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                                   1135
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                              January 7, 2021
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 Introduced  by  Sen.  LIU  --  read  twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Cities 1
 
 AN ACT to amend the real property tax law and the administrative code of
   the city of New York, in relation to  enacting  the  "sewage  flooding
   prevention act"

   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Short title. This act shall be known and may  be  cited  as
 the "sewage flooding prevention act".
   §  2. The real property tax law is amended by adding a new section 471
 to read as follows:
   § 471. ABATEMENT OF TAXES FOR THE INSTALLATION  OF  CHECK  VALVES  FOR
 SEWER  IMPROVEMENTS  IN CITIES WITH A POPULATION OF ONE MILLION OR MORE.
 1. IN A CITY WITH A POPULATION OF ONE MILLION OR MORE, ANY  OWNER  OF  A
 DWELLING  WHO INSTALLS A CHECK VALVE DEVICE TO PREVENT SEWAGE FROM BACK-
 FLOWING INTO SUCH DWELLING SHALL RECEIVE AN ABATEMENT OF TAXES  ON  SUCH
 REAL  PROPERTY EQUALING ONE-HALF, UP TO TWO THOUSAND DOLLARS TOWARDS THE
 COST OF PURCHASING AND INSTALLING SUCH DEVICE.
   2. ANY NOT-FOR-PROFIT ENTITY WHICH OWNS A BUILDING OF ANY  TYPE  OR  A
 DWELLING  IN  A  CITY WITH A POPULATION OF ONE MILLION OR MORE AND WHICH
 INSTALLS A CHECK VALVE DEVICE TO PREVENT SEWAGE FROM  BACK-FLOWING  INTO
 SUCH  BUILDING OR DWELLING SHALL RECEIVE AN ABATEMENT OF WATER AND SEWER
 CHARGES EQUALING ONE-HALF OF THE COST OF PURCHASING AND INSTALLING  SUCH
 DEVICE, UP TO TWO THOUSAND DOLLARS.
   3.  FOR  THE  PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION, THE TERM "DWELLING" SHALL MEAN
 ANY BUILDING, STRUCTURE OR PORTION THEREOF WHICH IS OCCUPIED IN WHOLE OR
 IN PART AS A HOME, RESIDENCE OR SLEEPING PLACE FOR  ONE  OR  MORE  HUMAN
 BEINGS.
   4.  THE  NEW  YORK  CITY  DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION SHALL
 PROMULGATE ANY RULES AND REGULATIONS NECESSARY FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD03266-01-1
              

 S. 1135                             2
 
 THIS SECTION, INCLUDING BUT  NOT  LIMITED  TO,  IDENTIFYING  APPROPRIATE
 CHECK VALVE SYSTEMS.
   § 3. Subdivision e of section 24-514 of the administrative code of the
 city of New York is amended to read as follows:
   e.  Exemptions from sewer rents or charges. Any real property which is
 entitled to an exemption from the payment  of  water  rents  or  charges
 shall  also be exempt from payment of the sewer rents or charges imposed
 hereunder. IN ADDITION, ANY NOT-FOR-PROFIT ENTITY WHICH OWNS A  BUILDING
 OF  ANY TYPE OR A DWELLING IN A CITY WITH A POPULATION OF ONE MILLION OR
 MORE AND WHICH INSTALLS A CHECK VALVE  DEVICE  TO  PREVENT  SEWAGE  FROM
 BACK-FLOWING  INTO  SUCH BUILDING OR DWELLING SHALL RECEIVE AN ABATEMENT
 OF WATER AND SEWER CHARGES EQUALING ONE-HALF OF THE COST  OF  PURCHASING
 AND  INSTALLING  SUCH  DEVICE,  UP  TO  TWO  THOUSAND DOLLARS.   FOR THE
 PURPOSES OF THIS SUBDIVISION, THE TERM "DWELLING" SHALL MEAN ANY  BUILD-
 ING,  STRUCTURE OR PORTION THEREOF WHICH IS OCCUPIED IN WHOLE OR IN PART
 AS A HOME, RESIDENCE OR SLEEPING PLACE FOR ONE OR MORE HUMAN BEINGS.
   § 4. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after
 it shall have become a law.