Senate Bill S7586

2009-2010 Legislative Session

Establishes the "Yonkers storm assessment relief act"

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  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2009-S7586 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A10832
Current Committee:
Senate Rules
Law Section:
Real Property Taxation

2009-S7586 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2009-S7586 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                  7586

                            I N  S E N A T E

                             April 23, 2010
                               ___________

Introduced  by  Sen.  STEWART-COUSINS -- read twice and ordered printed,
  and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Local Government

AN ACT to establish the "Yonkers storm assessment relief act"

  THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section  1.  Short  title. This act shall be known and may be cited as
the "Yonkers storm assessment relief act".
  S 2. Definitions. For the purposes of this act,  the  following  terms
shall have the following meanings:
  1. "City" shall mean the city of Yonkers in the county of Westchester.
  2.  "Catastrophically  impacted"  shall mean a parcel of real property
where there is cause to believe the value of which was diminished by  50
percent or more as a result of the weather.
  3.  "Property  owner"  shall  mean  the  owner of real property who is
responsible for payment of real property taxes on such property.
  4. "Weather" shall mean the storms, rains, or floods which occurred in
the city during the period beginning March 12, 2010 and ending March 14,
2010.
  S 3. Local option. The city council  of  the  city  may  exercise  the
provisions  of this act by passing a resolution on or before May 1, 2010
resolving to implement the provisions of this act.
  S 4. Assessment relief for storm victims.  Notwithstanding  any  other
provision  of  law to the contrary, a property owner whose real property
is in the city and whose property has been catastrophically impacted  as
a  result of weather may seek administrative review or correction of the
valuation assigned to such real property  or  the  improvements  thereon
pursuant  to the provisions of article 5 of the real property tax law. A
city assessor shall also seek administrative  review  or  correction  of
valuations  on any real property he or she believes was catastrophically
impacted as a result of such weather.
  In the event such review or correction is sought, the board of assess-
ment review, in making such determinations as it is otherwise authorized
to make pursuant to the provisions of the real property tax  law,  shall

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD16973-01-0
              

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