2006 New York Code - Standards Of Real Property Tax Administration.

 
    § 1570. Standards of real property tax administration. 1. For purposes
  of   this   article,  on  or  before  January  first,  nineteen  hundred
  seventy-eight, the state board shall promulgate  rules  and  regulations
  establishing  minimum  standards  for  a  system  of  real  property tax
  administration to include but not be limited to:
    (a) the collection and maintenance of real property valuation data;
    (b) the maintenance of records of transfers of real property;
    (c) the preparation of assessment rolls;
    (d) the full disclosure to owners of real property as to the estimated
  effect of any changes in the assessed valuation of real property;
    (e) the preparation of tax rolls and tax bills; and
    (f) a system of accounting for the collection of real property taxes.
    2. For purposes of paragraphs (e) and (f) of subdivision one  of  this
  section,  such  rules  and  regulations  shall be promulgated only after
  consultation with the department of audit and control.
    3. The state board may provide technical services to an assessing unit
  or to a county acting on behalf of any or  all  assessing  units  within
  such county to assist in the implementation of a system of real property
  tax  administration which conforms to the standards established pursuant
  to subdivision one of  this  section.  Such  services  may  include  the
  provision  of  electronic  data  processing  time  and  programs and the
  provision of advice and assistance in  the  managing  of  contracts  for
  electronic data processing services.