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Int 1705-2019

Dept of finance providing a receipt of payment.

IntroductionEnactedCommittee on Financeintroduced 2019-09-12Local Law 2020/107

Enacted as Local Law 2020/107.

Official record · Legistar

Agenda: 2019-09-12Passed: 2020-10-24Enacted: 2020-10-24

Summary

This local law would require the Department of Finance to establish and maintain a system to contact property owners by e-mail and provide access electronically to a receipt for, and information on, each payment made for charges shown on their statement of account

Committee on FinanceExecutive Budget review and Budget modification, Banking Commission, Comptroller's Office, Department of Finance, Independent Budget Office, Office of Administrative Tax Appeal, and fiscal policy and revenue from any source.

How it compares

38% of similar bills passed

19 passed · 31 died

This bill: 376 days in committee

Similar bills: median 376 days · 118 days when passed

Sponsors (3)

Lifecycle

IntroducedIntroduced by Council
2019-09-12 · City Council
ActionReferred to Comm by Council
2019-09-12 · City Council
HeardHearing Held by Committee
2019-09-17 · Committee on Finance
HeldLaid Over by Committee
2019-09-17 · Committee on Finance
HeardHearing Held by Committee
2020-09-23 · Committee on Finance
ActionAmendment Proposed by Comm
2020-09-23 · Committee on Finance
ActionAmended by Committee
2020-09-23 · Committee on Finance
AdvancedApproved by Committee
2020-09-23 · Committee on Finance
AdvancedApproved by Council
2020-09-23 · City Council
ActionSent to Mayor by Council
2020-09-23 · City Council
ActionReturned Unsigned by Mayor
2020-10-23 · City Council
AdvancedCity Charter Rule Adopted
2020-10-24 · Administration

Votes (17)

Aye (16)
Helen K. RosenthalDaniel Dromm Adrienne E. AdamsAlicka Ampry-Samuel Diana I. AyalaRobert E. Cornegy, Jr.Laurie A. CumboVanessa L. GibsonMark Gjonaj Barry S. GrodenchikKaren KoslowitzFarah N. LouisSteven MatteoFrancisco P. MoyaKeith Powers James G. Van Bramer
Absent (1)
Rory I. Lancman

Heard at (4)

City Council · 2020-09-23 · 1:30 PM · REMOTE HEARING (VIRTUAL ROOM 1)
Committee on Finance · 2020-09-23 · 10:00 AM · - REMOTE HEARING (VIRTUAL ROOM 1) -
Committee on Finance · 2019-09-17 · 10:00 AM · Committee Room - City Hall
City Council · 2019-09-12 · 1:30 PM · Council Chambers - City Hall

Attachments (19)

Full text
Be it enacted by the Council as follows: Section 1. Section 11-129 of the administrative code of the city of New York is amended by adding a new subdivision d to read as follows: d. The department shall establish and maintain a system to contact owners by electronic-mail and provide access electronically to a receipt for, and information on, each payment made for charges on a statement of account. The department shall notify owners of the availability of such system on the statement of account and shall solicit the submission of an email address at the time of payment. Such receipt shall include the property address, borough, block and lot number, the amount paid, and the date the payment was received, and may include additional information as the commissioner of finance deems appropriate. Such system shall also provide information on how the amount paid was applied toward the tax, charge or assessment on the statement of account. The city shall not be liable for any damages as a result of failure to provide access to a receipt, nor shall any cause of action arise from such failure. � 2. This local law takes effect on July 1, 2021. SR/RKC LS # 11757 9/13/2020 2 1