[Adopted 10-7-2024 by L.L. No. 3-2024]
Section 1826 of the Tax Law of New York State forbids a municipality from mailing or delivering with tax bills any notices, circulars, pamphlets, cards, or similar printed materials unless the municipality has passed local legislation pursuant to Municipal Home Rule Law §§ 10 and 22 allowing for that practice and so long as neither the legislation nor the practice provide for the dissemination of political or propaganda materials. The purpose of this article is to authorize the Town Board, by unanimous resolution, to allow the Town Clerk to enclose with the tax bills certain notices or other enclosures allowed by law concerning matters of public interest, but excluding enclosures of a political nature, entailing propaganda, or advertisements.
Pursuant to authority granted by Municipal Home Rule Law §§ 10 and 22, this article is adopted authorizing the Alden Town Board, by resolution unanimously adopted, to allow the Town Clerk to enclose notices, circulars, pamphlets, cards, handbills or other enclosure allowed by law concerning matters of public concern, subject to the following:
A. 
Such enclosures shall exclude any and all matter of political nature, entailing propaganda or any type of advertisement.
B. 
Each enclosure shall be approved by a separate unanimous resolution of the Town Board.
C. 
Said enclosures shall be included in the county/Town tax bills only.