Bill Text: NY A06317 | 2013-2014 | General Assembly | Introduced

New York Assembly Bill 6317 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: Provides that if an assessment is reduced by 25% or greater of the challenged value, reasonable attorney fees shall be allowed.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 5-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2014-01-08 - referred to real property taxation [A06317 Detail]

Download: New_York-2013-A06317-Introduced.html

                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         6317
                              2013-2014 Regular Sessions
                                 I N  A S S E M B L Y
                                    March 25, 2013
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       Introduced by M. of A. NOJAY, TENNEY, BORELLI, WALTER -- Multi-Sponsored
         by  --  M. of A.  CROUCH -- read once and referred to the Committee on
         Real Property Taxation
       AN ACT to amend the real property tax law, in relation to  allowing  for
         reasonable  attorney  fees  in  an  assessment  reduced by twenty-five
         percent or greater
         THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section  1.    Section  722 of the real property tax law is amended by
    2  adding a new subdivision 3 to read as follows:
    3    3. IF THE ASSESSMENT IS REDUCED BY AN AMOUNT EQUAL TO OR GREATER  THAN
    4  TWENTY-FIVE  PERCENT  OF THE CHALLENGED VALUE, IN ADDITION TO SUCH ADDI-
    5  TIONAL ALLOWANCE AS MAY BE GRANTED PURSUANT TO SUBDIVISION TWO  OF  THIS
    6  SECTION, REASONABLE ATTORNEY FEES SHALL BE ALLOWED AGAINST THE ASSESSING
    7  UNIT,  OR  IN  A  PROCEEDING  TO  REVIEW A SPECIAL FRANCHISE ASSESSMENT,
    8  AGAINST THE STATE.
    9    S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                  LBD06108-01-3