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2013-2014 Regular Sessions
I N A S S E M B L Y
(PREFILED)
January 9, 2013
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Introduced by M. of A. FARRELL -- read once and referred to the Commit-
tee on Judiciary
AN ACT to amend the real property law, in relation to reverse mortgage
loans for persons sixty years of age or older
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Subdivision 2 of section 280 of the real property law is
amended by adding a new paragraph (d-1) to read as follows:
(D-1) SUCH RULES OR REGULATIONS AS THE SUPERINTENDENT OF FINANCIAL
SERVICES SHALL ADOPT, THE AUTHORIZED LENDER, AT ITS OPTION, MAY RECEIVE
NO MORE THAN TWENTY PERCENT OF THE FUTURE APPRECIATION OF THE PROPERTY
SECURING THE REVERSE MORTGAGE LOAN AS FULL OR PARTIAL CONSIDERATION FOR
THE MAKING OF A REVERSE MORTGAGE LOAN; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, THAT SUCH
FUTURE APPRECIATION SHALL BE LIMITED BY SUCH RULES AND REGULATIONS AS
THE SUPERINTENDENT OF FINANCIAL SERVICES MAY ADOPT OR THE AUTHORIZED
LENDER MAY CHARGE A FIXED RATE OF INTEREST ON THE OUTSTANDING BALANCE OF
MONIES ADVANCED UNDER THE REVERSE MORTGAGE AGREEMENT OR ANY COMBINATION
THEREOF. ANY SUCH APPRECIATION SHALL NOT BE CONSIDERED INTEREST FOR THE
PURPOSES OF ANY LAW REGULATING THE MAXIMUM RATE OF INTEREST WHICH MAY BE
CHARGED, TAKEN OR RECEIVED INCLUDING SECTIONS 190.40 AND 190.42 OF THE
PENAL LAW; AND
S 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after
it shall have become a law.
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
LBD03099-01-3