Bill Text: NY S04909 | 2015-2016 | General Assembly | Amended
Bill Title: Relates to method of collection of charges by the Suffolk county water authority.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: (Passed) 2016-09-29 - SIGNED CHAP.363 [S04909 Detail]
Download: New_York-2015-S04909-Amended.html
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 4909--B Cal. No. 247 2015-2016 Regular Sessions IN SENATE April 23, 2015 ___________ Introduced by Sens. CROCI, BOYLE -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Corporations, Author- ities and Commissions -- recommitted to the Committee on Corporations, Authorities and Commissions in accordance with Senate Rule 6, sec. 8 -- 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 public authorities law,in relation to method of collection of charges by the Suffolk county water authority The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. The public authorities law is amended by adding a new 2 section 1078-f to read as follows: 3 § 1078-f. Charges by authority; method of collection. All rates, fees 4 and other charges for the use or availability of the facilities or 5 services or commodities provided or made available by the authority and 6 billed directly by the authority to the user or service recipient pursu- 7 ant to a classification of person adopted by the authority as herein 8 provided shall be a lien upon the real property upon which, or in 9 connection with which, services are provided or are made available, as 10 and from the first date fixed for a payment of such rates, fees and 11 other charges. Any such lien shall take precedence over all other liens, 12 or encumbrances, except taxes or assessments. The chief financial offi- 13 cer of the authority shall prepare and transmit to the receiver of taxes 14 and assessments, on or before the first day of November in each year, a 15 list of those properties using such facilities or for which such facili- 16 ties, services or commodities were provided or made available and from 17 which the payment of rates, fees and other charges are in arrears for a 18 period of ninety days or more after the last day fixed for payment of 19 such rates, fees and other charges without penalty. The list shall EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD10191-06-6S. 4909--B 2 1 contain a brief description of such properties, the names of the persons 2 or corporations liable to pay for the same, and the amount chargeable to 3 each, including penalties and interest, as applicable, computed to 4 December thirty-first of that year. The receiver of taxes and assess- 5 ments shall levy such sums against the properties liable and shall state 6 the amount thereof in a separate column in the annual tax rolls of the 7 county under the heading "water charge." Such amounts, excluding penal- 8 ties and interest imposed by the county when collected by the county 9 collector or receivers of taxes, shall be paid over to the chief finan- 10 cial officer of the authority. County imposed penalties and interest 11 shall be retained by the county collector or receiver of taxes which 12 shall become a part of the general funds of the county. All of the 13 provisions of the tax law of the state governing enforcement and 14 collection of unpaid taxes or assessments for special improvements not 15 inconsistent herewith shall apply to the collection of such unpaid 16 rates, rentals, fees and other charges. 17 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
