[HISTORY: Adopted by the Town Board of the Town of Fishkill 9-9-2006 by L.L. No.
3-2006. Amendments noted where applicable.]
GENERAL REFERENCES
Taxation — See Ch. 138.
This chapter is enacted pursuant to § 579 of the Real
Property Tax Law of the State of New York.
A.
From
and after the effective date of this chapter and the adoption of this
chapter, the Town of Fishkill, together with the Town of Wappinger,
shall establish a coordinated assessment program and approve and jointly
enter into a municipal cooperative agreement between said towns pursuant
to § 576 of the Real Property Tax Law and Article 5-G of
the General Municipal Law. Said agreement is the type described in
§ 579, Subdivision 2(b), of the Real Property Tax Law as
"coordinated assessment programs without direct county involvement."
B.
The
Supervisor of the Town of Fishkill is hereby empowered to enter into
an agreement with the Town of Wappinger pursuant to § 576
of the Real Property Tax Law, providing that one Assessor shall be
appointed to hold the office of Assessor in all the participating
assessing units in the coordinated assessment program.
C.
Such
cooperative assessment agreement shall provide for the joint conduct
of interviews of persons seeking the office of Assessor, and that
the appointment of the Assessor must be approved by a majority of
each participating assessing unit's Town Boards.
D.
Upon
the expiration of the term of the appointed Assessor, or in the event
the Assessor so appointed resigns or is otherwise unable to remain
in office, one individual shall be appointed to succeed him or her.
A.
Effective
with the first assessment roll produced pursuant to the coordinated
assessment program, all real property shall be assessed at the same
uniform percentage of value in each assessing unit participating in
the coordinated assessment program throughout the term of this cooperative
assessment agreement.
B.
The
date applicable to the assessment process in each Town, including
taxable status date, and the date for the filing of the tentative
and final assessment rolls shall be the same for each Town.
