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Senate Bill S2133A

Signed By Governor

2021-2022 Legislative Session

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

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2021-S2133 - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A5363
Law Section:
Real Property Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §441-b, RP L

2021-S2133 - Summary

Adds a surcharge to the fee paid for issuing or reissuing a real estate broker or salesmen license with such surcharge being collected by the department of state and payable to the office of the attorney general, to be used for statewide fair housing testing efforts.

2021-S2133 - Sponsor Memo

2021-S2133 - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   2133
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             January 19, 2021
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen. SKOUFIS -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Judiciary
 
 AN ACT to amend the real property law, in relation to adding a surcharge
   to the fee paid for issuing or  reissuing  a  real  estate  broker  or
   salesmen license

   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 section 1 of part S of chapter 58 of the  laws  of  2017,  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 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 ADDI-
 TIONAL TEN DOLLAR SURCHARGE. SUCH SURCHARGE SHALL BE  COLLECTED  BY  THE
 DEPARTMENT  OF  STATE  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-
 ration  dates for outstanding licenses that have been previously renewed
 on October thirty-first of each  year  from  the  assigned  date  unless
 renewed. If the assigned date results in a term that exceeds twenty-four
 months,  the  applicant  shall  pay  an  additional  prorated adjustment
 together with the regular renewal fee.  The  secretary  of  state  shall
 assign  dates  to  existing licenses in a manner which shall result in a
 term of not less than two years.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.

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2021-S2133A (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A5363
Law Section:
Real Property Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §441-b, RP L

2021-S2133A (ACTIVE) - Summary

Adds a surcharge to the fee paid for issuing or reissuing a real estate broker or salesmen license with such surcharge being collected by the department of state and payable to the office of the attorney general, to be used for statewide fair housing testing efforts.

2021-S2133A (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2021-S2133A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                  2133--A
     Cal. No. 231
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             January 19, 2021
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by Sens. SKOUFIS, KAVANAGH, THOMAS, KAMINSKY, KAPLAN -- read
   twice and ordered printed, and when printed to  be  committed  to  the
   Committee  on  Judiciary -- reported favorably from said committee and
   committed to the Committee on Rules -- ordered  to  a  third  reading,
   amended  and  ordered  reprinted,  retaining its place in the order of
   third reading
 
 AN ACT to amend the real property law, in relation to adding a surcharge
   to the fee paid for issuing or  reissuing  a  real  estate  broker  or
   salesmen license
 
   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 section 1 of part S of chapter 58 of the  laws  of  2017,  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 PAYABLE
 TO  THE  OFFICE  OF  THE  ATTORNEY GENERAL 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  PAYABLE TO THE OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL TO BE USED FOR
 STATEWIDE FAIR HOUSING TESTING EFFORTS. Notwithstanding  the  provisions
 of  subdivision  seven of section four hundred forty-one-a of this arti-
 cle, after January first, nineteen hundred eighty-six, the secretary  of
 state  shall  assign staggered expiration dates for outstanding licenses
 that have been previously renewed on October thirty-first of  each  year
 from the assigned date unless renewed. If the assigned date results in a
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets

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