Senate Bill S6015

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Decreases the time a vacant property may sit in foreclosure in Erie County

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Current Bill Status - In Senate Committee Local Government 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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2025-S6015 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Local Government
Law Section:
Erie County Tax Act
Laws Affected:
Amd §9-1.0, Chap 812 of 1942
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2017-2018: S6580
2019-2020: S253
2021-2022: S3858
2023-2024: S6487

2025-S6015 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Decreases the time a vacant property may sit in foreclosure in Erie county.

2025-S6015 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2025-S6015 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   6015
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                               March 4, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  BASKIN -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Local Government
 
 AN ACT to amend the Erie county tax act, in relation to  decreasing  the
   time a vacant property may sit in foreclosure in Erie county
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Section 9-1.0 of chapter 812 of the laws of  1942,  consti-
 tuting the Erie county tax act, is amended to read as follows:
   § 9-1.0 When foreclosure may be taken. (A) Whenever a tax sale certif-
 icate issued on any tax sale shall be outstanding, unredeemed and unpaid
 for  a period of not less than two years nor more than twenty-five years
 after the issuance thereof and no conveyance has been taken  thereunder,
 the  holder  of such tax sale certificate, including the county of Erie,
 may bring an action to recover the amount paid for such certificate with
 all interest, penalties, additions and expenses as in this act provided.
 For that purpose, such a holder may maintain an action  in  the  supreme
 court  or  in  the county court of Erie county for the sale of the lands
 affected by such certificate.   Jurisdiction of such  action  is  hereby
 expressly conferred upon such county court.
   (B)  FOR  REAL  PROPERTY  THAT HAS BEEN CERTIFIED VACANT AND ABANDONED
 PURSUANT TO SECTION THIRTEEN HUNDRED NINE OF THE REAL  PROPERTY  ACTIONS
 AND  PROCEEDINGS  LAW, WHENEVER A TAX SALE CERTIFICATE ISSUED ON ANY TAX
 SALE SHALL BE OUTSTANDING, UNREDEEMED AND UNPAID FOR  A  PERIOD  OF  NOT
 LESS  THAN  ONE  YEAR NOR MORE THAN TWENTY-FIVE YEARS AFTER THE ISSUANCE
 THEREOF AND NO CONVEYANCE HAS BEEN TAKEN THEREUNDER, THE HOLDER OF  SUCH
 TAX  SALE CERTIFICATE, INCLUDING THE COUNTY OF ERIE, MAY BRING AN ACTION
 TO RECOVER THE AMOUNT PAID  FOR  SUCH  CERTIFICATE  WITH  ALL  INTEREST,
 PENALTIES,  ADDITIONS  AND  EXPENSES  AS  IN THIS ACT PROVIDED. FOR THAT
 PURPOSE, SUCH A HOLDER MAY MAINTAIN AN ACTION IN THE SUPREME COURT OR IN
 THE COUNTY COURT OF ERIE COUNTY FOR THE SALE OF THE  LANDS  AFFECTED  BY
 SUCH  CERTIFICATE.  JURISDICTION  OF  SUCH  ACTION  IS  HEREBY EXPRESSLY
 CONFERRED UPON SUCH COUNTY COURT.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets

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