Bill Text: NY A09731 | 2023-2024 | General Assembly | Introduced


Bill Title: Excludes persons who, not having entered a lease or license for such dwelling with the rightful owner, enters into a dwelling unit, onto real property or otherwise settles on land or occupies real property without title, right, permission of the rightful owner, or payment of rent accepted by the rightful owner from the definition of "occupant" for the purposes of unlawful eviction.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced) 2024-04-10 - enacting clause stricken [A09731 Detail]

Download: New_York-2023-A09731-Introduced.html



                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________

                                          9731

                   IN ASSEMBLY

                                      April 3, 2024
                                       ___________

        Introduced  by M. of A. FLOOD -- read once and referred to the Committee
          on Judiciary

        AN ACT to amend the  real  property  actions  and  proceedings  law,  in
          relation  to  excluding  certain persons from the definition of "occu-
          pant" for the purposes of unlawful eviction

          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:

     1    Section  1.  Section  768 of the real property actions and proceedings
     2  law is amended by adding a new subdivision 3 to read as follows:
     3    3. Squatter and  trespasser  excluded.    For  the  purposes  of  this
     4  section,  an  "occupant"  shall  not  include  a  person who, not having
     5  entered a lease or license for such dwelling with  the  rightful  owner,
     6  enters  into a dwelling unit, onto real property or otherwise settles on
     7  land or occupies real property without title, right, permission  of  the
     8  rightful owner, or payment of rent accepted by the rightful owner.
     9    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately and shall apply to actions
    10  and proceedings commenced on or after such effective date.






         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD14643-01-4
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