Assembly Bill A2254

2015-2016 Legislative Session

Relates to liability of owners of illegal rentals if a resident or certain other person is injured or dies related to such owner's negligent maintenance

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  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2015-A2254 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Judiciary
Law Section:
General Municipal Law
Laws Affected:
Add §99-x, Gen Muni L; amd §§120.20 & 125.10, Pen L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2009-2010: A10654, A3900
2011-2012: A46
2013-2014: A4724
2017-2018: A2258
2019-2020: A4107

2015-A2254 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to liability of owners of illegal rentals if a resident or certain other person is injured or dies related to such owner's negligent maintenance of such illegal rental.

2015-A2254 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                  2254

                       2015-2016 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                            January 15, 2015
                               ___________

Introduced  by M. of A. MONTESANO, MILLER, RAIA -- Multi-Sponsored by --
  M. of A. TENNEY -- read once and referred to the Committee on  Judici-
  ary

AN ACT to amend the general municipal law and the penal law, in relation
  to  liability  of  owners  of illegal rentals if a resident or certain
  other person is injured or dies  related  to  such  owner's  negligent
  maintenance of such illegal rental

  THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section 1. The general municipal  law  is  amended  by  adding  a  new
section 99-x to read as follows:
  S  99-X. LIABILITY OF OWNERS OF ILLEGAL RENTALS.  IN THE CASE OF SERI-
OUS INJURY OR DEATH OF ANY RESIDENT OF  AN  ILLEGAL  RENTAL,  OR  PERSON
INVOLVED  IN  RESCUING OR ASSISTING VICTIMS LIVING IN AN ILLEGAL RENTAL,
THE OWNER OF SUCH ILLEGAL RENTAL SHALL BE PRESUMED  LIABLE  PURSUANT  TO
SECTIONS 120.20 AND 125.10 OF THE PENAL LAW.
  S  2.  The first undesignated paragraph of section 120.20 of the penal
law is amended to read as follows:
  A person is guilty of reckless endangerment in the second degree when:
  (A) he OR SHE recklessly engages in conduct which creates  a  substan-
tial risk of serious physical injury to another person; OR
  (B)  HE OR SHE IS AN OWNER OF AN ILLEGAL RENTAL UNIT AND A RESIDENT OF
SUCH UNIT IS A VICTIM OF SUCH  OWNER'S  NEGLIGENT  MAINTENANCE  OF  SUCH
RENTAL,  OR  A  PERSON INVOLVED IN RESCUING OR ASSISTING SUCH VICTIMS IN
SUCH ILLEGAL RENTAL SUFFERS SERIOUS PHYSICAL INJURY.
  S 3. The first undesignated paragraph of section 125.10 of  the  penal
law is amended to read as follows:
  A person is guilty of criminally negligent homicide when[,]:
  (A)  with  criminal  negligence, he OR SHE causes the death of another
person; OR

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD05087-01-5

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