Bill Text: NY A10627 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Extends the deadline for the filing of grievances with respect to real property tax assessments to July 15, 2020.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-06-10 - referred to real property taxation [A10627 Detail]
Download: New_York-2019-A10627-Introduced.html
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 10627 IN ASSEMBLY June 10, 2020 ___________ Introduced by COMMITTEE ON RULES -- (at request of M. of A. Galef) -- read once and referred to the Committee on Real Property Taxation 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: 1 Section 1. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the deadline 2 for the filing of a grievance due to be filed in calendar year 2020 3 prior to July 15, 2020 for any real property tax assessment by any 4 municipal corporation in this state shall be extended to July 15, 2020 5 provided the governing body of such municipal corporation adopts a local 6 law, ordinance or resolution providing therefor. Any changes to tenta- 7 tive or final assessment rolls or tax rolls resulting from such an 8 extension will be treated as errors and corrected according to the 9 procedures established in sections 552, 553, and 554 of the real proper- 10 ty tax law. 11 § 2. The assessor of a participating municipal corporation shall mail 12 written notice of their denial of a grievance to the property owner and 13 the participating municipal corporation. Where the assessor denied the 14 grievance, the property owner may file a complaint with the board of 15 assessment review within a time frame determined by the local law, ordi- 16 nance or resolution passed by the municipal corporation. Such board 17 shall reconvene within 45 days of receiving a complaint and upon 10 days 18 written notice to the property owner and assessor to hear the appeal and 19 determine the matter, and shall mail written notice of its determination 20 to the assessor and property owner. The provisions of article 5 of the 21 real property tax law shall govern the review process to the extent 22 practicable. For the purposes of this act, the applicant may commence 23 within 30 days of service of a written determination of the appeal, a 24 proceeding under title 1 of article 7 of the real property tax law, or, 25 if applicable, under title 1-A of article 7 of the real property tax 26 law. Sections 727 and 739 of the real property tax law shall not apply 27 to proceedings commenced pursuant to this act. 28 § 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