[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Trustees of the Village
of Chester as indicated in article histories. Amendments noted where
applicable.]
GENERAL REFERENCES
Taxation — See Ch. 88.
[Adopted 12-13-2010 by L.L. No. 2-2010]
The intent of the Board of Trustees of the Village of Chester
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 article to abolish the position of Assessor
(or Board of Assessors) 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 Chester.
Thirty days after the effective date of this article, the Village
of Chester shall cease to be an assessing unit.
The position of Assessor in the Village of Chester is hereby
abolished.
The Board of Assessment Review in the Village of Chester is
hereby abolished.
Thirty days after the effective date of this article, taxes
in the Village of Chester shall be levied on a copy of the applicable
parts of the assessment rolls of the Towns of Chester and Goshen with
the taxable status date of such Towns controlling for Village purposes.
Within five days of the effective date of this article, the
Board of Trustees of the Village of Chester shall file a copy of such
local law with the Clerk and Assessor (or Board of Assessors) of the
Towns of Chester and Goshen and with the State Board of Real Property
Services.
