Senate Bill S5424

2015-2016 Legislative Session

Authorizes certain municipalities to add unpaid housing code violation penalties, costs and fines to such municipality's annual tax levy

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  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2015-S5424 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A8103
Current Committee:
Assembly Real Property Taxation
Law Section:
Real Property Tax Law
Laws Affected:
Add ยง901, RPT L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2017-2018: S1773, A1475
2019-2020: S3478, A3800
2021-2022: S5010, A1284
2023-2024: S4713, A3097

2015-S5424 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Authorizes certain municipalities to add unpaid housing code violation penalties, costs and fines to such municipality's annual tax levy.

2015-S5424 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2015-S5424 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                  5424

                       2015-2016 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                              May 14, 2015
                               ___________

Introduced by Sens. CARLUCCI, VALESKY -- read twice and ordered printed,
  and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Local Government

AN  ACT  to  amend the real property tax law, in relation to authorizing
  municipalities to add unpaid housing code violation  penalties,  costs
  and fines to the municipality's annual tax levy

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

  Section 1. The real property tax  law  is  amended  by  adding  a  new
section 901 to read as follows:
  S 901. COLLECTION OF UNPAID HOUSING CODE VIOLATION PENALTIES; LEVY. 1.
NOTWITHSTANDING  ANY  OTHER PROVISIONS OF ANY GENERAL, SPECIAL, OR LOCAL
LAW, CODE OR CHARTER, A MUNICIPALITY, EXCEPT THOSE HAVING  A  POPULATION
OF  ONE  MILLION  OR MORE, MAY COLLECT ANY UNPAID HOUSING CODE VIOLATION
PENALTIES, COSTS AND FINES THROUGH PLACEMENT BY THE OFFICIAL  AUTHORIZED
TO ADMINISTER A MUNICIPALITY'S ANNUAL TAX LEVY.
  2.  IN  ORDER  TO BE ELIGIBLE FOR PLACEMENT ON A MUNICIPALITY'S ANNUAL
TAX LEVY SUCH UNPAID HOUSING CODE VIOLATION PENALTIES, COSTS  AND  FINES
SHALL HAVE BEEN ADJUDICATED AND IMPOSED THROUGH A JUDGMENT IN A COURT OF
COMPETENT  JURISDICTION  ON AN OWNER OF REAL PROPERTY WITHIN THE MUNICI-
PALITY AND HAVE REMAINED UNPAID FOR ONE YEAR PRECEDING THE PLACEMENT  ON
THE MUNICIPALITY'S TAX LEVY.
  3. SUCH HOUSING CODE VIOLATION PENALTY, COST OR FINE SHALL BE SET DOWN
IN THE ANNUAL TAX LEVY UNDER THE HEADING UNCOLLECTED FINES AND PENALTIES
AND  SHALL  BE LEVIED, ENFORCED AND COLLECTED IN THE SAME MANNER, BY THE
SAME PROCEEDINGS, AT THE SAME TIME, UNDER THE SAME PENALTIES AND  HAVING
THE  SAME  LIEN  UPON THE PROPERTY ASSESSED AS THE GENERAL MUNICIPAL TAX
AND AS A PART THEREOF.
  S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.


 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD11109-01-5

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