Bill Text: NY S05028 | 2015-2016 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Authorizes county legislative bodies to appoint acting boards of assessment review, in the event the ex officio acting board of assessment review is unable or unwilling to serve.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2016-01-06 - REFERRED TO LOCAL GOVERNMENT [S05028 Detail]

Download: New_York-2015-S05028-Introduced.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         5028
                              2015-2016 Regular Sessions
                                   I N  S E N A T E
                                    April 29, 2015
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       Introduced  by  Sen.  YOUNG  -- 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 acting  boards
         of assessment reviews
         THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section 1. Subdivision 1 of section 527 of the real property tax  law,
    2  as  amended  by  chapter  541 of the laws of 1996, is amended to read as
    3  follows:
    4    1. If the board of assessment review of any assessing  unit  fails  to
    5  meet  for  the purpose of hearing complaints or stipulations in relation
    6  to assessments on the day specified by law, the  county  treasurer,  the
    7  chairman  of  the  county  legislative  body and the clerk of the county
    8  legislative body shall serve as an acting  board  of  assessment  review
    9  which  shall  hear  and  determine complaints and ratify stipulations in
   10  relation to assessments as provided in this section.  PROVIDED, HOWEVER,
   11  THAT IN THE EVENT THE COUNTY  TREASURER,  THE  CHAIRMAN  OF  THE  COUNTY
   12  LEGISLATIVE BODY AND THE CLERK OF THE COUNTY LEGISLATIVE BODY ARE UNABLE
   13  OR UNWILLING TO SERVE AS AN ACTING BOARD OF ASSESSMENT REVIEW, AN ACTING
   14  BOARD  OF ASSESSMENT REVIEW MAY BE ESTABLISHED BY THE COUNTY LEGISLATIVE
   15  BODY, TO BE COMPOSED OF TWO RESIDENTS OF THE COUNTY AND  AN  INDEPENDENT
   16  ASSESSMENT CONSULTANT APPOINTED BY SUCH LEGISLATIVE BODY.
   17    S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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