Southtowns Record

TB 2026-10-21 Agenda Packet

Government
Town of Boston
Board
Town Board
Meeting
Oct 21, 2026
Posted by publisher
Oct 21, 2026
Kind
Agenda packet
Topics
Public safety, Budget and taxes, Audits and oversight, Water, sewer and drainage, Roads and traffic, Zoning and land use, Parks and recreation

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Town of Boston
  Local Law No. 2 of the year 2026
  A LOCAL LAW TO OVERRIDE THE TAX LEVY LIMIT ESTABLISHED IN
  GENERAL MUNICIPAL LAW 3-C

Be it enacted by the Town Board of the Town of Boston as follows:

Section 1. Legislative Intent
It is the intent of this local law to override the limit on the amount of real property taxes that may
be levied by the Town of Boston pursuant to General Municipal Law § 3-c, and to allow the Town
of Boston to adopt a budget for the fiscal year 2027 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 the town board to override the tax cap by the adoption of a local law approved
by vote of sixty percent (60%) of the town board.

Section 3. Tax Levy Limit Override
The Town Board of the Town of Boston, County of Erie is hereby authorized to adopt a budget
for the fiscal year 2027 that requires a real property tax levy in excess of the amount otherwise
proscribed in General Municipal Law, §3-c.

Section 4. Severability.
If any clause, sentence, paragraph, subdivision, or part of this Local Law or the application thereof
to any person, firm or corporation, or circumstance, shall be adjusted by any court of competent
jurisdiction to be invalid or unconstitutional, such order or judgment shall not affect, impair, or
invalidate the remainder thereof, 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.