Senate Bill S7731

Signed By Governor
2021-2022 Legislative Session

Relates to the fee paid for issuing or reissuing a real estate broker or salesmen license

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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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2021-S7731 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A8851
Law Section:
Real Property Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §441-b, RP L; amd §2, Chap of 2021 (as proposed in S.2133-A & A.5363)

2021-S7731 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Directs the fee paid for issuing or reissuing a real estate broker or salesmen license to the anti-discrimination in housing fund.

2021-S7731 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2021-S7731 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   7731
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                              January 7, 2022
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen. SKOUFIS -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules
 
 AN ACT to amend the real property law, in relation to the fee  paid  for
   issuing  or reissuing a real estate broker or salesmen license; and to
   amend a chapter of the laws of 2021 amending  the  real  property  law
   relating  to adding a surcharge to the fee paid for issuing or reissu-
   ing a real estate broker or salesmen license, as proposed in  legisla-
   tive  bills  numbers S.  2133-A and A. 5363, in relation to the effec-
   tiveness thereof
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Subdivision 1 of section 441-b of the real property law, as
 amended  by a chapter of the laws of 2021 amending the real property law
 relating to adding a surcharge to the fee paid for issuing or  reissuing
 a  real  estate  broker  or salesmen license, as proposed in legislative
 bills numbers S. 2133-A and A. 5363, is amended to read as follows:
   1. The fee for a license issued or reissued under  the  provisions  of
 this  article  entitling  a  person,  co-partnership,  limited liability
 company or corporation to act as a  real  estate  broker  shall  be  one
 hundred  fifty-five  dollars plus an additional thirty dollar surcharge.
 Such surcharge shall be collected by the department of state and  [paya-
 ble  to the office of the attorney general] DEPOSITED INTO THE ANTI-DIS-
 CRIMINATION IN HOUSING FUND ESTABLISHED PURSUANT TO SECTION EIGHTY-A  OF
 THE  STATE  FINANCE  LAW  to  be used for statewide fair housing testing
 efforts. The fee for a license issued or reissued under  the  provisions
 of  this  article  entitling  a  person to act as a real estate salesman
 shall be fifty-five dollars plus an  additional  ten  dollar  surcharge.
 Such  surcharge shall be collected by the department of state and [paya-
 ble to the office of the attorney general] DEPOSITED INTO THE  ANTI-DIS-
 CRIMINATION  IN HOUSING FUND ESTABLISHED PURSUANT TO SECTION EIGHTY-A OF
 THE STATE FINANCE LAW to be used  for  statewide  fair  housing  testing
 efforts.  Notwithstanding the provisions of subdivision seven of section
 four hundred forty-one-a of this article, after January first,  nineteen
 hundred  eighty-six, the secretary of state shall assign staggered expi-
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.

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