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                                   5149
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             February 7, 2019
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 Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  CYMBROWITZ,  COLTON, ABBATE -- read once and
   referred to the Committee on Codes
 
 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
 NOT  BE  CHARGED, ANY INCONSISTENT PROVISION OF LAW NOTWITHSTANDING. Any
 agreement for the supply of water or sewerage services between the  city
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

                                                            LBD09352-01-9

 A. 5149                             2
 
 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.
   § 2. This act shall take effect on the first of January next  succeed-
 ing the date on which it shall have become a law.