NY State Senate Bill 2015-S5028

Senate Bill S5028

2015-2016 Legislative Session

Authorizes county legislative bodies to appoint acting boards of assessment review, in the event the ex officio acting board of assessment review is unable or unwilling to serve

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Delivered to Governor
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Apr 29, 2015	referred to local government

2015-S5028 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:: Senate Local Government
Law Section:: Real Property Tax Law
Laws Affected:: Amd §527, RPT L

2015-S5028 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Authorizes county legislative bodies to appoint acting boards of assessment review, in the event the ex officio acting board of assessment review is unable or unwilling to serve.

2015-S5028 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

                                BILL NUMBER:S5028

TITLE OF BILL:

An act to amend the real property tax law, in relation to acting
boards of assessment reviews

PURPOSE:

The purpose of this legislation is to provide for an alternate board
of assessment review in instances where a board of assessment review
has failed to meet as provided in real property tax law section 525 of
the real property tax law, and the alternate board of assessment
review is unable or unwilling to meet.

SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:

Section one amends subdivision 1 of section 527 of the real property
tax law to provide that in the event the county treasurer, the
chairman of the legislative body, and the clerk of the county
legislative body are unable or unwilling to serve as an acting board
of assessment review, an acting board of assessment review may be
established by the county legislative body, to be composed of two
residents of the county and an independent assessment consultant
appointed by the legislative body.

Section two provides the date that the act shall take effect
immediately.

JUSTIFICATION:

This bill provides an alternate method of establishing an assessment
review board in instances where the board of assessment review
established by a local assessing unit pursuant to the provisions of
real property tax law section 523 has failed to meet. Real property
tax law section 527 currently provides that in instances where a board
of assessment review has failed to meet on the day specified by law,
the county treasurer, the chairman of the county legislative body, and
the clerk of the legislative body shall serve as an acting board of
assessment review which shall hear and determine complaints and ratify
stipulations in relation to assessments. This bill would accommodate
instances when the county treasurer, the chairman of the county
legislative body, and the clerk of the county legislative body are
unable or unwilling to serve as members of the board of assessment
review. In those instances, the county legislature would be authorized
to appoint an alternate board of assessment review to consist of two
residents of the county and an independent consultant appointed by the
legislative body. In that county officials have more pressing and
numerous duties than ever before, this bill will provide the county an
option to ensure that real property taxpayer complaints are resolved
in a timely and efficient manner.

LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:

New legislation.

FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:


None.

EFFECTIVE DATE:

This act shall take effect immediately.

2015-S5028 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

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

                                  5028

                       2015-2016 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                             April 29, 2015
                               ___________

Introduced  by  Sen.  YOUNG  -- 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 acting  boards
  of assessment reviews

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

  Section 1. Subdivision 1 of section 527 of the real property tax  law,
as  amended  by  chapter  541 of the laws of 1996, is amended to read as
follows:
  1. If the board of assessment review of any assessing  unit  fails  to
meet  for  the purpose of hearing complaints or stipulations in relation
to assessments on the day specified by law, the  county  treasurer,  the
chairman  of  the  county  legislative  body and the clerk of the county
legislative body shall serve as an acting  board  of  assessment  review
which  shall  hear  and  determine complaints and ratify stipulations in
relation to assessments as provided in this section.  PROVIDED, HOWEVER,
THAT IN THE EVENT THE COUNTY  TREASURER,  THE  CHAIRMAN  OF  THE  COUNTY
LEGISLATIVE BODY AND THE CLERK OF THE COUNTY LEGISLATIVE BODY ARE UNABLE
OR UNWILLING TO SERVE AS AN ACTING BOARD OF ASSESSMENT REVIEW, AN ACTING
BOARD  OF ASSESSMENT REVIEW MAY BE ESTABLISHED BY THE COUNTY LEGISLATIVE
BODY, TO BE COMPOSED OF TWO RESIDENTS OF THE COUNTY AND  AN  INDEPENDENT
ASSESSMENT CONSULTANT APPOINTED BY SUCH LEGISLATIVE BODY.
  S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.



 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD10489-01-5

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