Bill Text: NY S07411 | 2017-2018 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Creates the New York state property tax assessment procedures study commission to provide the governor and the legislature with a blueprint for reforming the real property tax system and assessment process in the state of New York.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2018-01-16 - REFERRED TO LOCAL GOVERNMENT [S07411 Detail]

Download: New_York-2017-S07411-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                    IN SENATE
                                    January 16, 2018
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        Introduced  by  Sen.  FUNKE  -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
          printed to be committed to the Committee on Local Government
        AN ACT to establish the property tax assessment procedures study commis-
          sion, and providing for its powers and duties
          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section 1. There is hereby established the New York state property tax
     2  assessment  procedures  study  commission to conduct a study of the real
     3  property tax system and assessment procedures in the state of New York.
     4    § 2. The New York  state  property  tax  assessment  procedures  study
     5  commission  shall consist of 11 members of which: three members shall be
     6  appointed by the governor, three  members  shall  be  appointed  by  the
     7  temporary  president  of the senate, three members shall be appointed by
     8  the speaker of the assembly, one member shall be appointed by the minor-
     9  ity leader of the senate, and one  member  shall  be  appointed  by  the
    10  minority leader of the assembly.
    11    §  3.  The commission shall study this state's system of real property
    12  taxation and assessment procedures. Such review shall include an  analy-
    13  sis  and  comparison of New York's real property tax system with that of
    14  other states.   Within three years  the  commission  shall  provide  the
    15  governor  and  the  legislature with recommendations on any changes that
    16  should be made to, at a minimum, the real property tax  system,  assess-
    17  ment  process  and  tax  rate  formulae utilized within the state of New
    18  York.
    19    § 4. The New York  state  property  tax  assessment  procedures  study
    20  commission  shall  be assisted in its powers and duties pursuant to this
    21  act by personnel employed by state and city of New York agencies includ-
    22  ing, but not limited to, the state department of  taxation  and  finance
    23  and the department of finance of the city of New York.
    24    § 5. 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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