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NY Town L § 115 (2021)
2021 New York Laws TWN - Town Article 8 - Finances 115 - Tax Levy.

§ 115. Tax levy. The town clerk shall prepare and certify in duplicate   a  copy of the annual budget as adopted by the town board, together with   the estimates, if any, adopted pursuant to section two hundred two-a  of   this  chapter.  The town clerk shall then affix to each such copy of the   annual budget adopted by the town board, as part thereof, a copy of  the   annual  budget  of each fire district located in whole or in part within   the town as certified by the secretary of the fire district. Within five   days thereof the town clerk shall deliver two copies of such  budget  to   the  supervisor  of the town. The supervisor shall present the copies of   the annual budget to the board of supervisors of  the  county  in  which   such town is situated within ten days after his receipt thereof from the   clerk  as  hereinabove provided. The board of supervisors shall levy and   cause to be raised the amounts specified in said  annual  budget  to  be   levied by tax or assessments, and such amounts shall be levied, assessed   and  raised  by  tax  and assessments upon the real property of the town   liable therefor, at the time and in the manner provided by law  for  the   levy  of  state  and county taxes. The clerk of the board of supervisors   shall cause  such  annual  budget  to  be  printed  in  the  journal  or   proceedings  of  the  board  of  supervisors  except  that  the board of   supervisors of any county by majority vote may authorize  the  clerk  to   cause  a  summary,  recapitulation  or  abstract of such budget to be so   printed.
NY Town L § 117 (2021)
2021 New York Laws TWN - Town Article 8 - Finances 117 - Certain Contracts and Expenditures Prohibited.

§  117.  Certain  contracts  and  expenditures  prohibited.  Except as   authorized by law, no officer, board,  department  or  commission  shall   during  any  fiscal  year expend or contract to be expended any money or   incur any liability or enter  into  any  contract  which  by  its  terms   involves  the  expenditure  of  money  for any purpose, unless provision   therefor shall have been made in the annual budget, and in  no  case  in   excess  of  the  amount  appropriated  for such year, except pursuant to   section one hundred twelve of this chapter and  further  excepting  such   leases  and  contracts  as  may have been entered into by the town for a   term exceeding one year  in  accordance  with  the  provisions  of  this   chapter  or  any  other  law  applicable  to  such town. Nothing in this   section shall be construed to prevent the allowance of any claim by  the   town  board  for  any  lawful  town  purpose  in  excess  of  the amount   appropriated for such year for such purposes, where the said town  board   has by resolution transferred sufficient funds to said budgetary fund in   accordance  with section one hundred twelve of this chapter, and nothing   in this act shall be construed to prevent the  town  supervisor  or  the   town   comptroller   from  paying  amounts  in  excess  of  the  amounts   appropriated for such year in the annual budget where such transfer  has   been made, nor shall anything in this act be construed to require a town   which has entered into a lease or contract for a term exceeding one year   to  pay  during  the  current  year  any amounts larger than those which   become due and owing during that year under the terms of such  lease  or   contract.  Any  contract,  verbal  or written, made in violation of this   section, shall be null and void as to the town and no money belonging to   the town shall be  paid  thereon.  Nothing  herein  contained  shall  be   construed  to  prohibit the town board from making contracts for periods   exceeding one year for the purposes of  improvement  districts  whenever   authorized by law.
NY Town L § 118 (2021)
2021 New York Laws TWN - Town Article 8 - Finances 118 - Form of Claims.

§  118.  Form  of  claims.  1.  Except  as  otherwise provided by this   section, no claim against  a  town,  except  for  a  fixed  salary,  for   compensation  for services of officers or employees regularly engaged by   the town at agreed wages by the hour, day, week, month or year, for  the   principal  of  or interest on indebtedness, or amounts becoming due upon   lawful contracts for periods exceeding one year, shall be paid unless an   itemized voucher therefor, in such form as the town board  or  the  town   comptroller shall prescribe, shall have been presented to the town board   or  town  comptroller  and  shall  have  been  audited and allowed. Such   voucher shall be accompanied by a statement by the officer whose  action   gave rise or origin to the claim that he approves the claim and that the   service   was  actually  rendered  or  supplies  or  equipment  actually   delivered. The town board may determine, by  resolution,  that  vouchers   shall be certified or verified.2.  The  town board may by resolution authorize the payment in advance   of audit of claims for public utility  services,  postage,  freight  and   express  charges. All such claims shall be presented at the next regular   meeting for audit,  and  the  claimant  and  the  officer  incurring  or   approving  the same shall be jointly and severally liable for any amount   disallowed by the town board.As used in this subdivision the term  public  utility  services  shall   mean electric, gas, water, sewer, fuel oil and telephone services.
NY Town L § 120 (2021)
2021 New York Laws TWN - Town Article 8 - Finances 120 - Payrolls to Be Certified.

