Assembly Bill A3306

2019-2020 Legislative Session

Authorizing cities and villages to collect delinquent real property taxes

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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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2019-A3306 (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
2021-2022: A33
2023-2024: A1634

2019-A3306 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Authorizes cities and villages to collect delinquent real property taxes.

2019-A3306 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   3306
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 29, 2019
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M. of A. GUNTHER, COOK -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A.
   McDONOUGH -- 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-THREE, 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-THREE, 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.
              

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