Bill Text: NY S04399 | 2013-2014 | General Assembly | Amended


Bill Title: Relates to the powers of the State of New York Mortgage Agency.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Passed) 2013-07-12 - SIGNED CHAP.151 [S04399 Detail]

Download: New_York-2013-S04399-Amended.html
                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                        4399--A
           Cal. No. 543
                              2013-2014 Regular Sessions
                                   I N  S E N A T E
                                    March 26, 2013
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       Introduced  by  Sen.  YOUNG  -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
         printed to be committed to the Committee on Corporations,  Authorities
         and  Commissions -- reported favorably from said committee, ordered to
         first and second report, ordered  to  a  third  reading,  amended  and
         ordered reprinted, retaining its place in the order of third reading
       AN ACT to amend the public authorities law, in relation to the powers of
         the state of New York mortgage agency
         THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section 1. Subdivision 5 of section 2402  of  the  public  authorities
    2  law,  as  amended  by  section  1 of chapter 208 of the laws of 2010, is
    3  amended to read as follows:
    4    (5) "Mortgage". A loan owed to a bank secured by a first lien on a fee
    5  simple or leasehold estate in real property located  in  the  state  and
    6  improved  by  a residential structure, whether or not insured or guaran-
    7  teed by the United States of America or any  agency  thereof.  The  term
    8  "mortgage"  shall also include a loan owed to a bank secured by a second
    9  lien on a fee simple or leasehold estate in real property located in the
   10  state and improved by a residential structure, whether or not insured or
   11  guaranteed by the United  States  of  America  or  any  agency  thereof,
   12  provided,  however,  that such second lien: (a) secures a loan purchased
   13  by the agency, and (b) is made at the same time as a first lien securing
   14  a loan purchased by the agency pursuant to its programs or by a  govern-
   15  ment  sponsored  enterprise or is made at the same time as a new housing
   16  loan purchased by the agency pursuant  to  section  twenty-four  hundred
   17  five-c of this part[, provided that, in]. THE TERM "MORTGAGE" SHALL ALSO
   18  INCLUDE  LOANS  MADE BY THE AGENCY AND SECURED BY A SECOND LIEN ON A FEE
   19  SIMPLE OR LEASEHOLD ESTATE IN REAL PROPERTY LOCATED  IN  THE  STATE  AND
   20  IMPROVED  BY  A RESIDENTIAL STRUCTURE, WHETHER OR NOT INSURED OR GUARAN-
   21  TEED BY THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA OR  ANY  AGENCY  THEREOF,  PROVIDED
   22  HOWEVER,  THAT  THE  LOAN  MADE BY THE AGENCY AND SECURED BY SUCH SECOND
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                  LBD09086-02-3
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    1  LIEN IS MADE AT THE SAME TIME AS A FIRST LIEN SECURING A  MORTGAGE  LOAN
    2  PURCHASED  BY  THE  AGENCY  PURSUANT  TO ITS PROGRAMS OR BY A GOVERNMENT
    3  SPONSORED ENTERPRISE. IN the case of any second lien PURCHASED  OR  MADE
    4  HEREUNDER,  the  mortgagor  shall be obligated to contribute from his or
    5  her own verifiable funds an amount not less than such percentage as  the
    6  agency  shall determine, of the lower of the purchase price or appraised
    7  value of the property subject to the first lien. "Real property" as used
    8  in this subdivision shall include air rights.
    9    For the purposes of this title and of section one hundred  ninety  and
   10  subsection (a) of section one thousand four hundred fifty-six of the tax
   11  law, "mortgage" shall include housing loans as defined below. Except for
   12  the  purposes  of subdivision seven of section two thousand four hundred
   13  five and subdivision eight of section two thousand four  hundred  five-b
   14  of  this part, "mortgage" shall also include a loan owed to a bank by an
   15  individual borrower incurred for the purpose of financing  the  purchase
   16  of  certificates  of stock or other evidence of ownership of an interest
   17  in, and a proprietary lease  from,  a  cooperative  housing  corporation
   18  formed  for the purpose of the cooperative ownership of residential real
   19  estate in the state, secured by an assignment or transfer of  the  bene-
   20  fits of such cooperative ownership, and containing such terms and condi-
   21  tions as the agency may approve.
