New York S 1166: Provides for the designation of geologically significant areas, territories and sites throughout the state, and for the establishment of a state geological trail

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S01166 Summary:

BILL NOS01166 

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SAME ASSAME AS A07774

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SPONSORMATTERA

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COSPNSRCANZONERI-FITZPATRICK, ROLISON

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §853, RPAP L

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Provides for an exclusion for treble damages in actions for forcible or unlawful entry or detainer where such treble damages are unavailable to a person who, not having entered a lease or license for such real property with the rightful owner, enters 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.

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01/08/2025REFERRED TO JUDICIARY

01/07/2026REFERRED TO JUDICIARY

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 1166

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 January 8, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by Sen. MATTERA -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
 printed to be committed to the Committee on Judiciary

 AN ACT to amend the real property actions and proceedings law, in
 relation to providing an exclusion for treble damages in actions for
 forcible or unlawful entry or detainer

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

 1 Section 1. Section 853 of the real property actions and proceedings
 2 law, as amended by chapter 467 of the laws of 1981, is amended to read
 3 as follows:
 4 § 853. Action for forcible or unlawful entry or detainer; treble
 5 damages. 1. If a person is disseized, ejected, or put out of real prop-
 6 erty in a forcible or unlawful manner, or, after [he] such person has
 7 been put out, is held and kept out by force or by putting [him] such
 8 person in fear of personal violence or by unlawful means, [he] such
 9 person is entitled to recover treble damages in an action therefor
 10 against the wrong-doer.
 11 2. For the purposes of this section, a "person" shall not include a
 12 person who, not having entered a lease or license for such real property
 13 with the rightful owner, enters onto real property or otherwise settles
 14 on land or occupies real property without title, right, permission of
 15 the rightful owner, or payment of rent accepted by the rightful owner.
 16 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately and shall apply to actions
 17 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.
 LBD03687-01-5

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