Notice is hereby given that the Town of Moira will hold a public hearing at the Town Office at 6:00 p.m. on October 22, 2024 Proposed Local Law Number 3 of 2024. At such hearing, any person may be heard in favor or against its adoption by the Town Board of the Town of Moira:

LOCAL LAW 

Town Of Moira, New York

Proposed Local Law Number 3 of 2024 

Be it enacted by the Town Board of the Town of Moira, in the County of Franklin, as follows:

A local law authorizing a property tax levy in excess of the limit established in General Municipal Law §3c

Section 1. Legislative Intent

It is the intent of this local law to allow the Town of Moira to adopt a budget for the fiscal year commencing 2025 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 Moira, County of Franklin, is hereby authorized to adopt a budget for the fiscal year commencing 2025 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 5.  Effective date

This local law shall take effect immediately upon filing with the Secretary of State.