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                                  9411

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                             April 29, 2014
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Introduced by M. of A. CRESPO -- read once and referred to the Committee
  on Cities

AN  ACT  to  amend  the  administrative code of the city of New York, in
  relation to the registration of property and  designation  of  mailing
  address or addresses

  THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section 1. The administrative code of the city of New York is  amended
by adding a new section 11-309.1 to read as follows:
  S  11-309.1  REGISTRATION OF PROPERTY.  A. THE OWNER OF ANY LOT, PIECE
OR PARCEL OF LAND IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK MUST REGISTER  SUCH  PROPERTY,
TOGETHER  WITH  THE SECTION, BLOCK AND LOT NUMBER THEREOF, OR SUCH OTHER
IDENTIFYING INFORMATION AS AT THE TIME IS ESTABLISHED BY THE  DEPARTMENT
OF FINANCE, AND A STATEMENT OF THE APPLICANT'S INTEREST THEREIN, TOGETH-
ER  WITH  A  WRITTEN  REQUEST  THAT SUCH LOT, PIECE OR PARCEL OF LAND BE
REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF THE APPLICANT.  IN SUCH STATEMENT  THE  APPLI-
CANT  SHALL  DESIGNATE  AN  ADDRESS  TO WHICH OFFICIAL NOTIFICATIONS AND
CORRESPONDENCE SHALL BE MAILED TO,  SUCH  ADDRESS  SHALL  BE  WHERE  THE
APPLICANT    RECEIVES  THEIR DAILY OR REGULAR MAIL. SUCH APPLICANT SHALL
HAVE THE OPTION OF DESIGNATING A SECOND ADDRESS TO WHICH COPIES  OF  ALL
OFFICIAL  NOTIFICATIONS  AND  CORRESPONDENCE  SHALL BE MAILED.   A BRIEF
DESCRIPTION OF SUCH LOT, PIECE OR PARCEL OF LAND  CORRESPONDING  TO  THE
DESCRIPTION THEREOF IN THE STATEMENT SO FILED, TOGETHER WITH THE NAME OF
THE  APPLICANT  AND  HIS  OR HER DESIGNATED ADDRESS OR ADDRESSES AND THE
DATE OF SUCH APPLICATION, SHALL THEREUPON BE REGISTERED IN  THE  DEPART-
MENT OF FINANCE.
  B.  THE  COMMISSIONER  OF FINANCE OR HIS OR HER DESIGNEE SHALL FOR THE
PURPOSE OF THIS SECTION PROVIDE APPROPRIATE RECORDS FOR EACH SECTION  OF
THE  CITY,  INCLUDED  WITHIN  THE RESPECTIVE BOROUGHS, AS THE SAME SHALL
APPEAR UPON THE TAX MAPS OF THE CITY.
  S 2. Subdivisions a and b of section 11-312 of the administrative code
of the city of New York, as amended by local law number 26 of  the  city
of New York for the year 1996, are amended to read as follows:

