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                                  7996

                       2013-2014 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                              June 13, 2013
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Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  WEINSTEIN, SILVER, GOLDFEDER, CUSICK, TITUS,
  BENEDETTO, BROOK-KRASNY, CYMBROWITZ, GLICK,  TITONE,  MAISEL  --  read
  once and referred to the Committee on Ways and Means

AN  ACT  to  authorize  a  certain  city included in the Hurricane Sandy
  federal disaster area to grant exemptions for certain filing fees  and
  provide for reimbursement of such fees

  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  "New  York city Hurricane Sandy filing fee exemption and reimburse-
ment act".
  S 2. As used in this act, "eligible city" shall mean a city  having  a
population of one million or more which has been included in the federal
disaster declarations for Hurricane Sandy.
  S 3.  The provisions of this act shall only apply to an eligible city,
and  only  where  the  city  council of such city, within 30 days of the
effective date of this  act,  has  enacted  a  resolution  adopting  the
provisions of this act.
  S  4. All filings with the county clerk's office, or the office of the
city register, between the period beginning October 28, 2012 and  ending
December 31, 2013 related to a U.S. Small Business Administration Disas-
ter  Loan as defined in 15 USCS S636(b)(1) within an eligible city where
the city council has enacted a resolution pursuant to this act, shall be
exempt from any filing fees required pursuant to sections 8019 and  8021
of the civil practice law and rules.
  S  5.  Any person or entity that paid filing fees required by sections
8019 and 8021 of the civil practice law and rules to the county  clerk's
office  or the office of the city register, between the period beginning
October 28, 2012 and ending December 31, 2013 due to any filings related
to a U.S. Small Business Administration Disaster Loan as defined  in  15
USCS  S636(b)(1)  within  an  eligible  city  where the city council has

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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enacted a resolution pursuant to this act, shall receive a reimbursement
of all such fees.
  S  6. Before any reimbursement is paid, the county clerk or the office
of the city register shall notify the commissioner of education in writ-
ing of any amounts which have been collected on behalf of  and  remitted
to  the  commissioner of education pursuant to section 8021 of the civil
practice law and rules, which must be reimbursed pursuant to  this  act.
Upon such notice, the commissioner of education shall remit such amounts
to the eligible city within fifteen days of notice. Upon receipt of such
payment  from  the  commissioner  of  education  the county clerk or the
office of the city register shall reimburse the full amount of fees paid
to an eligible person or entity pursuant to this act.
  S 7. This act shall take effect immediately.