S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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9411
I N A S S E M B L Y
April 29, 2014
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Introduced by M. of A. CRESPO -- read once and referred to the Committee
on Cities
AN ACT to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in
relation to the registration of property and designation of mailing
address or addresses
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. The administrative code of the city of New York is amended
by adding a new section 11-309.1 to read as follows:
S 11-309.1 REGISTRATION OF PROPERTY. A. THE OWNER OF ANY LOT, PIECE
OR PARCEL OF LAND IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK MUST REGISTER SUCH PROPERTY,
TOGETHER WITH THE SECTION, BLOCK AND LOT NUMBER THEREOF, OR SUCH OTHER
IDENTIFYING INFORMATION AS AT THE TIME IS ESTABLISHED BY THE DEPARTMENT
OF FINANCE, AND A STATEMENT OF THE APPLICANT'S INTEREST THEREIN, TOGETH-
ER WITH A WRITTEN REQUEST THAT SUCH LOT, PIECE OR PARCEL OF LAND BE
REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF THE APPLICANT. IN SUCH STATEMENT THE APPLI-
CANT SHALL DESIGNATE AN ADDRESS TO WHICH OFFICIAL NOTIFICATIONS AND
CORRESPONDENCE SHALL BE MAILED TO, SUCH ADDRESS SHALL BE WHERE THE
APPLICANT RECEIVES THEIR DAILY OR REGULAR MAIL. SUCH APPLICANT SHALL
HAVE THE OPTION OF DESIGNATING A SECOND ADDRESS TO WHICH COPIES OF ALL
OFFICIAL NOTIFICATIONS AND CORRESPONDENCE SHALL BE MAILED. A BRIEF
DESCRIPTION OF SUCH LOT, PIECE OR PARCEL OF LAND CORRESPONDING TO THE
DESCRIPTION THEREOF IN THE STATEMENT SO FILED, TOGETHER WITH THE NAME OF
THE APPLICANT AND HIS OR HER DESIGNATED ADDRESS OR ADDRESSES AND THE
DATE OF SUCH APPLICATION, SHALL THEREUPON BE REGISTERED IN THE DEPART-
MENT OF FINANCE.
B. THE COMMISSIONER OF FINANCE OR HIS OR HER DESIGNEE SHALL FOR THE
PURPOSE OF THIS SECTION PROVIDE APPROPRIATE RECORDS FOR EACH SECTION OF
THE CITY, INCLUDED WITHIN THE RESPECTIVE BOROUGHS, AS THE SAME SHALL
APPEAR UPON THE TAX MAPS OF THE CITY.
S 2. Subdivisions a and b of section 11-312 of the administrative code
of the city of New York, as amended by local law number 26 of the city
of New York for the year 1996, are amended to read as follows:
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
LBD00563-01-3
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a. One-half (i) the uniform annual water charges and extra and miscel-
laneous charges for water not metered and (ii) annual service charges
shall become due and payable, in advance if entered on January first,
nineteen hundred seventy-four for the period commencing January first,
nineteen hundred seventy-four and ending June thirtieth, nineteen
hundred seventy-four. Commencing on June thirtieth, nineteen hundred
seventy-four, uniform annual water charges and extra and miscellaneous
charges for water not metered and annual service charges shall be due
and payable in advance on the thirtieth day of June in each year, if
entered. If any of such rents and charges which become due and payable
on or before June thirtieth, nineteen hundred seventy-six shall not have
been paid to the commissioner of finance or his or her designee on or
before the last day of the month following the month of entry, it shall
be the duty of the commissioner of finance or his or her designee to
charge, collect and receive interest thereon to be calculated at the
rate of seven percent per annum from the date when such rents and charg-
es became due and payable to December thirty-first, nineteen hundred
seventy-six, and at the rate of fifteen percent per annum from January
first, nineteen hundred seventy-seven to the date of payment. If any of
such rents and charges which shall become due and payable on or after
June thirtieth, nineteen hundred seventy-seven are not paid to the
commissioner of finance or his or her designee on or before the last day
of the month following the month of entry, it shall be the duty of the
commissioner of finance or his or her designee to charge, collect and
receive interest thereon to be calculated at the rate of fifteen percent
per annum from the date when such rents and charges became due and paya-
ble to the date of payment. If not so entered and payable, but entered
at any time subsequent thereto, they shall be due and payable when
entered and notice thereof shall be mailed within five days of such
entry to the [premises against which they are imposed addressed to
either the owner or the occupant and] OWNER OF SUCH PREMISES AT THE
ADDRESS OR ADDRESSES REGISTERED WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE PURSUANT
TO SECTION 11-309.1 OF THIS CHAPTER, if entered on or before December
thirty-first, nineteen hundred seventy-six but not paid on or before the
last day of the month following the month of entry, it shall be the duty
of the commissioner of finance or his or her designee to charge, collect
and receive interest thereon to be calculated at the rate of seven
percent per annum from the date of entry to December thirty-first, nine-
teen hundred seventy-six, and at the rate of fifteen percent per annum
from January first, nineteen hundred seventy-seven to the date of
payment; if entered on or after January first, nineteen hundred seven-
ty-seven but not paid on or before the last day of the month following
the month of entry, it shall be the duty of the commissioner of finance
or his or her designee to charge, collect and receive interest thereon
to be calculated at the rate of fifteen percent per annum from the date
of entry to the date of payment.
