Bill Text: NY A06860 | 2015-2016 | General Assembly | Introduced


Bill Title: Provides that owners of real property in the city of New York shall designate the address or addresses where such owner receives their daily or regular mail upon registration of such property with the city's department of finance.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2016-01-06 - referred to cities [A06860 Detail]

Download: New_York-2015-A06860-Introduced.html
                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         6860
                              2015-2016 Regular Sessions
                                 I N  A S S E M B L Y
                                     April 6, 2015
                                      ___________
       Introduced by M. of A. CRESPO -- read once and referred to the Committee
         on Cities
       AN  ACT  to  amend  the  administrative code of the city of New York, in
         relation to the registration of property and  designation  of  mailing
         address or addresses
         THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section 1. The administrative code of the city of New York is  amended
    2  by adding a new section 11-309.1 to read as follows:
    3    S  11-309.1  REGISTRATION OF PROPERTY.  A. THE OWNER OF ANY LOT, PIECE
    4  OR PARCEL OF LAND IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK MUST REGISTER  SUCH  PROPERTY,
    5  TOGETHER  WITH  THE SECTION, BLOCK AND LOT NUMBER THEREOF, OR SUCH OTHER
    6  IDENTIFYING INFORMATION AS AT THE TIME IS ESTABLISHED BY THE  DEPARTMENT
    7  OF FINANCE, AND A STATEMENT OF THE APPLICANT'S INTEREST THEREIN, TOGETH-
    8  ER  WITH  A  WRITTEN  REQUEST  THAT SUCH LOT, PIECE OR PARCEL OF LAND BE
    9  REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF THE APPLICANT.  IN SUCH STATEMENT  THE  APPLI-
   10  CANT  SHALL  DESIGNATE  AN  ADDRESS  TO WHICH OFFICIAL NOTIFICATIONS AND
   11  CORRESPONDENCE SHALL BE MAILED TO,  SUCH  ADDRESS  SHALL  BE  WHERE  THE
   12  APPLICANT    RECEIVES  THEIR DAILY OR REGULAR MAIL. SUCH APPLICANT SHALL
   13  HAVE THE OPTION OF DESIGNATING A SECOND ADDRESS TO WHICH COPIES  OF  ALL
   14  OFFICIAL  NOTIFICATIONS  AND  CORRESPONDENCE  SHALL BE MAILED.   A BRIEF
   15  DESCRIPTION OF SUCH LOT, PIECE OR PARCEL OF LAND  CORRESPONDING  TO  THE
   16  DESCRIPTION THEREOF IN THE STATEMENT SO FILED, TOGETHER WITH THE NAME OF
   17  THE  APPLICANT  AND  HIS  OR HER DESIGNATED ADDRESS OR ADDRESSES AND THE
   18  DATE OF SUCH APPLICATION, SHALL THEREUPON BE REGISTERED IN  THE  DEPART-
   19  MENT OF FINANCE.
   20    B.  THE  COMMISSIONER  OF FINANCE OR HIS OR HER DESIGNEE SHALL FOR THE
   21  PURPOSE OF THIS SECTION PROVIDE APPROPRIATE RECORDS FOR EACH SECTION  OF
   22  THE  CITY,  INCLUDED  WITHIN  THE RESPECTIVE BOROUGHS, AS THE SAME SHALL
   23  APPEAR UPON THE TAX MAPS OF THE CITY.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                  LBD06776-01-5
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    1    S 2. Subdivisions a and b of section 11-312 of the administrative code
    2  of the city of New York, as amended by local law number 26 of  the  city
    3  of New York for the year 1996, are amended to read as follows:
    4    a. One-half (i) the uniform annual water charges and extra and miscel-
    5  laneous  charges  for  water not metered and (ii) annual service charges
    6  shall become due and payable, in advance if entered  on  January  first,
    7  nineteen  hundred  seventy-four for the period commencing January first,
    8  nineteen  hundred  seventy-four  and  ending  June  thirtieth,  nineteen
    9  hundred  seventy-four.    Commencing on June thirtieth, nineteen hundred
   10  seventy-four, uniform annual water charges and extra  and  miscellaneous
   11  charges  for  water  not metered and annual service charges shall be due
   12  and payable in advance on the thirtieth day of June  in  each  year,  if
   13  entered.  If  any of such rents and charges which become due and payable
   14  on or before June thirtieth, nineteen hundred seventy-six shall not have
   15  been paid to the commissioner of finance or his or her  designee  on  or
   16  before  the last day of the month following the month of entry, it shall
   17  be the duty of the commissioner of finance or his  or  her  designee  to
   18  charge,  collect  and  receive  interest thereon to be calculated at the
