NY State Senate Bill 2021-S7728

Senate Bill S7728

Signed By Governor

2021-2022 Legislative Session

Relates to the attorney general entering into contracts with fair housing entities and providing certain reports

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- 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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	Assembly Actions - Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE
Feb 24, 2022	signed chap.89 delivered to governor
Feb 07, 2022	returned to senate passed assembly ordered to third reading cal.379 substituted for a8853
Jan 18, 2022	referred to judiciary delivered to assembly passed senate
Jan 10, 2022	ordered to third reading cal.56
Jan 07, 2022	referred to rules

Votes

- Jan 18, 2022 - Floor Vote
  S7728
  
  61
  
  Aye
  
  2
  
  Nay
  
  0
  
  Absent
  
  0
  
  Excused
  
  0
  
  Abstained
  - - Floor Vote: Jan 18, 2022
      
      aye (61)
      
      Addabbo Jr.
      
      Akshar
      
      Bailey
      
      Biaggi
      
      Borrello
      
      Boyle
      
      Breslin
      
      Brisport
      
      Brooks
      
      Brouk
      
      Cleare
      
      Comrie
      
      Cooney
      
      Felder
      
      Gaughran
      
      Gianaris
      
      Gounardes
      
      Griffo
      
      Harckham
      
      Helming
      
      Hinchey
      
      Hoylman-Sigal
      
      Jackson
      
      Jordan
      
      Kaminsky
      
      Kaplan
      
      Kavanagh
      
      Kennedy
      
      Krueger
      
      Lanza
      
      Liu
      
      Mannion
      
      Martucci
      
      Mattera
      
      May
      
      Mayer
      
      Myrie
      
      O'Mara
      
      Ortt
      
      Palumbo
      
      Parker
      
      Persaud
      
      Ramos
      
      Rath III
      
      Reichlin-Melnick
      
      Ritchie
      
      Rivera
      
      Ryan
      
      Salazar
      
      Sanders Jr.
      
      Savino
      
      Sepúlveda
      
      Serino
      
      Serrano
      
      Skoufis
      
      Stavisky
      
      Stec
      
      Stewart-Cousins
      
      Tedisco
      
      Thomas
      
      Weik
      
      nay (2)
      
      Gallivan
      
      Oberacker
  Jan 18, 2022 - Rules Committee Vote
  S7728
  
  16
  
  Aye
  
  1
  
  Nay
  
  3
  
  Aye with Reservations
  
  0
  
  Absent
  
  0
  
  Excused
  
  0
  
  Abstained
  - - Rules Committee Vote: Jan 18, 2022
      
      aye (16)
      
      Addabbo Jr.
      
      Bailey
      
      Biaggi
      
      Breslin
      
      Comrie
      
      Gianaris
      
      Griffo
      
      Kennedy
      
      Krueger
      
      Liu
      
      Mayer
      
      Ortt
      
      Parker
      
      Ritchie
      
      Savino
      
      Stewart-Cousins
      
      nay (1)
      
      Gallivan
      
      aye wr (3)
      
      Boyle
      
      Lanza
      
      O'Mara
  Jan 10, 2022 - Rules Committee Vote
  S7728
  
  16
  
  Aye
  
  1
  
  Nay
  
  3
  
  Aye with Reservations
  
  0
  
  Absent
  
  0
  
  Excused
  
  0
  
  Abstained
  - - Rules Committee Vote: Jan 10, 2022
      
      aye (16)
      
      Addabbo Jr.
      
      Bailey
      
      Biaggi
      
      Breslin
      
      Comrie
      
      Gianaris
      
      Griffo
      
      Kennedy
      
      Krueger
      
      Liu
      
      Mayer
      
      Ortt
      
      Parker
      
      Ritchie
      
      Savino
      
      Stewart-Cousins
      
      nay (1)
      
      Gallivan
      
      aye wr (3)
      
      Boyle
      
      Lanza
      
      O'Mara

2021-S7728 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:: A8853
Law Section:: State Finance Law
Laws Affected:: Amd §80-a, St Fin L; amd §3, Chap of 2021 (as proposed in S.945-B & A.6866)

2021-S7728 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to the attorney general entering into contracts with fair housing entities and providing certain reports.

2021-S7728 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

                                 
BILL NUMBER: S7728

SPONSOR: GAUGHRAN
 
TITLE OF BILL:

An act to amend the state finance law, in relation to the attorney
general entering into contracts with fair housing entities and providing
certain reports, and to amend a chapter of the laws of 2021 amending the
real property law and the state finance law relating to establishing the
anti-discrimination in housing fund and allocating moneys from fines
thereto, as proposed in legislative bills numbers S. 945-B and A. 6866,
in relation to the effectiveness thereof

 
PURPOSE:

This is a chapter amendment to L.2021, c.687, to clarify provisions
concerning the administration of the anti-discrimination in housing
fund.

 
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:

This legislation amends several provisions of L.2021, c.687.

Section 1 amends the state finance law to clarify the process by which
the attorney general may contract with qualified entities that special-
ize in the detection of unlawful housing discrimination.  Section 1 also
requires the attorney general to report annually on the anti-discrimina-
tion in housing fund to the governor, temporary president of the senate,
and speaker of the assembly.

