Assembly Bill A3800

2019-2020 Legislative Session

Authorizes municipalities in the county of Rockland to add unpaid housing code violation penalties, costs and fines to such municipalities' 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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2019-A3800 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S3478
Current Committee:
Assembly Real Property Taxation
Law Section:
Real Property Tax Law
Laws Affected:
Add §903, RPT L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2015-2016: A8103, S5424
2017-2018: A1475, S1773
2021-2022: A1284, S5010
2023-2024: A3097, S4713

2019-A3800 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Authorizes municipalities in the county of Rockland to add unpaid housing code violation penalties, costs and fines to such municipalities' annual tax levy in accordance with applicable law.

2019-A3800 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   3800
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 31, 2019
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M.  of A. ZEBROWSKI, JAFFEE -- read once and referred to
   the Committee on Real Property Taxation
 
 AN ACT to amend the real property tax law, in  relation  to  authorizing
   certain municipalities to add unpaid housing code violation penalties,
   costs  and fines to such municipalities' 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 903 to read as follows:
   § 903. 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, MUNICIPALITIES IN THE COUNTY OF ROCKLAND, INCLUDING
 THE  COUNTY  OF  ROCKLAND,  ARE  HEREBY AUTHORIZED TO COLLECT ANY UNPAID
 HOUSING, BUILDING AND FIRE CODE VIOLATION  PENALTIES,  COSTS  AND  FINES
 THROUGH  PLACEMENT BY THE MUNICIPALITY'S COMMISSIONER OF FINANCE, TREAS-
 URER, OR OTHER PUBLIC OFFICIAL CHARGED WITH THE DUTIES OF OVERSEEING TAX
 COLLECTIONS ON THE MUNICIPALITY'S ANNUAL TAX LEVY IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE
 PROVISIONS OF THIS SECTION.
   2. ELIGIBILITY. IN ORDER TO BE ELIGIBLE FOR PLACEMENT ON  THE  MUNICI-
 PALITY'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
 MUNICIPALITY  AND  RECORDED  BY  THE  COUNTY  CLERK, AS CERTIFIED BY THE
 MUNICIPAL COUNSEL TO THE COMMISSIONER OF  FINANCE,  TREASURER  OR  OTHER
 PUBLIC  OFFICIAL  CHARGED  WITH THE DUTIES OF OVERSEEING TAX COLLECTIONS
 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 MUNICIPALITY'S TAX LEVY.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD06174-01-9

              

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