Bill Text: NY S03313 | 2015-2016 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Enacts the "sewage flooding prevention act"; authorizes certain homeowners and not-for-profit agencies in cities having a population of one million or more to receive a credit against real property taxes up to two thousand dollars for the cost of installing sewer improvement check valve devices in certain dwellings and buildings; directs the department of environmental protection of the city of New York to promulgate any necessary rules and regulations.

Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2016-01-06 - REFERRED TO LOCAL GOVERNMENT [S03313 Detail]

Download: New_York-2015-S03313-Introduced.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         3313
                              2015-2016 Regular Sessions
                                   I N  S E N A T E
                                   February 5, 2015
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       Introduced  by  Sen.  LANZA  -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
         printed to be committed to the Committee on Local Government
       AN ACT to amend the real property tax law and the administrative code of
         the city of New York, in relation to  enacting  the  "sewage  flooding
         prevention act"
         THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section 1. Short title. This act shall be known and may  be  cited  as
    2  the "sewage flooding prevention act".
    3    S  2. The real property tax law is amended by adding a new section 471
    4  to read as follows:
    5    S 471. TAX CREDIT FOR THE  INSTALLATION  OF  CHECK  VALVES  FOR  SEWER
    6  IMPROVEMENTS IN CITIES WITH A POPULATION OF ONE MILLION OR MORE. 1. IN A
    7  CITY  WITH  A POPULATION OF ONE MILLION OR MORE, ANY OWNER OF A DWELLING
    8  WHO INSTALLS A CHECK VALVE DEVICE TO  PREVENT  SEWAGE  FROM  BACKFLOWING
    9  INTO  SUCH  DWELLING  SHALL  RECEIVE  A CREDIT AGAINST THE REAL PROPERTY
   10  TAXES ON SUCH REAL PROPERTY EQUALING ONE-HALF OF THE COST OF  PURCHASING
   11  AND  INSTALLING  SUCH DEVICE, PROVIDED THAT SUCH CREDIT SHALL NOT EXCEED
   12  TWO THOUSAND DOLLARS.
   13    2. ANY NOT-FOR-PROFIT ENTITY WHICH OWNS A BUILDING OF ANY  TYPE  OR  A
   14  DWELLING  IN  A CITY WITH A POPULATION OF ONE MILLION OR MORE, AND WHICH
   15  INSTALLS A CHECK VALVE DEVICE TO PREVENT SEWAGE  FROM  BACKFLOWING  INTO
   16  SUCH  BUILDING OR DWELLING SHALL RECEIVE AN ABATEMENT OF WATER AND SEWER
   17  CHARGES EQUALING ONE-HALF OF THE COST OF PURCHASING AND INSTALLING  SUCH
   18  DEVICE, UP TO TWO THOUSAND DOLLARS.
   19    3.  FOR  THE  PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION, THE TERM "DWELLING" SHALL MEAN
   20  ANY BUILDING, STRUCTURE OR PORTION THEREOF WHICH IS OCCUPIED IN WHOLE OR
   21  IN PART AS A HOME, RESIDENCE OR SLEEPING PLACE FOR  ONE  OR  MORE  HUMAN
   22  BEINGS.
   23    4.  THE DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK
   24  SHALL PROMULGATE ANY RULES AND REGULATIONS NECESSARY FOR THE IMPLEMENTA-
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                  LBD01289-01-5
       S. 3313                             2
    1  TION OF THE PROVISIONS OF THIS SECTION, INCLUDING BUT  NOT  LIMITED  TO,
    2  IDENTIFYING APPROPRIATE CHECK VALVE SYSTEMS.
    3    S 3. Subdivision e of section 24-514 of the administrative code of the
    4  city of New York is amended to read as follows:
    5    e.  Exemptions from sewer rents or charges. Any real property which is
    6  entitled to an exemption from the payment  of  water  rents  or  charges
    7  shall  also be exempt from payment of the sewer rents or charges imposed
    8  hereunder. IN ADDITION, ANY NOT-FOR-PROFIT ENTITY WHICH OWNS A  BUILDING
    9  OF ANY TYPE OR A DWELLING WHICH INSTALLS A CHECK VALVE DEVICE TO PREVENT
   10  SEWAGE  FROM BACKFLOWING INTO SUCH BUILDING OR DWELLING SHALL RECEIVE AN
   11  ABATEMENT OF WATER AND SEWER CHARGES EQUALING ONE-HALF OF  THE  COST  OF
   12  PURCHASING  AND INSTALLING SUCH DEVICE, UP TO TWO THOUSAND DOLLARS.  FOR
   13  THE PURPOSES OF THIS SUBDIVISION, THE TERM  "DWELLING"  SHALL  MEAN  ANY
   14  BUILDING,  STRUCTURE OR PORTION THEREOF WHICH IS OCCUPIED IN WHOLE OR IN
   15  PART AS A HOME, RESIDENCE OR  SLEEPING  PLACE  FOR  ONE  OR  MORE  HUMAN
   16  BEINGS.
   17    S 4. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after
   18  it shall have become a law.