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Assembly Bill A5027

2009-2010 Legislative Session

Requires local governments to restrict issuance of title insurance in certain cases of sewage treatment plants operating at 99% or more of capacity

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2009-A5027 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Local Governments
Law Section:
General Municipal Law
Laws Affected:
Add ยง99-v, Gen Muni L

2009-A5027 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires local government to restrict issuance of title insurance in certain cases of sewage treatment plants operating at 99% or more of its permitted average daily flow for more than 60 days in a calendar year; establishes penalty.

2009-A5027 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                  5027

                       2009-2010 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                            February 10, 2009
                               ___________

Introduced  by M. of A. BRODSKY -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. GALEF,
  PAULIN -- read once and referred to the Committee on Local Governments

AN ACT to amend the general municipal law, in relation to limitation  on
  issuance of title insurance in certain cases

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

  Section 1. The general municipal  law  is  amended  by  adding  a  new
section 99-v to read as follows:
  S 99-V. LIMITATION ON ISSUANCE OF TITLE INSURANCE IN CERTAIN CASES. 1.
FOR  PURPOSES  OF  THIS SECTION, "LOCAL GOVERNMENT" SHALL MEAN A COUNTY,
CITY, TOWN, OR VILLAGE WHICH OPERATES A SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANT  PURSUANT
TO  ARTICLE  SEVENTEEN  OF  THE ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION LAW OR, IF NO
SUCH ENTITY OPERATES SUCH PLANT  OR  IF  SUCH  COUNTY,  CITY,  TOWN,  OR
VILLAGE  DOES  NOT  HAVE JURISDICTION OVER AN AREA SERVED BY SUCH PLANT,
THE COUNTY WHICH IS SERVED BY SUCH PLANT.
  2. ANY LOCAL GOVERNMENT WHICH IS SERVED BY A  SEWAGE  TREATMENT  PLANT
OPERATING  AT NINETY-NINE PERCENT OR MORE OF ITS PERMITTED AVERAGE DAILY
FLOW FOR MORE THAN SIXTY DAYS IN A CALENDAR YEAR SHALL REQUIRE, BY LOCAL
LAW OR ORDINANCE ADOPTED WITHIN FORTY-FIVE  DAYS  OF  THE  END  OF  SUCH
CALENDAR YEAR, THAT:
  A.  NO TITLE INSURANCE SHALL BE ISSUED FOR ANY REAL PROPERTY SERVED BY
SUCH SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANT WITHOUT CERTIFICATION BY  THE  PURCHASER  OF
SUCH  POLICY  THAT STORM WATER DRAINS ARE NOT CONNECTED TO MAIN SANITARY
SEWER SYSTEMS WITHOUT LOCAL AUTHORIZATION;
  B. A PENALTY OF A MAXIMUM OF ONE THOUSAND DOLLARS BE  IMPOSED  UPON  A
PURCHASER  OF  TITLE INSURANCE WHO KNOWINGLY FILES A FALSE CERTIFICATION
FOR THE PURPOSE OF RECEIVING SUCH POLICY; AND
  C. A PENALTY OF A MAXIMUM OF ONE THOUSAND DOLLARS BE IMPOSED UPON  ANY
SELLER  OF  TITLE  INSURANCE  WHO ALLOWS ISSUANCE OF SUCH POLICY WITHOUT
SUBMISSION OF THE REQUIRED CERTIFICATION.
  S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD08232-01-9
              

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