New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 9 - EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT › Subtitle A - Governor's Office › Chapter I - Executive Orders › Part 5 - Executive Orders (George E. Pataki) › Section 5.61 - Executive Order No. 61: Extending the Period for Paying Real Property Taxes Without Interest in St. Lawrence County due to a Disaster Emergency. [*]

Current through Register Vol. 46, No. 28, July 10, 2024
WHEREAS, beginning on January 7, 1998, a severe storm
					 system with a combination of rain, freezing rain, and ice caused widespread
					 power outages and disrupted vital transportation and public safety systems in
					 the counties and the contiguous areas of Clinton, Essex, Franklin, Jefferson,
					 St. Lawrence and Lewis;
WHEREAS, this event resulted in personal hardship and
					 damage to residential and commercial property, and it continues to pose a
					 threat to the public health and safety;
WHEREAS, by Executive Order Number 60.1, I declared a
					 Disaster Emergency in the affected counties, and directed State agencies to
					 respond as necessary to assist those affected counties in restoring vital
					 public transportation systems and to provide such other assistance as necessary
					 to protect the public health and safety;
WHEREAS, real property taxes for the 1998 fiscal year are
					 currently due in the affected counties;
WHEREAS, by virtue of section 924  of the Real Property Tax
					 Law, such taxes would normally be payable without interest only through January
					 31, 1998;
WHEREAS, January 31, 1998 being a Saturday, by virtue of
					 section 925-a (1)  of the Real Property Tax Law, the period for paying such taxes
					 without interest is automatically extended until the next business day, which
					 is February 2, 1998;
WHEREAS, such taxes would normally be subject to interest
					 if paid after that date;
WHEREAS, section 925-a (2)  of the Real Property Tax Law, as
					 added by Chapter 389 of the Laws of 1997, authorizes the Governor to issue an
					 Executive Order during a State Disaster Emergency, extending the period for
					 paying real property taxes without interest by up to seven days in a county,
					 city, town, village or school district in the affected area, if the Chief
					 Executive Officer of the county, city, town, village, or school district
					 requests such an extension;
WHEREAS, a request for such an extension has been received
					 on behalf of St. Lawrence County; and
WHEREAS, given the hardships continuing to face the people
					 of St. Lawrence County as a result of the ice storm, such an extension is
					 eminently warranted;
NOW, THEREFORE, I, GEORGE E. PATAKI, Governor of the State
					 of New York, pursuant to section 925-a (2)  of the Real Property Tax Law, do
					 hereby extend by seven days the period for paying without interest the real
					 property taxes that are currently due in St. Lawrence County, so that such
					 taxes shall be payable without interest through February 9, 1998; and
FURTHER, by virtue of the same section 925-a (2)  of the Real
					 Property Tax Law, any taxes not paid by such date shall be subject to the same
					 penalties and interest that would have applied if no such extension had been
					 granted.
Signed: George E. Pataki
Dated: January 28, 1998
Footnotes
* [Revoked by Executive Order
					 No. 5 (Eliot Spitzer),
infra.
] [Revoked by Executive Order No.
					 9 (David A. Paterson),
infra.
] [Revoked by Executive Order No.
					 2 (Andrew M. Cuomo),
infra.
]