What's happening
This bill requires that fire districts receive notice when a petition challenges a real property tax assessment in their area.
Why it matters
Ensures fire districts are promptly informed. about legal challenges to property tax assessments in their jurisdiction, helping them anticipate potential changes in their tax revenue base.
Gives fire districts the opportunity to monitor or participate. in assessment review proceedings, allowing them to advocate for their financial interests if a major property’s assessment (and thus tax contribution) is challenged.
Aligns the notification process for fire districts. with that already provided for schools, counties, and villages, promoting transparency and consistency in how all major local stakeholders are notified about assessment disputes.
Helps fire districts plan budgets more accurately. by providing early warning of assessment challenges that could impact funding, which is crucial for maintaining emergency services and planning long-term investments.
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Notify Fire Districts of Challenges
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1 Co-sponsor
History
- Referred to local government
- Referred to local government
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Notify Fire Districts on Appeals
In Assembly Committee · Real Property Taxation · Sponsor William Magee
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STATE OF NEW YORK
4293
2017-2018 Regular Sessions
IN SENATE
February 8, 2017
Introduced by Sens. LAVALLE, LARKIN -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Local Government
AN ACT to amend the real property tax law, in relation to service of petition in a challenge to a real property assessment upon a fire district
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows:
Section 1. Subdivision 3 of section 708 of the real property tax law, as amended by chapter 503 of the laws of 1996, is amended to read as follows:
3. Except in a city in which there is a city school district governed by the provisions of article fifty-two of the education law, or in a special assessing unit as defined in article eighteen of this chapter which is not a city or in a county governed by chapter three hundred eleven of the laws of nineteen hundred twenty, as amended by chapter one hundred thirty of the laws of nineteen hundred thirty-five, one copy of the petition and notice shall be mailed within ten days from the date of service thereof as above provided to the superintendent of schools of any school district within which any part of the real property on which the assessment to be reviewed is located and, in all instances, to the treasurer of any county in which any part of the real property is located, to the chair of the board of fire commissioners of any fire district in which any part of the real property is located, and to the clerk of a village which has enacted a local law as provided in subdivision three of section fourteen hundred two of this chapter if the assessment to be reviewed is on a parcel located within such village. Neither the school district nor any such county [or], village or board of fire commissioners shall thereby be deemed to have been made a party to the proceeding. Proof of mailing one copy of the petition and notice to the superintendent of schools, the treasurer of the county and the clerk of the village which has enacted a local law as provided above
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shall be filed with the court within ten days of the mailing. Failure to comply with the provisions of this section shall result in the dismissal of the petition, unless excused for good cause shown.
§ 2. This act shall take effect on the first of January next succeeding the date on which it shall have become a law.
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Sponsor's memo
Title of bill
An act to amend the real property tax law, in relation to service of petition in a challenge to a real property assessment upon a fire district
Purpose
To provide actual notice to the Board of Fire Commissioner of a pending challenge to a real property assessment within the fire district.
Summary of provisions
Amends subdivision 3 of Section 708 of the Real Property Tax Law to include the Board of Fire Commissioners among the municipal governmental entities which receive actual notice of challenges to real property assessments.
Justification
This legislation would provide for actual notice to the Board of Fire Commissioners of challengers to the assessments of real property located within the fire district. Fire Districts are municipal corporations whose budgets are in part controlled by the taxable valuation of the real property located within the fire district. Periodically, the assessment of said real property is challenged by the owner of said property by the filing of a petition for tax certiorari action. Presently, notice of said action is received only by the assessor's office of the town or city in which the property is located and the superintendent of schools.
Legislative history
2015-16 S.1107/A.1155; 2013-14 S.2354/A.2604; 2011-12 S.810; 2009-10 S.3818; S.1857, 2007-08; S.1359, 2005-06; S.558-A, 2003-04; S.6672, 2001-02.
Fiscal implications
None.
Effective date
Ninety days after it shall become law.
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