Assembly Bill A8103

2015-2016 Legislative Session

Authorizes certain municipalities to add unpaid housing code violation penalties, costs and fines to such municipality's annual tax levy

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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-A8103 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S5424
Current Committee:
Assembly Real Property Taxation
Law Section:
Real Property Tax Law
Laws Affected:
Add §901, RPT L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2017-2018: A1475, S1773
2019-2020: A3800, S3478
2021-2022: A1284, S5010
2023-2024: A3097, S4713

2015-A8103 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Authorizes certain municipalities to add unpaid housing code violation penalties, costs and fines to such municipality's annual tax levy.

2015-A8103 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  8103

                       2015-2016 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                              June 9, 2015
                               ___________

Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  ZEBROWSKI  --  read once and referred to the
  Committee on Real Property Taxation

AN ACT to amend the real property tax law, in  relation  to  authorizing
  municipalities  to  add unpaid housing code violation penalties, costs
  and fines to the municipality's annual tax levy

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

  Section  1.  The  real  property  tax  law  is amended by adding a new
section 901 to read as follows:
  S 901. COLLECTION OF UNPAID HOUSING CODE VIOLATION PENALTIES; LEVY. 1.
NOTWITHSTANDING ANY OTHER PROVISIONS OF ANY GENERAL, SPECIAL,  OR  LOCAL
LAW,  CODE  OR CHARTER, A MUNICIPALITY, EXCEPT THOSE HAVING A POPULATION
OF ONE MILLION OR MORE, MAY COLLECT ANY UNPAID  HOUSING  CODE  VIOLATION
PENALTIES,  COSTS AND FINES THROUGH PLACEMENT BY THE OFFICIAL AUTHORIZED
TO ADMINISTER A MUNICIPALITY'S ANNUAL TAX LEVY.
  2. IN ORDER TO BE ELIGIBLE FOR PLACEMENT ON  A  MUNICIPALITY'S  ANNUAL
TAX  LEVY  SUCH UNPAID HOUSING CODE VIOLATION PENALTIES, COSTS AND FINES
SHALL HAVE BEEN ADJUDICATED AND IMPOSED THROUGH A JUDGMENT IN A COURT OF
COMPETENT JURISDICTION ON AN OWNER OF REAL PROPERTY WITHIN  THE  MUNICI-
PALITY  AND HAVE REMAINED UNPAID FOR ONE YEAR PRECEDING THE PLACEMENT ON
THE MUNICIPALITY'S TAX LEVY.
  3. SUCH HOUSING CODE VIOLATION PENALTY, COST OR FINE SHALL BE SET DOWN
IN THE ANNUAL TAX LEVY UNDER THE HEADING UNCOLLECTED FINES AND PENALTIES
AND SHALL BE LEVIED, ENFORCED AND COLLECTED IN THE SAME MANNER,  BY  THE
SAME  PROCEEDINGS, AT THE SAME TIME, UNDER THE SAME PENALTIES AND HAVING
THE SAME LIEN UPON THE PROPERTY ASSESSED AS THE  GENERAL  MUNICIPAL  TAX
AND AS A PART THEREOF.
  S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.


 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD11109-01-5

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