72. If the roll is not deposited in accordance with section 70, 71 or 71.1, the roll in force on 31 December preceding the first fiscal year for which the new roll should have been made shall become the roll of the local municipality for that fiscal year.
In such a case, the assessor is required to draw up a new roll for the next two fiscal years and deposit it in accordance with section 70, 71 or 71.1.
If the roll referred to in the second paragraph is not so deposited, the first paragraph again applies and the assessor is required to draw up a new roll for the last fiscal year in the three-year cycle and deposit it in accordance with section 70, 71 or 71.1.
If the roll referred to in the third paragraph is not thus deposited, the roll in force on 31 December preceding the fiscal year for which the new roll should have been made shall become the roll of the municipality for that fiscal year.
1979, c. 72, s. 72; 1988, c. 76, s. 25; 1991, c. 32, s. 36; 2017, c. 13, s. 163.