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Home/Bills/S 1490New York · 2025–2026 Legislative Session
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S 1490: 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.

New York · Senate · 2025–2026 Legislative Session · last verified January 9, 2026

What S 1490 does, verified January 9, 2026

The bill aims to update the fees collected by county clerks in New York State for deposit into the Cultural Education Account. It requires county clerks to pay an additional fee of five dollars monthly to the Commissioner of Education, after deducting twenty-five cents, for deposit into the New York State Local Government Records Management Improvement Fund. Additionally, an additional fee of twenty-five dollars, after deducting one dollar, will be paid to the Commissioner of Education for deposit into the Cultural Education Account. The bill also updates the Administrative Code of the City of New York, requiring the Commissioner of Finance to collect and deposit these fees. The updated fees will take effect sixty days after the bill becomes a law.

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Last action: REFERRED TO JUDICIARY (2026-01-07)Alert me
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Robert JacksonLeroy ComrieJulia SalazarLiz KruegerJessica Scarcella-Spanton
Recent actions7 total · showing 5
Jan. 07, 2026REFERRED TO JUDICIARY
Jun. 13, 2025COMMITTED TO RULES
May. 15, 2025AMENDED ON THIRD READING 1490A
May. 14, 2025ADVANCED TO THIRD READING
May. 13, 20252ND REPORT CAL.
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Latest bill textIntroduced version, January 10, 2025 · 546 words
  
  STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 1490 2025-2026 Regular Sessions  IN SENATE January 10, 2025 ___________ Introduced by Sen. FAHY -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Judiciary 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] twenty-five 12 dollars, after deducting [seventy-five cents] one dollar, for deposit to 13 the 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] twenty-five dollars, after 19 deducting [seventy-five cents] one dollar, for deposit to the cultural 20 education account. 21 § 2. Subdivision a of section 7-604 of the administrative code of the 22 city of New York, as amended by section 4 of part B of chapter 83 of the 23 laws of 2002, is amended to read as follows: EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD00524-01-5 

 S. 1490 2 1 a. The register shall be paid a salary to be fixed by the mayor. All 2 fees shall be the property of the city. All sums so received shall be 3 paid to the commissioner of finance monthly without deduction. The 4 following additional [fee of twenty dollars] fees for recording any 5 instrument required by New York state statute to be recorded pursuant to 6 subdivision one of section 7-614 of this code shall be [used as follows] 7 collected: five dollars paid monthly by the commissioner of finance to 8 the New York state commissioner of education, after deducting twenty- 9 five cents, for deposit into the New York state local government records 10 management improvement fund and [fifteen] twenty-five dollars, after 11 deducting [seventy-five cents] one dollar, for deposit to the cultural 12 education account. 13 § 3. This act shall take effect on the sixtieth day after it shall 14 have become a law. 

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