New York A 8422: Updates the fee collected by county clerks for deposit into the cultural education account

Status: REFERRED TO JUDICIARY (as of 2026-01-07)

State: New York · Session: 2025-2026 · Bill: A 8422

Sponsors: Gabriella Romero, Didi Barrett, John T. McDonald III, Judy Griffin, Karen McMahon, Maritza Davila, MaryJane Shimsky, Michael Benedetto, Phil Steck, William Conrad

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A08422 Summary:

BILL NOA08422A

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SAME ASSAME AS S01490-A

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SPONSORRomero

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COSPNSRMcDonald, Benedetto, Barrett, Steck, Davila, Shimsky, McMahon, Conrad, Griffin

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §8021, CPLR; amd §7-604, NYC Ad Cd

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Updates the fee collected by county clerks and clerks for the city of New York for deposit into the cultural education account from $15 to $30; increases the amount retained by the county or city from $0.75 to $1.00.

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BILL NOA08422A

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05/15/2025referred to judiciary

05/19/2025amend and recommit to judiciary

05/19/2025print number 8422a

01/07/2026referred to judiciary

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 8422--A

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 May 15, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by M. of A. ROMERO -- read once and referred to the Committee
 on Judiciary -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted
 as amended and recommitted to said committee

 AN ACT to amend the civil practice law and rules and the administrative
 code of the city of New York, in relation to updating the fee
 collected by county clerks for deposit into the cultural education
 account

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

 1 Section 1. Subparagraph b of paragraph 4 of subdivision (a) and
 2 subparagraph b of paragraph 11 of subdivision (b) of section 8021 of the
 3 civil practice law and rules, subparagraph b of paragraph 4 of subdivi-
 4 sion (a) as amended by section 2 and subparagraph b of paragraph 11 of
 5 subdivision (b) as amended by section 3 of part B of chapter 83 of the
 6 laws of 2002, are amended to read as follows:
 7 b. For recording, entering, indexing and endorsing a certificate on
 8 any instrument, an additional fee of five dollars to be paid monthly by
 9 county clerks to the commissioner of education, after deducting twenty-
 10 five cents, for deposit into the New York state local government records
 11 management improvement fund and an additional [fifteen] thirty dollars,
 12 after deducting [seventy-five cents] one dollar, for deposit to the
 13 cultural education account.
 14 b. For recording any instrument required by statute to be recorded, an
 15 additional fee of five dollars to be paid monthly by county clerks to
 16 the commissioner of education, after deducting twenty-five cents, for
 17 deposit into the New York state local government records management
 18 improvement fund and an additional [fifteen] thirty dollars, after
 19 deducting [seventy-five cents] one dollar, for deposit to the cultural
 20 education account.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD00524-05-5

 A. 8422--A 2

 1 § 2. Subdivision a of section 7-604 of the administrative code of the
 2 city of New York, as amended by section 4 of part B of chapter 83 of the
 3 laws of 2002, is amended to read as follows:
 4 a. The register shall be paid a salary to be fixed by the mayor. All
 5 fees shall be the property of the city. All sums so received shall be
 6 paid to the commissioner of finance monthly without deduction. The
 7 following additional [fee of twenty dollars] fees for recording any
 8 instrument required by New York state statute to be recorded pursuant to
 9 subdivision one of section 7-614 of this [code] chapter shall be used as
 10 follows: five dollars paid monthly by the commissioner of finance to the
 11 New York state commissioner of education, after deducting twenty-five
 12 cents, for deposit into the New York state local government records
 13 management improvement fund and [fifteen] thirty dollars, after deduct-
 14 ing [seventy-five cents] one dollar, for deposit to the cultural educa-
 15 tion account.
 16 § 3. This act shall take effect on the sixtieth day after it shall
 17 have become a law.

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