§ 2. Subpart 201-1 of Part 201 of 9 NYCRR is REPEALED.

This proposal is a consensus rule making in that it solely provides for the repeal of obsolete rules.

The first provision repeals Part 192 of 9 NYCRR, which implemented a State Aid program that was once authorized under section 1572 of the Real Property Tax Law. That program was closed in 1998 (see L. 1996, c. 309, § 3), and RPTL § 1572 itself was repealed three years later (L. 2001, c. 530), so these rules are no longer operative and should be removed from the books.

The section provision repeals Subpart 201-1 of 9 NYCRR, which initially implemented the replacement aid program authorized by RPTL § 1573, but only for assessment rolls filed in 1999 and 2000 by certain assessing units. Those provisions were of a temporary, transitional nature. All aid payable under that Subpart has long since been paid out and no purpose is served by leaving this inoperative language on the books.

The proposal does not repeal or amend Subpart 201-2 of 9 NYCRR, which implements the aid program authorized by RPTL § 1573 for assessment rolls filed in 2001 and thereafter. That aid program remains operative and that Subpart continues to set forth the currently applicable standards and criteria for the administration of this aid program. This rulemaking thus leaves Subpart 201-2 in effect and unchanged.

For the reasons stated above, the State Board of Real Property Services has determined that no person is likely to object to this proposed rule as written.

A Job Impact Statement is not required for this rulemaking because this rulemaking will have no impact whatsoever on jobs and employment opportunities. As is apparent from the nature and purpose of the rulemaking, the rulemaking merely repeals obsolete rules relating to State Aid programs that are no longer operative and have not been operative for years. As such, the proposal will have no substantive effect and thus could not bear in any way upon jobs and employment opportunities.