S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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1014
2009-2010 Regular Sessions
I N S E N A T E
January 22, 2009
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Introduced by Sen. KRUGER -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
printed to be committed to the Committee on Housing, Construction and
Community Development
AN ACT to amend the private housing finance law, in relation to annual
reports of limited profit and limited-dividend housing companies
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Subdivision 2 of section 32 of the private housing finance
law, as separately amended as subdivision 2 of section 319 of the public
housing law by chapters 132 and 544 of the laws of 1961, is amended to
read as follows:
2. Require every company to file with him or it an annual report
setting forth such information as the commissioner or the supervising
agency may require, INCLUDING TAX EXEMPTION LEVELS AND THE DATE UPON
WHICH ANY TAX ABATEMENT OR EXEMPTION IS SCHEDULED TO EXPIRE, verified by
the oath of any officer, general manager or other person in control of
the company. Such report shall be in a form, cover a period, and be
filed at a time as prescribed by the commissioner or the supervising
agency.
S 2. Section 32-b of the private housing finance law, as added by
chapter 216 of the laws of 1978, is amended to read as follows:
S 32-b. Annual reports. The commissioner shall, on or before the
first day of July in each year, submit a report to the legislature on
the implementation of article two of this chapter by the commissioner
and the supervising agency and the policy included therein. Such report
shall include and not be limited to rent and carrying charge levels,
changes therein, operation of the state capital grant program and feder-
al subsidy programs, tax abatement OR EXEMPTION levels, INCLUDING THE
DATE WHICH ANY TAX ABATEMENT OR EXEMPTION IS SCHEDULED TO EXPIRE, total
capital outlay, amortization, mortgage interest rates, income levels
served by the housing, surcharge billings and collections and use of
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
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surcharge revenues, and vacancy rates. For the purpose of preparing
such report, the commissioner may request, and shall receive, from any
municipality or supervising agency such data as he deems necessary or
desirable and such municipality or supervising agency shall furnish the
requested data within sixty days of such request.
S 3. Subdivision 6 of section 84 of the private housing finance law is
amended to read as follows:
6. Require every housing company to file with the commissioner an
annual report setting forth such information as the commissioner may
require, verified by the oath of the president, vice-president, treasur-
er, secretary, general manager or receiver, if any, thereof, or by the
person required to file the same. Such report shall be in the form,
cover the period and be filed at the time prescribed by the commissioner
AND SHALL INCLUDE BUT NOT BE LIMITED TO APPLICABLE TAX ABATEMENT OR
EXEMPTION LEVELS, INCLUDING THE DATE WHICH ANY TAX ABATEMENT OR
EXEMPTION IS SCHEDULED TO EXPIRE. The commissioner may further require
specific answers to questions upon which the commissioner may desire
information and may also require such housing company to file periodic
reports in the form, covering the period, and at the time prescribed by
the commissioner.
S 4. This act shall take effect on the thirtieth day after it shall
have become a law.