This chapter shall be known as the "Law to Change the Position of Elective Assessors to a Single Appointed Position."

Effective as of July 26, 1996, a single Assessor shall be appointed by the Town Board, as provided in § 310 of the Real Property Tax Law of the State of New York, for a term of office not to exceed six years.

This chapter is adopted pursuant to Real Property Tax Law § 328.

This chapter shall be subject to a permissive referendum and shall take effect 45 days after adoption by the Town Board, unless a petition shall be filed with the Town Clerk, in a manner prescribed in § 23 or 24 of the Municipal Home Rule Law, as the case may be, to protest against this chapter prior to the expiration of the forty-five-day period, and, in the event that such position in due form is filed, this chapter shall not be effective until approved by the voters at a general or a special election.

The office of appointed Assessor shall commence on July 26, 1996, at which time the terms of office of all elective Assessors shall terminate, thereby repealing L.L. No. 3-1977 as Chapter 4 of the 1976 Code of the Town of Marlborough.[1]

This local law shall take effect immediately upon filing with the Secretary of State.