NY State Senate Bill 2019-S8558

Senate Bill S8558

2019-2020 Legislative Session

Relates to extending the deadline for the filing of grievances with respect to real property tax assessments

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2019-S8558 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:: A10627
Current Committee:: Senate Rules
Law Section:: Real Property Taxation

2019-S8558 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Extends the deadline for the filing of grievances with respect to real property tax assessments to July 15, 2020.

2019-S8558 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

                                
 
BILL NUMBER: S8558

SPONSOR: SKOUFIS
 
TITLE OF BILL:

An act in relation to extending the deadline for the filing of griev-
ances with respect to real property tax assessments

 
PURPOSE:

To authorize local municipalities to extend the filing deadline for real
property tax assessment grievances to July 15, 2020.

 
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:

Section 1: Permits local municipalities to adopt a local law, ordinance
or resolution extending the deadline for the filing of a grievance for
any real property tax assessment prior to July 15, 2020 to July 15,
2020.

Section 2: directs the assessor of a participating municipality to mail

written notice of their grievance denial to the property owner.  Where a
grievance is denied, the property owner may file a complaint with the
board of assessment review within a time frame determined by the local
law, ordinance or resolution passed by the municipality.  Requires the
board to reconvene within 45 days of receiving a complaint and upon 10
days written notice to the property owner and assessor to hear the
appeal and determine matter.

Section 3: Effective date.

 
JUSTIFICATION:

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic as well as the legally mandated closures of
businesses and public buildings and stay at home order, many New York
property owners were unable to file grievances for real property tax
assessments, and subsequently missed the mandated deadline. It is imper-
ative that the right of property owners to file grievances is protected.
This bill will give local municipalities the ability to adopt a local
law extending the filing deadline for grievances to July 15, 2020.

 
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:

New bill

 
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:

None

 
EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act shall take effect immediately.

2019-S8558 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   8558
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                               June 16, 2020
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen. SKOUFIS -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules
 
 AN ACT in relation to extending the deadline for the  filing  of  griev-
   ances with respect to real property tax assessments
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section 1. Notwithstanding any other provision of  law,  the  deadline
 for  the  filing  of  a  grievance due to be filed in calendar year 2020
 prior to July 15, 2020 for any  real  property  tax  assessment  by  any
 municipal  corporation  in this state shall be extended to July 15, 2020
 provided the governing body of such municipal corporation adopts a local
 law, ordinance or resolution providing therefor. Any changes  to  tenta-
 tive  or  final  assessment  rolls  or  tax rolls resulting from such an
 extension will be treated as  errors  and  corrected  according  to  the
 procedures established in sections 552, 553, and 554 of the real proper-
 ty tax law.
   §  2. The assessor of a participating municipal corporation shall mail
 written notice of their denial of a grievance to the property owner  and
 the  participating  municipal corporation. Where the assessor denied the
 grievance, the property owner may file a complaint  with  the  board  of
 assessment review within a time frame determined by the local law, ordi-
 nance  or  resolution  passed  by  the municipal corporation. Such board
 shall reconvene within 45 days of receiving a complaint and upon 10 days
 written notice to the property owner and assessor to hear the appeal and
 determine the matter, and shall mail written notice of its determination
 to the assessor and property owner. The provisions of article 5  of  the
 real  property  tax  law  shall  govern the review process to the extent
 practicable. For the purposes of this act, the  applicant  may  commence
 within  30  days  of service of a written determination of the appeal, a
 proceeding under title 1 of article 7 of the real property tax law,  or,
 if  applicable,  under  title  1-A of article 7 of the real property tax
 law.  Sections 727 and 739 of the real property tax law shall not  apply
 to proceedings commenced pursuant to this act.
   § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets

                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD16554-01-0

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