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NY Real Prop Tax L § 1604 (2021)
2021 New York Laws RPT - Real Property Tax Article 16 - Consolidated Assessing Units 1604 - Board of Directors Constituted.

§  1604.  Board  of directors constituted. 1. A consolidated assessing unit shall be administered by a board  of  directors  consisting  of  at least  four  members,  each  of whom shall be appointed by the governing body of a constituent municipality. Each constituent municipality  shall have   at  least  one  appointee  on  such  board.  If  the  local  laws establishing the consolidated assessing unit so provide, the constituent municipalities need not have the same number of appointees. The board of directors shall meet at least once in each calendar quarter.   2. No director shall be an employee of a constituent municipality, but a director may be an elected official of a constituent municipality.  No director  shall  receive  any  salary  or  other  compensation  from the consolidated assessing  unit,  but  a  director  shall  be  entitled  to reimbursement   for  actual  and  necessary  expenses  incurred  in  the performance of his or her duties as a director.   3. Each director shall take an oath of office prior to  service  as  a director. The term of office of a director shall be two years.   4.  (a)  The  board  of directors shall choose from among themselves a chairperson, a secretary and, if deemed necessary,  a  vice-chairperson, who shall serve in such capacity at the pleasure of the board.  (b)  The  chairperson  shall  preside  over  meetings  of the board of directors, and shall forward  to  the  directors  relevant  information, including materials necessary to prepare for meetings.  (c)  The  secretary  shall  provide  for public notice of the time and place of each meeting, shall keep full  and  accurate  records  of  each meeting,  shall  file a copy of such minutes in the office or offices of the assessor so that they are available  for  public  inspection,  shall furnish  a  copy  of  such  minutes  and other relevant materials to the constituent municipalities, and shall accept service of  legal  process, including  service  of  a  petition  to review an assessment pursuant to section seven hundred eight of this chapter.  (d) The directors may appoint an  assistant  who  shall  perform  such duties  as are necessary to enable directors to properly and efficiently carry out the provisions of  this  article.  The  compensation  of  such assistant  shall be set by the constituent municipalities when approving the operating budget for the consolidated assessing unit.  (e) The vice-chairperson shall act on behalf of the chairperson in the event that the chairperson is absent or unable to  perform  his  or  her duties.
NY Real Prop Tax L § 1606 (2021)
2021 New York Laws RPT - Real Property Tax Article 16 - Consolidated Assessing Units 1606 - Powers of Board of Directors.

§  1606.  Powers of board of directors. 1. The board of directors of a consolidated assessing unit shall have the same powers and  duties  that governing  bodies  of  city and town assessing units have in relation to real property tax administration, including, but not limited to:  (a) Appointing the assessor and members of  the  board  of  assessment review of the consolidated assessing unit.  (b)  Establishing  minimum  qualification  standards for the office of assessor and for members of the board  of  assessment  review,  provided that  such standards shall be at least equal to those established by the commissioner pursuant to this chapter.  (c) Establishing  the  uniform  percentage  of  value  at  which  real property in the consolidated assessing unit shall be assessed.  (d)  Establishing  general  policy  with  regard to the operations and procedures of  the  consolidated  assessing  unit,  including,  but  not limited  to,  such matters as: assessment office location; public access to meetings and records; public information; defense of  assessments  in judicial proceedings; and revenue generation.   2.  The  board  of  directors  shall  have  no authority to review the valuation or exempt status of any individual parcel  as  established  by the assessor or the board of assessment review.
NY Real Prop Tax L § 1610 (2021)
2021 New York Laws RPT - Real Property Tax Article 16 - Consolidated Assessing Units 1610 - Assessor.

§  1610.  Assessor.  1.  The assessor of a consolidated assessing unit shall prepare the assessment roll for the consolidated assessing unit.   2. The assessor of a consolidated assessing unit shall have the powers and duties generally applicable to assessors, including, but not limited to:  (a) Valuing real property for purposes of taxation;  (b) Determining the exempt status of real property;  (c) Assessing  real  property  at  the  uniform  percentage  of  value prescribed by the board of directors;  (d) Preparing and maintaining property records;  (e) Issuing notices to taxpayers as required by law;  (f) Appearing before the board of assessment review at its meetings to hear complaints on assessments;  (g) Being available to taxpayers to explain assessments;  (h)  Developing and distributing public information about assessments; and  (i) Hiring personnel.
NY Real Prop Tax L § 1612 (2021)
2021 New York Laws RPT - Real Property Tax Article 16 - Consolidated Assessing Units 1612 - Board of Assessment Review.

