Section 27 of the Town Law of the State of New York provides
that the Town Board may increase the annual salary of an elected official
for not more than one fiscal year in excess of the amount specified
in the notice of hearing on the preliminary budget by local law adopted
pursuant to the Municipal Home Rule Law.
This article shall be subject to referendum on petition pursuant
to Section 24 of the Municipal Home Rule Law.
This article shall become effective on the date it is duly filed
in the office of the Secretary of State of the State of New York.
If any clause, sentence, paragraph, subdivision, or part of
this article or the application thereof to any person or circumstance
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 its
operation to the clause, sentence, paragraph, subdivision, or part
of this article or in its application to the person or circumstance
directly involved in the controversy in which such judgment or order
shall be rendered.