[Adopted 10-23-2008 by L.L. No. 7-2008]
Each town, village, and school district in Sullivan
County shall include on the back of its real property tax bills and/or
the back of its receipts for real property tax bills the then-current
County budget, said summary to be provided by the County. As an alternative
to printing such summary on the back of said bills and receipts, local
tax collectors may include a separate sheet containing the County
budget summary in the envelope with such bills and receipts.
The costs associated with the printing and inclusion
of the County budget summary on the tax bills and receipts shall be
borne by the respective town, village, or school district.
[Added 8-18-2011 by L.L. No. 3-2011]
It is the intent of this article to provide a mechanism to insure
that, on an annual basis, citizens receive information with their
tax bill concerning state and federal mandates.
The County Manager, the Clerk of the Legislature, and any other
required statutory officer are hereby directed to identify, on a separate
property tax line and description, that portion of each annual property
tax bill dedicated to New York State Medicaid mandates, New York State
Welfare mandates, other New York State mandates and all federal mandates
within the taxing purpose section of each bill. There shall be a separate
property tax line and description for County programs.
The County Manager, Clerk of the Legislature, and any other
required statutory officer are hereby directed to take any and all
action necessary to cause a tax bill flyer summarizing financial information
regarding state and federal mandates to be included as an enclosure
with each annual property tax bill. The tax bill flyer shall include
the following sections:
A.
Standard statement defining mandate(s).
B.
Narrative summary of key financial impacts of state and federal mandates.
C.
A chart illustrating mandated portions of the County budget.
D.
A list of all the names, addresses and contact information of the
Governor, and federal and state legislators representing areas of
the County of Sullivan.
The procedures required by this article shall be carried out
in addition to, and in accordance with, other annual tax billing procedures
existent within the County of Sullivan.
