§ 446-a. Definitions. As used in this article, unless the context otherwise requires: 1. “Person” means any natural person, corporation, limited liability company, partnership, firm, or association. 2. “Apartment information vendor” means any person who engages in the business of claiming, demanding, charging, receiving, collecting, or contracting for the collection of, a fee from a […]
§ 446-b. License required. 1. It is unlawful for any person to act or engage in the business as an apartment information vendor in this state without first having obtained a license from the secretary of state. No person shall be granted a license until he has established that he is trustworthy and bears a […]
§ 446-c. Contracts; fees; reporting procedures. 1. Every apartment information vendor licensed under this article shall furnish customers with a contract prepared on a form approved by the secretary of state. Such contract shall include in plain language form a statement setting forth the sources of information concerning the location and availability of real property, […]
§ 446-d. Display of license and business sign. 1. A license issued hereunder shall be conspicuously displayed at all times by the apartment information vendor at the place of business for which it was granted. 2. The secretary shall be notified in writing at his or her office in Albany of any change of a […]
§ 446-e. Revocation and suspension of licenses. 1. Powers of secretary of state. The secretary may revoke or suspend a license, impose a fine not to exceed five thousand dollars, order refunds to aggrieved parties, and issue reprimands, upon a finding that a licensee has violated any of the provisions of this article, or has […]
§ 446-f. Notice of hearing on complaints. The secretary shall, before denying an application for, revoking or suspending a license, or imposing any fine or issuing a reprimand to the licensee, and at least ten days prior to the date set for the hearing, notify in writing the applicant, or licensee of any charges made […]
§ 446-g. Judicial review. The action of the secretary in granting or refusing to grant or to renew a license under this article or in revoking or suspending such a license or imposing any fine or issuing a reprimand to the licensee or refusing to do any of the foregoing shall be subject to review […]
§ 446-h. Violations. 1. Misdemeanors. Any person, firm or corporation violating any provision of this article shall be guilty of a misdemeanor. The commission of a single act prohibited by this article shall constitute a violation hereof. 2. Criminal actions for violations of this article shall be prosecuted by the attorney general, or his deputy, […]
§ 446-i. Rules and regulations. The secretary may enact rules and regulations necessary to accomplish the purposes of this article.
§ 446-j. Partial invalidity. If any provision of this article shall be held unconstitutional, invalid or ineffective, in whole or in part, such determination shall not be deemed to affect, impair, or invalidate the remainder thereof.
