Sec. 26-517. RENT REGISTRATION.
a. Each housing accommodation which is subject to this law
shall be registered by the owner thereof with the state
division of housing and community renewal prior to July
first, nineteen hundred eighty-four upon forms prescribed by
the commissioner. The data to be provided on such forms
shall include the following: (1) the name and address of the
building or group of buildings or development in which such
housing accommodation is located and the owner and the
tenant thereof; (2) the number of housing accommodations in
the building or group of buildings or development in which
such housing accommodation is located; (3) the number of
housing accommodations in such building or group of
buildings or development subject to this code and the number
of such housing accommodations subject to the local
emergency housing rent control act; (4) the rent charged on
the registration date; (5) the number of rooms in such
housing accommodation; and (6) all services provided on the
date that the housing accommodation became subject to this
chapter.
a.1. Within thirty days of changing his address, the managing
agent or, if there is no managing agent, the owner, of a
building or group of buildings or development, such agent or
owner shall advise the state division of housing and
community renewal and all tenants of his new address.
b. Registration pursuant to this section shall not be subject
to the freedom of information law provided that registration
information relative to a tenant owner, lessor or subtenant
shall be made available to such party or his or her
authorized representative.
c. Housing accommodations which become subject to this chapter
after the initial registration period must be registered
within ninety days thereafter. Registration of housing
accommodations subject to the local emergency housing rent
control act immediately prior to the date of initial
registration as provided in this section shall include, in
addition to the items listed above, where existing the
maximum base rent immediately prior to the date that such
housing accommodations become subject to this chapter.
d. Copies of the registration shall be filed with the state
division of housing and community renewal in such place or
places as it may require. In addition one copy of that
portion of the registration statement which pertains to the
tenant's unit must be mailed by the owner to the tenant in
possession at the time of initial registration or to the
first tenant in occupancy if the apartment is vacant at the
time of initial registration.
e. The failure to file a proper and timely initial or annual
rent registration statement shall, until such time as such
registration is filed, bar an owner from applying for or
collecting any rent in excess of the legal regulated rent in
effect on the date of the last preceding registration
statement or if no such statements have been filed, the
legal regulated rent in effect on the date that the housing
accommodation became subject to the registration
requirements of this section. The filing of a late
registration shall result in the prospective elimination of
such sanctions.
f. An annual statement shall be filed containing the current
rent for each unit and such other information contained in
subdivision a of this section as shall be required by the
division. The owner shall provide each tenant then in
occupancy with a copy of that portion of such annual
statement as pertains to the tenant's unit.
g. Each housing accommodation for which a timely registration
statement was filed between April first, nineteen hundred
eighty-four and June thirtieth nineteen hundred eighty-four,
pursuant to subdivision a of this section shall designate
the rent charged on April first, nineteen hundred eighty-
four, as the rent charged on the registration date.
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Sec. 26-517.1. FEES.
a. The Department of Finance shall collect from the owner of
each housing accommodation registered pursuant to Section 26-
517 of this law an annual fee in the amount of ten dollars
per year for each unit subject to this law, in order to
defray costs incurred by the city pursuant to subdivision c
of section eight of the emergency tenant protection act of
nineteen hundred seventy-four.
b. Pursuant to the provisions of subdivision d of section eight
of the emergency tenant protection act of nineteen hundred
seventy-four, the failure to pay the fee imposed by the
provisions of subdivision a of this section shall preclude
an owner from applying for or collecting any further rent
increases authorized under this chapter or any other
provision of law, and the late payment of such fee shall
result in the prospective elimination only of the sanctions
contained therein Interest shall be imposed on such late
payment at the same rate as is imposed on a delinquent tax
on real property.
c. The provisions of subdivision a of this section shall be
deemed to have been in full force and effect as of April
first, nineteen hundred eighty-four.