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Assembly Bill A5834

2015-2016 Legislative Session

Relates to environmental restoration investigation projects upon parcels in tax lien foreclosure proceedings

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2015-A5834 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Environmental Conservation
Law Section:
Environmental Conservation Law
Laws Affected:
Amd ยง56-0508, En Con L
Versions Introduced in 2013-2014 Legislative Session:
A7249

2015-A5834 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to environmental restoration investigation projects upon parcels in tax lien foreclosure proceedings.

2015-A5834 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  5834

                       2015-2016 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                              March 5, 2015
                               ___________

Introduced by M. of A. KAVANAGH -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. JAFFEE
  --  read once and referred to the Committee on Environmental Conserva-
  tion

AN ACT to amend the environmental conservation law, in relation to envi-
  ronmental restoration investigation projects upon parcels in tax  lien
  foreclosure proceedings

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

  Section 1. Section 56-0508 of the environmental  conservation  law  is
amended by adding a new subdivision 1-a to read as follows:
  1-A.  IN  A  PROCEEDING  TO  FORECLOSE  A  TAX  LIEN BY AN ENTITY THAT
ACQUIRED THE TAX LIEN OF A CITY HAVING A POPULATION OF  ONE  MILLION  OR
MORE,  SUCH  CITY  MAY UPON TWENTY DAYS NOTICE TO ALL PARTIES HAVING ANY
RIGHT, TITLE, OR INTEREST IN, OR LIEN  UPON  SUCH  PARCEL,  MOVE,  AT  A
SPECIAL  TERM  IN  THE  COURT  IN  WHICH  THE FORECLOSURE PROCEEDING WAS
BROUGHT, FOR AN ORDER GRANTING SUCH  CITY  THE  TEMPORARY  INCIDENTS  OF
OWNERSHIP OF SUCH PARCEL FOR THE SOLE PURPOSE OF ENTERING THE PARCEL AND
CONDUCTING  AN ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION INVESTIGATION PROJECT UPON SUCH
PARCEL. FOR PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION, THE TERM "TAXING  DISTRICT"  SHALL
INCLUDE A CITY HAVING A POPULATION OF ONE MILLION OR MORE.
  S  2.  Subdivision 5 of section 56-0508 of the environmental conserva-
tion law, as added by section 7 of part D of chapter 1 of  the  laws  of
2003, is amended to read as follows:
  5.  all  costs  associated with any environmental restoration investi-
gation project conducted pursuant to the authority of this section shall
be added to the taxes owed to, and the tax lien of, the taxing  district
that  undertook  the  environmental  restoration  investigation  project
pursuant to SUBDIVISION ONE OF this section OR SHALL  BE  ADDED  TO  THE
TAXES  OWED  TO  THE  CITY  THAT UNDERTOOK THE ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION
INVESTIGATION PROJECT PURSUANT TO  SUBDIVISION  ONE-A  OF  THIS  SECTION

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD03434-01-5

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