STATE OF NEW YORK
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7731
IN SENATE
January 7, 2022
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Introduced by Sen. SKOUFIS -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules
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.
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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.