Bill Text: NY S05528 | 2013-2014 | General Assembly | Introduced

New York Senate Bill 5528 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: Relates to the administration of federal rental assistance programs by community development corporations.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2014-01-08 - REFERRED TO HOUSING, CONSTRUCTION AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT [S05528 Detail]

Download: New_York-2013-S05528-Introduced.html

                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         5528
                              2013-2014 Regular Sessions
                                   I N  S E N A T E
                                     May 16, 2013
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       Introduced  by  Sen.  ZELDIN -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
         printed to be committed to the Committee on Housing, Construction  and
         Community Development
       AN  ACT  to  amend  the  private housing finance law, in relation to the
         administration of federal  rental  assistance  programs  by  community
         development corporations
         THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section 1. Section 254 of the private housing finance law  is  amended
    2  by adding a new subdivision 4 to read as follows:
    3    4.  WHERE A COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION ADMINISTERS A PROGRAM OF
    4  FEDERAL RENTAL ASSISTANCE, SUCH CORPORATION SHALL FILE  WITH  THE  LOCAL
    5  BUILDING DEPARTMENT A VERIFIED STATEMENT IN A FORM TO BE PROVIDED BY THE
    6  LOCAL  BUILDING  DEPARTMENT THAT EACH SUCH RENTAL UNIT UNDER THE PROGRAM
    7  MEETS ALL APPLICABLE BUILDING CODES, ORDINANCES AND  REGULATIONS.    THE
    8  VERIFIED  STATEMENT  SHALL BE SIGNED BEFORE A NOTARY PUBLIC OF THE STATE
    9  AND SUCH SWORN STATEMENT SHALL BE FILED WITH THE LOCAL BUILDING  DEPART-
   10  MENT PRIOR TO ANY RENTAL ASSISTANCE PAYMENT BEING MADE. ONE YEAR FOLLOW-
   11  ING  THE DATE OF THE FIRST RENTAL ASSISTANCE PAYMENT FOR EACH TENANT AND
   12  EVERY YEAR THEREAFTER, THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION SHALL  FILE
   13  A  VERIFIED  STATEMENT THAT SAID BUILDING IS IN COMPLIANCE WITH BUILDING
   14  CODES, ORDINANCES AND REGULATIONS.   THE LOCAL  BUILDING  DEPARTMENT  IS
   15  HEREBY  AUTHORIZED  TO  INSPECT SUCH PREMISES TO INSURE THAT SUCH RENTAL
   16  UNIT IS IN COMPLIANCE WITH ALL APPLICABLE BUILDING CODES, ORDINANCES AND
   17  REGULATIONS, PRIOR TO THE FIRST RENTAL ASSISTANCE PAYMENT BEING MADE FOR
   18  ANY TENANT.  FAILURE TO COMPLY WITH THIS SECTION SHALL  BE  GROUNDS  FOR
   19  THE  STATE  TO  RESCIND  SUCH  CORPORATION'S AUTHORITY TO ADMINISTER THE
   20  PROGRAM UNLESS THE DEFECT IS REPAIRED  WITHIN  THIRTY  DAYS.    PROVIDED
   21  HOWEVER,  ANY  COMMUNITY  DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION NOT IN COMPLIANCE WITH
   22  THIS SECTION MUST BE GIVEN  WRITTEN  NOTIFICATION  OF  A  VIOLATION  AND
   23  NOTICE THAT THEIR FAILURE TO BRING THE UNIT INTO COMPLIANCE WITHIN THIR-
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                  LBD10819-03-3
       S. 5528                             2
    1  TY  DAYS CONSTITUTES GROUNDS FOR RESCINDING SUCH CORPORATION'S AUTHORITY
    2  TO ADMINISTER THE PROGRAM AT THAT PARTICULAR LOCATION.
    3    S  2.  This  act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall
    4  have become a law.