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD00563-01-3
              

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  a. One-half (i) the uniform annual water charges and extra and miscel-
laneous  charges  for  water not metered and (ii) annual service charges
shall become due and payable, in advance if entered  on  January  first,
nineteen  hundred  seventy-four for the period commencing January first,
nineteen  hundred  seventy-four  and  ending  June  thirtieth,  nineteen
hundred seventy-four.  Commencing on June  thirtieth,  nineteen  hundred
seventy-four,  uniform  annual water charges and extra and miscellaneous
charges for water not metered and annual service charges  shall  be  due
and  payable  in  advance  on the thirtieth day of June in each year, if
entered. If any of such rents and charges which become due  and  payable
on or before June thirtieth, nineteen hundred seventy-six shall not have
been  paid  to  the commissioner of finance or his or her designee on or
before the last day of the month following the month of entry, it  shall
be  the  duty  of  the commissioner of finance or his or her designee to
charge, collect and receive interest thereon to  be  calculated  at  the
rate of seven percent per annum from the date when such rents and charg-
es  became  due  and  payable to December thirty-first, nineteen hundred
seventy-six, and at the rate of fifteen percent per annum  from  January
first,  nineteen hundred seventy-seven to the date of payment. If any of
such rents and charges which shall become due and payable  on  or  after
June  thirtieth,  nineteen  hundred  seventy-seven  are  not paid to the
commissioner of finance or his or her designee on or before the last day
of the month following the month of entry, it shall be the duty  of  the
commissioner  of  finance  or his or her designee to charge, collect and
receive interest thereon to be calculated at the rate of fifteen percent
per annum from the date when such rents and charges became due and paya-
ble to the date of payment. If not so entered and payable,  but  entered
at  any  time  subsequent  thereto,  they  shall be due and payable when
entered and notice thereof shall be mailed  within  five  days  of  such
entry  to  the  [premises  against  which  they are imposed addressed to
either the owner or the occupant and] OWNER  OF  SUCH  PREMISES  AT  THE
ADDRESS  OR ADDRESSES REGISTERED WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE PURSUANT
TO SECTION 11-309.1 OF THIS CHAPTER, if entered on  or  before  December
thirty-first, nineteen hundred seventy-six but not paid on or before the
last day of the month following the month of entry, it shall be the duty
of the commissioner of finance or his or her designee to charge, collect
and  receive  interest  thereon  to  be  calculated at the rate of seven
percent per annum from the date of entry to December thirty-first, nine-
teen hundred seventy-six, and at the rate of fifteen percent  per  annum
from  January  first,  nineteen  hundred  seventy-seven  to  the date of
payment; if entered on or after January first, nineteen  hundred  seven-
ty-seven  but  not paid on or before the last day of the month following
the month of entry, it shall be the duty of the commissioner of  finance
or  his  or her designee to charge, collect and receive interest thereon
to be calculated at the rate of fifteen percent per annum from the  date
of entry to the date of payment.
  b. All charges for meters and their connections and for their setting,
repair  and  maintenance, and all charges in accordance with meter rates
for supply of water measured by meter, including minimum charges for the
supply of water measured  by  meter,  shall  be  due  and  payable  when
entered,  and  notice  thereof  shall be mailed within five days of such
entry stating the amount due and the nature of the rent or charge to the
[last known address of the person whose name appears on  the  record  of
such  rents  and charges as being the owner, occupant or agent or, where
no name appears] OWNER OF SUCH PREMISES  AT  THE  ADDRESS  OR  ADDRESSES
REGISTERED  WITH  THE DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE PURSUANT TO SECTION 11-309.1

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OF THIS CHAPTER, AND to the premises addressed to either  the  owner  or
the  occupant,  and if entered on or before December thirty-first, nine-
teen hundred seventy-six but not paid on or before the last day  of  the
month  following the month of entry, it shall be the duty of the commis-
sioner of finance or his or her designee to charge, collect and  receive
interest thereon to be calculated at the rate of seven percent per annum
from the date of entry to December thirty-first, nineteen hundred seven-
ty-six, and at the rate of fifteen percent per annum from January first,
nineteen  hundred seventy-seven to the date of payment; if entered on or
after January first, nineteen hundred seventy-seven but not paid  on  or
before  the  thirtieth  day following the date of entry, it shall be the
duty of the commissioner of finance or his or her  designee  to  charge,
collect  and  receive  interest  thereon to be calculated at the rate of
fifteen percent per annum from the date of entry to the date of payment.
  S 3. Subdivisions b and c of section 11-313 of the administrative code
of the city of New York, as amended by local law number 26 and  subdivi-
sion  b  as separately amended by local law number 59 of the city of New
York for the year 1996, are amended to read as follows:
  b. The sewer rents charged against metered premises in accordance with
the provisions of paragraphs two and three of subdivision b  of  section
24-514  of  the  code  and  the  rules duly promulgated pursuant to such
section, including the minimum rents for the use of  the  sewer  system,
charged  pursuant to such section and rules, and the sewer rents charged
against any premises in accordance with  the  provisions  of  paragraphs
four  and  five of subdivision b of section 24-514 of the code and rules
duly promulgated pursuant to such section, including the  minimum  rents
for  the  use  of the sewer system, charged pursuant to such section and
rules shall become due and shall become a charge or lien on the premises
when the amount thereof shall have been fixed  by  the  commissioner  of
environmental  protection,  and  an  entry  thereof shall have been made
against such premises with the date of such entry, in the book in  which
sewer  rents are to be entered. The sewer surcharges charged against any
premises pursuant to section 24-523 of the code  shall  become  due  and
shall  become  a  charge or lien on the premises when the amount thereof
shall have been fixed by the commissioner  of  environmental  protection
and  an  entry thereof shall have been made against such premises in the
book in which sewer surcharges are to  be  entered.  A  notice  thereof,
stating  the  amount due and the nature of the rent, surcharge or charge
shall be mailed, within five days after such entry, to the  [last  known
address  of the person whose name appears upon the records in the office
of the department of finance as being the owner, occupant or  agent  or,
where  no name appears, to the premises addressed to either the owner or
the occupant] OWNER OF SUCH PREMISES AT THE ADDRESS OR ADDRESSES  REGIS-
TERED  WITH  THE  DEPARTMENT  OF FINANCE PURSUANT TO SECTION 11-309.1 OF
THIS CHAPTER.  If such rent, surcharge or charge shall have been entered
on or before December thirty-first, nineteen hundred seventy-six but not
paid on or before the last day of  the  month  following  the  month  of
entry, it shall be the duty of the commissioner of finance or his or her
designee  to  charge,  collect and receive interest thereon to be calcu-
lated at the rate of seven percent per annum from the date of  entry  to
December  thirty-first, nineteen hundred seventy-six, and at the rate of
fifteen percent per annum from January first, nineteen hundred  seventy-
seven  to  the  date  of  payment; if entered on or after January first,
nineteen hundred seventy-seven but not paid on or before  the  thirtieth
day following the date of entry, it shall be the duty of the commission-
er  of  finance  or  his  or her designee to charge, collect and receive

