Bill Text: NY S06410 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Introduced


Bill Title: Relates to powers of the New York state housing finance agency and the state of New York mortgage agency; extends certain provisions.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Passed) 2019-07-27 - SIGNED CHAP.127 [S06410 Detail]

Download: New_York-2019-S06410-Introduced.html



                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________

                                          6410

                               2019-2020 Regular Sessions

                    IN SENATE

                                      June 7, 2019
                                       ___________

        Introduced  by  Sen. KAVANAGH -- (at request of the New York State Homes
          and Community Renewal) -- read twice and  ordered  printed,  and  when
          printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules

        AN  ACT  to  amend  the  private housing finance law, in relation to the
          powers of the New York state housing finance agency, with relation  to
          an  increase  in  bond and note authorization; to amend chapter 514 of
          the laws of 1983 amending the private housing finance law and the real
          property tax law relating to the powers of the New York state  housing
          finance agency to finance certain multi-family housing and chapter 396
          of  the laws of 1984, amending the private housing finance law and the
          real property tax law relating to the powers of  the  New  York  state
          housing  finance  agency  to  finance certain multi-family housing, in
          relation to the effectiveness of such chapters; to amend  chapter  915
          of  the  laws of 1982 amending the public authorities law, relating to
          the powers of the state of New York mortgage agency,  in  relation  to
          the  effective  date  thereof; to amend the public authorities law, in
          relation to the powers of the state of New York  mortgage  agency;  to
          amend  chapter 555 of the laws of 1989 amending the public authorities
          law and other laws relating to establishing a New York  state  infras-
          tructure  trust  fund,  in  relation to the effective date thereof; to
          amend chapter 172 of the laws of 2002, amending the public authorities
          law relating to the powers of the state of New York  mortgage  agency,
          in  relation to extending the provisions thereof; to amend chapter 208
          of the laws of 2010 amending the public authorities  law  relating  to
          the  powers  of  the state of New York mortgage agency, in relation to
          extending the provisions thereof; and to amend chapter 246 of the laws
          of 2010 amending the public authorities law relating to the powers  of
          the  state  of  New York mortgage agency, in relation to extending the
          provisions thereof

          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:

         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD09487-01-9

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     1    Section 1. Paragraph (c) of subdivision 1 of section 47 of the private
     2  housing  finance  law,  as amended by chapter 89 of the laws of 2017, is
     3  amended to read as follows:
     4    (c)  The  agency  shall  not  issue  bonds  and notes other than state
     5  university construction bonds and state university  construction  notes,
     6  hospital  and  nursing  home project bonds and hospital and nursing home
     7  project notes, health facilities  bonds  and  health  facilities  notes,
     8  youth  facilities  project  bonds  and  youth  facilities project notes,
     9  community mental health services and mental retardation services project
    10  bonds and  community  mental  health  services  and  mental  retardation
    11  services project notes, community senior citizens services project notes
    12  or  community  senior citizens services project bonds and mental hygiene
    13  improvement bonds and mental hygiene improvement  notes  and  bonds  and
    14  notes  for  the  housing program for any of its corporate purposes in an
    15  aggregate principal amount exceeding  [twenty-six]  twenty-nine  billion
    16  [seven]  two  hundred  eighty million dollars, excluding bonds and notes
    17  issued to refund outstanding bonds and notes.
    18    § 2. Section 6 of chapter 514  of  the  laws  of  1983,  amending  the
    19  private  housing  finance  law and the real property tax law relating to
    20  the powers of the New York  state  housing  finance  agency  to  finance
    21  certain  multi-family  housing,  as amended by chapter 89 of the laws of
    22  2017, is amended to read as follows:
    23    § 6. This act shall take effect immediately and shall remain  in  full
    24  force  and  effect  until July 23, [2019] 2021 at which time it shall be
    25  repealed.
    26    § 3. Section 7 of chapter 396  of  the  laws  of  1984,  amending  the
    27  private  housing  finance  law and the real property tax law relating to
    28  the powers of the New York  state  housing  finance  agency  to  finance
    29  certain  multi-family  housing,  as amended by chapter 89 of the laws of
    30  2017, is amended to read as follows:
    31    § 7. This act shall take effect immediately, except that sections one,
    32  three, four, five and six of this act shall remain  in  full  force  and
    33  effect  until  July 23, [2019] 2021 at which time such sections shall be
    34  repealed.
    35    § 4. Section 16 of chapter 915 of the laws of 1982 amending the public
    36  authorities law relating to the powers of the state of New York mortgage
    37  agency, as amended by chapter 89 of the laws of 2017, is amended to read
    38  as follows:
    39    § 16. This act shall take effect immediately except  that  the  amend-
    40  ments  to  law  effected  by  sections  one  through ten of this act, as
    41  amended, shall cease to be of force and effect on  and  after  July  23,
    42  [2019]  2021, on which date the provisions of the public authorities law
    43  amended by such sections shall be as they were in force and effect imme-
    44  diately prior to this act taking effect.
    45    § 5. Section 2407 of the public authorities law, as amended by chapter
    46  89 of the laws of 2017, is amended to read as follows:
    47    § 2407. Bond limits. (1) Except for notes issued in  nineteen  hundred
    48  seventy  and  nineteen  hundred  seventy-one, the agency shall not issue
    49  bonds and notes, the interest on which is  not  included  in  the  gross
    50  income  of  the  holders  of the bonds and notes under the United States
    51  Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, or any subsequent correspond-
    52  ing internal revenue law of the United States, in an aggregate principal
    53  amount exceeding ten billion two hundred twenty million dollars, exclud-
    54  ing from such limitation (a) an  amount  equal  to  any  original  issue
    55  discount  from  the  principal  amount of any bonds or notes issued, (b)
    56  bonds and notes issued to refund outstanding bonds and  notes,  and  (c)

