Bill Text: NY S06414 | 2017-2018 | 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 (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-06-21 - SUBSTITUTED BY A8259 [S06414 Detail]

Download: New_York-2017-S06414-Introduced.html


                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          6414
                               2017-2018 Regular Sessions
                    IN SENATE
                                      May 17, 2017
                                       ___________
        Introduced  by  Sen.  LITTLE -- (at request of the Division of Housing &
          Community Renewal) -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed
          to be committed to the Committee on Housing, Construction and Communi-
          ty Development
        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.
                                                                   LBD09943-01-7

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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 163 of the laws of  2016,  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-four]  twenty-six  billion
    16  [two]  seven  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 85 of the laws of
    22  2015, 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, [2017] 2019 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  mutli-family  housing,  as amended by chapter 85 of the laws of
    30  2015, is amended 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, [2017] 2019 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 85 of the laws of 2015, 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  [2017]  2019, 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  85 of the laws of 2015, subdivision 2 as amended by chapter 163  of  the
    47  laws of 2016, is amended to read as follows:
    48    §  2407.  Bond limits. (1) Except for notes issued in nineteen hundred
    49  seventy and nineteen hundred seventy-one, the  agency  shall  not  issue
    50  bonds  and  notes,  the  interest  on which is not included in the gross
    51  income of the holders of the bonds and notes  under  the  United  States
    52  Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, or any subsequent correspond-
    53  ing internal revenue law of the United States, in an aggregate principal
    54  amount exceeding ten billion two hundred twenty million dollars, exclud-
    55  ing  from  such  limitation  (a)  an  amount equal to any original issue
    56  discount from the principal amount of any bonds  or  notes  issued,  (b)

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     1  bonds  and  notes  issued to refund outstanding bonds and notes, and (c)
     2  bonds and notes not described  in  paragraph  (b)  of  this  subdivision
     3  issued  to  refund  outstanding  bonds  and notes in accordance with the
     4  provisions of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 or the Tax Reform Act of
     5  1986,  as  amended,  where  such  bonds or notes are not included in the
     6  statewide volume cap on private purpose bonds under section 146 of  such
     7  code  provided,  however, that upon any refunding pursuant to this para-
     8  graph or paragraph (b) of this subdivision, such exclusion  shall  apply
     9  only  to the extent that the amount of the refunding bonds or notes does
    10  not exceed (i) the outstanding amount of the refunded  bonds  or  notes,
    11  plus  (ii)  to the extent permitted by applicable federal tax law, costs
    12  of issuance of the refunding bonds or notes  to  be  financed  from  the
    13  proceeds of the refunding bonds or notes.  No such bond or note shall be
    14  issued by the agency on or after July twenty-third, two thousand [seven-
    15  teen]  nineteen,  excluding bonds and notes issued to refund outstanding
    16  bonds and notes. No more than five hundred million dollars  of  proceeds
    17  of  bonds  or  notes  issued  by the agency pursuant to this subdivision
    18  shall be used for mortgage purposes by blending with proceeds  of  bonds
    19  issued pursuant to subdivision two of this section.
    20    (2)  In  connection  with  the  issuance  of  bonds for the purpose of
    21  furthering programs described in this title, the agency is authorized to
    22  covenant and consent that the interest on any of  its  bonds,  notes  or
    23  other  obligations shall be includable, under the United States Internal
    24  Revenue Code of 1986, as amended or any subsequent corresponding  inter-
    25  nal revenue law of the United States, in the gross income of the holders
    26  of the bonds to the same extent and in the same manner that the interest
    27  on  bills,  bonds,  notes  or  other obligations of the United States is
    28  includable in the gross income of the holders thereof under said  Inter-
    29  nal  Revenue  Code or any such subsequent law. Pursuant to this subdivi-
    30  sion, the agency shall not issue bonds, notes or other obligations in an
    31  aggregate principal amount exceeding one billion dollars, excluding from
    32  such limitation bonds, notes  or  other  obligations  issued  to  refund
    33  outstanding  bonds,  notes  or  other obligations. No such bond, note or
    34  other obligation shall be issued by the agency on or after July  twenty-
    35  third,  two  thousand  [seventeen]  nineteen,  excluding bonds, notes or
    36  other obligations issued to refund outstanding  bonds,  notes  or  other
    37  obligations  and  no  mortgages  shall be purchased with the proceeds of
    38  such bonds, notes or other obligations after such  date.  The  board  of
    39  directors  of the agency shall establish program guidelines for purposes
    40  of bonds, notes or other obligations issued pursuant  to  this  subdivi-
    41  sion.  The  board of directors shall establish from time to time maximum
    42  income limits of persons  eligible  to  receive  mortgages  financed  by
    43  bonds,  notes  or other obligations issued pursuant to this subdivision,
    44  which income limits with respect to one-third  of  the  total  principal
    45  amount  of  mortgages  authorized to be so financed shall not exceed one
    46  hundred twenty-five percent of the latest maximum income limits  permit-
    47  ted  under the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, for mortgagors
    48  financed by mortgage revenue bonds, with respect to  one-third  of  such
    49  principal  amount  authorized  to  be  so financed, shall not exceed one
    50  hundred thirty-five percent of such income limits, and with  respect  to
    51  one-third  of  such principal amount authorized to be so financed, shall
    52  not exceed one hundred fifty  percent  of  such  limits,  provided  that
    53  notwithstanding  the  foregoing,  the  maximum  income limits of persons
    54  eligible to receive mortgages financed by the agency under its neighbor-
    55  hood revitalization program (and any successor program) shall not exceed
    56  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 85 of the laws of 2015,
    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, [2017] 2019, 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, [2017] 2019, 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 85 of the laws of 2015, 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, [2017] 2019,  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 85 of the laws of 2015, 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, [2017] 2019.
    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 85 of the laws of 2015, 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, [2017] 2019;  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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