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The city collector shall take from each deputy a bond, in such penal sum and with such sureties as may be approved by the city collector and by the comptroller and commissioner of finance, which bond shall run to the city collector, the city and to whom it may concern, and shall be conditioned for the faithful performance of the duties of such deputy. Each bond taken in pursuance of the provisions of this section shall be filed with the comptroller. Each deputy collector shall have all the powers and be subject to all the duties of the city collector in respect to the collection and receipt of taxes, assessments, water rents and arrears.
If at any time during the continuance in office of the city collector or deputy collectors the comptroller or commissioner of finance shall deem any surety of them to be insufficient, he or she may require the city collector or deputy collectors to enter into a new bond to be approved in like manner as prescribed in section 11-115 of this chapter, within such time as the comptroller may direct, not being less than ten days after requiring such new bond to be given. In case of the neglect or refusal of any such officer to furnish such bond within the time so directed, the comptroller or commissioner of finance may declare his or her office vacant.
The duties of the bureau of city collections shall also include the collection of water rents, charges, fines and penalties in connection with the water supply, including arrears, sewer rents, sewer surcharges, charges, fines and penalties in connection with the sewer system as defined in sections 24-514 and 24-523 of the code, including arrears, interest on bonds and mortgages and revenue arising from the sale of property belonging to or managed by the city.
a. In case of inability of the city collector to perform the duties of his or her office by reason of sickness or absence from the city, the commissioner of finance shall designate some suitable person to perform the duties of the city collector's office during such inability or absence, and shall, if the comptroller so requires, take from such person a bond, with sufficient sureties, in the manner hereinafter prescribed.
b. If the city collector or any deputy collector shall on any day omit or neglect to furnish to the commissioner of finance or to the comptroller, respectively, the statements and vouchers required in section 11-121 of this chapter, or to make the prescribed daily payments, it shall be the duty of the commissioner of finance forthwith to suspend him or her from office. In case of such suspension, the commissioner of finance shall appoint a suitable person to perform the duties of the officer so suspended, who shall continue to act as such officer until the person suspended shall be restored or another person shall have been appointed. On making such temporary appointment, the commissioner of finance shall be required to take from the person so appointed a bond, with two sufficient sureties, to be approved by the comptroller and filed with the comptroller, in such penal sum as the comptroller may deem just, conditioned for the faithful performance of the duties of the office during the continuance of the person appointed therein; and all the provisions of law prescribing the duties of the city collector and deputy collectors shall apply to the person or persons so appointed.
The bond given by the city collector shall be filed and remain in the office of the comptroller, and true copies thereof, certified by the comptroller, shall be filed in the office of the clerk of each of the counties embraced within the city, and shall be public records. In case a certificate of the adjustment of the accounts of the city collector be made, a true copy thereof, certified by the comptroller, shall be filed in each of the offices in which a copy of the bond of the city collector shall have been filed.
a. The city collector or the deputy collector in each borough office of the city collector shall enter upon accounts, to be maintained in each such office for each parcel of property, the payment of taxes, assessments, sewer rents or water rents thereon, the amount therefor, and the date when paid. The city collector shall daily enter into suitable books to be kept for the purpose of such accounts, such payments and the respective parcels on account of which the same were paid.
b. At close of office hours each day, the city collector shall render to the commissioner of finance or the deputy commissioner of finance in such borough, a statement of the sums so received, and at the same time pay over to such commissioner of finance or deputy commissioner of finance, the amount received on such day. The city collector shall thereupon receive from such commissioner of finance or deputy commissioner of finance a voucher for the payment of such sums which he or she shall exhibit to the comptroller not later than the next succeeding business day.
c. At the close of office hours each day, the city collector shall also furnish a statement to the comptroller who shall file the same in his or her office. Such statement shall indicate in detail such sums so received and the respective parcels on account of which the same were paid. The comptroller shall, on each day, immediately after receiving such statement, compare it with a voucher furnished to him or her by the commissioner of finance indicating the sums which have been paid on such day to the commissioner of finance and if the aggregate amounts thereof shall correspond, shall credit the city collector in his or her books with such amount.
An entity that is treated for federal income tax purposes as a real estate mortgage investment conduit, hereinafter referred to as a REMIC, as such term is defined in section 860D of the internal revenue code, shall be exempt from all taxation under chapters five and six of this title. A REMIC shall not be treated as a corporation, partnership or trust for purposes of chapter six of this title. The assets of a REMIC shall not be included in the calculation of any tax liability under chapter six. This provision does not exempt the holders of regular or residual interests, as defined in section 860G of the internal revenue code, in a REMIC from tax on or measured by such regular or residual interests, or on income from such interests.
a. The commissioner of finance may establish a procedure for providing conciliation conferences for purposes of settling contested determinations of taxes or charges or denials of refunds or credits with respect to taxes or charges imposed under chapter five, six, seven, eight, nine, eleven, twelve, thirteen, fourteen, fifteen, twenty-one, twenty-two, twenty-four, twenty-five or twenty-seven of this title, or for the purpose of settling disputes arising from the notification of the refusal to grant, the suspension or the revocation of a license issued pursuant to chapter thirteen of this title. If such a procedure is established, a conciliation conference shall be provided at the option of any taxpayer or any other person subject to the provisions of any of such chapters. For purposes of this subdivision, if the commissioner of finance fails to act with respect to a refund application before the expiration of the time period after which the taxpayer may file a petition for refund with the tax appeals tribunal established by section one hundred sixty-eight of the charter pursuant to subdivision (c) of section 11-529 or subdivision three of section 11-680 of the code, such failure shall be deemed to be the denial of a refund.
b. A request for a conciliation conference shall be made in the manner set forth in rules promulgated by the commissioner of finance and, notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, shall suspend the running of the period of limitations for the filing of a petition with the tax appeals tribunal under chapter five, six, seven, eight, nine, eleven, twelve, thirteen, fourteen, fifteen, twenty-one, twenty-two, twenty-four, twenty-five or twenty-seven of this title until such time as a conciliation decision is rendered by the commissioner of finance, or until the person who requested the conciliation conference makes a written request to discontinue or withdraw from the conciliation proceeding.
c. Nothing contained herein shall prevent any taxpayer or any other person who has received a notice of determination, notice of deficiency or notice of denial of a claim for refund from filing a petition with the tax appeals tribunal if the time for filing such a petition has not elapsed.
d. The commissioner of finance is authorized and empowered to make, adopt and amend rules appropriate to the carrying out of this section and the purposes thereof.
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