The Town of Southport Town Board, County of Chemung, recognizes
the importance of attracting and retaining quality volunteer firefighters
and volunteer ambulance workers to provide essential services for
the residents of the Town. Therefore, the Town enacts this article
to retain and attract new volunteers for said services for the health
and safety of the Town residents by providing a real property tax
exemption to qualifying volunteer firefighters and ambulance workers
as set forth in New York State Real Property Tax Law § 466-a.
This article shall be entitled "Local Law No. 11 of 2023 to
Provide Real Property Tax Exemptions for Volunteer Firefighters and
Volunteer Ambulance Workers Pursuant to Section 466-a of the Real
Property Tax Law."
If any clause, sentence, paragraph, section, or part of this
article is declared by a court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid,
such judgment shall not affect, impair, or invalidate the remainder
thereof but shall be confined in its operation to said clause, sentence,
paragraph, section, or part of this article.
This article is enacted by the Town Board pursuant to its authority
under New York State Real Property Law § 466-a and its authority
to adopt local laws under Article IX of the New York State Constitution,
Municipal Home Rule Law § 10 and Town Law.
This article shall take effect immediately upon adoption, filing,
and publication according to law.