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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