§  1612. Board of assessment review. 1. The board of assessment review of a consolidated assessing unit shall have the powers  and  duties  set forth  in  title  one-A  of article five of this chapter, subject to the following:  (a) The board of directors shall determine the number  of  members  on the board of assessment review, which number shall be at least three and no greater than seven.  (b) The members shall be appointed by the board of directors.  (c)  The  board  of  directors  shall  establish minimum qualification standards for members of the board of assessment review,  provided  that such  standards  shall  be  at  least  equal to those established by the commissioner pursuant to this chapter.  (d) The board of directors may appoint temporary members to the  board of  review  to  serve  on  administrative  hearing  panels in the manner provided in section five hundred twenty-three-a of this chapter.   2. Members of the board of assessment  review  shall  be  entitled  to reimbursement  for  actual expenses. In addition, the board of directors may adopt a resolution providing  that  the  members  of  the  board  of assessment  review  shall  be  paid  for their respective services. Such resolution, if adopted, shall fix the amount of such compensation.
NY Real Prop Tax L § 1616 (2021)
2021 New York Laws RPT - Real Property Tax Article 16 - Consolidated Assessing Units 1616 - Local Options Not Relinquished.

§  1616. Local options not relinquished. Nothing in this article shall   be construed so as to remove from the governing body  of  a  constituent   municipality  the right to exercise any option which this chapter or any   other law confers upon a governing body of a city or town in relation to   the taxable status of real property.
NY Real Prop Tax L § 1618 (2021)
2021 New York Laws RPT - Real Property Tax Article 16 - Consolidated Assessing Units 1618 - Equalization.

§ 1618. Equalization. 1. The commissioner shall establish equalization rates  for  a  consolidated  assessing  unit  in  the manner provided by article twelve of this chapter, except as  otherwise  provided  by  this section.   2.  Once  the  first final assessment roll of a consolidated assessing unit has been completed and filed, each market  value  survey  commenced thereafter shall be conducted with respect to the consolidated assessing unit   as   a  whole,  rather  than  with  respect  to  the  constituent municipalities.   3. Beginning with the first equalization rate which is  based  upon  a market  value  survey  of  a consolidated assessing unit as a whole, the commissioner shall establish equalization  rates  for  the  consolidated assessing  unit  as  a whole, and shall not establish such rates for the constituent municipalities.   4. For purposes of the review and  establishment  of  an  equalization rate  for a consolidated assessing unit, the consolidated assessing unit shall have the rights that would otherwise be applicable to  a  city  or town, including:  (a)  The  notice  of completion of the tentative equalization rate for the consolidated assessing unit shall be directed  to  the  consolidated assessing unit.  (b)  The  consolidated  assessing  unit  shall  be  entitled to file a complaint with respect to such rate.  (c) The certificate of final  equalization  rate  for  a  consolidated assessing unit shall be filed with the consolidated assessing unit.   5. When the commissioner has established a final equalization rate for a  consolidated  assessing  unit  as a whole, school district and county taxes within  the  consolidated  assessing  unit  shall  be  apportioned without the use of equalization rates, notwithstanding the provisions of articles eight and thirteen of this chapter.
NY Real Prop Tax L § 1620 (2021)
2021 New York Laws RPT - Real Property Tax Article 16 - Consolidated Assessing Units 1620 - Role of Commissioner.

§  1620.  Role  of commissioner. The commissioner shall facilitate the   establishment and operation of a consolidated assessing unit, and  shall   prepare  manuals relating to the procedures and duties of a consolidated   assessing unit.
NY Real Prop Tax L § 1622 (2021)
2021 New York Laws RPT - Real Property Tax Article 16 - Consolidated Assessing Units 1622 - Dissolution of Consolidated Assessing Unit.

