STATE OF NEW YORK
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6044
2019-2020 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
February 26, 2019
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Introduced by M. of A. BYRNES -- read once and referred to the Committee
on Real Property Taxation
AN ACT to amend the real property tax law, in relation to requiring
certain real property tax assessment information be available for
review
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Section 501 of the real property tax law, as added by chap-
2 ter 773 of the laws of 1981, subdivision 2 as further amended by section
3 1 of part W of chapter 56 of the laws of 2010, is amended to read as
4 follows:
5 § 501. Examination of assessment inventory and valuation data. 1. Upon
6 ascertainment of real property as required by section five hundred of
7 this title, the assessor shall forthwith cause a notice, the contents of
8 which are set forth in subdivision two of this section, to be published
9 at least once in each of two consecutive weeks in a newspaper having
10 general local circulation. Notice shall also be posted on the signboard
11 maintained for the posting of legal notices at the entrance of the town
12 clerk's office pursuant to subdivision six of section thirty of the town
13 law, and any official web site maintained by the town.
14 2. The notice shall state that the assessor has available for review
15 assessment inventory [and], valuation data, and any formulas and other
16 information used to calculate assessments, that an appointment may be
17 made to review this information during certain times as specified in the
18 notice, and any other information which the commissioner may require by
19 rule and regulation.
20 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
LBD09928-01-9