b. All charges for meters and their connections and for their setting,
repair and maintenance, and all charges in accordance with meter rates
for supply of water measured by meter, including minimum charges for the
supply of water measured by meter, shall be due and payable when
entered, and notice thereof shall be mailed within five days of such
entry stating the amount due and the nature of the rent or charge to the
[last known address of the person whose name appears on the record of
such rents and charges as being the owner, occupant or agent or, where
no name appears] OWNER OF SUCH PREMISES AT THE ADDRESS OR ADDRESSES
REGISTERED WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE PURSUANT TO SECTION 11-309.1
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OF THIS CHAPTER, AND to the premises addressed to either the owner or
the occupant, and if entered on or before December thirty-first, nine-
teen hundred seventy-six but not paid on or before the last day of the
month following the month of entry, it shall be the duty of the commis-
sioner of finance or his or her designee to charge, collect and receive
interest thereon to be calculated at the rate of seven percent per annum
from the date of entry to December thirty-first, nineteen hundred seven-
ty-six, and at the rate of fifteen percent per annum from January first,
nineteen hundred seventy-seven to the date of payment; if entered on or
after January first, nineteen hundred seventy-seven but not paid on or
before the thirtieth day following the date of entry, it shall be the
duty of the commissioner of finance or his or her designee to charge,
collect and receive interest thereon to be calculated at the rate of
fifteen percent per annum from the date of entry to the date of payment.
S 3. Subdivisions b and c of section 11-313 of the administrative code
of the city of New York, as amended by local law number 26 and subdivi-
sion b as separately amended by local law number 59 of the city of New
York for the year 1996, are amended to read as follows:
b. The sewer rents charged against metered premises in accordance with
the provisions of paragraphs two and three of subdivision b of section
24-514 of the code and the rules duly promulgated pursuant to such
section, including the minimum rents for the use of the sewer system,
charged pursuant to such section and rules, and the sewer rents charged
against any premises in accordance with the provisions of paragraphs
four and five of subdivision b of section 24-514 of the code and rules
duly promulgated pursuant to such section, including the minimum rents
for the use of the sewer system, charged pursuant to such section and
rules shall become due and shall become a charge or lien on the premises
when the amount thereof shall have been fixed by the commissioner of
environmental protection, and an entry thereof shall have been made
against such premises with the date of such entry, in the book in which
sewer rents are to be entered. The sewer surcharges charged against any
premises pursuant to section 24-523 of the code shall become due and
shall become a charge or lien on the premises when the amount thereof
shall have been fixed by the commissioner of environmental protection
and an entry thereof shall have been made against such premises in the
book in which sewer surcharges are to be entered. A notice thereof,
stating the amount due and the nature of the rent, surcharge or charge
shall be mailed, within five days after such entry, to the [last known
address of the person whose name appears upon the records in the office
of the department of finance as being the owner, occupant or agent or,
where no name appears, to the premises addressed to either the owner or
the occupant] OWNER OF SUCH PREMISES AT THE ADDRESS OR ADDRESSES REGIS-
TERED WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE PURSUANT TO SECTION 11-309.1 OF
THIS CHAPTER. If such rent, surcharge or charge shall have been entered
on or before December thirty-first, nineteen hundred seventy-six but not
paid on or before the last day of the month following the month of
entry, it shall be the duty of the commissioner of finance or his or her
designee to charge, collect and receive interest thereon to be calcu-
lated at the rate of seven percent per annum from the date of entry to
December thirty-first, nineteen hundred seventy-six, and at the rate of
fifteen percent per annum from January first, nineteen hundred seventy-
seven to the date of payment; if entered on or after January first,
nineteen hundred seventy-seven but not paid on or before the thirtieth
day following the date of entry, it shall be the duty of the commission-
er of finance or his or her designee to charge, collect and receive
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interest thereon to be calculated at the rate of fifteen percent per
annum from the date of entry to the date of payment. The rents or charg-
es for the use of the sewer system charged during any specified period
of time pursuant to the provisions of section 24-514 of the code and the
rules promulgated thereunder shall be computed, in accordance with the
provisions of such section and the rules duly promulgated thereunder, on
the basis of water rents or charges computed for the same period.
