Assembly Bill A8636

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Allows state finance authorities to place liens on federal property within the state in the event of federal noncompliance with congressionally approved spending

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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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2025-A8636 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S8173
Current Committee:
Assembly Governmental Operations
Law Section:
State Law
Laws Affected:
Add §50-b, State L; amd §8, St Fin L

2025-A8636 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Allows the state comptroller and commissioner of taxation and finance to place liens on federal property within the state in the event of federal noncompliance with congressionally approved spending.

2025-A8636 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   8636
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                               May 22, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. LASHER -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on Governmental Operations
 
 AN  ACT to amend the state law and the state finance law, in relation to
   allowing state finance authorities to place liens on federal  property
   within  the  state in the event of federal noncompliance with congres-
   sionally approved spending

   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  The  state law is amended by adding a new section 50-b to
 read as follows:
   § 50-B. DELINQUENT FEDERAL FUNDS; STATE JURISDICTION.  FOR  DELINQUENT
 FEDERAL  FUNDS  AS  DETERMINED  UNDER  SUBDIVISION TWENTY-ONE OF SECTION
 EIGHT OF THE STATE FINANCE LAW, THE  STATE  RESERVES  JURISDICTION  WITH
 RESPECT  TO LAND THAT THE UNITED STATES OR ANY UNIT OF THE UNITED STATES
 LEASES OR OTHERWISE HOLDS IN THE STATE WHEN THE  FEDERAL  GOVERNMENT  IS
 FOUND  NOT IN COMPLIANCE WITH COURT DECISIONS UPHOLDING FEDERAL CONGRES-
 SIONALLY APPROVED SPENDING.
   § 2. Section 8 of the state finance law is amended  by  adding  a  new
 subdivision 21 to read as follows:
   21.  A.  IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE COMMISSIONER OF TAXATION AND FINANCE,
 DETERMINE AND COLLECT DELINQUENT FEDERAL FUNDS OWED TO THE STATE BY  THE
 UNITED  STATES  GOVERNMENT  IN  THE  EVENT OF FEDERAL NONCOMPLIANCE WITH
 COURT DECISIONS UPHOLDING CONGRESSIONALLY APPROVED SPENDING.
   B. IN THE EVENT OF FEDERAL NONCOMPLIANCE WITH COURT DECISIONS  UPHOLD-
 ING  CONGRESSIONALLY  APPROVED  SPENDING, THE COMPTROLLER OR THE COMMIS-
 SIONER MAY, IN CONSULTATION WITH THE ATTORNEY GENERAL,  PLACE  LIENS  ON
 FEDERAL PROPERTY WITHIN THE STATE.
   § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD11931-01-5

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