Senate Bill S875

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Authorizes the city of Lockport to add unpaid housing code violation penalties, costs and fines to such city's annual tax levy

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Current Bill Status - In Senate Committee Local Government 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-S875 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A5108
Current Committee:
Senate Local Government
Law Section:
Real Property Tax Law
Laws Affected:
Add §905-a, RPT L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2019-2020: S4634, A6736
2021-2022: S3626, A3851

2023-S875 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Authorizes the city of Lockport to add unpaid housing code violation penalties, costs and fines to such city's annual tax levy; provides the city of Lockport shall notify all owners or known interested parties of record of the placement of the code violations on the city tax levy as uncollected fines and penalties within thirty days of placement.

2023-S875 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2023-S875 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                    875
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                              January 6, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  ORTT  --  read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Local Government
 
 AN ACT to amend the real property tax law, in  relation  to  authorizing
   the  city  of Lockport to add unpaid housing code violation penalties,
   costs and fines to such city's annual tax levy

   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  The  real  property  tax  law  is amended by adding a new
 section 905-a to read as follows:
   § 905-A. COLLECTION OF UNPAID HOUSING CODE VIOLATION  PENALTIES;  CITY
 OF  LOCKPORT; LEVY. 1.  AUTHORIZATION. IN ADDITION TO AND NOT IN LIMITA-
 TION OF ANY POWER OTHERWISE GRANTED BY LAW,  THE  CITY  OF  LOCKPORT  IS
 HEREBY  AUTHORIZED TO COLLECT ANY UNPAID HOUSING, BUILDING AND FIRE CODE
 VIOLATION PENALTIES, COSTS AND FINES THROUGH PLACEMENT BY THE CITY TREA-
 SURER ON THE CITY'S ANNUAL TAX LEVY IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PROVISIONS OF
 THIS SECTION.
   2. ELIGIBILITY. IN ORDER TO BE ELIGIBLE FOR PLACEMENT ON THE  CITY  OF
 LOCKPORT'S  ANNUAL  TAX LEVY SUCH UNPAID CODE VIOLATION PENALTIES, COSTS
 AND FINES SHALL HAVE BEEN ADJUDICATED AND IMPOSED THROUGH A JUDGMENT  IN
 A  COURT  OF  COMPETENT JURISDICTION ON AN OWNER OF REAL PROPERTY WITHIN
 THE CITY AND RECORDED BY THE COUNTY CLERK, AS CERTIFIED  BY  THE  CITY'S
 CORPORATION  COUNSEL  AND  HAVE  REMAINED  UNPAID FOR ONE YEAR AFTER THE
 FINAL ADJUDICATION AND EXHAUSTION OF ALL APPEALS RELATING TO THE IMPOSI-
 TION OF THE FINES FOR A CODE VIOLATION PRECEDING THE  PLACEMENT  ON  THE
 CITY'S TAX LEVY.
   3.  MINIMUM  AMOUNT OWED. TO QUALIFY FOR PLACEMENT ON THE TAX LEVY THE
 AMOUNT OWED FOR UNPAID CODE VIOLATIONS MUST BE AT LEAST FIVE PERCENT  OF
 THE AMOUNT OF THE TAX ASSESSED VALUE OF THE PROPERTY.
   4.  LEVY.  SUCH CODE VIOLATION PENALTY, COST OR FINE AS SET FORTH IN A
 COPY OF THE JUDGMENT CERTIFIED BY THE CORPORATION COUNSEL SHALL  BE  SET
 DOWN  IN  THE  ANNUAL  TAX  LEVY UNDER THE HEADING UNCOLLECTED FINES AND
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD03705-01-3
              

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