§  120.  Payrolls  to  be certified. All payrolls, or other claims for   compensation, for personal services rendered to the town by  any  person   other  than  an  elective  town  officer  shall be certified by the town   officer or employee  of  the  town  having  direct  supervision  of  the   claimant  to  the effect that such services indicated on such payroll or   claim were  actually  performed  by  the  person  or  persons  mentioned   therein.  The  town board may, by resolution, determine that, in lieu of   certification, these payrolls and  claims  shall  be  verified  by  such   officer or employee to the same effect.
NY Town L § 121 (2021)
2021 New York Laws TWN - Town Article 8 - Finances 121 - Payment of Judgments and Compromised Actions, Proceedings or Claims.

§  121.  Payment  of judgments and compromised actions, proceedings or   claims. Whenever a final judgment has been recovered against a town,  or   an  action,  proceeding  or claim has been compromised or settled in the   manner provided in section sixty-eight of this chapter, the  town  board   may  provide  by  taxation  the  sum  necessary  to pay such judgment or   compromised action, proceeding or claim, or may  provide  such  sum,  in   whole or in part, pursuant to the local finance law.
NY Town L § 122 (2021)
2021 New York Laws TWN - Town Article 8 - Finances 122 - Advertising for Bids; Letting of Contracts.

§  122.  Advertising  for  bids;  letting of contracts. Every officer,   board or agency of a town shall let all contracts for  public  work  and   all   purchase   contracts   to  the  lowest  responsible  bidder  after   advertisement for bids where so required by section one hundred three of   the general municipal law.
NY Town L § 122-A (2021)
2021 New York Laws TWN - Town Article 8 - Finances 122-A - Purchasing of Products for Public Use.

§  122-a.  Purchasing  of products for public use. Notwithstanding the   provisions of section one hundred three of the  general  municipal  law,   when  purchasing  products  the  officer, board or agency of a town may,   wherever recycled products meet contract specifications and the price of   such products is reasonably competitive, purchase such products. For the   purpose  of  this  section  and  until  July  first,  nineteen   hundred   ninety-six,  "recycled  product"  shall  mean any product which has been   manufactured from secondary materials, as defined in subdivision one  of   section two hundred sixty-one of the economic development law, and meets   secondary material content requirements adopted by the office of general   services  under  subdivision one of section one hundred seventy-seven of   the state finance law for products available to  the  town  under  state   contract  or,  if  no  such  contract for such product is available, any   product which meets the secondary material content requirements  adopted   by  the  town  with  respect  to a specific commodity procurement by the   town. On and after July first, nineteen  hundred  ninety-six,  "recycled   product" shall mean, for the purposes of this section, any product which   is  manufactured from secondary materials, as defined in subdivision one   of section two hundred sixty-one of the economic  development  law,  and   which  meets  the  requirements of subdivision two of section 27-0717 of   the environmental conservation law and regulations promulgated  pursuant   thereto. For the purpose of this section, "reasonably competitive" shall   mean  that  the  cost  of  the  recycled  product does not exceed a cost   premium of ten percent above the cost of a comparable  product  that  is   not  a  recycled  product or, if at least fifty percent of the secondary   materials utilized in the manufacture of that product are generated from   the waste stream in New York state, the cost  of  the  recycled  product   does  not  exceed  a cost premium of fifteen percent above the cost of a   comparable product that is not a recycled product.Whenever such officer, board or agency shall  purchase  or  cause  the   purchase  of  printing on recycled paper pursuant to this section, he or   she shall require the printed material to  contain  the  official  state   recycling  emblem  established  pursuant  to  subdivision two of section   27-0717  of  the  environmental   conservation   law   and   regulations   promulgated  pursuant  thereto  if  such  paper has been approved by the   department of environmental conservation as satisfying the  requirements   of  such  statute  and  regulation,  or,  if  such paper has not been so   approved, require the printed material to include  a  printed  statement   which  indicates  the  percentages  of  pre-consumer  and  post-consumer   recycled material content of such paper.
NY Town L § 123 (2021)
2021 New York Laws TWN - Town Article 8 - Finances 123 - Annual Accounting by Town Officers and Employees.

