S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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9846
I N A S S E M B L Y
April 19, 2022
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Introduced by M. of A. CRUZ -- read once and referred to the Committee
on Judiciary
AN ACT to amend the real property actions and proceedings law, in
relation to increasing the maximum civil penalty
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Paragraph (a) of subdivision 8 of section 1308 of the real
property actions and proceedings law, as added by section 1 of part Q of
chapter 73 of the laws of 2016, is amended to read as follows:
(a) Violations of this section may be heard before a hearing officer
or a court of competent jurisdiction. If it shall appear to the satis-
faction of the hearing officer or the court, based on the preponderance
of the evidence, that the mortgagee or agent of a mortgagee has violated
this section, a civil penalty may be issued by the hearing officer or
the court in the amount of up to [five hundred] ONE THOUSAND dollars per
day per property for each day the violation persisted.
§ 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
LBD07042-01-1