[HISTORY: Adopted by the Town Board of the Town of Coxsackie as indicated in article histories. Amendments noted where applicable.]
GENERAL REFERENCES
Defense and indemnification of officers and employees — See Ch. 17.
Code of Ethics — See Ch. 30.
Taxation — See Ch. 183.
[Adopted 4-9-1991 by L.L. No. 3-1991]
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Editor's Note: This article supersedes former Ch. 6, Assessor, adopted 6-1-1971 by L.L. No. 1-1971.
The Town of Coxsackie shall, on and after June 11, 1991, have but one Assessor, which Assessor shall be appointed by the Town Board of the Town of Coxsackie in accordance with § 310 of the Real Property Tax Law of the State of New York.
The terms of office for the present three elected Assessors and their successors for the Town of Coxsackie shall terminate on June 11, 1991.
This chapter is subject to a permissive referendum in the manner prescribed in § 24 of the Municipal Home Rule Law of the State of New York.[1]
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Editor's Note: No petitions for referendum were filed.
This chapter is adopted in accordance with the provisions of § 328 of the Real Property Tax Law of the State of New York.
This chapter shall take effect 45 days after its adoption and upon it being duly filed in the office of the Secretary of State.
[Adopted 12-28-2000 by L.L. No. 6-2000]
This article 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 article and the adoption of this article, the Town of Coxsackie, together with the Town of New Baltimore, establish a coordinated assessment program and approve and jointly enter into a municipal cooperative agreement, dated December 2000, 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(2)(b) of the Real Property Tax Law as "Coordinated assessment programs without direct county involvement."
B. 
The Supervisor of the Town of Coxsackie is hereby empowered to enter into an agreement with the Town of New Baltimore 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 in all the participating assessing units.
E. 
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.
F. 
The dates applicable to the assessment process in each participating assessing unit, including taxable status date, and the date for the filing of the tentative and final assessment rolls shall be the same for each assessing unit participating in this coordinated assessment program.