2016 New York Laws
STF - State Finance
Article 6 - (State Finance) FUNDS OF THE STATE
97-LL - Improvement of real property tax administration account.

  97-ll.  Improvement of real property tax administration account. 1.
  There  is  hereby  established  in  the  joint  custody  of  the   state
  comptroller  and the commissioner of taxation and finance an improvement
  of real property tax administration  account  within  the  miscellaneous
  special revenue fund.
2.  Moneys  within the improvement of real property tax administration
  account, upon appropriation by the legislature, shall  be  available  to
  the  commissioner  of taxation and finance for all services and expenses
  of the state office  which  relate  to  activities  including,  but  not
  limited  to,  preparation and certification of state equalization rates,
  the administration of state technical and financial assistance to  local
  governments,  review  and certification of adjusted base proportions for
  special  assessing  units  and  approved  assessing  units  pursuant  to
  articles  eighteen  and  nineteen  of  the  real  property  tax law, the
  determination of class equalization rates for  portions  within  special
  assessing  units and approved assessing units pursuant to article twelve
  of the real property tax law, continuance of  the  market  value  survey
  cycle,  maintenance  of  effort  in the production of agricultural lands
  value  assessments,  advisory  appraisals,  and  assessor  training  and
  certification.