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                       2013-2014 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                               (PREFILED)

                             January 9, 2013
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Introduced by M. of A. CYMBROWITZ, COLTON, CASTRO, ABBATE -- Multi-Spon-
  sored  by  --  M. of A.  MILLER, ROBINSON -- read once and referred to
  the Committee on Cities

AN ACT to amend the public authorities law,  in  relation  to  exempting
  veterans organizations in New York city from sewer and water charges

  THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section 1. Subdivision 5 of section 1045-j of the  public  authorities
law,  as  amended by chapter 514 of the laws of 1984, is amended to read
as follows:
  5. Such fees, rates, rents or other charges, if  not  paid  when  due,
shall  constitute  a  lien upon the premises served and a charge against
the owners thereof, which lien and charge shall  bear  interest  at  the
same  rate  as  would  unpaid  taxes  of  the city. Such lien shall take
precedence over all other liens or encumbrances, except taxes,  and  may
be foreclosed against the lot or building served in the same manner as a
lien  for  such taxes. The amount which remains due and unpaid for sixty
days may, with interest thereon at the same rate as  unpaid  city  taxes
and  with reasonable attorneys' fees, be recovered by the water board in
a civil action in the name of the water board against such  owners.  The
city,  and  any  state  agency shall be subject to the same fees, rates,
rents or other charges under the same conditions as other users of  such
water system or sewerage system, or both, as the case may be. Tax exempt
organizations  shall  be  charged according to the provisions of chapter
six hundred ninety-six of the laws of eighteen hundred eighty-seven,  as
amended  by  chapters eight hundred ninety-three and eight hundred nine-
ty-four of the laws of nineteen hundred eighty and by  provisions  which
may  by  law  extend  the provisions of such chapters from time to time;
PROVIDED THAT VETERANS ORGANIZATIONS, AS DEFINED IN SECTION FOUR HUNDRED
FIFTY-TWO OF THE REAL PROPERTY TAX LAW AND LOCATED IN  THE  CITY,  SHALL

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

                                                           LBD06010-01-3

A. 2171                             2

NOT  BE  CHARGED  ANY INCONSISTENT PROVISION OF LAW NOTWITHSTANDING. Any
agreement for the supply of water or sewerage services between the  city
or  an agency thereof and any other municipality or water supply system,
or  any  administrative  determination  by  a state agency, or any other
arrangement in this regard, in effect at the time the water board  shall
be  established,  shall  remain  in full force and effect and be binding
upon the water board as if it were a party to such  agreement,  determi-
nation  or  other arrangement.   All rights, powers, duties, obligations
and functions provided by law with respect to the fixing of  charges  or
rates  for the supply of water or sewerage services to users outside the
city, including but not limited to those set forth in  [article  one  of
title  K  of chapter fifty-one] SECTION 5-429 of the administrative code
of the city of New York and article eight of the environmental conserva-
tion law, shall be deemed to apply, as appropriate, to the  water  board
established  pursuant  to  this title.   In addition to any other lawful
enforcement methods and pursuant to rules and regulations of  the  water
board  promulgated  pursuant  to this title, the payment of fees, rates,
rents or other charges for water service  or  sewerage  service  to  any
premises  may be enforced by discontinuing the water service or sewerage
service to such premises provided that such  discontinuance  or  discon-
nection  of any supply of water or the provision of sewerage service, or
both, as the case may be, shall not be carried out except in the  manner
and upon the notice as is required of a water-works corporation pursuant
to  subdivisions  three-a,  three-b and three-c of section eighty-nine-b
and section one hundred sixteen of the public service law.
  S 2. This act shall take effect on the first of January next  succeed-
ing the date on which it shall have become a law.