§ 123.  Annual accounting by town officers and employees. On or before   the  twentieth  day  of  January  each  person, who as a town officer or   employee received or disbursed any moneys in the previous  fiscal  year,   shall  account with the town board for such moneys and shall produce all   supporting books, records, receipts, warrants,  vouchers  and  cancelled   checks  or  check  images  as authorized by section ninety-nine-b of the   general municipal law. No member of the town board  shall  sit  as  such   when any account in which he is interested is being audited.In  addition,  the  town  board  shall  examine the criminal and civil   dockets of each town justice and  shall  cause  to  be  entered  in  the   minutes of its proceedings that such dockets have been duly examined and   that  the  fines and fees therein shown to have been collected have been   turned over to the proper officials as required by law.Each town officer and employee, except a town justice, at the time  of   submitting  his  books  and  records,  shall  file with the town board a   statement in writing showing his  receipts  and  disbursements  for  the   fiscal  year.  Such statement shall be in detail and shall be entered in   the minutes of the meeting by the town clerk.The provisions of this section requiring an annual accounting and  the   submission  of  books  and records by all town officers and employees to   the town board shall not apply to a town having a town comptroller,  nor   to  a  town  which,  prior  to  the twentieth day of January, shall have   engaged  the  services  of  a  certified  public  accountant  or  public   accountant  to  make  an  annual audit to be completed within sixty days   after the close of the town's fiscal year.Notwithstanding anything herein contained,  the  town  board,  at  any   time, may require any town officer or employee to submit to the board or   to such certified public accountant or public accountant for examination   his  books, dockets, records, receipts, warrants, vouchers and cancelled   checks or check images as authorized by  section  ninety-nine-b  of  the   general municipal law.
NY Town L § 124 (2021)
2021 New York Laws TWN - Town Article 8 - Finances 124 - Designation of the Comptroller as Accounting Officer.

§   124.   Designation  of  the  comptroller  as  accounting  officer.   Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, the town board of a   town in which the office of comptroller has  been  established  may,  by   resolution,  determine that such officer shall be the accounting officer   of the town. In such event, all of the accounting  duties  of  the  town   supervisor shall be transferred to and be performed by the comptroller.In  addition  to  keeping detailed accounting records, the comptroller   shall prepare and transmit to the town  clerk  the  report  required  by   subdivision  ten  or,  if  the town board shall so determine, the report   required by subdivision ten-a of section twenty-nine  of  this  chapter.   He  shall  also  render to the town board the detailed monthly statement   required by section one hundred twenty-five of this chapter,  and  shall   prepare  and  submit  to  the  state department of audit and control the   report required by section thirty of the general municipal law.Notwithstanding  any  other  provision  of  the  highway  law,  social   services  law,  or  this  chapter,  no  money  shall  be paid out by the   supervisor except upon  the  warrant  of  the  town  comptroller.  Every   officer  required  to  submit a monthly statement to the town supervisor   pursuant to subdivision one of  section  twenty-seven  of  this  chapter   shall furnish a copy thereof to the town comptroller.Nothing  in  this  section  shall  be  construed  to  relieve the town   supervisor  of  his  duties  as  treasurer  of  the  town  pursuant   to   subdivisions  one,  two,  three  and four of section twenty-nine of this   chapter.
NY Town L § 125 (2021)
2021 New York Laws TWN - Town Article 8 - Finances 125 - Duties of Supervisor.

