Bill Text: NY S05796 | 2013-2014 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Authorizes a city with a population of one million or more in the Hurricane Sandy federal disaster area to grant exemptions for filing fees related to federal Small Business Administration Disaster Loans; provides for reimbursement of such fees that have been paid.
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Passed) 2013-09-27 - SIGNED CHAP.380 [S05796 Detail]
Download: New_York-2013-S05796-Introduced.html
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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5796
2013-2014 Regular Sessions
I N S E N A T E
June 14, 2013
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Introduced by Sen. GOLDEN -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules
AN ACT to authorize a certain city included in the Hurricane Sandy
federal disaster area to grant exemptions for certain filing fees and
provide for reimbursement of such fees
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
1 Section 1. Short title. This act shall be known and may be cited as
2 the "New York city Hurricane Sandy filing fee exemption and reimburse-
3 ment act".
4 S 2. As used in this act, "eligible city" shall mean a city having a
5 population of one million or more which has been included in the federal
6 disaster declarations for Hurricane Sandy.
7 S 3. The provisions of this act shall only apply to an eligible city,
8 and only where the city council of such city, within 30 days of the
9 effective date of this act, has enacted a resolution adopting the
10 provisions of this act.
11 S 4. All filings with the county clerk's office, or the office of the
12 city register, between the period beginning October 28, 2012 and ending
13 December 31, 2013 related to a U.S. Small Business Administration Disas-
14 ter Loan as defined in 15 USCS S636(b)(1) within an eligible city where
15 the city council has enacted a resolution pursuant to this act, shall be
16 exempt from any filing fees required pursuant to sections 8019 and 8021
17 of the civil practice law and rules.
18 S 5. Any person or entity that paid filing fees required by sections
19 8019 and 8021 of the civil practice law and rules to the county clerk's
20 office or the office of the city register, between the period beginning
21 October 28, 2012 and ending December 31, 2013 due to any filings related
22 to a U.S. Small Business Administration Disaster Loan as defined in 15
23 USCS S636(b)(1) within an eligible city where the city council has
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
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1 enacted a resolution pursuant to this act, shall receive a reimbursement
2 of all such fees.
3 S 6. Before any reimbursement is paid, the county clerk or the office
4 of the city register shall notify the commissioner of education in writ-
5 ing of any amounts which have been collected on behalf of and remitted
6 to the commissioner of education pursuant to section 8021 of the civil
7 practice law and rules, which must be reimbursed pursuant to this act.
8 Upon such notice, the commissioner of education shall remit such amounts
9 to the eligible city within fifteen days of notice. Upon receipt of such
10 payment from the commissioner of education the county clerk or the
11 office of the city register shall reimburse the full amount of fees paid
12 to an eligible person or entity pursuant to this act.
13 S 7. This act shall take effect immediately.
