NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING - TOWN OF RAMAPO INTRODUCTORY LOCAL LAW OFFICE OF ASSESSOR - JANUARY 22, 2025 AT 7:00 PM
NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Town Board of the Town of Ramapo, Rockland County, New York, will meet on January 22, 2025, at 7:00 o'clock P.M., Prevailing Time, at the Town Hall located at 237 Route 59, Suffern, New York 10901, for the purpose of conducting a public hearing in relation to the following proposed local law:
LOCAL LAW NO. _______-2025
TOWN OF RAMAPO
INTRODUCTORY LOCAL LAW
OFFICE OF ASSESSOR
BE IT ENACTED by the Town Board of the Town of Ramapo, County of Rockland, State of New York, as follows:
Section 1. LEGISLATIVE INTENT
This chapter is adopted to implement Title 2, Article 3, of the Real Property Tax Law.
Section 2. OFFICE ESTABLISHED
- Pursuant to the authority granted in § 308 et seq., of the Real Property Tax Law, the office of Assessor is hereby established, together with all of the rights, privileges, powers and duties as set forth in said § 308 et seq.
- The term of office of the Assessor shall be six years, as provided in § 310, Subdivision 2, of the Real Property Tax Law.
- All training qualifications and standards of the Assessor shall be designated in § 310 of the Real Property Tax Law.
Section 3. ACTING ASSESSOR
Pursuant to the authority granted in § 314 of the Real Property Tax Law, the Town Board, by resolution, may establish the position of Acting Assessor. Such Acting Assessor shall be appointed by and serve at the pleasure of the Town Board. During the absence, inability or refusal of the Assessor to act, the Acting Assessor is vested with all the power and shall perform all the duties as Assessor, all as prescribed in said § 314, together with the training, qualifications and standards as designated therein.
Section 4. BOARD OF ASSESSMENT REVIEW
- Pursuant to the authority granted in § 523 of the Real Property Tax Law, there is hereby designated a Board of Assessment Review, which shall be comprised of five members appointed by the Town Board, and which members shall have knowledge of property values in the Town of Ramapo. A majority of such Board shall consist of members who are not officers or employees of the Town. All of said members shall serve for a period of five years, except that, out of the first appointees, one of such appointments shall be for one year, one shall be for three years, and one shall be for five years.
- Said Board of Assessment Review is vested with all the powers and shall perform all of the duties of a Board of Assessment Review as provided for in § 523 of the Real Property Tax Law.
Section 5. TENTATIVE ROLL, NOTICE, PUBLIC INSPECTION AND COMPLAINTS
A tentative assessment roll, notice of completion thereof, examination thereof and the hearing and filing of complaints with respect to assessments shall be complied with pursuant to § 526 of the Real property Tax Law.
Section 6. EFFECTIVE DATE
This Local Law shall take effect immediately upon filing with the Secretary of State.
At said public hearing the Town Board will hear all persons interested in the subject matter thereof.
TAKE FURTHER NOTICE that procedures for attending the public hearing by Zoom (for viewing purposes only) will be timely posted on the Town website at www.ramapo.org.
The Town of Ramapo will make every effort to assure that the hearing is accessible to persons with disabilities. Anyone requiring special assistance and/or reasonable accommodations should contact the Town Clerk.
Dated: Suffern, New York,
January 8, 2025
BY ORDER OF THE TOWN BOARD OF THE TOWN OF RAMAPO, ROCKLAND COUNTY, NEW YORK