[Adopted 1-23-1984 by L.L. No. 1-1984 (Ch.
40, Art. IV, of the 1979 Code)]
The intent of the Board of Trustees of the Village
of Delhi is to implement § 1402, Subdivision 3, of the Real
Property Tax Law providing for the voluntary termination of the Village's
status as an assessing unit, as now provided in the Village Law and
the Real Property Tax Law. It is also the intent of this article to
abolish the position of Assessor (or Board of Assessors) and to terminate
any and all responsibility as provided by law for the review of the
assessments of real property located within the Village of Delhi.
On or after the effective date of this article,
the Village of Delhi shall cease to be an assessing unit.
The position of Assessor in the Village of Delhi
is hereby abolished.
The Board of Assessment Review in the Village
of Delhi is hereby abolished.
On or after the effective date of this article,
taxes in the Village of Delhi shall be levied on a copy of the applicable
part of the assessment roll of the Town of Delhi with the taxable
status date of such town controlling for Village purposes.
Within five days of the effective date of this
article, the Board of Trustees of the Village of Delhi shall file
a copy of such article with the Clerk and Assessor of the Town of
Delhi and with the State Board of Real Property Services.
This article shall take effect immediately upon
filing with the Secretary of State; provided, however, that such article
is subject to a permissive referendum, and the Village Clerk shall
forthwith proceed to notice such fact and conduct such referendum
if required by petition.[1]
[1]
Editor's Note: No petition for referendum
was filed.
