§ 523-A — Temporary members of boards of assessment review; administrative hearing panels

§ 523-a. Temporary members of boards of assessment review;\nadministrative hearing panels. 1. The legislative body of any local\ngovernment or village may, in any year it deems necessary, appoint\ntemporary members to the board of assessment review to serve on\nadministrative hearing panels as provided in this section.\n 2. The number of temporary members which may be appointed pursuant to\nthis section in any year shall not exceed two times the number of\nmembers appointed to such board pursuant to section five hundred\ntwenty-three of this title and which served on such board for hearing\ncomplaints in the previous year. Such temporary members shall be\nappointed to one-year terms of office and shall be subject to the same\nqualifications, training and disclosure requirements as members of the\nboard of assessment review, as provided in subdivisions one, one-a and\ntwo of section five hundred twenty-three of this title and any other\napplicable law; provided, however, such temporary members shall not hear\ncomplaints unless such appointee has received a certificate of\nattendance for the required training course within twelve months of the\ndate on which complaints are to be heard.\n 3. The chairman of the board of assessment review shall assign panels\nto hear complaints in relation to assessments consisting of at least one\nmember appointed pursuant to section five hundred twenty-three of this\ntitle and no more than two temporary members appointed pursuant to this\nsection. Such panels shall have the same powers and duties as those of\nthe board of assessment review pursuant to section five hundred\ntwenty-five of this title except that they shall not determine the final\nassessment of the real property of each complainant, but shall make a\nrecommendation with respect thereto to the board of assessment review.\n 4. The assessor or a member of his or her staff shall attend all\nhearings of the administrative hearing panels, shall have the right to\nbe heard on any complaint and, upon request, shall have the right to\nhave his or her remarks with respect to any complaint recorded in the\nminutes of the panel.\n 5. Not later than twenty days prior to the last date provided by law\nfor the completion and filing of the final assessment roll, each\nadministrative hearing panel shall submit a recommendation with respect\nto each complaint heard by it to the chairman of the board of assessment\nreview. The board of assessment review shall forthwith consider the\nrecommendations of each panel. If a majority of the members of the board\nof assessment review disagree with one or more recommendations, it shall\nschedule hearings thereon for a day no later than five days prior to the\ndate set by law for the completion and filing of the final assessment\nroll and shall notify the assessor and the complainant of the time and\nplace of the hearings. Following this hearing, the board of assessment\nreview shall determine the final assessment of the complainant's\nproperty. In all other cases, the recommendation of the administrative\nhearing panel shall be adopted by the board of assessment review as its\ndetermination of the final assessment.\n 6. The legislative body of the local government or village may adopt a\nresolution providing that the temporary members of the board of\nassessment review appointed pursuant to this section shall be paid for\ntheir respective services. Such resolution, if adopted, shall fix the\namount of such compensation.\n