Assembly Bill A4675

2023-2024 Legislative Session

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

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Current Bill Status - In Assembly Committee

  • 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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2023-A4675 (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
2019-2020: A6182
2021-2022: A5632

2023-A4675 (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.

2023-A4675 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   4675
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             February 22, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. FITZPATRICK, TAGUE -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of
   A. MANKTELOW -- 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.
                                                            LBD08451-01-3

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