8/22/07 N.Y. St. Reg. RPS-21-07-00003-A
PURSUANT TO THE PROVISIONS OF THE State Administrative Procedure Act, NOTICE is hereby given of the following action:
Action taken:
Amendment of sections 188-1.1, 188-2.1, 188-2.6, 188-2.7, 188-4.1, 188-4.6 and 188-4.7 of Title 9 NYCRR.
Statutory authority:
Real Property Tax Law, sections 202(1)(l), 310(5), 318 and 1532
Subject:
Training for assessors and county directors.
Purpose:
To revise the basic course of training for assessors and directors of county real property tax service agencies.
Text or summary was published
in the notice of proposed rule making, I.D. No. RPS-21-07-00003-P, Issue of May 23, 2007.
Final rule as compared with last published rule:
No changes.
Text of rule and any required statements and analyses may be obtained from:
James J. O'Keeffe, General Counsel, Office of Real Property Services, 16 Sheridan Ave., Albany, NY 12210-2714, (518) 474-8821, e-mail:
internet.legal@orps.state.ny.usAssessment of Public Comment
The only comment received from the public was a memorandum dated July 5, 2007, from John R. Trauzel, Associate Director for Regulatory Affairs of the New York Farm Bureau. While generally supportive, Mr. Trauzel criticized the reduction in the number of towns for which assessors must complete the Farm Appraisal component. Under the existing rules, assessors in 814 towns, or 89% of the town assessing units in the State, must take the component. Under the proposal, assessors in 778 towns, or 85% of the of the town assessing units, must take the component. The implication of Mr. Trauzel's comments is that assessors in towns with any agricultural property should take the component. The State Board concluded that the proposed standard of 10% of a town being within the boundaries of an agriculture district, rather than the current standard of any portion of the town being within such a district, was reasonable. The amendments were adopted as originally proposed.
