[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Trustees of the Village
of Freeport 12-16-2019 by L.L.
No. 1-2019. Amendments noted where applicable.]
Due to the unfunded mandates forced upon municipalities by the
Governor and State Legislature to comply with the new January 1, 2020,
discovery statute, the Village of Freeport will have to pierce the
property tax cap. To that end, this chapter will grant the Village
of Freeport the ability to adopt a budget for the fiscal year commencing
March 1, 2020, that requires a real property tax levy in excess of
the "tax levy limit" as defined by General Municipal Law § 3-c.
This chapter is adopted pursuant to Subdivision 5 of General
Municipal Law § 3-c, which expressly authorizes a local
government's governing body to override the property tax cap for the
coming fiscal year by the adoption of a local law approved by a vote
of 60% of said governing body, which corresponds to a simple majority
of the Board.
The Board of Trustees of the Village of Freeport, County of
Nassau, is hereby authorized to adopt a budget for the fiscal year
commencing March 1, 2020, that requires a real property tax levy in
excess of the amount otherwise prescribed in General Municipal Law
§ 3-c.
If a court determines that any clause, sentence, paragraph,
subdivision, or part of this chapter or the application thereof to
any person, firm or corporation, or circumstance is invalid or unconstitutional,
the court's order or judgment shall not affect, impair, or invalidate
the remainder of this local law, but shall be confined in its operation
to the clause, sentence, paragraph, subdivision, or part of this chapter
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.
This chapter shall take effect immediately upon filing with
the Secretary of State.
