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Senate Bill S200

2011-2012 Legislative Session

Relates to the small claims assessment review program

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2011-S200 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Local Government
Law Section:
Real Property Tax Law
Laws Affected:
Amd ยง730, RPT L
Versions Introduced in 2009-2010 Legislative Session:
S1456

2011-S200 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Permits non-occupying owners of one, two, and three family structures to file claims with the small claims assessment review program established by the supreme court.

2011-S200 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2011-S200 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                   200

                       2011-2012 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                               (PREFILED)

                             January 5, 2011
                               ___________

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

AN ACT to amend the real property tax law,  in  relation  to  the  small
  claims assessment review program

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

  Section 1. Paragraph (b) of subdivision 1 and subdivision 2 of section
730 of the real property tax law, paragraph  (b)  of  subdivision  1  as
amended  by chapter 154 of the laws of 1993, subdivision 2 as amended by
chapter 714 of the laws of 1982, are amended to read as follows:
  (b) the property is: (i) improved  by  a  one,  two  or  three  family
[owner-occupied]  structure  used  exclusively  for residential purposes
other than property subject to the  assessment  limitations  of  section
five  hundred  eighty-one of this chapter and article nine-B of the real
property law or (ii) the property is unimproved and is not of sufficient
size as determined by the assessing unit or special  assessing  unit  to
contain a one, two or three family residential structure;
  2.  Upon  determining any such complaint every real property tax board
of assessment review shall inform every owner of one, two or three fami-
ly [owner-occupied] residential real property in writing of the right to
small claims assessment review in the  manner  provided  by  subdivision
four  of  section  five hundred twenty-five of this chapter. Such notice
shall specify the last date on which petitions must  be  filed  and  the
location where small claims assessment review forms may be obtained. The
petition  form  for  small claims assessment review shall be provided to
such property owner, upon request, at no cost  in  accordance  with  the
rules promulgated pursuant to section seven hundred thirty-seven of this
title.
  S  2. This act shall take effect immediately and shall apply to claims
filed on or after such effective date.

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

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