[Adopted 11-21-2013 by L.L. No. 1-2013]
The purpose and intent of this article is to grant assessment relief for the 2012/2013 tax year for real property located in the Town of Smithtown impacted by Superstorm Sandy.
The Town of Smithtown hereby adopts the provisions of the Superstorm Sandy Assessment Relief Act of New York State in its entirety.[1]
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Editor's Note: See L. 2013, Ch. 424, approved 10-22-2013.
The Town of Smithtown hereby elects to provide assessment relief for real property that lost the following specified percentages of its improved value due to Superstorm Sandy, as classified by the Assessor, pursuant to § 4 of the Superstorm Sandy Assessment Relief Act, by reducing the assessed value attributable to the improvements on the 2012/2013 tax roll, provided that any exemptions which the property may be receiving shall be adjusted as necessary to account for such reduction in the total assessed value, by the following percentages:
Percentage Loss of Improved Value
Percentage Reduction of Improved Assessed Value
At least 10% but less than 20%
15%
At least 20% but less than 30%
25%
At least 30% but less than 40%
35%
At least 40% but less than 50%
45%
At least 50% but less than 60%
55%
At least 60% but less than 70%
65%
At least 70% but less than 80%
75%
At least 80% but less than 90%
85%
At least 90% but less than 100%
95%
At least 100%
100%
If any clause, sentence, paragraph, section, article, chapter or part of this article shall be adjudged by any court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid, such judgment shall not affect, impair or invalidate the remainder thereof, but shall be confined in its operation to the clause, sentence, paragraph, section, article, chapter or part thereof directly involved in the controversy in which such judgment shall have been rendered.
This article shall become effective immediately upon filing with the New York State Secretary of State.