   19  rate of seven percent per annum from the date when such rents and charg-
   20  es became due and payable to  December  thirty-first,  nineteen  hundred
   21  seventy-six,  and  at the rate of fifteen percent per annum from January
   22  first, nineteen hundred seventy-seven to the date of payment. If any  of
   23  such  rents  and  charges which shall become due and payable on or after
   24  June thirtieth, nineteen hundred  seventy-seven  are  not  paid  to  the
   25  commissioner of finance or his or her designee on or before the last day
   26  of  the  month following the month of entry, it shall be the duty of the
   27  commissioner of finance or his or her designee to  charge,  collect  and
   28  receive interest thereon to be calculated at the rate of fifteen percent
   29  per annum from the date when such rents and charges became due and paya-
   30  ble  to  the date of payment. If not so entered and payable, but entered
   31  at any time subsequent thereto, they  shall  be  due  and  payable  when
   32  entered  and  notice  thereof  shall  be mailed within five days of such
   33  entry to the [premises against  which  they  are  imposed  addressed  to
   34  either  the  owner  or  the  occupant and] OWNER OF SUCH PREMISES AT THE
   35  ADDRESS OR ADDRESSES REGISTERED WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE  PURSUANT
   36  TO  SECTION  11-309.1  OF THIS CHAPTER, if entered on or before December
   37  thirty-first, nineteen hundred seventy-six but not paid on or before the
   38  last day of the month following the month of entry, it shall be the duty
   39  of the commissioner of finance or his or her designee to charge, collect
   40  and receive interest thereon to be  calculated  at  the  rate  of  seven
   41  percent per annum from the date of entry to December thirty-first, nine-
   42  teen  hundred  seventy-six, and at the rate of fifteen percent per annum
   43  from January first,  nineteen  hundred  seventy-seven  to  the  date  of
   44  payment;  if  entered on or after January first, nineteen hundred seven-
   45  ty-seven but not paid on or before the last day of the  month  following
   46  the  month of entry, it shall be the duty of the commissioner of finance
   47  or his or her designee to charge, collect and receive  interest  thereon
   48  to  be calculated at the rate of fifteen percent per annum from the date
   49  of entry to the date of payment.
   50    b. All charges for meters and their connections and for their setting,
   51  repair and maintenance, and all charges in accordance with  meter  rates
   52  for supply of water measured by meter, including minimum charges for the
   53  supply  of  water  measured  by  meter,  shall  be  due and payable when
   54  entered, and notice thereof shall be mailed within  five  days  of  such
   55  entry stating the amount due and the nature of the rent or charge to the
   56  [last  known  address  of the person whose name appears on the record of
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    1  such rents and charges as being the owner, occupant or agent  or,  where
    2  no  name  appears]  OWNER  OF  SUCH PREMISES AT THE ADDRESS OR ADDRESSES
    3  REGISTERED WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE PURSUANT TO  SECTION  11-309.1
    4  OF  THIS  CHAPTER,  AND to the premises addressed to either the owner or
    5  the occupant, and if entered on or before December  thirty-first,  nine-
    6  teen  hundred  seventy-six but not paid on or before the last day of the
    7  month following the month of entry, it shall be the duty of the  commis-
    8  sioner  of finance or his or her designee to charge, collect and receive
    9  interest thereon to be calculated at the rate of seven percent per annum
   10  from the date of entry to December thirty-first, nineteen hundred seven-
   11  ty-six, and at the rate of fifteen percent per annum from January first,
   12  nineteen hundred seventy-seven to the date of payment; if entered on  or
   13  after  January  first, nineteen hundred seventy-seven but not paid on or
   14  before the thirtieth day following the date of entry, it  shall  be  the
   15  duty  of  the  commissioner of finance or his or her designee to charge,
   16  collect and receive interest thereon to be calculated  at  the  rate  of
   17  fifteen percent per annum from the date of entry to the date of payment.