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interest thereon to be calculated at the rate  of  fifteen  percent  per
annum from the date of entry to the date of payment. The rents or charg-
es  for  the use of the sewer system charged during any specified period
of time pursuant to the provisions of section 24-514 of the code and the
rules  promulgated  thereunder shall be computed, in accordance with the
provisions of such section and the rules duly promulgated thereunder, on
the basis of water rents or charges computed for the same period.
  c. Sewer rents charged against unmetered premises in  accordance  with
the  provisions  of paragraphs two and three of subdivision b of section
24-514 of the code and the  rules  duly  promulgated  pursuant  to  such
section,  for  the  use  of  the sewer system during the one-year period
commencing on the first day of July of each year, shall be due and paya-
ble and shall become a charge or lien on the premises on the  first  day
of  January  following  such  first day of July, if entered, except that
commencing on June thirtieth, nineteen hundred seventy-four  such  sewer
rents  shall  be due and payable in advance on the thirtieth day of June
in each year, if entered, and shall become a charge or lien on the prem-
ises on such date. If any of such rents or charges which became due  and
payable  on or before June thirtieth, nineteen hundred seventy-six shall
not have been paid to the commissioner of finance or his or her designee
within thirty days after such first day of January,  or,  commencing  on
the  thirtieth  day of June, nineteen hundred seventy-four, on or before
the last day of the month following the month of entry, it shall be  the
duty  of  the  commissioner of finance or his or her designee to charge,
collect and receive interest thereon to be calculated  at  the  rate  of
seven  percent  per annum from the date when such charges became due and
payable to December thirty-first, nineteen hundred seventy-six,  and  at
the  rate  of  fifteen  percent  per  annum from January first, nineteen
hundred seventy-seven to the date of payment. If any of  such  rents  or
charges  which  shall become due and payable on or after June thirtieth,
nineteen hundred seventy-seven are  not  paid  to  the  commissioner  of
finance  or  his  or her designee on or before the last day of the month
following the month of entry, it shall be the duty of  the  commissioner
of  finance or his or her designee to charge, collect and receive inter-
est thereon to be calculated at the rate of fifteen  percent  per  annum
from  the  date when such rents or charges became due and payable to the
date of payment. If not so entered and payable, but entered at any  time
subsequent  thereto,  they  shall  be due and payable and shall become a
charge or lien on the premises when entered and notice thereof shall  be
mailed  within five days after such entry, to the [last known address of
the person whose name appears upon the  records  in  the  department  of
finance  as  the  owner  or the occupant or if no name appears] OWNER OF
SUCH PREMISES AT THE ADDRESS OR ADDRESSES REGISTERED WITH THE DEPARTMENT
OF FINANCE PURSUANT TO SECTION 11-309.1 OF  THIS  CHAPTER,  AND  to  the
premises addressed to either the owner or occupant. If any of such rents
or  charges which were entered on or before December thirty-first, nine-
teen hundred seventy-six but not paid on or before the last day  of  the
month  following the month of entry, it shall be the duty of the commis-
sioner of finance or his or her designee to charge, collect and  receive
interest thereon to be calculated at the rate of seven percent per annum
from the date of entry to December thirty-first, nineteen hundred seven-
ty-six, and at the rate of fifteen percent per annum from January first,
nineteen  hundred seventy-seven to the date of payment; if entered on or
after January first, nineteen hundred seventy-seven but not paid  on  or
before  the last day of the month following the month of entry, it shall
be the duty of the commissioner of finance or his  or  her  designee  to

