S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                              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, CORWIN -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M.
         of  A. CROUCH -- read once and referred to the Committee on Real Prop-
         erty Taxation
       AN ACT to amend the real property tax  law,  in  relation  to  requiring
         assessing authorities answer discovery demands in assessment review
         THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section 1.  Subdivision 8 of section 730 of the real property tax law,
    2  as amended by chapter 556 of the laws of 2006, is  amended  to  read  as
    3  follows:
    4    8. The petitioner shall [mail] SERVE a copy of the petition within ten
    5  days from the date of filing with the clerk of the supreme court to: (a)
    6  the clerk of the assessing unit named in the petition, or if there be no
    7  such  clerk,  then  to  the officer who performs the customary duties of
    8  that official, or to the president of the tax commission in a city  with
    9  a  population  of more than one million and having a tax commission; (b)
   10  the assessor or chairman of the board of assessors of the assessing unit
   11  named in the petition; (c) the clerk of any school  district,  except  a
   12  school  district  governed by the provisions of article fifty-two of the
   13  education law, within which any part of the real property on  which  the
   14  assessment  to  be  reviewed  is located, or if there be no clerk or the
   15  clerk's name and address cannot be obtained, then to a trustee; (d)  the
   16  treasurer  of  any  county  in  which  any  part of the real property is
   17  located; and (e) the clerk of a village which has enacted a local law as
   18  provided in subdivision three of section fourteen hundred  two  of  this
   19  chapter  if  the assessment to be reviewed is on a parcel located within
   20  such village. Service upon the clerk of  the  assessing  unit  or  other
   21  appropriate  official  specified  in  paragraph  (a) of this subdivision
   22  shall be made by personal delivery or by certified mail, return  receipt
   23  requested.  In  the event that service is made by personal delivery, the
   24  clerk of the assessing unit or other appropriate person shall provide  a
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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    1  receipt  for such service to the petitioner stating the date and time of
    2  service. [Neither the school district, county nor such village shall  be
    3  deemed  to  have  been  made a party to the proceeding.] UPON RECEIPT OF
    4  SERVICE,  THE  ASSESSING  UNIT SHALL BE REQUIRED TO ANSWER ANY DISCOVERY
    5  DEMANDS.
    6    S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.