S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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113
2013-2014 Regular Sessions
I N S E N A T E
(PREFILED)
January 9, 2013
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Introduced by Sen. PERALTA -- 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 real property actions and proceedings law, in
relation to establishing time restrictions for court issued consent
orders for work performance to remove or remedy conditions in such
petition
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Subdivision a of section 777 of the real property actions
and proceedings law, as added by chapter 909 of the laws of 1965, is
amended to read as follows:
a. If, after a trial, the court shall determine that the facts alleged
in the petition have been affirmatively established by the petitioners,
that no defense thereto specified in section seven hundred seventy-five
OF THIS ARTICLE has been affirmatively established by the owner or a
mortgagee or lienor of record, and that the facts alleged in the peti-
tion warrant the granting of the relief sought, and if the owner or any
mortgagee or lienor of record or other person having an interest in the
property, shall apply to the court to be permitted to remove or remedy
the conditions specified in such petition and shall (1) demonstrate the
ability promptly to undertake the work required; and (2) post security
for the performance thereof within the time, and in the amount and
manner, deemed necessary by the court, then the court, in lieu of
rendering judgment as provided in section seven hundred seventy-six of
this article, may issue an order permitting such person to perform the
work within a time fixed by the court BUT IN NO EVENT MORE THAN SIXTY
DAYS FROM THE DATE OF THE ORDER OF THE COURT UNLESS THE COURT GRANTS AN
EXTENSION OF TIME FOR GOOD CAUSE SHOWN. THE PROVISIONS OF THIS SUBDIVI-
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
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SION SHALL ONLY BE AVAILABLE TO THE MORTGAGEE OR LIENOR ONCE WITH
RESPECT TO ANY PETITION FILED PURSUANT TO THIS ARTICLE.
S 2. This act shall take effect on the thirtieth day after it shall
have become a law.