Bill Text: NY S07971 | 2023-2024 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relates to designating the county of Kings a cease and desist zone; establishes an affirmative defense to violations of nonsolicitation orders and cease and desist zones.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-0)

Status: (Introduced) 2024-01-04 - REFERRED TO JUDICIARY [S07971 Detail]

Download: New_York-2023-S07971-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________

                                          7971

                    IN SENATE

                                     January 4, 2024
                                       ___________

        Introduced  by  Sens. PARKER, PERSAUD, SALAZAR -- read twice and ordered
          printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on  Judici-
          ary

        AN  ACT  to  amend the real property law, in relation to designating the
          county of Kings a cease and desist zone and establishing  an  affirma-
          tive  defense  to  violations  of nonsolicitation orders and cease and
          desist zones

          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  442-hh to read as follows:
     3    § 442-hh. Designating the county of Kings a  cease  and  desist  zone.
     4  Notwithstanding  any  other law, rule or regulation to the contrary, the
     5  county of Kings shall be included on the cease and desist list  compiled
     6  by  the  secretary of state pursuant to section four hundred forty-two-h
     7  of this article.
     8    § 2. Section 442-h of the real property law is amended by adding a new
     9  subdivision 5 to read as follows:
    10    5. In any action alleging a violation of this section, it shall be  an
    11  affirmative defense that the owner of residential real property included
    12  in a nonsolicitation order or cease and desist zone publicized that such
    13  property  was for sale through means including but not limited to adver-
    14  tisements or real estate listings.
    15    § 3. This act shall take effect on the thirtieth day  after  it  shall
    16  have  become  a law and shall apply to all nonsolicitation orders issued
    17  on and after such effective date.



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