LL# 09-2006LOCAL LAW NO. 9 OF THE YEAR 2006
A Local Law entitled "Local Law No. 9 of the Year 2006, Changing Grievance Day to
the First Thursday Following the Fourth Tuesday of May".
BE IT ENACTED by the Town Board of the Town of Wappinger as follows:
Section I: Title.
This Local Law shall be known and cited as Town of Wappinger Local Law No. 9 of
2006 entitled "Local Law No. 9 of the Year 2006, Creating Chapter 150, Article 2 of the Town
Code, Grievance Day". This Local Law hereby establishes and creates Chapter 150, Article 2
"Grievance Day" of the Code of the Town of Wappinger.
Section II: Creation of Chapter 150, Article 2: "Grievance Day".
Chapter 150 of the Town Code of the Town of Wappinger is hereby established and
adopted to read as follows:
"CHAPTER 150,
ARTICLE 2
GRIEVANCE DAY
§150-4. Legislative Intent and Purpose.
The Town Board has agreed to enter into a Coordinated Assessment Program with
the Town of Fishkill pursuant to Section 579 of the Real Property Tax Law and
Article 5-G of the General Municipal Law. The Coordinated Assessment Program
with the Town of Fishkill will result in both municipalities having one Assessor
who will perform the assessing functions of both Towns. Pursuant to Section 512
of the Real Property Tax Law, the governing body of an assessing unit which
employs an assessor who is also at the same time employed by another assessing
unit may adopt a Local Law establishing a date for the meetings of the Board of
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Assessment Review other than the fourth Tuesday in May of each year. It is the
intention of the Town Board to adopt a Local Law changing the date the Board of
Assessment Review shall meet to hear complaints in relation to assessments to the
first Thursday following the fourth Tuesday in May.
§150-5. Grievance Day.
§150-6.
Pursuant to the authority set forth in Section 512 of the Real Property Tax Law,
the Town Board hereby establishes the date for meetings of the Board of
Assessment Review as the first Thursday following the fourth Tuesday of May in
each year, as the date such Board shall meet to hear complaints in relation to
assessments.
The Town Clerk is directed to file a copy of this Local Law with the State Board
as required by law within five (5) days after its effective date."
Section III. Separability.
The provisions of this Local Law are separable and if any provision, clause, sentence,
subsection, word or part thereof is held illegal, invalid or unconstitutional, or inapplicable to any
person or circumstance, such illegality, invalidity, or unconstitutionality, or inapplicability, shall
not affect or impair any of the remaining provisions, clauses, sentences, subsections, words or
parts of this Local Law or their application to other persons or circumstances. It is hereby
declared to be the legislative intent of the Town Board of the Town of Wappinger that this Local
Law would have been adopted if such illegal, invalid or unconstitutional provision, clause,
sentence, subsection, word or part had not been included therein, and if such person or
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circumstance to which the Local Law or part thereof is held inapplicable had been specifically
exempt therefrom.
Section IV. Effective Date.
This Local Law shall become effective upon confirmation that both the Town of
Wappinger and the Town of Fishkill have each enacted a Local Law authorizing the Towns to
participate in a Coordinated Assessment Program pursuant to Section 579 of the Real Property
Tax Law and Article 5-G of the General Municipal Law and after execution by both
municipalities entering into a Coordinated Assessment Agreement. The Town Clerk is directed
to file a copy of this Local Law with the State Board as required by law within five (5) days after
its effective date. Upon confirmation of the aforementioned actions, the Town Clerk is directed
to file a copy of this Local Law with the Secretary of State as provided by law.
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