Assembly Bill A10618A

Signed By Governor
2017-2018 Legislative Session

Authorizes the city of Buffalo to add unpaid housing code violations to the city'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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2017-A10618 - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S7346
Law Section:
Real Property Tax Law
Laws Affected:
Add §905, RPT L
Versions Introduced in 2015-2016 Legislative Session:
A6528, S4229

2017-A10618 - Summary

Authorizes the city of Buffalo to add unpaid housing code violation penalties, costs and fines to the city's annual tax levy.

2017-A10618 - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   10618
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                                May 9, 2018
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M. of A. PEOPLES-STOKES -- read once and referred to the
   Committee on Real Property Taxation
 
 AN ACT to amend the real property tax law, in  relation  to  authorizing
   the  city  of  Buffalo to add unpaid housing code violation penalties,
   costs and fines to the city's  annual  tax  levy  in  accordance  with
   applicable law

   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 905 to read as follows:
   § 905. COLLECTION OF UNPAID HOUSING CODE VIOLATION PENALTIES; LEVY. 1.
 IN  ADDITION  TO AND NOT IN LIMITATION OF ANY POWER OTHERWISE GRANTED BY
 LAW, THE CITY OF BUFFALO IS HEREBY  AUTHORIZED  TO  COLLECT  ANY  UNPAID
 HOUSING  CODE  VIOLATION PENALTIES, COSTS AND FINES THROUGH PLACEMENT BY
 THE CITY'S COMMISSIONER OF FINANCE ON THE  CITY'S  ANNUAL  TAX  LEVY  IN
 ACCORDANCE  WITH THE APPLICABLE PROVISIONS OF THE CITY'S TAX AND ASSESS-
 MENT ACT (CHAPTER SEVENTY-FIVE OF THE LAWS OF NINETEEN HUNDRED  SIX,  AS
 AMENDED).
   2. IN ORDER TO BE ELIGIBLE FOR PLACEMENT ON THE CITY'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 CITY, AS  CERTIFIED
 BY  THE  CITY'S  CORPORATION COUNSEL TO THE COMMISSIONER OF FINANCE, AND
 HAVE REMAINED UNPAID FOR ONE YEAR PRECEDING THE PLACEMENT ON THE  CITY'S
 TAX LEVY.
   3. SUCH HOUSING CODE VIOLATION PENALTY, COST OR FINE AS SET FORTH IN A
 COPY OF THE JUDGMENT CERTIFIED BY THE CORPORATION COUNSEL TO THE COMMIS-
 SIONER  OF  FINANCE  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 PROPER-
 TY ASSESSED AS THE GENERAL CITY TAX AND AS A PART THEREOF.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD14149-01-8
              

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2017-A10618A (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S7346
Law Section:
Real Property Tax Law
Laws Affected:
Add §905, RPT L
Versions Introduced in 2015-2016 Legislative Session:
A6528, S4229

2017-A10618A (ACTIVE) - Summary

Authorizes the city of Buffalo to add unpaid housing code violation penalties, costs and fines to the city's annual tax levy.

2017-A10618A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                 10618--A
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                                May 9, 2018
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M. of A. PEOPLES-STOKES, BOHEN -- read once and referred
   to the Committee on Real Property Taxation -- reported and referred to
   the Committee on Codes -- committee discharged, bill amended,  ordered
   reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee
 
 AN  ACT  to  amend the real property tax law, in relation to authorizing
   the city of Buffalo to add unpaid housing  code  violation  penalties,
   costs  and  fines  to  the  city's  annual tax levy in accordance with
   applicable law
 
   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 905 to read as follows:
   § 905. COLLECTION OF UNPAID HOUSING CODE VIOLATION PENALTIES; LEVY. 1.
 AUTHORIZATION. IN ADDITION TO AND NOT IN LIMITATION OF ANY POWER  OTHER-
 WISE  GRANTED  BY  LAW,  THE THE CITY OF BUFFALO IS HEREBY AUTHORIZED TO
 COLLECT ANY UNPAID HOUSING, BUILDING AND FIRE CODE VIOLATION  PENALTIES,
 COSTS  AND FINES THROUGH PLACEMENT BY THE CITY'S COMMISSIONER OF FINANCE
 ON THE CITY'S ANNUAL TAX LEVY IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PROVISIONS OF  THIS
 SECTION.
   2.  ELIGIBILITY.  IN ORDER TO BE ELIGIBLE FOR PLACEMENT ON THE CITY OF
 BUFFALO'S ANNUAL TAX LEVY SUCH UNPAID 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  CITY  AND  RECORDED BY THE COUNTY CLERK, AS CERTIFIED BY THE CITY'S
 CORPORATION COUNSEL TO THE COMMISSIONER OF  FINANCE  AND  HAVE  REMAINED
 UNPAID  FOR  ONE YEAR AFTER THE FINAL ADJUDICATION AND EXHAUSTION OF ALL
 APPEALS RELATING TO THE IMPOSITION OF THE FINES  FOR  A  CODE  VIOLATION
 PRECEDING THE PLACEMENT ON THE CITY'S TAX LEVY.
   3.  MINIMUM  AMOUNT OWED. TO QUALIFY FOR PLACEMENT ON THE TAX LEVY THE
 AMOUNT OWED FOR UNPAID CODE VIOLATIONS MUST BE AT LEAST FIVE PERCENT  OF
 THE AMOUNT OF THE TAX ASSESSED VALUE OF THE PROPERTY.
   4.  LEVY.  SUCH CODE VIOLATION PENALTY, COST OR FINE AS SET FORTH IN A
 COPY OF THE JUDGMENT  CERTIFIED  BY  THE  CORPORATION  COUNSEL  TO  SUCH
 COMMISSIONER  OF  FINANCE SHALL BE SET DOWN IN THE ANNUAL TAX LEVY UNDER
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
              

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