   18    S 3. Subdivisions b and c of section 11-313 of the administrative code
   19  of  the city of New York, as amended by local law number 26 and subdivi-
   20  sion b as separately amended by local law number 59 of the city  of  New
   21  York for the year 1996, are amended to read as follows:
   22    b. The sewer rents charged against metered premises in accordance with
   23  the  provisions  of paragraphs two and three of subdivision b of section
   24  24-514 of the code and the  rules  duly  promulgated  pursuant  to  such
   25  section,  including  the  minimum rents for the use of the sewer system,
   26  charged pursuant to such section and rules, and the sewer rents  charged
   27  against  any  premises  in  accordance with the provisions of paragraphs
   28  four and five of subdivision b of section 24-514 of the code  and  rules
   29  duly  promulgated  pursuant to such section, including the minimum rents
   30  for the use of the sewer system, charged pursuant to  such  section  and
   31  rules shall become due and shall become a charge or lien on the premises
   32  when  the  amount  thereof  shall have been fixed by the commissioner of
   33  environmental protection, and an entry  thereof  shall  have  been  made
   34  against  such premises with the date of such entry, in the book in which
   35  sewer rents are to be entered. The sewer surcharges charged against  any
   36  premises  pursuant  to  section  24-523 of the code shall become due and
   37  shall become a charge or lien on the premises when  the  amount  thereof
   38  shall  have  been  fixed by the commissioner of environmental protection
   39  and an entry thereof shall have been made against such premises  in  the
   40  book  in  which  sewer  surcharges  are to be entered. A notice thereof,
   41  stating the amount due and the nature of the rent, surcharge  or  charge
   42  shall  be  mailed, within five days after such entry, to the [last known
   43  address of the person whose name appears upon the records in the  office
   44  of  the  department of finance as being the owner, occupant or agent or,
   45  where no name appears, to the premises addressed to either the owner  or
   46  the  occupant] OWNER OF SUCH PREMISES AT THE ADDRESS OR ADDRESSES REGIS-
   47  TERED WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE PURSUANT  TO  SECTION  11-309.1  OF
   48  THIS CHAPTER.  If such rent, surcharge or charge shall have been entered
   49  on or before December thirty-first, nineteen hundred seventy-six but not
   50  paid  on  or  before  the  last  day of the month following the month of
   51  entry, it shall be the duty of the commissioner of finance or his or her
   52  designee to charge, collect and receive interest thereon  to  be  calcu-
   53  lated  at  the rate of seven percent per annum from the date of entry to
   54  December thirty-first, nineteen hundred seventy-six, and at the rate  of
   55  fifteen  percent per annum from January first, nineteen hundred seventy-
   56  seven to the date of payment; if entered  on  or  after  January  first,
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    1  nineteen  hundred  seventy-seven but not paid on or before the thirtieth
    2  day following the date of entry, it shall be the duty of the commission-
    3  er of finance or his or her designee  to  charge,  collect  and  receive
    4  interest  thereon  to  be  calculated at the rate of fifteen percent per
    5  annum from the date of entry to the date of payment. The rents or charg-
    6  es for the use of the sewer system charged during any  specified  period
    7  of time pursuant to the provisions of section 24-514 of the code and the
    8  rules  promulgated  thereunder shall be computed, in accordance with the
    9  provisions of such section and the rules duly promulgated thereunder, on
   10  the basis of water rents or charges computed for the same period.
   11    c. Sewer rents charged against unmetered premises in  accordance  with
   12  the  provisions  of paragraphs two and three of subdivision b of section
   13  24-514 of the code and the  rules  duly  promulgated  pursuant  to  such
   14  section,  for  the  use  of  the sewer system during the one-year period
   15  commencing on the first day of July of each year, shall be due and paya-
   16  ble and shall become a charge or lien on the premises on the  first  day
   17  of  January  following  such  first day of July, if entered, except that
   18  commencing on June thirtieth, nineteen hundred seventy-four  such  sewer
   19  rents  shall  be due and payable in advance on the thirtieth day of June
   20  in each year, if entered, and shall become a charge or lien on the prem-
   21  ises on such date. If any of such rents or charges which became due  and
   22  payable  on or before June thirtieth, nineteen hundred seventy-six shall
   23  not have been paid to the commissioner of finance or his or her designee
   24  within thirty days after such first day of January,  or,  commencing  on
   25  the  thirtieth  day of June, nineteen hundred seventy-four, on or before
   26  the last day of the month following the month of entry, it shall be  the
   27  duty  of  the  commissioner of finance or his or her designee to charge,
   28  collect and receive interest thereon to be calculated  at  the  rate  of
   29  seven  percent  per annum from the date when such charges became due and
   30  payable to December thirty-first, nineteen hundred seventy-six,  and  at
   31  the  rate  of  fifteen  percent  per  annum from January first, nineteen
   32  hundred seventy-seven to the date of payment. If any of  such  rents  or
   33  charges  which  shall become due and payable on or after June thirtieth,
   34  nineteen hundred seventy-seven are  not  paid  to  the  commissioner  of
   35  finance  or  his  or her designee on or before the last day of the month
   36  following the month of entry, it shall be the duty of  the  commissioner