§ 1622. Dissolution of consolidated assessing unit. 1. Any constituent   municipality  may withdraw from the consolidated assessing unit by local   law, provided that such withdrawal shall be effective no sooner than one   year after the date on which such local law shall have been  filed  with   the department of state.2.  Upon  the adoption of a local law of withdrawal by any constituent   municipality, the consolidated assessing unit shall be  dissolved  sixty   days  after  the  filing  and  completion  of  the  next  ensuing  final   assessment roll. In order for the remaining cities and towns  to  remain   eligible for the benefits of this article thereafter, a new consolidated   assessing unit must be created in the manner prescribed by this article.
NY Real Prop Tax L § 1624 (2021)
2021 New York Laws RPT - Real Property Tax Article 16 - Consolidated Assessing Units 1624 - Construction of Article.

§  1624.  Construction  of  article. 1. The provisions of this article   shall be construed liberally, it being the intention of the  legislature   that the creation of consolidated assessing units should be encouraged.2.  For purposes of any law pertaining to assessment administration or   related matters, including public access to records, a  reference  to  a   "municipal corporation," a "municipality," a "local government," a "city   or  town,"  or  a  similar  reference  shall  be  construed to include a   consolidated  assessing  unit  as  well,  unless  the  context  requires   otherwise.
NY Real Prop Tax L § 1803 (2021)
2021 New York Laws RPT - Real Property Tax Article 18 - Preservation of Class Share of Taxes in Municipal Corporations Except Counties Within a City, Included Within the Boundaries of a Special A 1803 - Base Proportions and Adjusted Proportions; Determinations.

§  1803. Base proportions and adjusted proportions; determinations. 1. Base proportion. The legislative body of  each  special  assessing  unit shall establish the base proportion for each class and a base proportion for  each  class  for  each  portion  and  each  town and county special district and zone of assessment included within its boundaries.   2. Adjusted proportions. (a) For assessment rolls prepared during  and after   nineteen   hundred   eighty-two   and  before  nineteen  hundred ninety-one, and for assessment rolls prepared after two thousand one for purposes  of  all  county  and  town  special  districts  and  zones  of assessment,  the  legislative  body of each special assessing unit shall adjust such base proportions to reflect the addition to  the  assessment roll  of new property, additions to or improvements of existing property or formerly exempt property or the full or partial removal from the roll of property by reason of fire, demolition, destruction or new  exemption or  any  change in the class designation of any parcel of real property; provided, however, that the legislative body of each  special  assessing unit  may  further  alter  the  base  proportions,  as  so  adjusted, in accordance with the provisions of paragraph (b) of this subdivision.  (b) Any further such alterations for any class in  any  year  may  not exceed five percent of the base proportions or adjusted proportions used for  the  immediately preceding tax levy, provided that in each year the sum of any such proportions for such special assessing unit  or  portion thereof,  or  town  or  county  special  district  or zone of assessment included therein, shall equal  one.  Such  alterations  may  vary  among portions and among town and county special districts; provided, however, that  for town and county special districts and zones of assessment, any such alterations shall not be inconsistent with any changes in the value of the class in the special district as indicated by the assessed  value of  the  class  in  the  special  district  and  the most relevant class equalization rates certified by the  commissioner  pursuant  to  section twelve hundred twelve of this chapter.   3.  Town and county special districts. For purposes of town and county special districts that are not portions, the base  proportion  shall  be determined by using the final assessment roll filed in calendar year two thousand  one.  The  base proportion of a zone of assessment established from the territory of a prior district,  as  such  term  is  defined  in paragraph  (f) of subdivision one of section four of chapter six hundred eighty-five of the laws of two thousand three, shall  be  determined  by using  the  base proportion of the prior district with such adjustments, if any as are required  by  paragraph  a  of  subdivision  two  of  this section.
NY Real Prop Tax L § 1804 (2021)
2021 New York Laws RPT - Real Property Tax Article 18 - Preservation of Class Share of Taxes in Municipal Corporations Except Counties Within a City, Included Within the Boundaries of a Special A 1804 - Commissioner Certifications.