c. Sewer rents charged against unmetered premises in accordance with
the provisions of paragraphs two and three of subdivision b of section
24-514 of the code and the rules duly promulgated pursuant to such
section, for the use of the sewer system during the one-year period
commencing on the first day of July of each year, shall be due and paya-
ble and shall become a charge or lien on the premises on the first day
of January following such first day of July, if entered, except that
commencing on June thirtieth, nineteen hundred seventy-four such sewer
rents shall be due and payable in advance on the thirtieth day of June
in each year, if entered, and shall become a charge or lien on the prem-
ises on such date. If any of such rents or charges which became due and
payable on or before June thirtieth, nineteen hundred seventy-six shall
not have been paid to the commissioner of finance or his or her designee
within thirty days after such first day of January, or, commencing on
the thirtieth day of June, nineteen hundred seventy-four, on or before
the last day of the month following the month of entry, it shall be the
duty of the commissioner of finance or his or her designee to charge,
collect and receive interest thereon to be calculated at the rate of
seven percent per annum from the date when such charges became due and
payable to December thirty-first, nineteen hundred seventy-six, and at
the rate of fifteen percent per annum from January first, nineteen
hundred seventy-seven to the date of payment. If any of such rents or
charges which shall become due and payable on or after June thirtieth,
nineteen hundred seventy-seven are not paid to the commissioner of
finance or his or her designee on or before the last day of the month
following the month of entry, it shall be the duty of the commissioner
of finance or his or her designee to charge, collect and receive inter-
est thereon to be calculated at the rate of fifteen percent per annum
from the date when such rents or charges became due and payable to the
date of payment. If not so entered and payable, but entered at any time
subsequent thereto, they shall be due and payable and shall become a
charge or lien on the premises when entered and notice thereof shall be
mailed within five days after such entry, to the [last known address of
the person whose name appears upon the records in the department of
finance as the owner or the occupant or if no name appears] OWNER OF
SUCH PREMISES AT THE ADDRESS OR ADDRESSES REGISTERED WITH THE DEPARTMENT
OF FINANCE PURSUANT TO SECTION 11-309.1 OF THIS CHAPTER, AND to the
premises addressed to either the owner or occupant. If any of such rents
or charges which were entered on or before December thirty-first, nine-
teen hundred seventy-six but not paid on or before the last day of the
month following the month of entry, it shall be the duty of the commis-
sioner of finance or his or her designee to charge, collect and receive
interest thereon to be calculated at the rate of seven percent per annum
from the date of entry to December thirty-first, nineteen hundred seven-
ty-six, and at the rate of fifteen percent per annum from January first,
nineteen hundred seventy-seven to the date of payment; if entered on or
after January first, nineteen hundred seventy-seven but not paid on or
before the last day of the month following the month of entry, it shall
be the duty of the commissioner of finance or his or her designee to
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charge, collect and receive interest thereon to be calculated at the
rate of fifteen percent per annum from the date of entry to the date of
payment. The sewer rents charged against unmetered premises for the use
of the sewer system during the one-year period commencing on the first
day of July of each year shall be computed in accordance with the
provisions of section 24-514 of the code and the rules duly promulgated
thereunder, upon the basis of water rents or charges computed for the
same period.
S 4. Section 11-314 of the administrative code of the city of New
York, as amended by local law number 59 of the city of New York for the
year 1996, is amended to read as follows:
S 11-314 Notice of rules and regulations; penalty for nonpayment;
water supply cut off. The rates and charges for supply of water, the
annual service charges and minimum charges, the sewer rents, the sewer
surcharges, the rules and regulations concerning the use of water, all
other rules and regulations affecting users of water or concerning
charges for supply of water, restrictions of the use of water, installa-
tion of meters, and all rules and regulations affecting property
connected with the sewer system, penalties and fines for violations of
rules and regulations shall be printed on each bill and permit so far as
in the judgment of the commissioner of environmental protection they are
applicable. This section and such printing and the printing of this
section on such bills and permits shall be sufficient notice to owners,
tenants or occupants of premises to authorize the imposition and recov-
ery of any charges, surcharges and fines imposed under such rules and
regulations and of any penalties imposed in pursuance of this chapter in
addition to cutting off the supply of water. Where water charges payable
in advance or sewer rents or charges payable as provided in subdivision
c of section 11-313 of this chapter, are not paid within the period
covered by such charges or rents, and a notice of such nonpayment is
mailed by the commissioner of finance to the [premises addressed to
"owner or occupant,"] OWNER OF SUCH PREMISES AT THE ADDRESS OR ADDRESSES
REGISTERED WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE PURSUANT TO SECTION 11-309.1
OF THIS CHAPTER, the commissioner of environmental protection may shut
off the supply of water to such premises. Where water charges not paya-
ble in advance or sewer rents, sewer surcharges or charges payable as
provided in subdivisions b and d of section 11-313 of this chapter have
been made by the department and remain unpaid for more than thirty days
or where the commissioner of environmental protection has certified that
there is a flagrant and continued violation of a provision or provisions
of section 24-523 of the code or of any rule or regulation promulgated
pursuant thereto or of any order of the commissioner of environmental
protection issued pursuant thereto, after notice thereof mailed to the
[premises addressed to "owner or occupant,"] OWNER OF SUCH PREMISES AT
THE ADDRESS OR ADDRESSES REGISTERED WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE
PURSUANT TO SECTION 11-309.1 OF THIS CHAPTER, the commissioner of envi-
ronmental protection may shut off the supply of water to the premises.
S 5. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall
have become a law. Effective immediately any rules or regulations neces-
sary for the timely implementation of this act on its effective date are
authorized and directed to be made and completed on or before such
effective date.