[HISTORY: Adopted by the Town Board of the
Town of Southampton as indicated in article histories. Amendments
noted where applicable.]
[Adopted as Ch. 8 of the 1979 Code]
No local law shall be adopted by the Town Board
of the Town of Southampton until a public hearing has been held thereon
in its final form before such Town Board not less than three nor more
than 30 days after public notice has been given of the time and place
of the holding of such public hearing. Such notice shall be given
by the Town Clerk by causing the same to be published once in the
official newspapers of the Town. Such notice shall contain the title
of the proposed local law and a brief explanatory statement thereof.
The Town Clerk shall cause to be printed or
otherwise reproduced copies of such proposed local law and shall,
not later than the day such notice is published, post one such copy,
together with the notice of hearing, on the signboard at his office
and shall also make copies of such proposed local law available at
his office for inspection by and distribution to any interested person
during business hours.
[Amended 6-28-2011 by L.L. No. 20-2011]
The Town Clerk shall forthwith, upon the adoption
of a local law by the Town Board, post a copy thereof on the signboard
at his/her office.
[Amended 6-28-2011 by L.L. No. 20-2011]
Each local law shall be numbered consecutively,
beginning with Number 1 for each calendar year. When a local law is
finally adopted and certified copies thereof, as required by Section
27 of the Municipal Home Rule Law, are filed in the offices of the
Town Clerk, the State Comptroller and the Secretary of State, the
Town Clerk shall accordingly assign to such local law its appropriate
number.
[Adopted 3-24-1992 by L.L. No. 6-1992]
The actions of the Town Board in enacting local
laws, ordinances and resolutions without prior review of fiscal impacts
has resulted in deviations from adopted budgets which have had adverse
tax impacts. The purpose of this Article is to require the preparation
of fiscal impact statements before action by the Town Board so that
the fiscal implications of proposed actions will be known in advance
of decisionmaking.
A.
No proposed local law, resolution or ordinance which
has or which may tend to have a fiscal impact upon Southampton Town
or any political subdivision may be enacted by the Town Board unless
it shall have appended thereto a written statement as to the estimated
annual fiscal impact of such legislation.
B.
Local laws, resolutions or ordinances which have or
which may tend to have a fiscal impact shall include but are not limited
to those which:
(1)
Mandate establishment of a new service or activity
specifically provided by law.
(2)
Modify the terms or conditions of employment for existing
or future employees.
(3)
Modify existing Town responsibility for any service
or activity or modify existing responsibility of any other political
subdivision in ways which could have a significant fiscal impact.
(4)
Modify or amend the adopted Town operating or capital
budget.
(5)
Appropriate moneys for capital projects.
(6)
Enact home rule messages.
(7)
Precipitate any other direct or indirect fiscal impact.
C.
Any Town Board member may request from the sponsor
of any resolution, ordinance or local law which is subject to the
provision of this subsection additional information regarding the
fiscal impact statement.
(1)
In cases in which the fiscal impact statement states
that there would be no fiscal impact, a request may be made for a
detailed justification for such conclusion.
D.
The Comptroller shall prepare the fiscal impact statement
for all legislation.
E.
Such statement of fiscal impact shall contain, but
not be limited to, the following information:
