Bill Text: NY A09789 | 2015-2016 | General Assembly | Amended

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Bill Title: Authorizes Moses Jacobowitz Charitable Foundation, in the borough of Brooklyn of the city of New York, to file a retroactive application for exemption from water and sewer charges.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2016-05-24 - reported referred to ways and means [A09789 Detail]

Download: New_York-2015-A09789-Amended.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
                                         9789--B
                   IN ASSEMBLY
                                      April 8, 2016
                                       ___________
        Introduced by M. of A. LENTOL -- read once and referred to the Committee
          on  Real  Property  Taxation  --  committee  discharged, bill amended,
          ordered reprinted as amended and  recommitted  to  said  committee  --
          reference  changed to the Committee on Cities -- committee discharged,
          bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended  and  recommitted  to  said
          committee
        AN  ACT  to  authorize Moses Jacobowitz Charitable Foundation to file an
          application for exemption from water and sewer charges
          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section 1. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary,
     2  the  commissioner  of  the  New  York  city  department of environmental
     3  protection is hereby authorized to accept from Moses Jacobowitz Charita-
     4  ble  Foundation,  a  not-for-profit  corporation,  an  application   for
     5  exemption  from  water  and sewer charges pursuant to Chapter 696 of the
     6  laws of 1887, as amended, for the fiscal years of 2014 through 2015, for
     7  the parcel owned by such corporation in the city of New York, borough of
     8  Brooklyn, designated as block 1750, lot 21 in such borough. If accepted,
     9  the application shall be reviewed as if it had been received for  fiscal
    10  years 2014 through 2015.
    11    If satisfied that such corporation would otherwise be entitled to such
    12  exemption if such corporation had filed an application for exemption for
    13  fiscal  years  2014  through 2015, the commissioner of the New York city
    14  department of environmental protection, upon approval by the city  coun-
    15  cil  of  the  city  of  New York, may grant exemption from all water and
    16  sewer charges with respect to the subject water and  sewer  charges  due
    17  and  owing  by  such  corporation  on the effective date of this act and
    18  cancel charges, fines, penalties and interest remaining unpaid.
    19    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD14929-04-6