Assembly Bill A2979

2015-2016 Legislative Session

Grants preferences in contracts under the affordable home ownership program to certain police officers, firefighters and teachers

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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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2015-A2979 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Housing
Law Section:
Private Housing Finance Law
Laws Affected:
Amd ยง1112, Priv Hous Fin L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2009-2010: A4229
2011-2012: A2568
2013-2014: A3220
2017-2018: A7349
2019-2020: A6182
2021-2022: A5632
2023-2024: A4675

2015-A2979 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Provides preferences in contracts under the affordable home ownership program to police officers, teachers and firefighters who live in the municipality or school district in which they work; defines relevant terms.

2015-A2979 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

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

                                  2979

                       2015-2016 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                            January 20, 2015
                               ___________

Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  FITZPATRICK, GIGLIO, HAWLEY -- read once and
  referred to the Committee on Housing

AN ACT to amend the private housing finance law, in relation to  prefer-
  ences under the affordable home ownership development program

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

  Section 1.  Paragraph (a) of subdivision 3  of  section  1112  of  the
private  housing  finance  law, as amended by chapter 898 of the laws of
1986, is amended to read as follows:
  (a) Serve the lowest income households in the applicable region and is
designed to continue to be affordable to such households for a  substan-
tial  period  of  time  OR  SERVE  HOUSEHOLDS IN WHICH THE HOME BUYER IS
EMPLOYED AS A POLICE OFFICER, FIREFIGHTER OR TEACHER, PROVIDED THAT SUCH
HOME IS LOCATED WITHIN THE BOUNDARIES OF THE AREA SERVED BY  THE  POLICE
DEPARTMENT,  FIRE  DEPARTMENT,  OR  ELEMENTARY OR SECONDARY SCHOOL WHERE
SUCH PERSON IS SO EMPLOYED. AS USED IN THIS PARAGRAPH: "POLICE  OFFICER"
SHALL  MEAN  A PERSON WHO IS CURRENTLY EMPLOYED AS A SWORN OFFICER OF AN
AUTHORIZED POLICE DEPARTMENT OR FORCE OF A CITY, TOWN OR VILLAGE; "FIRE-
FIGHTER" SHALL MEAN A PERSON WHO IS CURRENTLY EMPLOYED  ON  A  PERMANENT
BASIS AS AN OFFICER OR MEMBER OF AN ORGANIZED FIRE DEPARTMENT OF A CITY,
TOWN, VILLAGE OR FIRE DISTRICT; AND "TEACHER" SHALL MEAN A PERSON WHO IS
CURRENTLY  EMPLOYED IN A TEACHING CAPACITY IN AN ELEMENTARY OR SECONDARY
SCHOOL IN THIS STATE,  HAS  GRADUATED  FROM  AN  ACCREDITED  COLLEGE  OR
UNIVERSITY  AND HOLDS A VALID STATE TEACHING CERTIFICATE ISSUED PURSUANT
TO ARTICLE SIXTY-ONE OF THE EDUCATION LAW.
  S 2. This act shall take effect on the  thirtieth day after  it  shall
have become a law.


 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD05755-01-5


              

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