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     1  bonds  and  notes  not  described  in  paragraph (b) of this subdivision
     2  issued to refund outstanding bonds and  notes  in  accordance  with  the
     3  provisions of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 or the Tax Reform Act of
     4  1986,  as  amended,  where  such  bonds or notes are not included in the
     5  statewide volume cap on private purpose bonds under section 146 of  such
     6  code  provided,  however, that upon any refunding pursuant to this para-
     7  graph or paragraph (b) of this subdivision, such exclusion  shall  apply
     8  only  to the extent that the amount of the refunding bonds or notes does
     9  not exceed (i) the outstanding amount of the refunded  bonds  or  notes,
    10  plus  (ii)  to the extent permitted by applicable federal tax law, costs
    11  of issuance of the refunding bonds or notes  to  be  financed  from  the
    12  proceeds of the refunding bonds or notes.  No such bond or note shall be
    13  issued  by the agency on or after July twenty-third, two thousand [nine-
    14  teen] twenty-one, excluding bonds and notes issued to refund outstanding
    15  bonds and notes. No more than [five hundred million] one billion dollars
    16  of proceeds of bonds or notes issued by  the  agency  pursuant  to  this
    17  subdivision  shall  be  used  for  mortgage  purposes  by  blending with
    18  proceeds of bonds issued pursuant to subdivision two of this section.
    19    (2) In connection with the  issuance  of  bonds  for  the  purpose  of
    20  furthering programs described in this title, the agency is authorized to
    21  covenant  and  consent  that  the interest on any of its bonds, notes or
    22  other obligations shall be includable, under the United States  Internal
    23  Revenue  Code of 1986, as amended or any subsequent corresponding inter-
    24  nal revenue law of the United States, in the gross income of the holders
    25  of the bonds to the same extent and in the same manner that the interest
    26  on bills, bonds, notes or other obligations  of  the  United  States  is
    27  includable  in the gross income of the holders thereof under said Inter-
    28  nal Revenue Code or any such subsequent law. Pursuant to  this  subdivi-
    29  sion, the agency shall not issue bonds, notes or other obligations in an
    30  aggregate principal amount exceeding one billion dollars, excluding from
    31  such  limitation  bonds,  notes  or  other  obligations issued to refund
    32  outstanding bonds, notes or other obligations. No  such  bond,  note  or
    33  other  obligation shall be issued by the agency on or after July twenty-
    34  third, two thousand [nineteen] twenty-one,  excluding  bonds,  notes  or
    35  other  obligations  issued  to  refund outstanding bonds, notes or other
    36  obligations and no mortgages shall be purchased  with  the  proceeds  of
    37  such  bonds,  notes  or  other obligations after such date. The board of
    38  directors of the agency shall establish program guidelines for  purposes
    39  of  bonds,  notes  or other obligations issued pursuant to this subdivi-
    40  sion. The board of directors shall establish from time to  time  maximum
    41  income  limits  of  persons  eligible  to  receive mortgages financed by
    42  bonds, notes or other obligations issued pursuant to  this  subdivision,
    43  which  income  limits  with  respect to one-third of the total principal
    44  amount of mortgages authorized to be so financed shall  not  exceed  one
    45  hundred  twenty-five percent of the latest maximum income limits permit-
    46  ted under the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, for  mortgagors
    47  financed  by  mortgage  revenue bonds, with respect to one-third of such
    48  principal amount authorized to be so  financed,  shall  not  exceed  one
    49  hundred  thirty-five  percent of such income limits, and with respect to
    50  one-third of such principal amount authorized to be so  financed,  shall
    51  not  exceed  one  hundred  fifty  percent  of such limits, provided that
    52  notwithstanding the foregoing, the  maximum  income  limits  of  persons
    53  eligible to receive mortgages financed by the agency under its neighbor-
    54  hood revitalization program (and any successor program) shall not exceed
    55  one  hundred fifty percent of the latest maximum income limits permitted

