Bill Text: NY A08903 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Amended
Bill Title: Relates to the power to revoke or suspend the license of a real estate broker or salesman.
Spectrum: Strong Partisan Bill (Democrat 21-2)
Status: (Passed) 2020-08-03 - SIGNED CHAP.131 [A08903 Detail]
Download: New_York-2019-A08903-Amended.html
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 8903--A 2019-2020 Regular Sessions IN ASSEMBLY December 30, 2019 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. JEAN-PIERRE, ENGLEBRIGHT, BUCHWALD, CRUZ, WILLIAMS, REYES, THIELE, ORTIZ, BLAKE, JAFFEE, JACOBSON, McDONOUGH, MOSLEY, STIRPE, TAYLOR, BARRON, GOTTFRIED, LAVINE -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. CARROLL, DE LA ROSA, DeSTEFANO, FRONTUS, SIMON -- read once and referred to the Committee on Judiciary -- recommitted to the Committee on Judiciary in accordance with Assembly Rule 3, sec. 2 -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee AN ACT to amend the real property law, in relation to the power to revoke or suspend the license of a real estate broker or salesman The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Paragraph (a) of subdivision 1 of section 441-c of the real 2 property law, as amended by chapter 81 of the laws of 1995, is amended 3 to read as follows: 4 (a) The department of state may revoke the license of a real estate 5 broker or salesman or suspend the same, for such period as the depart- 6 ment may deem proper, or in lieu thereof may impose a fine not exceeding 7 one thousand dollars payable to the department of state, or a reprimand 8 upon conviction of the licensee of a violation of any provision of this 9 article, or for a material misstatement in the application for such 10 license, or if such licensee has been guilty of fraud or fraudulent 11 practices, or for dishonest or misleading advertising, or has demon- 12 strated untrustworthiness or incompetency to act as a real estate broker 13 or salesman, or for a violation of article fifteen of the executive law 14 committed in his or her capacity as a real estate broker or salesman, as 15 the case may be. In the case of a real estate broker engaged in the 16 business of a tenant relocator, untrustworthiness or incompetency shall 17 include engaging in any course of conduct including, but not limited to, 18 the interruption or discontinuance of essential building service, that 19 interferes with or disturbs the peace, comfort, repose and quiet enjoy- 20 ment of a tenant. 21 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD14291-03-0