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charge,  collect  and  receive  interest thereon to be calculated at the
rate of fifteen percent per annum from the date of entry to the date  of
payment.  The sewer rents charged against unmetered premises for the use
of  the  sewer system during the one-year period commencing on the first
day of July of each year  shall  be  computed  in  accordance  with  the
provisions  of section 24-514 of the code and the rules duly promulgated
thereunder, upon the basis of water rents or charges  computed  for  the
same period.
  S  4.  Section  11-314  of  the administrative code of the city of New
York, as amended by local law number 59 of the city of New York for  the
year 1996, is amended to read as follows:
  S  11-314  Notice  of  rules  and regulations; penalty for nonpayment;
water supply cut off. The rates and charges for  supply  of  water,  the
annual  service  charges and minimum charges, the sewer rents, the sewer
surcharges, the rules and regulations concerning the use of  water,  all
other  rules  and  regulations  affecting  users  of water or concerning
charges for supply of water, restrictions of the use of water, installa-
tion of  meters,  and  all  rules  and  regulations  affecting  property
connected  with  the sewer system, penalties and fines for violations of
rules and regulations shall be printed on each bill and permit so far as
in the judgment of the commissioner of environmental protection they are
applicable. This section and such printing  and  the  printing  of  this
section  on such bills and permits shall be sufficient notice to owners,
tenants or occupants of premises to authorize the imposition and  recov-
ery  of  any  charges, surcharges and fines imposed under such rules and
regulations and of any penalties imposed in pursuance of this chapter in
addition to cutting off the supply of water. Where water charges payable
in advance or sewer rents or charges payable as provided in  subdivision
c  of  section  11-313  of  this chapter, are not paid within the period
covered by such charges or rents, and a notice  of  such  nonpayment  is
mailed  by  the  commissioner  of  finance to the [premises addressed to
"owner or occupant,"] OWNER OF SUCH PREMISES AT THE ADDRESS OR ADDRESSES
REGISTERED WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE PURSUANT TO  SECTION  11-309.1
OF  THIS  CHAPTER, the commissioner of environmental protection may shut
off the supply of water to such premises. Where water charges not  paya-
ble  in  advance  or sewer rents, sewer surcharges or charges payable as
provided in subdivisions b and d of section 11-313 of this chapter  have
been  made by the department and remain unpaid for more than thirty days
or where the commissioner of environmental protection has certified that
there is a flagrant and continued violation of a provision or provisions
of section 24-523 of the code or of any rule or  regulation  promulgated
pursuant  thereto  or  of any order of the commissioner of environmental
protection issued pursuant thereto, after notice thereof mailed  to  the
[premises  addressed  to "owner or occupant,"] OWNER OF SUCH PREMISES AT
THE ADDRESS OR ADDRESSES  REGISTERED  WITH  THE  DEPARTMENT  OF  FINANCE
PURSUANT  TO SECTION 11-309.1 OF THIS CHAPTER, the commissioner of envi-
ronmental protection may shut off the supply of water to the premises.
  S 5. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day  after  it  shall
have become a law. Effective immediately any rules or regulations neces-
sary for the timely implementation of this act on its effective date are
authorized  and  directed  to  be  made  and completed on or before such
effective date.