The Town Board hereby adopts § 1262(d) of the Tax Law of the
State of New York and elects to be paid directly the revenues from taxes imposed
by cities under 1,000,000, counties and school districts situated within the
County of Ulster, New York, where said amounts are not set aside for county
purposes or education purposes.
The town shall provide that these moneys shall be applied first to reduce
county taxes levied upon real property situated within the town with any balance
remaining to be applied to reduce general town taxes levied upon real property
in said town, or that said moneys shall first be applied to reduce general
town taxes levied upon real property within the town with any balance remaining
to be used to reduce county taxes levied upon real property within the town,
or that amounts which would be so applied to reduce the county taxes and general
town taxes levied upon real property in such town shall be used for any town
purposes, or any combination thereof, the discretion of which shall remain
with the Town Board.
Should any section, subsection, sentence, clause or phrase in this chapter
be declared unconstitutional or invalid for any reason, the remainder of this
chapter shall not be affected thereby and shall remain in full force and effect
and, to this end, the provisions of this chapter are declared to be severable.
This chapter shall take effect immediately upon filing in the office
of the Secretary of State.