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Assembly Bill A6044

2019-2020 Legislative Session

Requires that certain real property tax assessment information be available for review

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2019-A6044 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Real Property Taxation
Law Section:
Real Property Tax Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §501, RPT L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2011-2012: A8139
2013-2014: A6323
2015-2016: A5485
2017-2018: A5768

2019-A6044 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires that certain real property tax assessment information be available for review.

2019-A6044 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   6044
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             February 26, 2019
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. BYRNES -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on Real Property Taxation
 
 AN  ACT  to  amend  the  real property tax law, in relation to requiring
   certain real property tax  assessment  information  be  available  for
   review
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Section 501 of the real property tax law, as added by chap-
 ter 773 of the laws of 1981, subdivision 2 as further amended by section
 1 of part W of chapter 56 of the laws of 2010, is  amended  to  read  as
 follows:
   § 501. Examination of assessment inventory and valuation data. 1. Upon
 ascertainment  of  real  property as required by section five hundred of
 this title, the assessor shall forthwith cause a notice, the contents of
 which are set forth in subdivision two of this section, to be  published
 at  least  once  in  each of two consecutive weeks in a newspaper having
 general local circulation. Notice shall also be posted on the  signboard
 maintained  for the posting of legal notices at the entrance of the town
 clerk's office pursuant to subdivision six of section thirty of the town
 law, AND ANY OFFICIAL WEB SITE MAINTAINED BY THE TOWN.
   2. The notice shall state that the assessor has available  for  review
 assessment  inventory  [and], valuation data, AND ANY FORMULAS AND OTHER
 INFORMATION USED TO CALCULATE ASSESSMENTS, that an  appointment  may  be
 made to review this information during certain times as specified in the
 notice,  and any other information which the commissioner may require by
 rule and regulation.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD09928-01-9

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