Coordinated Assessment Program
Town of Candor Local Law Number 2 of the Year 1995
A local law to authorize the participation of the Town of Candor
in a coordinated assessment program with the Town of Tioga.
WHEREAS, The Towns of Candor and Tioga, both located in the
County of Tioga, are empowered to enter into a municipal
cooperative agreement to appoint one assessor to hold office in
both the Town of Candor and the Town of Tioga pursuant to section
576 and 579 of the Real Property Tax Law and Article 5-G of the
General Municipal Law; and
WHEREAS, the intention of the parties is to create a
coordinated assessment program pursuant to section 579 of the
Real Property Tax Law, whereby one assessor will provide
assessment services for all towns in the coordinated assessment
program and the assessor will assess all property in the program
at a uniform percentage of full value;
Be it enacted by the Board of Councilmen and Councilwomen
the Town of Candor as follows:
Section 1. Statutory Authority
This local law is enacted pursuant to section 579 of the
Real Property Tax Law.
Section 2. Purpose
- The Supervisor of the Town of Candor is hereby empowered
to enter into an agreement with the Town of Tioga pursuant to
section 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 assepsment
program.
- Such a cooperative assessment agreement shall provide
for the joint conduct of interview of persons seeking the office
of assessor, and that the appointment of the assessor must be
approved by a majority of the Town Board Members of each
participating Town. In addition, the agreement shall provide for
the compensation of the assessor and for the allocation of
expenses between the participating assessing units.
- Upon the expiration of the term of the appointed
assessor, or in the event that the assessor so appointed resigns
or is otherwise unable to remain in office, one individual shall
be appointed to succeed him/her in both the participating
assessing units.
- Effective with the first assessment roll produced in
cooperation with the other participating assessing units in 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.
- The dates applicable to the assessment process in each
participating assessing unit, including taxable status date, and
the dates for the filing of the tentative and the final
assessment rolls, shall be the same for each assessing unit
participating in this coordinated assessment program.
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