New York § 329 Option to change to sole elected assessor

New York Statutes

§ 329 — Option to change to sole elected assessor

New York § 329

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Title 2Assessors and Assessor Training

Art. 3Taxable Real Property and Standard of Assessment

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N.Y. Real Property Tax § 329 (2026).

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  § 329. Option to change to sole elected assessor. In any city or town\nwhere the option to retain elective assessors was exercised in\naccordance with the provisions of former section fifteen hundred\nfifty-six of this chapter, the legislative body of such city or town may\nadopt a local law providing that from and after the first day of January\nfirst following the next biennial or general election at which the\nelectors would vote for an assessor, there shall be but one assessor, to\nbe elected at that election. The legislative body, in its discretion,\nmay determine that a local law adopted pursuant to this section shall be\nsubject to a mandatory or permissive referendum, or not subject to a\nreferendum. Any such referendum shall be conducted in the manner\nprescribed in section twen

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§ 329. Option to change to sole elected assessor. In any city or town\nwhere the option to retain elective assessors was exercised in\naccordance with the provisions of former section fifteen hundred\nfifty-six of this chapter, the legislative body of such city or town may\nadopt a local law providing that from and after the first day of January\nfirst following the next biennial or general election at which the\nelectors would vote for an assessor, there shall be but one assessor, to\nbe elected at that election. The legislative body, in its discretion,\nmay determine that a local law adopted pursuant to this section shall be\nsubject to a mandatory or permissive referendum, or not subject to a\nreferendum. Any such referendum shall be conducted in the manner\nprescribed in section twenty-three or twenty-four of the municipal home\nrule law, as the case may be. On December thirty-first of the year in\nwhich such local law shall take effect, the term or terms of all\nassessors then in office shall terminate.\n