2012 New York Consolidated Laws
RPT - Real Property Tax
Article 15-C - (1580 - 1594) SYSTEMS OF REAL PROPERTY TAX ADMINISTRATION UTILIZING ELECTRONIC DATA PROCESSING
1580 - Legislative findings.

 
    §  1580.  Legislative findings. The legislature hereby finds that many
  municipalities now employ electronic data processing equipment in  their
  administration  of  the  real property tax.   Most of the statutes which
  currently govern the preparation of assessment rolls, tax rolls and  tax
  bills  were  enacted  prior  to  the development of the computer and its
  implementation in real property tax systems. As such, these laws,  while
  still  appropriate  in  the  case  of manually prepared rolls and bills,
  often  serve as impediments to the use of modern technology.
    The purpose of this article is to eliminate  these  impediments  while
  preserving  the substance of the law in regard to matters such as public
  access, security of information, and the rentention  of  assessment  and
  taxation  records.  Related  amendments  have  also been made to various
  sections of this chapter, the town law and the village law.