[Adopted 10-23-2012 by L.L. No. 5-2012]
A.
It is the intent of this article to override the limit on the amount
of real property taxes that may be levied by the Town of Orangetown
pursuant to General Municipal Law § 3-c, and to allow the
Town Board of the Town of Orangetown to adopt a budget for the fiscal
year 2013 that requires a real property tax levy in excess of the
"tax levy limit" as defined by General Municipal Law § 3-c.
B.
Among other reasons, the override is made necessary by the proposed
charge back to the Town of various expenses formerly paid by the County
of Rockland, including costs relating to the conduct of elections,
and expenses associated with local students attending out-of-county
community colleges, as well as by the resolution of certain real property
tax certiorari proceedings, and the payment of refunds and the loss
of assessment associated therewith.
This article 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 a vote of 60% of the Town Board.
The Town Board of the Town of Orangetown, County of Rockland,
is hereby' authorized to adopt a budget for the fiscal year 2013 that
requires a real property tax levy in excess of the amount otherwise
proscribed in General Municipal Law § 3-c.
If any clause, paragraph, subdivision or part of this article
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 this article 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.
