BILL NUMBER: S4713
SPONSOR: WEBER
 
TITLE OF BILL:
An act to amend the real property tax law, in relation to authorizing
certain municipalities to add unpaid housing code violation penalties,
costs and fines to such municipalities' annual tax levy in accordance
with applicable law
 
PURPOSE:
To authorize municipalities in the County of Rockland, at their choos-
ing, to add unpaid building and tire code violation penalties, costs and
fines to such municipality's annual tax levy.
 
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:
Section one of the bill amends the real property tax law by adding a new
section 903 as it relates to allowing municipalities in the County of
Rockland to collect any unpaid building and fire code violation penal-
ties, costs and fines through placement by the official authorized to
administer a municipality's annual tax levy.
Section two of the bill relates to the effective date.
 
JUSTIFICATION:
This bill would allow unpaid housing code violation fines which are
overdue by more than one year to be added to a municipality in
Rockland's annual tax levy. It would also have collection of the fines
enforced and collected in the same manner by the same proceedings, and
at the same time. This would save municipality's time and money through
this collection process.
 
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:
2021-2022: S.5010 - Passed Senate
 
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:
None
 
EFFECTIVE DATE:
Immediately