   37  of  finance or his or her designee to charge, collect and receive inter-
   38  est thereon to be calculated at the rate of fifteen  percent  per  annum
   39  from  the  date when such rents or charges became due and payable to the
   40  date of payment. If not so entered and payable, but entered at any  time
   41  subsequent  thereto,  they  shall  be due and payable and shall become a
   42  charge or lien on the premises when entered and notice thereof shall  be
   43  mailed  within five days after such entry, to the [last known address of
   44  the person whose name appears upon the  records  in  the  department  of
   45  finance  as  the  owner  or the occupant or if no name appears] OWNER OF
   46  SUCH PREMISES AT THE ADDRESS OR ADDRESSES REGISTERED WITH THE DEPARTMENT
   47  OF FINANCE PURSUANT TO SECTION 11-309.1 OF  THIS  CHAPTER,  AND  to  the
   48  premises addressed to either the owner or occupant. If any of such rents
   49  or  charges which were entered on or before December thirty-first, nine-
   50  teen hundred seventy-six but not paid on or before the last day  of  the
   51  month  following the month of entry, it shall be the duty of the commis-
   52  sioner of finance or his or her designee to charge, collect and  receive
   53  interest thereon to be calculated at the rate of seven percent per annum
   54  from the date of entry to December thirty-first, nineteen hundred seven-
   55  ty-six, and at the rate of fifteen percent per annum from January first,
   56  nineteen  hundred seventy-seven to the date of payment; if entered on or
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    1  after January first, nineteen hundred seventy-seven but not paid  on  or
    2  before  the last day of the month following the month of entry, it shall
    3  be the duty of the commissioner of finance or his  or  her  designee  to
    4  charge,  collect  and  receive  interest thereon to be calculated at the
    5  rate of fifteen percent per annum from the date of entry to the date  of
    6  payment.  The sewer rents charged against unmetered premises for the use
    7  of the sewer system during the one-year period commencing on  the  first
    8  day  of  July  of  each  year  shall  be computed in accordance with the
    9  provisions of section 24-514 of the code and the rules duly  promulgated
   10  thereunder,  upon  the  basis of water rents or charges computed for the
   11  same period.
   12    S 4. Section 11-314 of the administrative code  of  the  city  of  New
   13  York,  as amended by local law number 59 of the city of New York for the
   14  year 1996, is amended to read as follows:
   15    S 11-314 Notice of rules  and  regulations;  penalty  for  nonpayment;
   16  water  supply  cut  off.  The rates and charges for supply of water, the
   17  annual service charges and minimum charges, the sewer rents,  the  sewer
   18  surcharges,  the  rules and regulations concerning the use of water, all
   19  other rules and regulations  affecting  users  of  water  or  concerning
   20  charges for supply of water, restrictions of the use of water, installa-
   21  tion  of  meters,  and  all  rules  and  regulations  affecting property
   22  connected with the sewer system, penalties and fines for  violations  of
   23  rules and regulations shall be printed on each bill and permit so far as
   24  in the judgment of the commissioner of environmental protection they are
   25  applicable.  This  section  and  such  printing and the printing of this
   26  section on such bills and permits shall be sufficient notice to  owners,
   27  tenants  or occupants of premises to authorize the imposition and recov-
   28  ery of any charges, surcharges and fines imposed under  such  rules  and
   29  regulations and of any penalties imposed in pursuance of this chapter in
   30  addition to cutting off the supply of water. Where water charges payable
   31  in  advance or sewer rents or charges payable as provided in subdivision
   32  c of section 11-313 of this chapter, are  not  paid  within  the  period
   33  covered  by  such  charges  or rents, and a notice of such nonpayment is
   34  mailed by the commissioner of finance  to  the  [premises  addressed  to
   35  "owner or occupant,"] OWNER OF SUCH PREMISES AT THE ADDRESS OR ADDRESSES
   36  REGISTERED  WITH  THE DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE PURSUANT TO SECTION 11-309.1
   37  OF THIS CHAPTER, the commissioner of environmental protection  may  shut
   38  off  the supply of water to such premises. Where water charges not paya-
   39  ble in advance or sewer rents, sewer surcharges or  charges  payable  as
   40  provided  in subdivisions b and d of section 11-313 of this chapter have
   41  been made by the department and remain unpaid for more than thirty  days
   42  or where the commissioner of environmental protection has certified that
   43  there is a flagrant and continued violation of a provision or provisions
   44  of  section  24-523 of the code or of any rule or regulation promulgated
   45  pursuant thereto or of any order of the  commissioner  of  environmental
   46  protection  issued  pursuant thereto, after notice thereof mailed to the
   47  [premises addressed to "owner or occupant,"] OWNER OF SUCH  PREMISES  AT
   48  THE  ADDRESS  OR  ADDRESSES  REGISTERED  WITH  THE DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE
   49  PURSUANT TO SECTION 11-309.1 OF THIS CHAPTER, the commissioner of  envi-
   50  ronmental protection may shut off the supply of water to the premises.
   51    S  5.  This  act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall
   52  have become a law. Effective immediately any rules or regulations neces-
   53  sary for the timely implementation of this act on its effective date are
   54  authorized and directed to be made  and  completed  on  or  before  such
   55  effective date.
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