Senate Bill S4554A

Signed By Governor
2013-2014 Legislative Session

Authorizes counties in the Hurricane Sandy federal disaster area to grant exemptions to filing fees related to federal Small Business Administration Disaster Loans

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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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2013-S4554 - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A6725
Law Section:
Counties

2013-S4554 - Summary

Authorizes counties in the Hurricane Sandy federal disaster area to grant exemptions to filing fees related to federal Small Business Administration Disaster Loans; provides for reimbursement of such fees that have been paid.

2013-S4554 - Sponsor Memo

2013-S4554 - Bill Text download pdf

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

                                  4554

                       2013-2014 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                             April 10, 2013
                               ___________

Introduced  by  Sen.  SKELOS -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
  printed to be committed to the Committee on Local Government

AN ACT to authorize counties included in  the  Hurricane  Sandy  federal
  disaster  area to grant exemptions for certain filing fees and provide
  for reimbursement of such fees

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

  Section  1.  Short  title. This act shall be known and may be cited as
the "Hurricane Sandy filing fee exemption and reimbursement act".
  S 2. As used in this act, "eligible county" shall mean those  counties
which have been included in the federal disaster declarations for Hurri-
cane  Sandy,  but  shall  not  apply  to a city with a population of one
million or more.
  S 3. An eligible county may exercise the provisions of this act if its
governing body shall, by the thirtieth day following the effective  date
of this act, enact a resolution adopting the provisions of this act.
  S  4.  All  filings  with the county clerk's office between the period
beginning October 28, 2012 and ending December 31,  2013  related  to  a
U.S.  Small  Business Administration Disaster Loan as defined in 15 USCS
S636(b)(1) shall be exempt from any filing  fees  required  pursuant  to
sections 8019 and 8021 of the civil practice law and rules.
  S  5.  Any person or entity that paid filing fees required by sections
8019 and 8021 of the civil practice law and rules to the county  clerk's
office between the period beginning October 28, 2012 and ending December
31,  2013  due  to any filings related to a U.S. Small Business Adminis-
tration Disaster Loan as defined in 15 USCS S636(b)(1) shall  receive  a
reimbursement  of all such fees paid from the county clerk or the county
treasurer of the respective county where such filings occurred.
  S 6. Before any reimbursement is paid, the county clerk  shall  notify
the  commissioner of education in writing of any amounts which have been
collected on behalf of and remitted to  the  commissioner  of  education

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD09823-01-3
              

co-Sponsors

2013-S4554A (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A6725
Law Section:
Counties

2013-S4554A (ACTIVE) - Summary

Authorizes counties in the Hurricane Sandy federal disaster area to grant exemptions to filing fees related to federal Small Business Administration Disaster Loans; provides for reimbursement of such fees that have been paid.

2013-S4554A (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2013-S4554A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

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

                                 4554--A

                       2013-2014 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                             April 10, 2013
                               ___________

Introduced by Sens. SKELOS, BOYLE, FUSCHILLO, HANNON, MARCELLINO, ZELDIN
  -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to
  the  Committee  on  Local  Government  --  committee  discharged, bill
  amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said  commit-
  tee

AN  ACT  to  authorize  counties included in the Hurricane Sandy federal
  disaster area to grant exemptions for certain filing fees and  provide
  for reimbursement of such fees

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

  Section 1. Short title. This act shall be known and may  be  cited  as
the "Hurricane Sandy filing fee exemption and reimbursement act".
  S  2. As used in this act, "eligible county" shall mean those counties
which have been included in the federal disaster declarations for Hurri-
cane Sandy, but shall not apply to a  city  with  a  population  of  one
million or more.
  S  3.    The provisions of this act shall only apply to eligible coun-
ties, and only where the governing body of such a county, within 30 days
of the effective date of this act, has enacted a resolution adopting the
provisions of this act.
  S 4. All filings with the county clerk's  office  between  the  period
beginning  October  28,  2012  and ending December 31, 2013 related to a
U.S. Small Business Administration Disaster Loan as defined in  15  USCS
S636(b)(1)  within  an  eligible  county  that  has enacted a resolution
pursuant to this act shall be  exempt  from  any  filing  fees  required
pursuant to sections 8019 and 8021 of the civil practice law and rules.
  S  5.  Any person or entity that paid filing fees required by sections
8019 and 8021 of the civil practice law and rules to the county  clerk's
office between the period beginning October 28, 2012 and ending December
31,  2013  due  to any filings related to a U.S. Small Business Adminis-
tration Disaster Loan as defined in 15 USCS S636(b)(1) within an  eligi-

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD09823-02-3
              

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