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Also attached to this agenda item: NYS OSC 2011 taxcaplaw Resolution- Into LL 5 of 2011 tax cap Tax Cap Mandate Relief MMA call for Public Hearing Into LL 5 of 2011 tax cap

Introductory Local Law No. 5 of the year 2011 Village of Croton- on- Hudson, County of Westchester A local law authorizing a property tax levy in excess of the limit established in General Municipal Law §3-c Section 1. Legislative Intent It is the intent of this local law to allow the Village of Croton- on- Hudson to adopt a budget for the fiscal year commencing June 1, 2012 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 Board of Trustees of the Village of Croton- on- Hudson , County of Westchester, is hereby authorized to adopt a budget for the fiscal year commencing June 1, 2012 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.