Senate Bill S5726

2011-2012 Legislative Session

Enacts the flood assessment relief act of 2011

download bill text pdf

Sponsored By

Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Local Government Committee


  • 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

Do you support this bill?

Please enter your contact information

Home address is used to determine the senate district in which you reside. Your support or opposition to this bill is then shared immediately with the senator who represents you.

Optional services from the NY State Senate:

Create an account. An account allows you to officially support or oppose key legislation, sign petitions with a single click, and follow issues, committees, and bills that matter to you. When you create an account, you agree to this platform's terms of participation.

Include a custom message for your Senator? (Optional)

Enter a message to your senator. Many New Yorkers use this to share the reasoning behind their support or opposition to the bill. Others might share a personal anecdote about how the bill would affect them or people they care about.
Actions

2011-S5726 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A8334
Current Committee:
Senate Local Government
Law Section:
Real Property Taxation

2011-S5726 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Enacts the flood assessment relief act of 2011 for the counties of Clinton, Essex, Franklin, Warren and Washington; holds school districts harmless.

2011-S5726 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2011-S5726 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

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

    S. 5726                                                  A. 8334

                       2011-2012 Regular Sessions

                      S E N A T E - A S S E M B L Y

                              June 14, 2011
                               ___________

IN  SENATE -- Introduced by Sen. LITTLE -- read twice and ordered print-
  ed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules

IN ASSEMBLY -- Introduced by M. of A. SAYWARD, DUPREY,  JORDAN  --  read
  once and referred to the Committee on Real Property Taxation

AN ACT to enact the "flood assessment relief act of 2011"

  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 "flood assessment relief act of 2011".
  S  2.  Definitions.  For the purposes of this act, the following terms
shall have the following meanings:
  1. "County" shall mean  the  counties  of  Clinton,  Essex,  Franklin,
Warren and Washington.
  2.  "Taxable  status date" shall mean the date established pursuant to
section 302 of the real property tax law.
  3. "Catastrophically impacted" shall mean a property there is cause to
believe the value of which was diminished by 50 percent  or  more  as  a
result of the weather.
  4.  "Taxpayer"  shall  mean    the  owner  of  real property which was
catastrophically impacted in a county.
  5. "Assessor" shall mean a town, city, or village assessor or board of
assessors in a county.
  6. "Property owner" shall mean the  owner  of  real  property  who  is
responsible for payment of real property taxes on such property.
  7. "Weather" shall mean the storms, rains, or floods which occurred in
a  county  during the period beginning April 26, 2011 and ending May 29,
2011.
  8. "Correction" shall mean the process for the correction of a  "cler-
ical  error"  as defined in section 550 of the real property tax law and
as provided for in title 3 of article 5 of the real property tax law.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD11942-04-1
              

Comments

Open Legislation is a forum for New York State legislation. All comments are subject to review and community moderation is encouraged.

Comments deemed off-topic, commercial, campaign-related, self-promotional; or that contain profanity, hate or toxic speech; or that link to sites outside of the nysenate.gov domain are not permitted, and will not be published. Attempts to intimidate and silence contributors or deliberately deceive the public, including excessive or extraneous posting/posts, or coordinated activity, are prohibited and may result in the temporary or permanent banning of the user. Comment moderation is generally performed Monday through Friday. By contributing or voting you agree to the Terms of Participation and verify you are over 13.

Create an account. An account allows you to sign petitions with a single click, officially support or oppose key legislation, and follow issues, committees, and bills that matter to you. When you create an account, you agree to this platform's terms of participation.