STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          2233

                               2021-2022 Regular Sessions

                   IN ASSEMBLY

                                    January 14, 2021
                                       ___________

        Introduced  by  M.  of  A. HAWLEY, MONTESANO, DiPIETRO, BRABENEC, ASHBY,
          MORINELLO, SMULLEN, WALSH, SALKA, MANKTELOW, B. MILLER,  PALMESANO  --
          Multi-Sponsored  by  -- M. of A. DeSTEFANO, M. MILLER -- read once and
          referred to the Committee on Judiciary

        AN ACT to amend the public authorities law, in relation  to  authorizing
          the  state  of New York mortgage agency to purchase veterans' assisted
          forward commitment mortgages from banks within the state

          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:

     1    Section  1.  The  public  authorities  law  is amended by adding a new
     2  section 2405-g to read as follows:
     3    § 2405-g. Purchase of veterans' assisted forward commitment mortgages.
     4  (1) In accordance with the authority set forth  in  section  twenty-four
     5  hundred  five-b of this part, the agency may purchase veterans' assisted
     6  forward commitment mortgages from banks at such  prices  and  upon  such
     7  terms and conditions as it shall determine. In conducting its program of
     8  purchasing  veterans'  assisted forward commitment mortgages, the agency
     9  shall be governed by section twenty-four hundred five-b  of  this  part.
    10  The  board  of directors of the agency shall establish from time to time
    11  maximum income limits of persons eligible  to  receive  such  mortgages,
    12  which  income  limits  shall not exceed the latest maximum income limits
    13  permitted under the internal revenue code of 1986, as amended, for mort-
    14  gages financed by mortgage revenue bonds.
    15    (2) For purposes of this section the following terms  shall  have  the
    16  following meanings:
    17    "Veteran"  means a person who served in the active military, naval, or
    18  air service during a time of war as defined below, or who was a  recipi-
    19  ent  of  the armed forces expeditionary medal, navy expeditionary medal,
    20  marine corps expeditionary medal, or global war on terrorism expedition-
    21  ary medal, and who was discharged or released therefrom under  honorable
    22  conditions.

         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD01548-01-1

        A. 2233                             2

     1    "Service  during  a time of war" means: (a) the individual in question
     2  was a recipient of the armed forces expeditionary medal, the navy exped-
     3  itionary medal or the marine corps expeditionary medal for participation
     4  in operations in Lebanon from June first, nineteen hundred  eighty-three
     5  to  December first, nineteen hundred eighty-seven, in Grenada from Octo-
     6  ber twenty-third, nineteen  hundred  eighty-three  to  November  twenty-
     7  first, nineteen hundred eighty-three, or in Panama from December twenti-
     8  eth,  nineteen  hundred  eighty-nine  to  January thirty-first, nineteen
     9  hundred ninety; or
    10    (b) the individual served on active duty for ninety days  or  more  in
    11  the  armed  forces  of the United States during any one of the following
    12  wars or hostilities:
    13    (i) in the Spanish-American war from the twenty-first  day  of  April,
    14  eighteen  hundred  ninety-eight  to  the eleventh day of April, eighteen
    15  hundred ninety-nine, inclusive;
    16    (ii) in the Philippine insurrection or  the  China  relief  expedition
    17  from  the  eleventh  day  of  April, eighteen hundred ninety-nine to the
    18  fourth day of July, nineteen hundred two, inclusive;
    19    (iii) in the Mexican border campaign from the ninth day of May,  nine-
    20  teen hundred sixteen, to the fifth day of April, nineteen hundred seven-
    21  teen, inclusive;
    22    (iv)  in  World  War  I  from the sixth day of April, nineteen hundred
    23  seventeen to the eleventh day of November,  nineteen  hundred  eighteen,
    24  inclusive;
    25    (v) in World War II from the seventh day of December, nineteen hundred
    26  forty-one  to  the thirty-first day of December, nineteen hundred forty-
    27  six, inclusive;
    28    (vi) in the Korean hostilities from the twenty-seventh  day  of  June,
    29  nineteen  hundred  fifty  to  the  thirty-first day of January, nineteen
    30  hundred fifty-five, inclusive;
    31    (vii) in the Vietnam conflict from the twenty-second day of  December,
    32  nineteen  hundred  sixty-one to the seventh day of May, nineteen hundred
    33  seventy-five;
    34    (viii) in the Persian Gulf conflict from the  second  day  of  August,
    35  nineteen hundred ninety to the end of such conflict.
    36    (3)  For any veterans' assisted forward commitment mortgage, the maxi-
    37  mum loan-to-value ratio shall be established  by  the  agency,  provided
    38  that  such  loan  shall  not exceed ninety-nine percent of the appraised
    39  value of the mortgaged premises.
    40    § 2. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day  after  it  shall
    41  have become a law.