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 cash, debit card, credit card, certified check or money order.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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1576--A
Cal. No. 391
2017-2018 Regular Sessions
IN SENATE
January 10, 2017
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Introduced by Sen. AVELLA -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
printed to be committed to the Committee on Cities -- reported favora-
bly from said committee, ordered to first and second report, ordered
to a third reading, amended and ordered reprinted, retaining its place
in the order of third reading
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 amended by local law
3 number 4 of the city of New York for the year 2017, is amended to read
4 as follows:
5 2. An installment agreement shall provide for payments by the property
6 owner, or other eligible person acting on behalf of an owner, on a quar-
7 terly or monthly basis, for a period not less than eight years and not
8 more than ten years, provided that a property owner, or other eligible
9 person acting on behalf of an owner, may elect a period less than eight
10 years. Except as provided in paragraph one of this subdivision, there
11 shall be no down payment required upon the property owner's, or such
12 other eligible person's, entering into the installment agreement with
13 the respective department, but the property owner, or other eligible
14 person acting on behalf of an owner, may elect to make a down payment.
15 With respect to installment agreements with the commissioner of environ-
16 mental protection, the determination of whether payments shall be on a
17 quarterly or monthly basis shall be in the discretion of• such commis-
18 sioner, except as provided in paragraph three of this subdivision. With
19 respect to installment agreements with the commissioner of finance, the
20 determination of whether payments shall be on a quarterly or monthly
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
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1 basis shall be in the discretion of the property owner, or other eligi-
2 ble person acting on behalf of an owner. Any payment by the property
3 owner pursuant to such an agreement must be made by cash, debit card,
4 credit card, certified check or by money order. A payment by an eligible
5 person pursuant to such an agreement may be made by personal check to
6 the respective department, provided however that if such property shall
7 be subject to a lien sale pursuant to section 11-319 of this chapter it
8 must be made to the respective department seven business days prior to
9 such sale.
10 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
