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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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2015-S5028 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Local Government
Law Section:
Real Property Tax Law
Laws Affected:
Amd ยง527, 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

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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