Assembly Bill A6182

2019-2020 Legislative Session

Grants preferences in contracts under the affordable home ownership program to certain police officers, firefighters and teachers

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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-A6182 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Housing
Law Section:
Private Housing Finance Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §1112, Priv Hous Fin L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2009-2010: A4229
2011-2012: A2568
2013-2014: A3220
2015-2016: A2979
2017-2018: A7349
2021-2022: A5632
2023-2024: A4675

2019-A6182 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Provides preferences in contracts under the affordable home ownership program to police officers, teachers and firefighters who live in the municipality or school district in which they work; defines relevant terms.

2019-A6182 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   6182
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             February 28, 2019
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. FITZPATRICK, TAGUE -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of
   A.  MANKTELOW,  SALKA  --  read  once and referred to the Committee on
   Housing
 
 AN ACT to amend the private housing finance law, in relation to  prefer-
   ences under the affordable home ownership development program

   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1.  Paragraph (a) of subdivision 3  of  section  1112  of  the
 private  housing  finance  law, as amended by chapter 898 of the laws of
 1986, is amended to read as follows:
   (a) Serve the lowest income households in the applicable region and is
 designed to continue to be affordable to such households for a  substan-
 tial  period  of  time  OR  SERVE  HOUSEHOLDS IN WHICH THE HOME BUYER IS
 EMPLOYED AS A POLICE OFFICER, FIREFIGHTER OR TEACHER, PROVIDED THAT SUCH
 HOME IS LOCATED WITHIN THE BOUNDARIES OF THE AREA SERVED BY  THE  POLICE
 DEPARTMENT,  FIRE  DEPARTMENT,  OR  ELEMENTARY OR SECONDARY SCHOOL WHERE
 SUCH PERSON IS SO EMPLOYED. AS USED IN THIS PARAGRAPH: "POLICE  OFFICER"
 SHALL  MEAN  A PERSON WHO IS CURRENTLY EMPLOYED AS A SWORN OFFICER OF AN
 AUTHORIZED POLICE DEPARTMENT OR FORCE OF A CITY, TOWN OR VILLAGE; "FIRE-
 FIGHTER" SHALL MEAN A PERSON WHO IS CURRENTLY EMPLOYED  ON  A  PERMANENT
 BASIS AS AN OFFICER OR MEMBER OF AN ORGANIZED FIRE DEPARTMENT OF A CITY,
 TOWN, VILLAGE OR FIRE DISTRICT; AND "TEACHER" SHALL MEAN A PERSON WHO IS
 CURRENTLY  EMPLOYED IN A TEACHING CAPACITY IN AN ELEMENTARY OR SECONDARY
 SCHOOL IN THIS STATE,  HAS  GRADUATED  FROM  AN  ACCREDITED  COLLEGE  OR
 UNIVERSITY  AND HOLDS A VALID STATE TEACHING CERTIFICATE ISSUED PURSUANT
 TO ARTICLE SIXTY-ONE OF THE EDUCATION LAW.
   § 2. This act shall take effect on the  thirtieth day after  it  shall
 have become a law.
 

  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD05982-01-9

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