HomeMy WebLinkAboutLL#1 of 2018 Override Tax Levy LimitTOWN OF LANSING, TOMPKINS COUNTY, NEW YORK
LOCAL LAW NUMBER 1 OF 2018
TO OVERRIDE THE TAX LEVY LIMIT ESTABLISHED IN
GENERAL MUNICIPAL LAW §3-C
Be it enacted by the Town of Lansing as follows:
SECTION 1: LEGISLATIVE INTENT: This Local Law shall be known as “Local
Law, Number 1 of 2018”. It is the intent of Local Law Number 1 of 2018 to override the limit
on the amount of real property taxes that may be levied by the Town of Lansing, County of
Tompkins pursuant to General Municipal Law §3-C, and to allow the Town of Lansing, County
of Tompkins to adopt a Town budget for (a) Town purposes, and (b) any other special or
improvement district, and Town improvements provided pursuant to Town Law Article 12-C,
governed by the Town Board for the fiscal year beginning January 1, 2019 and ending December
31, 2019 that requires a real property tax levy in excess of the “Tax Levy Limit” as defined by
General Municipal Law §3-C.
SECTION 2: AUTHORITY: This Local Law is adopted pursuant to subdivision 5 of General
Municipal Law §3-C, which expressly authorizes the Town Board to override the Tax Levy
Limit by the adoption of a Local Law approved by vote of at least sixty (60%) of the Town
Board.
SECTION 3: TAX LEVY LIMIT OVERRIDE: The Town Board of the Town of
Lansing, County of Tompkins is hereby authorized to adopt a budget for the fiscal year 2019 that
requires a real property tax levy in excess of the limit specified in General Municipal Law §3-C.
SECTION 4: SEVERABILITY: If any clause, sentence, paragraph, subdivision, or part of this
Local Law or the application thereof to any person, firm or corporation, or circumstance, shall be
adjusted by any court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid or unconstitutional, such order or
judgment shall not affect, impair, or invalidate the remainder thereof, but shall be confined in its
operation to the clause, sentence, paragraph, subdivision, or part of the Local Law or in its
application to the person, individual, firm or corporation or circumstance, directly involved in the
controversy in which such judgment or order shall be rendered.
SECTION 5: EFFECTIVE DATE: This Local Law shall take effect immediately upon filing
with the Secretary of State.
Adopted April 18, 2018