND FOUR-
    5  TEEN,  SHALL  PROVIDE  CONSPICUOUS  NOTICE  IN  BOLD FACE TYPE AS TO THE
    6  EXISTENCE OR NON-EXISTENCE  OF  A  MAINTAINED  AND  OPERATIVE  SPRINKLER
    7  SYSTEM IN THE LEASED PREMISES.
    8    2.  FOR  PURPOSES  OF  THIS SECTION, "SPRINKLER SYSTEM" SHALL HAVE THE
    9  SAME MEANING AS DEFINED IN SECTION ONE HUNDRED FIFTY-FIVE-A OF THE EXEC-
   10  UTIVE LAW.
   11    3. IF THERE IS A MAINTAINED AND  OPERATIVE  SPRINKLER  SYSTEM  IN  THE
   12  LEASED  PREMISES,  THE RESIDENTIAL LEASE AGREEMENT SHALL PROVIDE FURTHER
   13  NOTICE AS TO THE LAST DATE OF MAINTENANCE AND INSPECTION.
   14    4. FAILURE TO PROVIDE NOTICE IN THE RESIDENTIAL LEASE AGREEMENT AS  TO
   15  THE  EXISTENCE  OR NON-EXISTENCE OF A MAINTAINED AND OPERATIVE SPRINKLER
   16  SYSTEM SHALL DEEM THE LEASE VOID, AND THE LESSEE SHALL  BE  ENTITLED  TO
   17  RECOVER THE CONSIDERATION PAID.
   18    S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                  LBD10953-01-3