   22    S  2.  Subdivision 5 of section 2402 of the public authorities law, as
   23  amended by section 2 of chapter 208 of the laws of 2010, is  amended  to
   24  read as follows:
   25    (5) "Mortgage". A loan owed to a bank secured by a first lien on a fee
   26  simple  or  leasehold  estate  in real property located in the state and
   27  improved by a residential structure, whether or not insured  or  guaran-
   28  teed  by  the  United  States of America or any agency thereof. The term
   29  "mortgage" shall also include a loan owed to a bank secured by a  second
   30  lien on a fee simple or leasehold estate in real property located in the
   31  state and improved by a residential structure, whether or not insured or
   32  guaranteed  by  the  United  States  of  America  or any agency thereof,
   33  provided, however, that such second lien: (a) secures a  loan  purchased
   34  by the agency, and (b) is made at the same time as a first lien securing
   35  a  loan purchased by the agency pursuant to its programs or by a govern-
   36  ment sponsored enterprise or is made at the same time as a  new  housing
   37  loan  purchased  by  the  agency pursuant to section twenty-four hundred
   38  five-c of this part[, provided that, in]. THE TERM "MORTGAGE" SHALL ALSO
   39  INCLUDE LOANS MADE BY THE AGENCY AND SECURED BY A SECOND LIEN ON  A  FEE
   40  SIMPLE  OR  LEASEHOLD  ESTATE  IN REAL PROPERTY LOCATED IN THE STATE AND
   41  IMPROVED BY A RESIDENTIAL STRUCTURE, WHETHER OR NOT INSURED  OR  GUARAN-
   42  TEED  BY  THE  UNITED  STATES OF AMERICA OR ANY AGENCY THEREOF, PROVIDED
   43  HOWEVER, THAT THE LOAN MADE BY THE AGENCY AND  SECURED  BY  SUCH  SECOND
   44  LIEN  IS  MADE AT THE SAME TIME AS A FIRST LIEN SECURING A MORTGAGE LOAN
   45  PURCHASED BY THE AGENCY PURSUANT TO ITS  PROGRAMS  OR  BY  A  GOVERNMENT
   46  SPONSORED  ENTERPRISE.  IN the case of any second lien PURCHASED OR MADE
   47  HEREUNDER, the mortgagor shall be obligated to contribute  from  his  or
   48  her  own verifiable funds an amount not less than such percentage as the
   49  agency shall determine, of the lower of the purchase price or  appraised
   50  value of the property subject to the first lien. "Real property" as used
   51  in this subdivision shall include air rights.
   52    Except  for  the purposes of subdivision seven of section two thousand
   53  four hundred five of this part, "mortgage" shall  also  include  a  loan
   54  owed  to  a  bank  by an individual borrower incurred for the purpose of
   55  financing the purchase of certificates of stock  or  other  evidence  of
   56  ownership of an interest in, and a proprietary lease from, a cooperative
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    1  housing  corporation formed for the purpose of the cooperative ownership
    2  of residential real estate in the state, secured  by  an  assignment  or
    3  transfer  of  the benefits of such cooperative ownership, and containing
    4  such terms and conditions as the agency may approve.
    5    S  3.  Subdivision 5 of section 2402 of the public authorities law, as
    6  amended by chapter 432 of the laws  of  2009,  is  amended  to  read  as
    7  follows:
    8    (5) "Mortgage". A loan owed to a bank secured by a first lien on a fee
    9  simple  or  leasehold  estate  in real property located in the state and
   10  improved by a residential structure, whether or not insured  or  guaran-
   11  teed  by  the  United  States of America or any agency thereof. The term
   12  "mortgage" shall also include a loan owed to a bank secured by a  second
   13  lien on a fee simple or leasehold estate in real property located in the
   14  state and improved by a residential structure, whether or not insured or
   15  guaranteed  by  the  United  States  of  America  or any agency thereof,
   16  provided, however, that such second lien: (a) secures a  loan  purchased
   17  by the agency, and (b) is made at the same time as a first lien securing
   18  a  loan  purchased  by the agency pursuant to its programs or is made at
   19  the same time as a new housing loan purchased by the agency pursuant  to
   20  section  twenty-four  hundred  five-c of this part[, provided that, in].
