[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Trustees of the Village of West
Haverstraw 4-15-2002 by L.L. No. 1-2002.
Amendments noted where applicable.]
GENERAL REFERENCES
Taxation — See Ch. 219.
The intent of the Board of Trustees of the Village of West Haverstraw
is to implement § 1402(3) of the Real Property Tax Law providing
for the voluntary termination of the Village's status as an assessing
unit, as provided in the Village Law and the Real Property Tax Law. It is
also the intent of this chapter to abolish the position of Assessor, 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 West Haverstraw.
On or after the effective date of this chapter, the Village of West
Haverstraw shall cease to be an assessing unit.
The position of Assessor in the Village of West Haverstraw is hereby
abolished, and the Village Board of Trustees shall no longer constitute or
function as a Board of Assessment Review in the Village of West Haverstraw.
On or after the effective date of this chapter, taxes in the Village
of West Haverstraw shall be levied on a copy of the applicable part of its
assessment roll of the Town of Haverstraw, with the taxable status date of
such town controlling for Village purposes.
Within five days of the effective date of this chapter, the Board of
Trustees of the Village of West Haverstraw shall file a copy of this chapter
with the Clerk and Assessor of the Town of Haverstraw and with the State Board
of Real Property Services.
