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HomeMy WebLinkAboutLL#9 2017 Extend Cold War Veterans ExemptionsTOWN OF LANSING, TOMPKINS COUNTY, NEW YORK LOCAL LAW NUMBER 9 OF 2017 A LOCAL LAW TO EXTEND COLD WAR VETERANS EXEMPTIONS Be it enacted by the Town of Lansing as follows: SECTION 1: LEGISLATIVE INTENT AND EFFECT: This Local Law shall be known as “Local Law Number 9 of 2017.” It is the intent of this Local Law to extend Cold War Veterans real property tax exemptions, as authorized by New York State, for the full 10 years, or such other period as New York may continue to allow such exemptions, and to thus allow and continue such exemptions as are reflected in and allowed by Town of Lansing Local Law #3 of 2017. SECTION 2: EXTENSION OF COLD WAR VETERANS REAL PROPERTY TAX EXEMPTIONS: The real property tax exemption of Real Property Tax Law § 458 -b, as recently extended by Act of the State Legislature (Bill Nos. S 5722-A and A 8135) and signed into law by the Governor (2017 N.Y. Laws 290, 2017 N.Y. Ch. 290, § 1, effective September 12, 2017), shall be approved in the Town of Lansing and the exemption shall be continued as to qualified applicants or beneficiaries without regard to the original 10-year limitations period, and for so long hereafter as such exemption is: (i) authorized and approved by New York State; and (ii) approved and granted by the To wn of Lansing; but (iii) in all cases subject to the proper qualification of any applicant or beneficiary . SECTION 3: SEVERABILITY: If any portion of this Local Law, or the application thereof to any person, entity, or circumstance, shall be determined by any court or tribunal of competent jurisdiction to be invalid or unenforceable, such determination shall be confined in its operation to the invalid part hereof, or in its application to such person, entity, or circumstance as is directly involved in the controversy in which such determination shall have been rendered, and the remainder of this Local Law shall not be impaired thereby and such determination shall not be deemed or construed to apply to other persons, entities, or circumstances. SECTION 4: EFFECTIVE DATE: This Local Law shall take effect immediately.