   21  THE TERM "MORTGAGE" SHALL ALSO INCLUDE LOANS  MADE  BY  THE  AGENCY  AND
   22  SECURED  BY  A  SECOND  LIEN ON A FEE SIMPLE OR LEASEHOLD ESTATE IN REAL
   23  PROPERTY LOCATED IN THE STATE AND IMPROVED BY A  RESIDENTIAL  STRUCTURE,
   24  WHETHER  OR NOT INSURED OR GUARANTEED BY THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA OR
   25  ANY AGENCY THEREOF, PROVIDED HOWEVER, THAT THE LOAN MADE BY  THE  AGENCY
   26  AND SECURED BY SUCH SECOND LIEN IS MADE AT THE SAME TIME AS A FIRST LIEN
   27  SECURING  A  MORTGAGE  LOAN  PURCHASED  BY  THE  AGENCY  PURSUANT TO ITS
   28  PROGRAMS OR BY A GOVERNMENT SPONSORED ENTERPRISE. IN  the  case  of  any
   29  second  lien, the mortgagor shall be obligated to contribute from his or
   30  her own verifiable funds an amount not less than such percentage as  the
   31  agency  shall determine, of the lower of the purchase price or appraised
   32  value of the property subject to the first lien. "Real property" as used
   33  in this subdivision shall include air rights.
   34    Except for the purposes of subdivision seven of section  two  thousand
   35  four  hundred  five  of  this part, "mortgage" shall also include a loan
   36  owed to a bank by an individual borrower incurred  for  the  purpose  of
   37  financing  the  purchase  of  certificates of stock or other evidence of
   38  ownership of an interest in, and a proprietary lease from, a cooperative
   39  housing corporation formed for the purpose of the cooperative  ownership
   40  of  residential  real  estate  in the state, secured by an assignment or
   41  transfer of the benefits of such cooperative ownership,  and  containing
   42  such terms and conditions as the agency may approve.
   43    S  4. Subdivision 17 of section 2402 of the public authorities law, as
   44  added by chapter 208 of the laws of 2010, is amended to read as follows:
   45    (17) "Government sponsored  enterprises".  Privately  owned,  publicly
   46  chartered  entities, AND WHOLLY-OWNED CORPORATE INSTRUMENTALITIES OF THE
   47  UNITED STATES WITHIN THE DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING  AND  URBAN  DEVELOPMENT,
   48  CREATED  PURSUANT  TO  12  USC 1717(A)(2)(A), ALL created by Congress to
   49  encourage lending and reduce costs primarily in the  housing  sector  of
   50  the economy.
   51    S  5. Subdivision 30 of section 2404 of the public authorities law, as
   52  renumbered by chapter 229 of the laws of 2007, is renumbered subdivision
   53  31 and a new subdivision 30 is added to read as follows:
   54    (30) TO MAKE LOANS SECURED BY MORTGAGES SECURED BY A SECOND LIEN ON  A
   55  FEE SIMPLE OR LEASEHOLD ESTATE IN REAL PROPERTY LOCATED IN THE STATE AND
   56  IMPROVED  BY  A RESIDENTIAL STRUCTURE, WHETHER OR NOT INSURED OR GUARAN-
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    1  TEED BY THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA OR  ANY  AGENCY  THEREOF,  PROVIDED
    2  HOWEVER,  THAT  THE  LOAN  MADE BY THE AGENCY AND SECURED BY SUCH SECOND
    3  LIEN IS MADE AT THE SAME TIME AS A FIRST LIEN SECURING A  MORTGAGE  LOAN
    4  PURCHASED  BY  THE  AGENCY  PURSUANT  TO ITS PROGRAMS OR BY A GOVERNMENT
    5  SPONSORED ENTERPRISE.
    6    S 6. This act shall take effect immediately, provided that the  amend-
    7  ments  to  subdivision  5  of section 2402 of the public authorities law
    8  made by section one of this act shall be subject to the  expiration  and
    9  reversion  of  such subdivision pursuant to section 16 of chapter 915 of
   10  the laws of 1982, as amended, when upon  such  date  the  provisions  of
   11  section  two  of  this act shall take effect; provided further, that the
   12  amendments to subdivision 5 of section 2402 of  the  public  authorities
   13  law  made  by section two of this act shall be subject to the expiration
   14  and reversion of such subdivision pursuant to section 4 of  chapter  208
   15  of  the  laws  of 2010 as amended, when upon such date the provisions of
   16  section three of this act shall take effect; provided further, that  the
   17  amendments  to  subdivision  17  of section 2402 made by section four of
   18  this act shall not affect the repeal of such subdivision  and  shall  be
   19  deemed repealed therewith.
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