Assembly Bill A1634

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Authorizes cities and villages to collect delinquent real property taxes

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Current Bill Status - In Assembly 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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2023-A1634 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Real Property Taxation
Law Section:
General City Law
Laws Affected:
Add §21-a, Gen City L; amd §6, Chap 602 of 1993
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2009-2010: A9460
2011-2012: A403
2013-2014: A1707
2015-2016: A729
2017-2018: A852
2019-2020: A3306
2021-2022: A33

2023-A1634 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Authorizes cities and villages to collect delinquent real property taxes.

2023-A1634 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                   1634
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 17, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M.  of A. GUNTHER, COOK -- read once and referred to the
   Committee on Real Property Taxation
 
 AN ACT to amend the general city law and chapter 602 of the laws of 1993
   amending the real property tax law relating to the enforcement of  the
   collection  of delinquent real property taxes and to the collection of
   taxes by banks, in relation to the collection of delinquent real prop-
   erty taxes and providing for the repeal of such provisions upon  expi-
   ration thereof
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. The general city law is amended by  adding  a  new  section
 21-a to read as follows:
   §  21-A.  COLLECTION  OF  DELINQUENT  TAX LIENS.   NOTWITHSTANDING ANY
 PROVISION OF ANY GENERAL, SPECIAL OR LOCAL LAW TO THE CONTRARY AND UNTIL
 DECEMBER THIRTY-FIRST, TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-SEVEN,  ANY  CITY  MAY  ENTER
 INTO  A CONTRACT TO SELL SOME OR ALL OF THE DELINQUENT TAX LIENS HELD BY
 IT WHICH HAVE BEEN ATTACHED TO REAL PROPERTY ON OR BEFORE JANUARY  THIR-
 TY-FIRST,  TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-SEVEN, TO A PRIVATE PARTY, SUBJECT TO THE
 FOLLOWING CONDITIONS:
   1. PRIOR TO ANY SALE, THE CITY COUNCIL SHALL HOLD A PUBLIC HEARING, ON
 NOTICE OF AT LEAST FORTY-FIVE DAYS, ANNOUNCING THE INTENTION OF THE CITY
 TO SELL ITS DELINQUENT REAL PROPERTY TAX LIENS TO A  THIRD  PARTY.  SUCH
 HEARING SHALL NOT BE HELD MORE THAN NINETY DAYS PRIOR TO SUCH SALE.
   2.  UPON  THE  APPROVAL OF THE CITY COUNCIL AND BY ADOPTION OF A LOCAL
 LAW, ANY CITY SHALL BE AUTHORIZED TO SELL DELINQUENT TAX LIENS  AND  THE
 CONSIDERATION TO BE PAID MAY BE MORE OR LESS THAN THE FACE AMOUNT OF THE
 TAX LIENS SOLD.
   3.  PROPERTY OWNERS SHALL BE GIVEN AT LEAST THIRTY DAYS ADVANCE NOTICE
 OF SUCH SALE IN THE SAME FORM AND MANNER AS IS PROVIDED  BY  SUBDIVISION
 TWO  OF  SECTION  ELEVEN  HUNDRED  NINETY  OF THE REAL PROPERTY TAX LAW.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD01151-01-3
 A. 1634                             2
              

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