Bill Text: NY S07178 | 2011-2012 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relates to the method of payment on delinquent real property taxes, sewer rents, sewer surcharges, water rents, or any other charges that are made a lien; requires certified check or money order.

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2012-05-01 - REFERRED TO CITIES [S07178 Detail]

Download: New_York-2011-S07178-Introduced.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         7178
                                   I N  S E N A T E
                                      May 1, 2012
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       Introduced  by  Sen.  AVELLA -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
         printed to be committed to the Committee on Cities
       AN ACT to amend the administrative code of the  city  of  New  York,  in
         relation  to  the method of payment on delinquent real property taxes,
         sewer rents, sewer surcharges, water rents, or any other charges  that
         are made a lien
         THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section 1. Paragraph 2 of subdivision  b  of  section  11-322  of  the
    2  administrative  code  of  the  city  of  New York, as added by local law
    3  number 15 of the city of New York for the year 2011, is amended to  read
    4  as follows:
    5    2. An installment agreement shall provide for payments by the property
    6  owner  on  a quarterly or monthly basis, in the discretion of the appro-
    7  priate commissioner, for a period not less than eight years and not more
    8  than ten years, provided that a property owner may elect a  period  less
    9  than eight years. There shall be no down payment required upon the prop-
   10  erty owner's entering into the installment agreement with the respective
   11  department, but the property owner may elect to make a down payment. ANY
   12  PAYMENT BY THE PROPERTY OWNER PURSUANT TO SUCH AN AGREEMENT MUST BE MADE
   13  BY CERTIFIED CHECK OR BY MONEY ORDER.
   14    S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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