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Assembly Bill A4085

2017-2018 Legislative Session

Authorizes municipalities to impose a tax lien upon foreclosed real property for unpaid building code and zoning violation fines and expenses

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2017-A4085 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Local Governments
Law Section:
General Municipal Law
Laws Affected:
Add §85-b, Gen Muni L
Versions Introduced in 2015-2016 Legislative Session:
A10213

2017-A4085 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Authorizes municipalities with a population of less than one million to impose a tax lien upon foreclosed real property or abandoned real property for unpaid building or health code or zoning violation fines and expenses incurred in curing such violations and for maintaining the curb appearance of such property.

2017-A4085 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   4085
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             February 1, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. HOOPER -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on Local Governments
 
 AN  ACT to amend the general municipal law, in relation to authorizing a
   municipality to impose tax liens for unpaid building  code  violations
   and maintenance of foreclosed or abandoned real property

   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. The general municipal  law  is  amended  by  adding  a  new
 section 85-b to read as follows:
   §  85-B.  LIENS FOR CERTAIN FINES AND EXPENSES OWED TO A MUNICIPALITY.
 THE GOVERNING BODY OF A MUNICIPALITY WITH A POPULATION OF LESS THAN  ONE
 MILLION  MAY  ENACT  A  LOCAL  LAW, CODE OR ORDINANCE PROVIDING THAT ANY
 UNPAID FINE FOR A BUILDING CODE, HEALTH CODE OR  ZONING  VIOLATION  UPON
 ABANDONED OR FORECLOSED REAL PROPERTY AND ANY UNPAID EXPENSE INCURRED BY
 THE MUNICIPALITY TO CURE ANY SUCH VIOLATION OR TO MAINTAIN SUCH PROPERTY
 AND  TO  CORRECT  UNSIGHTLY CURB APPEARANCE, SHALL BE LEVIED AGAINST THE
 REAL PROPERTY AND SHALL CONSTITUTE A LIEN THEREON, IF  THE  MUNICIPALITY
 FILES  NOTICE THEREOF IN THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY CLERK IN THE COUNTY IN
 WHICH THE REAL PROPERTY IS SITUATE. EVERY SUCH LIEN SHALL  CONSTITUTE  A
 REAL PROPERTY TAX LIEN.
   §  2. This act shall take effect on the first of January next succeed-
 ing the date on which it shall have become a law.
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD08730-01-7

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