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                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                         5207--B
            Cal. No. 842
 
                               2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                    IN SENATE
 
                                    February 27, 2023
                                       ___________
 
        Introduced  by Sens. SKOUFIS, BRESLIN, HINCHEY -- read twice and ordered
          printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on  Finance
          -- reported favorably 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 -- again amended and
          ordered reprinted, retaining its place in the order of third reading
 
        AN ACT to amend the general municipal law, in  relation  to  authorizing
          certain municipalities to establish an emergency repair pilot program;
          and providing for the repeal of such provisions upon expiration there-
          of
 
          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
 
     1    Section 1. The general municipal  law  is  amended  by  adding  a  new
     2  section 99-z to read as follows:
     3    §  99-z. Emergency repair pilot program. Subject to appropriation, the
     4  secretary of state, with assistance from the  division  of  housing  and
     5  community  renewal,  shall  establish a pilot program with participating
     6  municipalities for an emergency repair program. The secretary  of  state
     7  shall  only  allow municipalities designated as a city to participate in
     8  such pilot program. The emergency repair program shall require a munici-
     9  pality that has elected to participate in the program to enact  a  local
    10  law  to  enable  the  municipality  to repair immediately hazardous code
    11  violations in buildings where the owner has not undertaken such  repairs
    12  in  a  reasonable  time.  The municipality shall bill the owner for such
    13  repair costs.  The department of state, in conjunction with the division
    14  of housing and  community  renewal,  shall,  as  appropriation  permits,
    15  provide  technical  assistance to participating municipalities to ensure
    16  successful implementation of the local  law  required  pursuant  to  the
    17  pilot  program.    Additionally, the secretary of state, with assistance
    18  from the division of housing and  community  renewal,  shall  prepare  a
    19  model  local  law that municipalities may adopt to satisfy the local law
 
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD05810-05-3
        S. 5207--B                          2
 
     1  requirement of the pilot program. Such local law shall be  published  on
     2  the  websites of the department of state and the division of housing and
     3  community renewal.  Furthermore, the secretary of state, in  conjunction
     4  with  the division of housing and community renewal, shall file a report
     5  annually to evaluate the effectiveness of  the  emergency  repair  pilot
     6  program with the legislature and the governor. Such report shall include
     7  recommendations as to whether the program shall be continued or modified
     8  in  any  way and the reasons therefor.  Nothing in this section shall be
     9  applied to a residential dwelling  that  is  owner-occupied  or  is  the
    10  primary  residence  of a homeowner. The secretary of state shall promul-
    11  gate rules and regulations to implement the provisions  of this section.
    12    § 2. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day  after  it  shall
    13  have become a law and shall expire and be deemed repealed May 1, 2027.