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HomeMy WebLinkAboutLL-2022-No9-TaxCapOverride          Local Law No 9 of 2022 To Override the Tax Levy Limit Established in General Municipal Law 3-c for the Fiscal Year 2023   Be it enacted by the Town Board of the Town of Danby as follows: Section 1. Legislative Intent. It is the intent of this local law to override the limit on the amount of real property taxes that may be levied by the Town of Danby, County of Tompkins, pursuant to General Municipal Law 3-c, and to allow the Town Board of the Town of Danby to adopt a town budget for (a) town purposes; (b) the fire protection district; and (c) any other special or improvement district governed by the Town Board for the fiscal year 2023 that requires a real property tax levy in excess of the “tax Levy limit” as defined in General  Municipal Law 3-c. Section 2. Authority. This local law is adopted pursuant to General Municipal Law 3-c(5), which authorized a town board to override the tax levy limit by adoption of a local law  approved by a vote of sixty percent (60%) of the town board. Section 3. Tax Levy Override. The Town Board of the Town of Danby is hereby authorized to adopt a budget for fiscal year 2022 that requires a property tax levy in excess of the tax levy  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, shall be adjudged 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 it operation to the clause, sentence, paragraph, subdivision, or part of this local law 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  Office of the Secretary of State.  Vote on 19 October 2022  Councilperson  Aye  No  Abstain  Connors X      Hunter X      Woodworth X      Gagnon X         Mary Ann Barr 2021   T he Town of Danby  1830 Danby Road, Ithaca, NY 14850  danby.ny.gov Janice Adelman, Town Clerk Cindy Katz, Deputy Town Clerk +1-607-277-4788 | clerkoffice@danby.ny.gov