This Local Law shall be referred to as, "A Local Law To Override
The Tax Levy Limit Established In General Municipal Law § 3-c."
This Local Law 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 sixty percent (60%) of said governing body.
The Town Board of the Town of Amherst is hereby authorized to
adopt a budget for the fiscal year commencing in 2019 that requires
a real property tax levy in excess of the amount otherwise prescribed
in General Municipal Law § 3-c.
Therefore, Chapter
175 of the Code of the Town of Amherst is amended, specifically to add a new Article, Article
X, Real Property Tax Levy, to incorporate the authorization to adopt a budget for the fiscal year commencing in 2019 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 Local Law 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 Local
Law 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 Local Law shall take effect immediately and be filed in the Office of the Secretary of State in accordance with Section 27 of the Municipal Home Rule Law and published pursuant to Section 130 of the Town Law and Chapter
28 of the Code of the Town of Amherst.