New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 20 - DEPARTMENT OF TAXATION AND FINANCE › Chapter XVI - Real Property Tax Administration › Part 8188 - Minimum Qualification Standards, Training And Certification Of Local Assessment Administration Personnel › Subpart 8188-2 - Assessors (outside Of New York City) › Section 8188-2.1 - Certification requirement for assessors, generally

Current through Register Vol. 46, No. 28, July 10, 2024
(a) For purposes of the training and
				  certification of assessors, there shall be no classification of assessing
				  units. For purposes of the training and certification of assessors, this
				  Subpart applies to assessors outside the City of New York, except as prescribed
				  in Subpart 8188-1 of this Part. Assessors employed in New York City are covered
				  by requirements prescribed in Subpart 8188-8 of this Part.
(b) Each assessor must attain certification
				  as a State certified assessor within three years of beginning his or her
				  initial term of office. An assessor who begins a new term of office without
				  having attained certification during a prior term of office must attain
				  certification within 12 months of beginning this new term, but in no event
				  shall any assessor be required to attain certification in less than 36 months
				  of time in office, subject to the interim certification requirements of section
				  8188-2.7  of
				  this Subpart.
(c) A State certified
				  assessor must be recertified upon a reappointment or reelection by successfully
				  completing the ethics component within one year.
(d) Where there has been an interruption of
				  continuous service of at least four years, a State certified assessor must be
				  recertified upon an appointment or election by attending the orientation
				  seminar within one month, if practicable, of the commencement of his or her
				  certification requirement, but in no event any later than February 1st of the
				  year succeeding commencement of that requirement and satisfying the
				  certification criteria as provided in sections
				  8188-2.2,
				  8188-2.6
				  and
				  8188-2.7  of
				  this Subpart within three years of returning to office.
(e) For an individual appointed to fill a
				  vacancy in an elective office of assessor, the commencement of his or her
				  certification requirement is the next January 1st following that
				  appointment.
(f) Any uncertified
				  assessor serving during 2007 whose training requirement has commenced may
				  substitute the introduction to real estate appraisal component, the valuation
				  principles and procedures component and the introduction to income valuation
				  component to satisfy the cost, market and income approach to value component.
				  In addition, the introduction to mass appraisal component, successfully
				  completed prior to 2008 may be accepted for the introduction to mass appraisal
				  component. The introduction to farm appraisal component successfully completed
				  prior to 2008 may be accepted for the introduction to farm appraisal component.
				  Successful completion of the assessment administration and fundamentals of
				  exception administration component prior to 2008 will constitute satisfaction
				  of the assessment administration component.
(g) Notwithstanding the provisions of
				  subdivision (b) of this section, an uncertified assessor serving in a term
				  which commenced prior to October 1, 2007 is required to complete the
				  certification requirements prescribed in section
				  8188-2.6 
				  of this Subpart. An uncertified assessor must attain certification within three
				  years and is subject to the interim certification requirements prescribed in
				  section
				  8188-2.7  of
				  this Subpart.
(h) In no event will
				  successful completion of the assessment administration component be accepted if
				  it was completed more than four years prior to the date that the assessor
				  became subject to the provisions of this Subpart.
(i) An individual may successfully complete
				  an approved ethics component training session prior to his or her reappointment
				  or reelection to office. In no event will any ethics training be accepted that
				  was completed more than one year prior to his or her reappointment or
				  reelection to office, except as stated in subdivision (j) of this
				  section.
(j) If ethics training was
				  successfully completed by an assessor fulfilling a basic certification
				  component and the assessor is reappointed or reelected before attaining basic
				  certification, the ethics component does not need to be repeated if it was
				  successfully completed more than one year but less than three years prior to
				  reelection or reappointment.
(k) An
				  assessor subject to the requirements of this Subpart shall not be required to
				  take any additional training solely because of his or her appointment or
				  election as assessor in another assessing unit, except as provided in section
				  8188-2.6(b)(6) 
				  of this Subpart.