§ 1804. Commissioner certifications. For the assessment roll completed   and  filed  in  the  year nineteen hundred eighty-nine and for each roll   thereafter, the  commissioner  shall  certify  to  the  chief  executive   officer  and  legislative body of each special assessing unit, the class   equalization rate for each class in such special assessing unit and each   portion thereof.
NY Real Prop Tax L § 1806 (2021)
2021 New York Laws RPT - Real Property Tax Article 18 - Preservation of Class Share of Taxes in Municipal Corporations Except Counties Within a City, Included Within the Boundaries of a Special A 1806 - Rules and Regulations.

§  1806.  Rules  and  regulations. The commissioner may prescribe such   rules and regulations as may be necessary to implement the provisions of   this article.
NY Real Prop Tax L § 1905-A (2021)
2021 New York Laws RPT - Real Property Tax Article 19 - Preservation of Class Share of Taxes Other Than in Special Assessing Units 1905-A - Commissioner Certifications for Assessment Rolls Completed During and After Nineteen Hundred Eighty-Nine.

§  1905-a.  Commissioner certifications for assessment rolls completed during and after nineteen hundred eighty-nine.  (a)  For  each  approved assessing  unit  and  eligible  non-assessing unit village for which the commissioner certified adjusted homestead base proportions and  adjusted non-homestead base proportions in the year nineteen hundred eighty-nine, the  commissioner  shall  determine  and  certify as provided by article twelve of this chapter the class equalization rate  for  each  class  in such approved assessing unit and each portion thereof and for each class in  such  eligible  non-assessing  unit  village  on the assessment roll completed and filed in the year nineteen hundred  eighty-nine  and  each roll thereafter.  (b)  For each other approved assessing unit and eligible non-assessing unit village which  has  adopted  the  provisions  of  section  nineteen hundred  three  of  this  article,  the commissioner shall determine and certify,  as  provided  by  article  twelve  of  this   chapter,   class equalization  rates  for  such  approved assessing unit and each portion thereof  and  for  such  eligible  non-assessing  unit  village  for  an assessment  roll filed no later than the sixth year following the filing of the first assessment roll to which the provisions of section nineteen hundred three of this article are applicable, and for  each  roll  filed thereafter.
NY Real Prop Tax L § 1906 (2021)
2021 New York Laws RPT - Real Property Tax Article 19 - Preservation of Class Share of Taxes Other Than in Special Assessing Units 1906 - Rules and Regulations.

§  1906.  Rules  and  regulations. The commissioner may prescribe such   rules and regulations as may be necessary to implement the provisions of   this article.
NY Real Prop Tax L § 2000 (2021)
2021 New York Laws RPT - Real Property Tax Article 20 - Construction; Laws Repealed; Effective Date 2000 - Severability.

§ 2000.  Severability.  If any clause, sentence, paragraph, section or   part  of  this  chapter  shall  be  adjudged  by  any court of competent   jurisdiction to be invalid, such judgment shall not  affect,  impair  or   invalidate the remainder thereof, but shall be confined in its operation   to  the  clause,  sentence,  paragraph, section or part thereof directly   involved in the controversy in  which  such  judgment  shall  have  been   rendered.
NY Real Prop Tax L § 2004 (2021)
2021 New York Laws RPT - Real Property Tax Article 20 - Construction; Laws Repealed; Effective Date 2004 - Preservation of Rights of State.

§  2004.  Preservation  of rights of state.  2. This chapter shall not   affect the manner or time of payment of amounts payable to the state  by   certain  counties  on  account  of bonds issued for highway construction   purposes pursuant to chapter four hundred  sixty-nine  of  the  laws  of   nineteen hundred six, as amended.
NY Real Prop Tax L § 2006 (2021)
2021 New York Laws RPT - Real Property Tax Article 20 - Construction; Laws Repealed; Effective Date 2006 - Exceptions.

§  2006.   Exceptions.   This chapter shall not be deemed to repeal or   otherwise affect the provisions of any special or local law or ordinance   or of any county, city or village charter,  or  other  special  form  of   government,  it  being  the  intention  of the legislature that the same   shall continue in full force and effect until and unless otherwise  duly   amended, repealed or affected.
NY Real Prop Tax L § 2008 (2021)
2021 New York Laws RPT - Real Property Tax Article 20 - Construction; Laws Repealed; Effective Date 2008 - Effect of Chapter.

