Senate Bill S8413

2019-2020 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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2019-S8413 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A10518
Current Committee:
Senate Rules
Law Section:
Real Property Taxation
Versions Introduced in 2021-2022 Legislative Session:
S1180, S8107, A5314

2019-S8413 (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.

2019-S8413 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2019-S8413 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   8413
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                               May 24, 2020
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by Sen. BENJAMIN -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Local Government
 
 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.
                                                            LBD16508-02-0

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