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LOCAL LAWS\Property Tax Levy in Excess of Limit—I0-3-2022
LOCAL LAW NO.: OF 2022
A LOCAL LAW AUTHORIZING A PROPERTY TAX LEVY IN EXCESS
OF LIMIT ESTABLISHED IN GENERAL MUNICIPAL LAW §3-C
BE IT ENACTED BY THE QUEENSBURYTOWNBOARD AS FOLLOWS.
Section 1. Legislative Intent — It is the intent of this Local Law to allow the Town of
Queensbury to adopt a budget for the fiscal year commencing 2023 that requires a real property
tax levy in excess of the "tax levy limit" as defined by General Municipal Law § 3-c.
Section 2. Authority - 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.
Section 3. Tax Levy Limit Override— The Town Board of the Town of Queensbury, County
of Warren, is hereby authorized to adopt a budget for the fiscal year commencing 2023 that
requires a real property tax levy in excess of the amount otherwise prescribed in General
Municipal Law §3-c.
Section 4. Severability — 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.
Section 6. Effective Date — This Local Law shall take effect upon filing by the Office of the
New York Secretary of State.