Section 2 amends the effective date of the underlying chapter from thir-
ty days after enactment to sixty days after enactment.

 
EXISTING LAW:

None.

 
JUSTIFICATION:

This legislation is a negotiated change to the underlying chapter.

 
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:

Chapter amendment to Chapter 687 of the Laws of 2021. S.945-B passed the
Senate in February 2021, and A.6866 passed the Assembly in June 2021.

 
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:

None.

 
EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act shall take effect immediately; provided however that section
one of this act shall take effect on the same date and in the same
manner as a chapter of the laws of 2021 amending the real property law
and the state finance law relating to establishing the anti-discrimina-
tion in housing fund and allocating moneys from fines thereto, as
proposed in legislative bills S.945-B and A.6866, takes effect.

2021-S7728 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   7728
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                              January 7, 2022
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by Sen. GAUGHRAN -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules
 
 AN ACT to amend the state finance  law,  in  relation  to  the  attorney
   general entering into contracts with fair housing entities and provid-
   ing certain reports, and to amend a chapter of the laws of 2021 amend-
   ing the real property law and the state finance law relating to estab-
   lishing  the anti-discrimination in housing fund and allocating moneys
   from fines thereto, as proposed in legislative bills numbers S.  945-B
   and A. 6866, in relation to the effectiveness thereof
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Subdivisions 3 and 4 of section 80-a of the  state  finance
 law, as added by a chapter of the laws of 2021 amending the real proper-
 ty  law and the state finance law relating to establishing the anti-dis-
 crimination in housing fund and allocating moneys from fines thereto, as
 proposed in legislative bills numbers S. 945-B and A. 6866, are  amended
 and a new subdivision 6 is added to read as follows:
   3. The moneys in the anti-discrimination in housing fund shall be kept
 separate  from  and shall not be commingled with any other moneys in the
 custody of the state comptroller. Such moneys shall be made available to
 the office of the attorney  general,  for  fair  housing  testing  [and]
 THROUGH  allocation  of  grants  to  duly applying county, city, town or
 village human rights commissions, or other duly applying  county,  city,
 town,  village or not-for-profit [agencies] ENTITIES specializing in the
 prevention of unlawful discrimination in  housing,  TO  DETECT  UNLAWFUL
 DISCRIMINATION IN HOUSING.
   4.  The  attorney general shall establish the application criteria AND
 QUALIFICATIONS for [such not-for-profit agencies] THE ENTITIES  for  the
 purposes  of  the  fund  as defined in SUBDIVISION THREE OF this section
 THAT WILL CONDUCT TESTING. THE ATTORNEY GENERAL MAY ENTER INTO CONTRACTS
 WITH SUCH QUALIFIED  FAIR  HOUSING  ENTITIES  WHICH  MAY  THEREAFTER  BE
 RENEWED, EXTENDED OR SUCCEEDED BY NEW CONTRACTS FROM YEAR TO YEAR IN THE
 DISCRETION OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD03803-05-2

 S. 7728                             2
 
   6.  NO LATER THAN THE FIFTEENTH DAY OF JANUARY OF EACH YEAR THE ATTOR-
 NEY GENERAL SHALL REPORT TO THE GOVERNOR, THE TEMPORARY PRESIDENT OF THE
 SENATE AND THE SPEAKER OF THE ASSEMBLY ON ACTIVITIES UNDERTAKEN  BY  THE
 ATTORNEY GENERAL AND ANY GRANTEE PURSUANT TO THIS SECTION IN THE PRECED-
 ING  YEAR.  THE REPORT SHALL INCLUDE, BUT NOT BE LIMITED TO, THE CURRENT
 AMOUNT OF FUNDS AVAILABLE AS WELL AS THE AMOUNT OF MONEY GRANTED TO  ANY
 ENTITY  THAT  WILL  CONDUCT TESTING TO DETECT UNLAWFUL DISCRIMINATION IN
 HOUSING FOR THE PURPOSES IDENTIFIED  IN  THIS  SECTION.  RESULTS,  DATA,
 FINDINGS,  AND OTHER RELEVANT INFORMATION EXISTING, COLLECTED, DETECTED,
 MODIFIED OR DEVELOPED BY THE ATTORNEY  GENERAL  OR  GRANTEE  UNDER  THIS
 SECTION SHALL BE PROVIDED IN SUCH ANNUAL REPORT FOLLOWING THE COMPLETION
 OF THE OBLIGATIONS IN THE CONTRACT.
   §  2.  Section  3  of  a chapter of the laws of 2021 amending the real
 property law and the state finance  law  relating  to  establishing  the
 anti-discrimination  in  housing  fund  and allocating moneys from fines
 thereto, as proposed in legislative bills numbers S. 945-B and A.  6866,
 is amended to read as follows:
   §  3. This act shall take effect on the [sixtieth] THIRTIETH day after
 it shall have become a law.
   § 3. This act shall take effect  immediately,  provided  however  that
 section  one  of  this act shall take effect on the same date and in the
 same manner as a chapter of the laws of 2021 amending the real  property
 law  and the state finance law relating to establishing the anti-discri-
 mination in housing fund and allocating moneys from  fines  thereto,  as
 proposed  in  legislative  bills  numbers  S.  945-B  and A. 6866, takes
 effect.

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