[HISTORY: Adopted by the Town Board of the Town of Rosendale 1-15-2003
by L.L. No. 1-2003. Amendments noted where applicable.]
GENERAL REFERENCES
Taxation — See Ch. 63.
This chapter shall be referred to as the "Law to Change the Position
of Elective Assessors to a Single Appointed Position."
Effective as of June 1, 2003, a single Assessor shall be appointed by
the Town Board of the Town of Rosendale as provided in § 310 of
the Real Property Tax Law of the State of New York for a term of office not
to exceed six years.
This chapter is adopted pursuant to § 328 of Real Property
Tax Law of the State of New York.
This chapter shall be subject to a permissive referendum and shall take
effect 45 days after adoption by the Town Board of the Town of Rosendale unless
a petition shall be filed with the Town Clerk of the Town of Rosendale in
a manner prescribed in § 23 or 24 of the Municipal Home Rule Law
of the State of New York, as the case may be, to protest against this chapter
prior to the expiration of the forty-five-day period, and in the event that
such petition in due form is filed, this chapter shall not be effective until
approved by the voters at a general or special election.
The position of appointed Assessor shall commence on June 1, 2003, at which time the terms of office of all elected assessors shall terminate, thereby repealing Local Law No. 1-1971 of the Town of Rosendale as Chapter 3 of the Code of the Town of Rosendale.
The validity of any provision of this chapter shall not affect the validity
of any other provision of this chapter which can be given effect without such
invalid provision.
This chapter shall take effect immediately upon filing with the Secretary
of State as provided in Section 27 of Municipal Home Rule Law of the State
of New York.
