Senate Bill S4415

2019-2020 Legislative Session

Relates to authorizing the city of Niagara Falls to add unpaid housing code violation penalties, costs and fines to such city's annual tax levy

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Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Local Government Committee


  • 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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2019-S4415 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A6345
Current Committee:
Senate Local Government
Law Section:
Real Property Tax Law
Laws Affected:
Add §905-a, RPT L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2021-2022: S3642, A4519
2023-2024: S1274, A2327

2019-S4415 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Authorizes the city of Niagara Falls to add unpaid housing code violation penalties, costs and fines to such city's annual tax levy.

2019-S4415 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2019-S4415 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   4415
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                              March 11, 2019
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  ORTT  --  read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Local Government
 
 AN ACT to amend the real property tax law, in  relation  to  authorizing
   the  city of Niagara Falls to add unpaid housing code violation penal-
   ties, costs and fines to such city'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 905-a to read as follows:
   § 905-A. COLLECTION OF UNPAID HOUSING CODE VIOLATION  PENALTIES;  CITY
 OF  NIAGARA  FALLS;  LEVY. 1.   AUTHORIZATION. IN ADDITION TO AND NOT IN
 LIMITATION OF ANY POWER OTHERWISE GRANTED BY LAW, THE  CITY  OF  NIAGARA
 FALLS  IS  HEREBY AUTHORIZED TO COLLECT ANY UNPAID HOUSING, BUILDING AND
 FIRE CODE VIOLATION PENALTIES, COSTS AND FINES THROUGH PLACEMENT BY  THE
 CITY  CONTROLLER  ON  THE  CITY'S ANNUAL TAX LEVY IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE
 PROVISIONS OF THIS SECTION.
   2. ELIGIBILITY. IN ORDER TO BE ELIGIBLE FOR PLACEMENT ON THE  CITY  OF
 NIAGARA  FALLS'  ANNUAL  TAX  LEVY SUCH UNPAID CODE VIOLATION PENALTIES,
 COSTS AND FINES SHALL HAVE BEEN ADJUDICATED AND IMPOSED THROUGH A  JUDG-
 MENT  IN  A COURT OF COMPETENT JURISDICTION ON AN OWNER OF REAL PROPERTY
 WITHIN THE CITY AND RECORDED BY THE COUNTY CLERK, AS  CERTIFIED  BY  THE
 CITY'S  CORPORATION  COUNSEL  TO  THE  CITY CONTROLLER AND HAVE REMAINED
 UNPAID FOR ONE YEAR AFTER THE FINAL ADJUDICATION AND EXHAUSTION  OF  ALL
 APPEALS  RELATING  TO  THE  IMPOSITION OF THE FINES FOR A CODE VIOLATION
 PRECEDING THE PLACEMENT ON THE CITY'S TAX LEVY.
   3. MINIMUM AMOUNT OWED. TO QUALIFY FOR PLACEMENT ON THE TAX  LEVY  THE
 AMOUNT  OWED FOR UNPAID CODE VIOLATIONS MUST BE AT LEAST FIVE PERCENT OF
 THE AMOUNT OF THE TAX ASSESSED VALUE OF THE PROPERTY.
   4. LEVY. SUCH CODE VIOLATION PENALTY, COST OR FINE AS SET FORTH  IN  A
 COPY  OF  THE JUDGMENT CERTIFIED BY THE CORPORATION COUNSEL TO SUCH CITY
 CONTROLLER SHALL BE SET DOWN IN THE ANNUAL TAX LEVY  UNDER  THE  HEADING
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

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