Senate Bill S4512A

2013-2014 Legislative Session

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

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  • 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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2013-S4512 - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A7044
Current Committee:
Assembly Codes
Law Section:
Real Property Tax Law
Laws Affected:
Add §901, RPT L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2015-2016: S2917, A1236
2017-2018: S3131, A416

2013-S4512 - Summary

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

2013-S4512 - Sponsor Memo

2013-S4512 - Bill Text download pdf

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                  4512

                       2013-2014 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                              April 5, 2013
                               ___________

Introduced  by  Sen.  DeFRANCISCO -- read twice and ordered printed, and
  when printed to be committed to the Committee on Housing, Construction
  and Community Development

AN ACT to amend the executive law, in relation to authorizing  the  city
  of  Syracuse to add unpaid housing code violation penalties, costs and
  fines to the city's annual tax levy in accordance with applicable law

  THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section 1. Section 382 of the executive law is amended by adding a new
subdivision 4 to read as follows:
  4.  (A)  IN  ADDITION  TO AND NOT IN LIMITATION OF ANY POWER OTHERWISE
GRANTED BY LAW, THE CITY OF SYRACUSE IS HEREBY AUTHORIZED TO COLLECT ANY
UNPAID HOUSING CODE VIOLATION PENALTIES, COSTS AND FINES THROUGH  PLACE-
MENT BY THE CITY'S COMMISSIONER OF FINANCE ON THE CITY'S ANNUAL TAX LEVY
IN  ACCORDANCE  WITH  THE  APPLICABLE  PROVISIONS  OF THE CITY'S TAX AND
ASSESSMENT ACT (CHAPTER SEVENTY-FIVE OF THE  LAWS  OF  NINETEEN  HUNDRED
SIX, AS AMENDED).
  (B)  IN  ORDER  TO  BE ELIGIBLE FOR PLACEMENT ON THE CITY'S ANNUAL TAX
LEVY SUCH UNPAID HOUSING 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, AS
CERTIFIED BY THE CITY'S  CORPORATION  COUNSEL  TO  THE  COMMISSIONER  OF
FINANCE,  AND  HAVE REMAINED UNPAID FOR ONE YEAR PRECEDING THE PLACEMENT
ON THE CITY'S TAX LEVY.
  (C) SUCH HOUSING CODE VIOLATION PENALTY, COST OR FINE AS SET FORTH  IN
A  COPY  OF  THE  JUDGMENT  CERTIFIED  BY THE CORPORATION COUNSEL TO THE
COMMISSIONER OF FINANCE SHALL BE SET DOWN IN THE ANNUAL TAX  LEVY  UNDER
THE  HEADING  UNCOLLECTED  FINES  AND  PENALTIES  AND  SHALL  BE LEVIED,
ENFORCED AND COLLECTED IN THE SAME MANNER, BY THE SAME  PROCEEDINGS,  AT
THE  SAME  TIME,  UNDER THE SAME PENALTIES AND HAVING THE SAME LIEN UPON
THE PROPERTY ASSESSED AS THE GENERAL CITY TAX AND AS A PART THEREOF.
  S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

2013-S4512A (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A7044
Current Committee:
Assembly Codes
Law Section:
Real Property Tax Law
Laws Affected:
Add §901, RPT L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2015-2016: S2917, A1236
2017-2018: S3131, A416

2013-S4512A (ACTIVE) - Summary

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

2013-S4512A (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2013-S4512A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                 4512--A

                       2013-2014 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                              April 5, 2013
                               ___________

Introduced  by  Sen.  DeFRANCISCO -- read twice and ordered printed, and
  when printed to be committed to the Committee on Housing, Construction
  and Community  Development  --  committee  discharged,  bill  amended,
  ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee

AN  ACT  to  amend the real property tax law, in relation to authorizing
  the city of Syracuse to add unpaid housing code  violation  penalties,
  costs  and  fines  to  the  city's  annual tax levy in accordance with
  applicable law

  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 901 to read as follows:
  S 901. COLLECTION OF UNPAID HOUSING CODE VIOLATION PENALTIES; LEVY. 1.
IN ADDITION TO AND NOT IN LIMITATION OF ANY POWER OTHERWISE  GRANTED  BY
LAW,  THE  CITY  OF  SYRACUSE IS HEREBY AUTHORIZED TO COLLECT ANY UNPAID
HOUSING CODE VIOLATION PENALTIES, COSTS AND FINES THROUGH  PLACEMENT  BY
THE  CITY'S  COMMISSIONER  OF  FINANCE  ON THE CITY'S ANNUAL TAX LEVY IN
ACCORDANCE WITH THE APPLICABLE PROVISIONS OF THE CITY'S TAX AND  ASSESS-
MENT  ACT  (CHAPTER SEVENTY-FIVE OF THE LAWS OF NINETEEN HUNDRED SIX, AS
AMENDED).
  2. IN ORDER TO BE ELIGIBLE FOR PLACEMENT ON THE CITY'S ANNUAL TAX LEVY
SUCH UNPAID HOUSING 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, AS CERTIFIED
BY THE CITY'S CORPORATION COUNSEL TO THE COMMISSIONER  OF  FINANCE,  AND
HAVE  REMAINED UNPAID FOR ONE YEAR PRECEDING THE PLACEMENT ON THE CITY'S
TAX LEVY.
  3. SUCH HOUSING CODE VIOLATION PENALTY, COST OR FINE AS SET FORTH IN A
COPY OF THE JUDGMENT CERTIFIED BY THE CORPORATION COUNSEL TO THE COMMIS-
SIONER OF FINANCE SHALL BE SET DOWN IN THE ANNUAL  TAX  LEVY  UNDER  THE
HEADING  UNCOLLECTED  FINES  AND PENALTIES AND SHALL BE LEVIED, ENFORCED

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD10168-02-3
              

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