Bill Text: NY A01724 | 2021-2022 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Relates to bonds and notes of the city of Yonkers.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2021-06-07 - substituted by s1033 [A01724 Detail]
Download: New_York-2021-A01724-Introduced.html
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 1724 2021-2022 Regular Sessions IN ASSEMBLY January 11, 2021 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. PRETLOW -- read once and referred to the Commit- tee on Cities AN ACT to amend the local finance law, in relation to bonds and notes of the city of Yonkers The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Section 54.40 of the local finance law, as amended by 2 section 1 of item GG of subpart B of part XXX of chapter 58 of the laws 3 of 2020, is amended to read as follows: 4 § 54.40 Bonds and notes of the city of Yonkers. Subject to the 5 provisions of the New York state financial emergency act of nineteen 6 hundred eighty-four for the city of Yonkers, to facilitate the marketing 7 of any issue of serial bonds or notes of the city of Yonkers issued on 8 or before June thirtieth, two thousand [twenty-one] twenty-two, such 9 city may, notwithstanding any limitations on private sales of bonds 10 provided by law, and subject to approval by the state comptroller of the 11 terms and conditions of such sale: (a) arrange for the underwriting of 12 its bonds or notes at private sale through negotiated agreement, compen- 13 sation for such underwriting to be provided by negotiated fee or by sale 14 of such bonds or notes to an underwriter at a price of less than the sum 15 of par value of, and the accrued interest on, such obligations; or (b) 16 arrange for the private sale of its bonds or notes through negotiated 17 agreement, compensation for such sales to be provided by negotiated fee, 18 if required. The cost of such underwriting or private placement shall be 19 deemed a preliminary cost for purposes of section 11.00 of this article. 20 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD00853-01-1