HomeMy WebLinkAboutLL 6 of 2012 Override Tax LevyTOWN OF LANSING, TOMPKINS COUNTY, NEW YORK
LOCAL LAW NUMBER 6 OF 2012
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 6 of 2012”. It is the intent of Local Law Number 6, of 2012 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, 2013 and ending December 31, 2013 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
2013 that requires a real property lax 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 October 17, 2012