Bill Text: NY A07571 | 2015-2016 | General Assembly | Amended

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Bill Title: Relates to method of collection of charges by the Suffolk county water authority.

Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Republican 7-2)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2016-06-16 - substituted by s4909b [A07571 Detail]

Download: New_York-2015-A07571-Amended.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                         7571--A
                               2015-2016 Regular Sessions
                   IN ASSEMBLY
                                      May 19, 2015
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        Introduced  by M. of A. THIELE, GARBARINO, MURRAY, PALUMBO, GRAF -- read
          once and referred to the Committee on  Corporations,  Authorities  and
          Commissions  -- recommitted to the Committee on Corporations, Authori-
          ties and Commissions in accordance with Assembly Rule  3,  sec.  2  --
          committee  discharged,  bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and
          recommitted to said committee
        AN ACT to amend the public authorities  law,in  relation  to  method  of
          collection of charges by the Suffolk county water authority
          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 1078-f to read as follows:
     3    §  1078-f. Charges by authority; method of collection. All rates, fees
     4  and other charges for the use  or  availability  of  the  facilities  or
     5  services  or commodities provided or made available by the authority and
     6  billed directly by the authority to the user or service recipient pursu-
     7  ant to a classification of person adopted by  the  authority  as  herein
     8  provided  shall  be  a  lien  upon  the  real property upon which, or in
     9  connection with which, services are provided or are made  available,  as
    10  and  from  the  first  date  fixed for a payment of such rates, fees and
    11  other charges. Any such lien shall take precedence over all other liens,
    12  or encumbrances, except taxes or assessments.  The chief financial offi-
    13  cer of the authority shall prepare and transmit to the appropriate coun-
    14  ty official or his or her designee, on or before the first day of Novem-
    15  ber in each year, a list of those properties using  such  facilities  or
    16  for which such facilities, services or commodities were provided or made
    17  available  and  from  which the payment of rates, fees and other charges
    18  are in arrears for a period of ninety days or more after  the  last  day
    19  fixed for payment of such rates, fees and other charges without penalty.
    20  The list shall contain a brief description of such properties, the names
    21  of  the  persons  or  corporations  liable  to pay for the same, and the
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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