§  2008.   Effect of chapter.  1.  Provisions of this chapter that are   substantially the same in substance and effect as  those  which  are  in   force  immediately  prior to the time this chapter shall take effect and   which are repealed by this chapter are intended to be codifications  and   continuations of such latter provisions of law and not new enactments.2.    Reference  in any general, special or local law, county, city or   village  charter  or  other  special  form  of  government,   ordinance,   resolution,  rule,  regulation  or  document to any provision of the tax   law, education law, village law, general municipal  law,  or  other  law   repealed  by  this chapter, in force at the time this chapter shall take   effect, shall be deemed and construed  to  refer  to  the  corresponding   provision  of  the  real  property  tax  law,  as  re-enacted, codified,   modified or amended by this chapter.
NY Real Prop Tax L § 2010 (2021)
2021 New York Laws RPT - Real Property Tax Article 20 - Construction; Laws Repealed; Effective Date 2010 - Pending Actions and Proceedings.

§  2010.    Pending actions and proceedings.   No action or proceeding   pending at the time  when  this  chapter  shall  take  effect  shall  be   affected  by  any  provision  of  this  chapter,  but  the  same  may be   prosecuted, defended or  enforced  as  if  this  chapter  had  not  been   enacted.
NY Real Prop Tax L § 2012 (2021)
2021 New York Laws RPT - Real Property Tax Article 20 - Construction; Laws Repealed; Effective Date 2012 - Existing Rights and Remedies Preserved.

§ 2012.  Existing rights and remedies preserved.  No existing right or   remedy of any character shall be lost, impaired or affected by reason of   this  chapter,  nor shall the validity of any action taken by any public   official under the law in force  immediately  prior  to  the  time  this   chapter shall take effect be affected by the enactment of this chapter.
NY Real Prop Tax L § 2014 (2021)
2021 New York Laws RPT - Real Property Tax Article 20 - Construction; Laws Repealed; Effective Date 2014 - Laws Repealed.

§  2014.   Laws repealed.  Of the laws enumerated in the schedule hereto   annexed and subject to the provisions  of  this  article,  that  portion   specified in the last column is hereby REPEALED.
NY Real Prop Tax L § 2016 (2021)
2021 New York Laws RPT - Real Property Tax Article 20 - Construction; Laws Repealed; Effective Date 2016 - Effective Date.

§  2016.    Effective  date.   This act shall take effect October first,   nineteen hundred fifty-nine.
NY Rel Corps L § 1 (2021)
2021 New York Laws RCO - Religious Corporations Article 1 - Short Title and Definitions 1 - Short Title.

§  1.  Short  title.    This  chapter shall be known as the "Religious   Corporations Law."
NY Rel Corps L § 2 (2021)
2021 New York Laws RCO - Religious Corporations Article 1 - Short Title and Definitions 2 - Definitions.

§  2.  Definitions.    A "Religious Corporations Law corporation" is a   corporation created for religious purposes to which this chapter applies   under section two-a  of  this  chapter.  Unless  the  context  otherwise   requires,  whenever  "religious corporation" or "corporation" is used in   this chapter,  such  term  shall  mean  a  "Religious  Corporations  Law   corporation".An  "incorporated church" is a religious corporation created to enable   its members to meet for divine worship or other religious observances.An "unincorporated  church"  is  a  congregation,  society,  or  other   assemblage  of  persons  who  are accustomed to statedly meet for divine   worship or other religious observances, without having been incorporated   for that purpose.The term "clergyman" and the term "minister" include a duly authorized   pastor, rector, priest,  rabbi,  pandit,  swami,  guru,  granthi,  imam,   moulvi,  maulana  and  a  person having authority from, or in accordance   with, the rules and regulations of the governing ecclesiastical body  of   the  denomination  or  order,  if  any,  to which the church belongs, or   otherwise from the church or synagogue to preside over  and  direct  the   spiritual affairs of the church or synagogue.The  term  "funeral  entity" means a person, partnership, corporation,   limited  liability  company  or  other  form  of  business  organization   providing  funeral  home services, or owning, controlling, conducting or   affiliated with a funeral home, any subsidiary thereof  or  an  officer,   director  or stockholder having a ten per centum or greater proprietary,   beneficial, equitable or credit interest in a funeral home.