 
                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          9127
 
                    IN SENATE
 
                                      June 29, 2018
                                       ___________
 
        Introduced  by  Sen.  AVELLA -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
          printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules
 
        AN ACT to amend the real property law, in relation to short-term proper-
          ty rentals
 
          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  238-a to read as follows:
     3    § 238-a. Short-term rental; certification of no violations. 1.   When-
     4  ever  used  in  this section the term "short-term rental" shall mean the
     5  renting of a property of a term of thirty days or less.
     6    2. A property owner who uses their property consisting of a one or two
     7  family dwelling for the purposes  of  a  short-term  rental  must  first
     8  certify with the local municipal agency with jurisdiction over the prop-
     9  erty  being  rented  that there are no pending violations of the housing
    10  and/or building codes existing on the property. Each such  certification
    11  shall  be  valid for ninety days. If the property owner does not certify
    12  or certifies and is found to have a pending violation when using a prop-
    13  erty for a short-term rental, the property owner shall be liable  for  a
    14  civil  penalty  of  not  more  than  one  thousand  dollars  for a first
    15  violation, five thousand dollars for a second  violation,  and  seventy-
    16  five  hundred dollars and/or an order to vacate for the third and subse-
    17  quent violations.
    18    § 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred twentieth day after
    19  it shall have become a law.
 
 
 
 
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD13350-01-7
Relates to short-term property rentals

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