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Jan 19, 2011 |
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Senate Bill S2386
2011-2012 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(R, C, IP, RFM) Senate District
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Local Government Committee
- Introduced
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- In Committee Assembly
- In Committee Senate
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- On Floor Calendar Assembly
- On Floor Calendar Senate
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- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
- Delivered to Governor
- Signed By Governor
Actions
co-Sponsors
(R, C) Senate District
(R, C, IP) Senate District
2011-S2386 (ACTIVE) - Details
- See Assembly Version of this Bill:
- A6163
- Current Committee:
- Senate Local Government
- Law Section:
- Real Property Tax Law
- Laws Affected:
- Amd ยง742, RPT L
- Versions Introduced in 2009-2010 Legislative Session:
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S3045
2011-S2386 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER:S2386 TITLE OF BILL: An act to amend the real property tax law, in relation to charges for counsel or experts in certain review proceedings PURPOSE: To provide that the state shall bear costs associated with the review of special franchise assessments established by the Office of Real Property Services (ORPS). SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS: This bill would amend section 742 of the real property tax law to remove provisions requiring the state to recoup from municipalities counsel expert fees incurred by the State Board of Real Property Services in proceedings to review special franchise assessments and to specify that such fees shall be borne by the state. JUSTIFICATION: The Office of Real Property Services establishes special franchise assessments annually on behalf of local governments. The special franchise owner (public utility companies) may challenge these assessments through a proceeding to review a special franchise assessment and under current law, counsel and expert fees incurred by the state in such proceedings are charged to
2011-S2386 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 2386 2011-2012 Regular Sessions I N S E N A T E January 19, 2011 ___________ Introduced by Sens. SEWARD, LARKIN, RANZENHOFER -- 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 charges for counsel or experts in certain review proceedings THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Section 742 of the real property tax law, subdivision 1 as amended by chapter 732 of the laws of 1983, the section heading and subdivision 1 as further amended by section 1 of part W of chapter 56 of the laws of 2010, is amended to read as follows: S 742. Appearance by commissioner in proceeding to review a special franchise assessment. [1.] In any proceeding to review a special fran- chise assessment, the commissioner may appear by counsel designated by the attorney general. The attorney general or such counsel may employ experts. The compensation of such counsel and experts and their neces- sary expenses incurred in such proceeding and upon any appeal therein shall be BORNE BY THE STATE AND SHALL NOT BE a charge upon the assessing unit upon whose rolls appears the assessment sought to be reviewed [and the amount thereof shall be audited, allowed and paid in the same manner as other claims against the assessing unit. Where the assessment of a special franchise in more than one assessing unit is reviewed in one proceeding, separate accounts for such compensation and expenses shall be rendered to the proper officer of each of the assessing units. Any charge imposed pursuant to this subdivision shall be limited to proceedings commenced by a special franchise owner. 2. If provision has not been made for the payment of such expense in any year, the officers who are empowered by law to make such provisions in any assessing unit shall raise such amount as may be necessary in any manner provided by law and shall pay such expense therefrom]. S 2. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. S LBD05747-02-1
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