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- Signed chap.416
- Delivered to governor
- Returned to senate
- Passed assembly
- Ordered to third reading rules cal.288
- Substituted for A9106A
- Referred to ways and means
- Delivered to assembly
- Passed senateVote 58–0
- Ordered to third reading cal.1264
- Committee discharged and committed to rules
- Print number 6959a
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Extends the deadline for eligible municipalities to exercise the provisions of the Superstorm Sandy assessment relief act
Assembly Floor Calendar · Sponsor Michael J. Fitzpatrick
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BILL NUMBER:S6959A
Title of bill
An act in relation to extending the deadline by which an eligible municipality may exercise the provisions of the Superstorm Sandy assessment relief act
Purpose
Extends the deadline for the Town of Smithtown to exercise the provisions of the Superstorm Sandy assessment relief act.
Summary of provisions
Section 1: States that notwithstanding any provisions of this chapter 424 of the laws of 2013 or any other law to the contrary, the Town of Smithtown may exercise the provisions of the Superstorm Sandy assessment relief act, within one year of the act being adopted into law, upon passage of a resolution adopting the provisions thereof. Any school district within the Town of Smithtown may provide assessment relief for the real property impacted by Superstorm Sandy located within the district as provided in paragraphs (i), (ii), (iii) and/or (iv) of subdivision (a) of section four of the Superstorm Sandy assessment relief act only after passage of a resolution electing to do so.
Section 2: States that the law should be effective immediately.
Justification
A Super Storm Sandy Assessment Relief Program was created by the Governor in October 2013, after the devastating effects of the Hurricane storm. The act was created to allow a local option for municipalities to allow its local assessor to retroactively re-assess property significantly damaged or destroy by the storm. The relief was intended for the areas where there was significant flood and water damage.
Municipalities, including school districts, had 45 days to adopt a resolution that would allow for this reassessment to take place. However, during that time, the Smithtown assessor and the Smithtown Central School District had no information of any property that would fall into the categories set forth in the state legislation, and as such, has no reason to pass a resolution.
This same legislation allowed property owners to file an application for relief for up to 90 days after the act's enactment. In late January, at the end of the eligibility period for property owners, there were four applications filed at the Smithtown Assessor's Office. This legislation would allow the Town of Smithtown to adopt the provisions of this act, and provide assessments relief for the real properties impacted by Super Storm Sandy.
Legislative history
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Effective date
This act shall take effect immediately.
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