Bill Text: NY S01905 | 2011-2012 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Permits an aggrieved real property owner to file a small claims action where he or she is not notified of the results of a grievance properly filed within the time period provided by law, and refunds the $25.00 filing fee in such cases.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2011-01-14 - REFERRED TO LOCAL GOVERNMENT [S01905 Detail]
Download: New_York-2011-S01905-Introduced.html
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 1905 2011-2012 Regular Sessions I N S E N A T E January 14, 2011 ___________ Introduced by Sen. KRUGER -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Local Government AN ACT to amend the real property tax law, in relation to the procedure for reviewing small claims in certain cases THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: 1 Section 1. Section 730 of the real property tax law is amended by 2 adding a new subdivision 10 to read as follows: 3 10. (A) IN ANY CASE WHERE A PROPERTY OWNER SHALL HAVE FIRST FILED A 4 COMPLAINT PURSUANT TO SECTION FIVE HUNDRED TWENTY-FOUR OR SECTION FOUR- 5 TEEN HUNDRED EIGHT OF THIS CHAPTER OR THE PROVISIONS OF A LOCAL LAW OR 6 CHARTER PROVIDING FOR ADMINISTRATIVE REVIEW OF ASSESSMENTS, AND SUCH 7 OWNER HAS NOT RECEIVED NOTICE OF THE DETERMINATION WITH RESPECT THERETO 8 AT LEAST SEVEN BUSINESS DAYS PRIOR TO THE LAST DAY TO FILE THE PETITION 9 PROVIDED FOR IN SUBDIVISION THREE OF THIS SECTION, SUCH OWNER SHALL BE 10 ENTITLED TO COMMENCE A PROCEEDING PURSUANT TO THIS TITLE. IN ANY SUCH 11 CASE THE TWENTY-FIVE DOLLAR FEE PROVIDED FOR IN SUBDIVISION THREE OF 12 THIS SECTION SHALL BE REFUNDED. 13 (B) THE FORM UPON WHICH A COMPLAINT FILED BY A PROPERTY OWNER PURSUANT 14 TO SECTION FIVE HUNDRED TWENTY-FOUR OR SECTION FOURTEEN HUNDRED EIGHT OF 15 THIS CHAPTER OR THE PROVISIONS OF A LOCAL LAW OR CHARTER PROVIDING FOR 16 ADMINISTRATIVE REVIEW OF ASSESSMENTS, SHALL CONTAIN A BRIEF EXPLANATION 17 OF THE PETITION PROCEDURE PROVIDED FOR IN PARAGRAPH (A) OF THIS SUBDIVI- 18 SION. 19 S 2. This act shall take effect immediately and shall apply to 20 petitions filed against assessment rolls prepared on or after the first 21 of January next succeeding the date on which it shall have become a law. EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD07164-01-1