New York Codes, Rules and Regulations
Title 20 - DEPARTMENT OF TAXATION AND FINANCE
Chapter XVI - Real Property Tax Administration
Part 8189 - Preparation And Maintenance Of Tax Maps For Real Property Assessment And Taxation Administration
Section 8189.19 - Conversion
Current through Register Vol. 46, No. 12, March 20, 2024
(a) Where a county, city or town has a tax map approved pursuant to this Part, it may elect to convert that map to a digital data format.
(b) Conversion plan. A county, city or town initiating a program to convert existing approved tax maps to a digital data format shall submit a plan for such conversion maps to ORPTS. The plan shall demonstrate that the requirements of this Part will be met or that an alternate plan will provide workable results of an accuracy appropriate for the area being mapped. The conversion plan shall include technical specifications outlining the method by which the tax map will be converted.
(c) Accuracy standard.
(d) Preliminary sample maps. During a map conversion program, the county director or the assessor where the assessor is responsible for tax mapping shall provide upon request to ORPTS sample copies of the original mylar tax map and the converted digital data or paper representation of the converted digital data.
(e) Map content. Any changes in map format, symbology, margin content, or other map contents must be identified and noted to ORPTS. In addition to information required under section 8189.6(f) of this Part, the margin content must include the date of conversion completion and the scale of the current map.
(f) Final approval.
(g) Filing. The converted tax map, or tax map data, when approved by ORPTS, shall be filed with the county director or the assessor where the assessor is responsible for tax mapping. A single copy of the converted tax map or tax map data and the supporting information specified in section 8189.14(c) of this Part shall be filed with the assessor.
(h) Exceptions clause. Any county having commenced or completed a tax map conversion prior to September 11, 1996 may be required to provide satisfactory evidence to ORPTS, that the tax map complies with this Part.