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     1  under the Internal Revenue Code of  1986,  as  amended,  for  mortgagors
     2  financed by mortgage revenue bonds.
     3    (3)  The fixing of the statutory maximums in this section shall not be
     4  construed as constituting a contract between the agency and the  holders
     5  of  its bonds or notes that additional bonds and notes may not be issued
     6  subsequently by the agency in the event  that  such  statutory  maximums
     7  shall subsequently be increased by law.
     8    § 6. Section 19 of chapter 555 of the laws of 1989 amending the public
     9  authorities law and other laws relating to establishing a New York state
    10  infrastructure trust fund, as amended by chapter 89 of the laws of 2017,
    11  is amended to read as follows:
    12    §  19.  This  act shall take effect immediately and shall be deemed to
    13  have been in full force and effect on and after June 15,  1989  provided
    14  that  the  amendments  to  law effected by sections six and nine through
    15  seventeen of this act, as amended, shall cease to be of force and effect
    16  on and after July 23, [2019] 2021, on which date the provisions  of  the
    17  public authorities law amended by such sections shall be as they were in
    18  force  and  effect  immediately  prior  to  this  act taking effect, and
    19  provided however that the amendments to law effected by sections six and
    20  nine through seventeen of this act, as amended, shall continue to  apply
    21  to  all commitments issued or policies or development corporation credit
    22  support in force on or before July 23, [2019] 2021, and provided further
    23  that the amendments to section 2429-b of the public authorities law made
    24  by section 13 of chapter 3 of  the  laws  of  2004  which  amended  this
    25  section shall not cease to be of force and effect prior to the time that
    26  full  payment  of all development corporation credit support obligations
    27  has been made or provided for.
    28    § 7. Section 2 of chapter 172 of the laws of 2002 amending the  public
    29  authorities law relating to the powers of the state of New York mortgage
    30  agency, as amended by chapter 89 of the laws of 2017, is amended to read
    31  as follows:
    32    §  2.  This act shall take effect immediately and shall remain in full
    33  force and effect until July 23, [2019] 2021,  whereupon  such  date  the
    34  provisions of this act shall expire and be deemed repealed.
    35    §  8. Section 4 of chapter 208 of the laws of 2010 amending the public
    36  authorities law relating to the powers of the state of New York mortgage
    37  agency, as amended by chapter 89 of the laws of 2017, is amended to read
    38  as follows:
    39    § 4. This act shall take effect immediately, provided that the  amend-
    40  ments  to  subdivision  5  of section 2402 of the public authorities law
    41  made by section one of this act shall be subject to the  expiration  and
    42  reversion  of  such subdivision pursuant to section 16 of chapter 915 of
    43  the laws of 1982, as amended, when upon  such  date  the  provisions  of
    44  section  two  of  this act shall take effect; further provided that this
    45  act shall expire and be deemed repealed July 23, [2019] 2021.
    46    § 9. Section 5 of chapter 246 of the laws of 2010 amending the  public
    47  authorities law relating to the powers of the state of New York mortgage
    48  agency, as amended by chapter 89 of the laws of 2017, is amended to read
    49  as follows:
    50    §  5.  This  act shall take effect immediately and shall expire and be
    51  deemed repealed  on and after July 23, [2019] 2021;  provided,  however,
    52  that the amendments to paragraph (c) of subdivision 8 of section 2428 of
    53  the  public  authorities  law  made by section two of this act shall not
    54  affect the expiration of such subdivision and shall be deemed to  expire
    55  therewith.
    56    § 10. This act shall take effect immediately.
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