This article shall be known as "Local Law Number 9 of 2017."
It is the intent of this article to extend Cold War Veterans real
property tax exemptions, as authorized by New York State, for the
full 10 years, or such other period as New York may continue to allow
such exemptions, and to thus allow and continue such exemptions as
are reflected in and allowed by Town of Lansing Local Law No. 3 of
2017.
The real property tax exemption of Real Property Tax Law § 458-b,
as recently extended by Act of the State Legislature (Bill Nos. S
5722-A and A 8135) and signed into law by the Governor (2017 N.Y.
Laws 290, 2017 N.Y. Ch. 290, § 1, effective September 12,
2017), shall be approved in the Town of Lansing and the exemption
shall be continued as to qualified applicants or beneficiaries without
regard to the original ten-year limitations period, and for so long
hereafter as such exemption is:
A. Authorized and approved by New York State; and
B. Approved and granted by the Town of Lansing; but
C. In all cases subject to the proper qualification of any applicant
or beneficiary.
If any portion of this article, or the application thereof to
any person, entity, or circumstance, shall be determined by any court
or tribunal of competent jurisdiction to be invalid or unenforceable,
such determination shall be confined in its operation to the invalid
part hereof, or in its application to such person, entity, or circumstance
as is directly involved in the controversy in which such determination
shall have been rendered, and the remainder of this article shall
not be impaired thereby and such determination shall not be deemed
or construed to apply to other persons, entities, or circumstances.
This article shall take effect immediately.