New York S 912: Relates to the implementation of an electronic death registration system

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S00912 Summary:

BILL NOS00912 

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SAME ASNo Same As

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SPONSORKAVANAGH

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COSPNSRHINCHEY, JACKSON, MAY, RIVERA, SKOUFIS, WEBB

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MLTSPNSR

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Add §381-a, Exec L; amd §54-g, St Fin L; amd §307, Mult Res L; amd §328, Mult Dwell L

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Relates to the creation of a statewide residential rental registry providing information relating to rental units including the number and types of code violations issued by the appropriate enforcement agency, and the number of findings of harassment currently on record with the code enforcement agencies.

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BILL NOS00912 

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01/08/2025REFERRED TO HOUSING, CONSTRUCTION AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT

01/27/2025REPORTED AND COMMITTED TO FINANCE

01/07/2026REFERRED TO HOUSING, CONSTRUCTION AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT

02/04/2026REPORTED AND COMMITTED TO FINANCE

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 912

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 (Prefiled)

 January 8, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by Sens. KAVANAGH, HINCHEY, JACKSON, MAY, RIVERA, SKOUFIS,
 WEBB -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be commit-
 ted to the Committee on Housing, Construction and Community Develop-
 ment

 AN ACT to amend the executive law, the state finance law, the multiple
 residence law and the multiple dwelling law, in relation to a state-
 wide residential rental registry

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

 1 Section 1. The executive law is amended by adding a new section 381-a
 2 to read as follows:
 3 § 381-a. Statewide rental registry. 1. Notwithstanding any other
 4 provision of law to the contrary, and in furtherance of chapter fifty-
 5 three of the laws of two thousand twenty-one enacting the aid to locali-
 6 ties budget and appropriating funds for costs associated with services
 7 and expenses of a local code enforcement program, the secretary of state
 8 is authorized and directed to use such funds to reimburse localities for
 9 reasonable costs incurred to comply with the provisions of this section.
 10 The secretary is further authorized and directed to use moneys held in
 11 the fund designated for state assistance to local governments for
 12 support of activities related to fire prevention and building codes
 13 under section fifty-four-g of the state finance law for the purpose of
 14 implementing and complying with the provisions of this section and to
 15 reimburse localities for reasonable costs incurred to comply with the
 16 provisions of this section. Any fees or penalties collected pursuant to
 17 this section shall also be deposited into such fund and made available
 18 to the department of state and to any city, village or town, as neces-
 19 sary, to cover such reasonable costs.
 20 2. The secretary shall administer a statewide residential rental
 21 registry pursuant to the requirements of this section and shall develop

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD02394-01-5

 S. 912 2

 1 a public online rental registry database designed to receive information
 2 from landlords and local governments and code enforcement agencies and
 3 to disseminate such information to the public.
 4 3. The following words or terms when used in this section are defined
 5 as follows:
 6 (a) "Code enforcement" means the administration and enforcement of the
 7 uniform fire prevention code and building code promulgated in accordance
 8 with sections three hundred seventy-seven and three hundred seventy-
 9 eight of this article, the state energy conservation construction code
 10 adopted in accordance with article eleven of the energy law, and any
 11 local building and fire regulations and any local residential housing
 12 codes enacted or adopted by any local government that are in effect
 13 pursuant to section three hundred seventy-nine of this article.
 14 (b) "Covered dwelling" means a dwelling which is either rented,
 15 leased, let or hired out, to be occupied, or is occupied as the resi-
 16 dence or home