§ 8. Administration. a. Whenever a city having a population of less\nthan one million, or a town or village has determined the existence of\nan emergency pursuant to section three of this act, the state division\nof housing and community renewal shall be designated as the sole\nadministrative agency to administer the regulation of residential rents\nas provided in this act. The costs incurred by the state division of\nhousing and community renewal in administering such regulation shall be\npaid by such city, town or village. Such local resolution shall\nforthwith be transmitted to the state division of housing and community\nrenewal and shall be accompanied by an initial payment in an amount\npreviously determined by the commissioner of housing and community\nrenewal as necessary to defray the division's anticipated first year\ncost. Thereafter, annually, after the close of the fiscal year of the\nstate, the commissioner of housing and community renewal shall determine\nthe amount of all costs incurred and shall certify to each such city,\ntown or village its proportionate share of such costs, after first\ndeducting therefrom the amount of such initial payment. The amount so\ncertified shall be paid to the commissioner by such city, town or\nvillage within ninety days after the receipt of such certification. In\nthe event that the amount thereof is not paid to the commissioner as\nherein prescribed, the commissioner shall certify the unpaid amount to\nthe comptroller, and the comptroller shall withhold such amount from the\nnext succeeding payment of per capita assistance to be apportioned to\nsuch city, town or village.\n b. The legislative body of any city, town or village acting to impose\nregulation of residential rents pursuant to the provisions of this act\nmay impose on the owner of every building containing housing\naccommodations subject to such regulation an annual charge for each such\naccommodation in such amount as it determines to be necessary for the\nexpenses to be incurred in the administration of such regulation.\n c. Whenever a city having a population of one million or more has\ndetermined the existence of an emergency pursuant to section three of\nthis act, the provisions of this act and the New York city rent\nstabilization law of nineteen hundred sixty-nine shall be administered\nby the state division of housing and community renewal as provided in\nthe New York city rent stabilization law of nineteen hundred sixty-nine,\nas amended, or as otherwise provided by law. The costs incurred by the\nstate division of housing and community renewal in administering such\nregulation shall be paid by such city. All payments for such\nadministration shall be transmitted to the state division of housing and\ncommunity renewal as follows: on or after April first of each year\ncommencing with April, nineteen hundred eighty-four, the commissioner of\nhousing and community renewal, in consultation with the director of the\nbudget, shall determine an amount necessary to defray the division's\nanticipated annual cost, and one-quarter of such amount shall be paid by\nsuch city on or before July first of such year, one-quarter of such\namount on or before October first of such year, one-quarter of such\namount on or before January first of the following year and one-quarter\nof such amount on or before March thirty-first of the following year.\nAfter the close of the fiscal year of the state, the commissioner, in\nconsultation with the director of the budget, shall determine the amount\nof all actual costs incurred in such fiscal year and shall certify such\namount to such city. If such certified amount shall differ from the\namount paid by the city for such fiscal year, appropriate adjustments\nshall be made in the next quarterly payment to be made by such city. In\nthe event that the amount thereof is not paid to the commissioner, in\nconsultation with the director of the budget, as herein prescribed, the\ncommissioner,
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