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Assembly Bill A6822

2017-2018 Legislative Session

Relates to liability and penalties for illegal conversion

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2017-A6822 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Housing
Law Section:
Multiple Dwelling Law
Laws Affected:
Add §170-b, Mult Dwell L; amd §702, Lim Lil L

2017-A6822 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to liability and penalties for illegal conversion.

2017-A6822 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   6822
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                              March 21, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. HUNTER -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on Housing
 
 AN  ACT  to  amend  the  multiple dwelling law and the limited liability
   company law, in  relation  to  liability  and  penalties  for  illegal
   conversion
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. The multiple dwelling  law  is  amended  by  adding  a  new
 section 170-b to read as follows:
   §  170-B.  ILLEGAL CONVERSION. 1. FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION, AN
 ILLEGAL CONVERSION SHALL MEAN ANY CHANGE  IN  THE  STRUCTURAL  PARTS  OR
 EXISTING  FACILITIES OF ANY BUILDING, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE
 SUBDIVISION OF ROOMS, OR ERECTION OR DEMOLITION OF WALLS, OR THE  MOVING
 OF  ANY  BUILDING FROM ONE LOCATION OR POSITION TO ANOTHER, IN VIOLATION
 OF ANY STATE OR LOCAL LAW, ORDINANCE, CODE OR RULE OR REGULATION  RELAT-
 ING TO REAL PROPERTY, BUILDINGS OR MULTIPLE DWELLINGS.
   2.  A PERSON OR ENTITY WHO IS FOUND TO HAVE VIOLATED THE PROVISIONS OF
 SUBDIVISION ONE OF THIS SECTION SHALL  BE  COMPELLED  TO  REMIT  TO  THE
 DEPARTMENT  OF  TAXATION AND FINANCE THE TOTAL OF ALL TAX CREDITS AND/OR
 REBATES RECEIVED IN THE CALENDAR YEAR IN WHICH SUCH PERSON OR ENTITY  IS
 FOUND  TO  HAVE COMMITTED SUCH VIOLATION WITHIN THIRTY DAYS AFTER NOTICE
 OF THE VIOLATION.  IN ADDITION, SUCH DEPARTMENT  SHALL  FORWARD  TO  THE
 INTERNAL  REVENUE  SERVICE  THE NAME AND ADDRESS OF ANY PERSON OR ENTITY
 THAT HAS BEEN FOUND TO HAVE VIOLATED THE PROVISIONS OF  SUBDIVISION  ONE
 OF THIS SECTION.
   3.  IN THE CASE OF AN ILLEGAL CONVERSION AUTHORIZED OR UNDERTAKEN BY A
 LIMITED LIABILITY CORPORATION, THE ATTORNEY GENERAL MAY, IN HIS  OR  HER
 DISCRETION,  APPLY  TO THE SUPREME COURT OF THE COUNTY IN WHICH THE REAL
 PROPERTY THAT IS SUBJECT OF SUCH ILLEGAL CONVERSION LIES, FOR JUDICIALLY
 DECREED DISSOLUTION PURSUANT TO SECTION SEVEN HUNDRED TWO OF THE LIMITED
 LIABILITY COMPANY LAW.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

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