Assembly Bill A5314

2021-2022 Legislative Session

Authorizes municipalities to place a moratorium on tax foreclosures and tax lien sales

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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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2021-A5314 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S8107
Current Committee:
Assembly Real Property Taxation
Law Section:
Real Property Taxation
Versions Introduced in 2019-2020 Legislative Session:
A10518, S8413

2021-A5314 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Authorizes municipalities to place a moratorium on tax foreclosures and tax lien sales for a period of up to five years after the COVID-19 covered period.

2021-A5314 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   5314
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             February 12, 2021
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. GALEF, OTIS, ZEBROWSKI, BICHOTTE HERMELYN, CUSICK
   -- read once and referred to the Committee on Real Property Taxation
 
 AN  ACT  in relation to authorizing municipalities to place a moratorium
   on tax foreclosures and tax lien sales
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.    For the purposes of this act, "COVID-19 covered period"
 means March 7, 2020 until the date on which none of the provisions  that
 closed or otherwise restricted public or private businesses or places of
 public  accommodation,  or  required postponement or cancellation of all
 non-essential gatherings of individuals of any size for  any  reason  in
 executive  order  numbers  202.3,  202.4,  202.5,  202.6,  202.7, 202.8,
 202.10, 202.11, 202.13 or 202.14 of 2020, as extended by executive order
 numbers 202.28 and 202.31 and as further extended by any  future  execu-
 tive  order,  issued  in  response  to the COVID-19 pandemic continue to
 apply in the county where the real property is situated.
   § 2. Notwithstanding any general or special law,  or  any  local  law,
 ordinance,  resolution,  or  city or county charter to the contrary, for
 the duration of the COVID-19 covered period, at local option and after a
 public hearing, any village, town,  city,  school  district,  or  county
 which  conducts  tax foreclosures or tax lien sales may pass a local law
 or resolution to place a moratorium on such tax lien sales or tax  fore-
 closures  for  a  period  of up to five years after the COVID-19 covered
 period; provided however, that, consistent with the limitation  of  this
 section,  any  such  local law or resolution shall establish a date upon
 which tax lien sales and tax foreclosures may resume.
   § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD05011-01-1

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