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- Referred to judiciary
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Relates to the duty of landlords to verify the licensure of massage therapist tenants
In Assembly Committee · Judiciary · Sponsor Michael G. Miller
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Title of bill
An act to amend the real property law, in relation to the duty of landlords to verify the licensure of massage therapist tenants
Purpose
This bill seeks to impose a duty on the landlords to verify the licensure of a massage therapist tenant prior to entering into a lease agreement with said tenant.
Summary of provisions
Section 1 of the bill to amends the real property law and adds section 235-h that requires a landlord to verify that a tenant is a licensed massage therapist when that tenant intends to engage in the practice of massage therapy prior to entering into a lease agreement with said tenant.
Section 2 provides that any landlord that is proven by substantial evidence to have failed to verify the tenant's licensure is subject to a civil penalty of 1,000 dollars.
Section 3 provides the effective date.
Justification
There has been a substantial increase in the amount of massage parlors that have set up shop under the guise of 'massage therapists' and promoting prostitution and illegal sexual activities. This bill seeks to ensure that landlords, as members of the community, ensure that any tenant who it enters into a lease with is a validly license massage therapist. This will discourage landlords from renting their premises to a tenant who intends to practice illegal massage therapy.
Legislative history
New Bill.
Fiscal implications
None to the State.
Effective date
On the 30th Day after it shall become law.
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