Bill Text: NY A08919 | 2023-2024 | General Assembly | Amended

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Bill Title: Requires any contract or retainer agreement between a property owner and an attorney for legal services related to the filing and appearance before a board of assessment review regarding complaints in relation to assessments shall include a written disclosure that such complaints in relation to assessments can be completed without the assistance of an attorney.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2024-06-03 - ordered to third reading rules cal.335 [A08919 Detail]

Download: New_York-2023-A08919-Amended.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                         8919--A

                   IN ASSEMBLY

                                    January 26, 2024
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        Introduced  by M. of A. SOLAGES -- read once and referred to the Commit-
          tee on Real Property Taxation -- committee discharged,  bill  amended,
          ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee

        AN  ACT  to  amend  the  real property tax law, in relation to requiring
          certain disclosures and charges by attorneys  performing  services  in
          connection with a real property tax grievance procedure

          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:

     1    Section 1. The real property tax  law  is  amended  by  adding  a  new
     2  section 524-a to read as follows:
     3    §  524-a.  Contracts  for  complaints with respect to assessment.  Any
     4  contract or retainer agreement between a property owner and an  attorney
     5  for legal services, including filing and appearances, related to a small
     6  claims  assessment  review shall include a clear and conspicuous written
     7  disclosure in a large print format that such complaints in  relation  to
     8  assessments  can  be  completed  without  the assistance of an attorney.
     9  Such disclosure shall state that information regarding the  small  claim
    10  assessment review process, forms, and assistance can be found on the New
    11  York  courts  website and shall contain that website and the website for
    12  the appropriate municipality where the  property  is  located;  provided
    13  that  if  such property is located in Nassau county the disclosure shall
    14  provide the website for the Assessment Review Commission and in New York
    15  city the disclosure shall provide the website for the New York City  Tax
    16  Commission.  For  the purposes of this section, large print format shall
    17  mean a printed font size of sixteen or larger.
    18    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.



         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD01875-02-4