STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                         5834--A
                               2015-2016 Regular Sessions
                    IN SENATE
                                      June 5, 2015
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        Introduced  by  Sen.  FELDER -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
          printed to be committed to the Committee on Local Government -- recom-
          mitted to the Committee on Local Government in accordance with  Senate
          Rule  6,  sec.  8  --  committee  discharged,  bill  amended,  ordered
          reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee
        AN ACT to authorize Congregation Ginze Yosef to file an application  for
          exemption from water and sewer charges for certain assessment rolls
          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section 1. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary,
     2  the commissioner of  the  New  York  city  department  of  environmental
     3  protection is hereby authorized to accept from Congregation Ginze Yosef,
     4  a  not-for-profit  corporation,  an application for exemption from water
     5  and sewer charges pursuant to chapter  696  of  the  laws  of  1887,  as
     6  amended, for the fiscal years of 2009 through 2014, for the parcel owned
     7  by such corporation in the city of New York, borough of Brooklyn, desig-
     8  nated  as  block 6796, lot 56 in such borough. If accepted, the applica-
     9  tion shall be reviewed as if it had been received for fiscal years  2009
    10  through 2014.
    11    If satisfied that such corporation would otherwise be entitled to such
    12  exemption if such corporation had filed an application for exemption for
    13  fiscal  years  2009  through 2014, the commissioner of the New York city
    14  department of environmental protection, upon approval by the city  coun-
    15  cil  of  the  city  of  New York, may grant exemption from all water and
    16  sewer charges with respect to the subject water and  sewer  charges  due
    17  and  owing  by  such  corporation  on the effective date of this act and
    18  cancel charges, fines, penalties and interest remaining unpaid.
    19    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD11536-03-6