Bill Text: NY A08851 | 2021-2022 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Directs the fee paid for issuing or reissuing a real estate broker or salesmen license to the anti-discrimination in housing fund.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2022-02-07 - substituted by s7731 [A08851 Detail]

Download: New_York-2021-A08851-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          8851

                   IN ASSEMBLY

                                    January 18, 2022
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        Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  JEAN-PIERRE -- read once and referred to the
          Committee on Judiciary

        AN ACT to amend the real property law, in relation to the fee  paid  for
          issuing  or reissuing a real estate broker or salesmen license; and to
          amend a chapter of the laws of 2021 amending  the  real  property  law
          relating  to adding a surcharge to the fee paid for issuing or reissu-
          ing a real estate broker or salesmen license, as proposed in  legisla-
          tive  bills  numbers S.  2133-A and A. 5363, in relation to the effec-
          tiveness thereof

          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:

     1    Section 1. Subdivision 1 of section 441-b of the real property law, as
     2  amended  by a chapter of the laws of 2021 amending the real property law
     3  relating to adding a surcharge to the fee paid for issuing or  reissuing
     4  a  real  estate  broker  or salesmen license, as proposed in legislative
     5  bills numbers S. 2133-A and A. 5363, is amended to read as follows:
     6    1. The fee for a license issued or reissued under  the  provisions  of
     7  this  article  entitling  a  person,  co-partnership,  limited liability
     8  company or corporation to act as a  real  estate  broker  shall  be  one
     9  hundred  fifty-five  dollars plus an additional thirty dollar surcharge.
    10  Such surcharge shall be collected by the department of state and  [paya-
    11  ble  to the office of the attorney general] deposited into the anti-dis-
    12  crimination in housing fund established pursuant to section eighty-a  of
    13  the  state  finance  law  to  be used for statewide fair housing testing
    14  efforts. The fee for a license issued or reissued under  the  provisions
    15  of  this  article  entitling  a  person to act as a real estate salesman
    16  shall be fifty-five dollars plus an  additional  ten  dollar  surcharge.
    17  Such  surcharge shall be collected by the department of state and [paya-
    18  ble to the office of the attorney general] deposited into the  anti-dis-
    19  crimination  in housing fund established pursuant to section eighty-a of
    20  the state finance law to be used  for  statewide  fair  housing  testing
    21  efforts.  Notwithstanding the provisions of subdivision seven of section
    22  four hundred forty-one-a of this article, after January first,  nineteen
    23  hundred  eighty-six, the secretary of state shall assign staggered expi-

         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD06384-05-2
        A. 8851                             2

     1  ration dates for outstanding licenses that have been previously  renewed
     2  on  October  thirty-first  of  each  year  from the assigned date unless
     3  renewed. If the assigned date results in a term that exceeds twenty-four
     4  months,  the  applicant  shall  pay  an  additional  prorated adjustment
     5  together with the regular renewal fee.  The  secretary  of  state  shall
     6  assign  dates  to  existing licenses in a manner which shall result in a
     7  term of not less than two years.
     8    § 2. Section 2 of a chapter of the laws  of  2021  amending  the  real
     9  property  law relating to adding a surcharge to the fee paid for issuing
    10  or reissuing a real estate broker or salesmen license,  as  proposed  in
    11  legislative  bills  numbers S. 2133-A and A. 5363, is amended to read as
    12  follows:
    13    § 2. This act shall take effect [immediately]  on  the  thirtieth  day
    14  after it shall have become law.
    15    §  3.  This act shall take effect immediately; provided, however, that
    16  section one of this act shall take effect on the same date  and  in  the
    17  same  manner as a chapter of the laws of 2021 amending the real property
    18  law relating to adding a surcharge to the fee paid for issuing or  reis-
    19  suing  a real estate broker or salesmen license, as proposed in legisla-
    20  tive bills numbers S. 2133-A and A. 5363, takes effect.