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 North
Hempstead, County of Nassau, pursuant to General Municipal Law § 3-c,
and to allow the Town to adopt a Town budget for Town purposes, fire
protection districts and any other special or improvement district
governed by the Town Board 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.
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 vote of 60% of the Town Board.
The Town Board of the Town of North Hempstead, County of Nassau,
is hereby authorized to adopt a budget for the fiscal year 2013 that
requires a real property tax levy in excess of the limit specified
in General Municipal Law § 3-c.
If any clause, sentence, 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.
This article shall take effect immediately upon filing with
the Secretary of State.