Assembly Actions -
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May 17, 2016 |
held for consideration in judiciary |
Jan 06, 2016 |
referred to judiciary |
Jan 27, 2015 |
referred to judiciary |
Assembly Bill A3796
2015-2016 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
TENNEY
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Assembly Committee
- Introduced
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- In Committee Assembly
- In Committee Senate
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- On Floor Calendar Assembly
- On Floor Calendar Senate
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- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
- Delivered to Governor
- Signed By Governor
Actions
co-Sponsors
Gary Finch
Brian Kolb
Stephen Hawley
2015-A3796 (ACTIVE) - Details
2015-A3796 (ACTIVE) - Summary
Relates to the illegal occupancy of multiple dwellings by broadening present law to allow application to a wider range of illegal activities including but not limited to gambling, prostitution and illegal possession of a controlled substance or marijuana and allows a wider range of interested parties to begin eviction proceedings; also allows for the presumption of illegal occupancy of buildings based on prior criminal record.
2015-A3796 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 3796 2015-2016 Regular Sessions I N A S S E M B L Y January 27, 2015 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. TENNEY, FINCH, KOLB, HAWLEY -- read once and referred to the Committee on Judiciary AN ACT to amend the real property actions and proceedings law and the real property law, in relation to illegal occupancy of certain prem- ises; and to repeal subdivision 3 of section 715 of the real property actions and proceedings law relating thereto THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Subdivision 5 of section 711 of the real property actions and proceedings law, as added by chapter 312 of the laws of 1962, is amended to read as follows: 5. The premises, or any part thereof, are used or occupied [as a bawdy-house, or house or place of assignation for lewd persons, or] for purposes of prostitution, ILLEGAL GAMBLING, ILLEGAL POSSESSION, MANUFAC- TURE OR SALE OF A CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE OR MARIJUANA or for any OTHER illegal trade, ACTIVITY, BUSINESS or manufacture[, or other illegal business]. FOR PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION, TWO OR MORE CONVICTIONS OF A TENANT OR OCCUPANT WITHIN A PERIOD OF TWO YEARS, FOR ANY OF THE OFFENSES DESCRIBED IN ARTICLE TWO HUNDRED TWENTY, TWO HUNDRED TWENTY-ONE, TWO HUNDRED TWENTY-FIVE OR TWO HUNDRED THIRTY OF THE PENAL LAW ARISING OUT OF CONDUCT OCCURRING WITHIN ONE THOUSAND FEET OF THE SUBJECT PREMISES OR ANY PART THEREOF, OR TWO OR MORE CONVICTIONS OF ANY PERSON, WITHIN A PERIOD OF ONE YEAR, FOR ANY OF THE OFFENSES DESCRIBED IN ARTICLE TWO HUNDRED TWENTY, TWO HUNDRED TWENTY-ONE, TWO HUNDRED TWENTY-FIVE OR TWO HUNDRED THIRTY OF THE PENAL LAW ARISING OUT OF CONDUCT OCCURRING ON THE SUBJECT PREMISES OR ANY PART THEREOF SHALL BE PRESUMPTIVE EVIDENCE OF UNLAWFUL USE OR OCCUPATION OF SUCH PREMISES OR PART THEREOF AND OF THE TENANT'S OR OCCUPANT'S KNOWLEDGE OF SUCH UNLAWFUL USE OR OCCUPATION. S 2. Subdivision 1 of section 715 of the real property actions and proceedings law, as amended by chapter 555 of the laws of 1978, is amended to read as follows: 1. [An] ANY owner or tenant[, including a tenant of one or more rooms of an apartment house, tenement house or multiple dwelling,] of any premises within [two hundred] ONE THOUSAND feet from other [demised]
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