§  125. Duties of supervisor. Except where duties specified herein are   devolved upon the town comptroller pursuant to  section  thirty-four  of   this  chapter,  the  supervisor  of  each  town shall have the following   duties:1. The supervisor shall keep in his records, in such manner  and  form   as  the  state  department  of  audit and control may direct, a separate   account with every appropriation for which  funds  are  appropriated  or   raised  by  tax. He shall state in every check or draft drawn by him the   fund against which it is drawn and the  appropriate  account  chargeable   therewith.  He  shall not permit any fund or appropriation account to be   overdrawn at any time nor draw upon one fund or appropriation account to   pay a claim chargeable to another. In a town in which there shall be  no   town  comptroller  no  money  shall be paid out by the supervisor except   upon the warrant, order or draft of the  town  clerk,  after  audit  and   allowance  by  the  town board. In a town in which there shall be a town   comptroller no money shall be paid out by the supervisor except upon the   warrant, order or  draft  of  the  town  comptroller,  after  audit  and   allowance thereof. The supervisor, however, may pay the principal of and   interest  on indebtedness, stated salaries, compensation for services of   officers or employees regularly engaged by the town at agreed  wages  by   the hour, day, week, month or year, and amounts becoming due upon lawful   contracts for periods exceeding one year for which provision for payment   has   been  made  in  the  annual  budget  and  payments  authorized  by   subdivision two of section one hundred eighteen of this chapter, without   prior audit.2. The supervisor shall without prior audit, issue  individual  checks   to  the persons as authorized by the town welfare officer or pay over to   the town welfare officer moneys for the revolving fund  as  provided  by   section  eighty-six  of  the  social welfare law, and the receipt of the   town welfare officer shall be a sufficient voucher for such payment. The   supervisor shall render to the town board at the end  of  each  month  a   detailed  statement  of all money received and disbursed by him for such   month, and shall file a copy in the office of the town clerk.
NY Town L § 131 (2021)
2021 New York Laws TWN - Town Article 9 - Ordinances and Licenses 131 - Definition of Town Ordinance.

§  131. Definition of town ordinance. A town ordinance includes also a   rule or regulation of the town board,  for  the  violation  of  which  a   penalty  is  imposed; and each provision of this chapter relating to the   enforcement of an ordinance applies to such rule or regulation.
NY Town L § 132 (2021)
2021 New York Laws TWN - Town Article 9 - Ordinances and Licenses 132 - Effect of Town Ordinances Limited.

§  132.  Effect  of  town  ordinances  limited.  A rule, regulation or   ordinance of a town shall  be  effective  and  operative  only  in  that   portion  of  such  town  outside  of  any  incorporated  village or city   therein, except as otherwise specifically provided by statute.
NY Town L § 133 (2021)
2021 New York Laws TWN - Town Article 9 - Ordinances and Licenses 133 - When Ordinance Shall Take Effect.

§  133.  When  ordinance  shall take effect. Every ordinance and every   amendment to an ordinance hereafter adopted  or  approved  by  the  town   board  of a town to which the provisions of this article are applicable,   shall be entered in its minutes except that it shall not be necessary to   enter in its minutes any map adopted or approved in  connection  with  a   zoning  ordinance or amendment. The ordinance or amendment, or a summary   or abstract thereof, shall be published in the official newspaper of the   town or, if there is none, in a newspaper designated by the  town  board   having  general circulation in the town, once, and the affidavit of such   publication shall be filed  with  the  town  clerk.  Such  ordinance  or   amendment  shall  take  effect ten days after such publication; but such   ordinance or amendment shall take effect from the date of its service as   against a person served personally with a copy thereof, certified by the   town clerk under the corporate seal of the town; and showing the date of   its passage  and  entry  in  the  minutes.  No  ordinance  or  amendment   previously  adopted or approved by any town board of a town to which the   provisions of this article are applicable shall be void for  failure  of   posting and/or filing affidavits of posting.
NY Town L § 134 (2021)
2021 New York Laws TWN - Town Article 9 - Ordinances and Licenses 134 - Proof of Ordinance; Maps.

§  134.  Proof  of  ordinance; maps. The certificate of the town clerk   setting forth that the records of the town show the adoption of  one  or   more  ordinances  and the publishing thereof as required by this chapter   shall be presumptive evidence of such adoption and  publication  in  any   action or special proceeding in any court or otherwise.
NY Town L § 135 (2021)
2021 New York Laws TWN - Town Article 9 - Ordinances and Licenses 135 - Violations of Ordinances.

§ 135. Violations of ordinances. 1. A violation of any ordinance, rule   or  regulation  adopted  by  the  town board pursuant to this chapter is   hereby declared to be a misdemeanor except as otherwise provided by  law   and  except  that  any  such violation of a provision of a town building   code or zoning ordinance shall be deemed an offense against such code or   ordinance, and the town board may provide for the punishment thereof  by   fine or imprisonment or both; provided, however, that for the purpose of   conferring  jurisdiction  upon  courts  and judicial officers generally,   violations of a town building code or zoning ordinance shall  be  deemed   misdemeanors and for such purpose only all provisions of law relating to   misdemeanors  shall  apply  to  such violations. It is also empowered to   provide civil penalties for such violation.  The  town  board  may  also   maintain  an  action or proceeding in the name of the town in a court of   competent jurisdiction to compel  compliance  with  or  to  restrain  by   injunction  the  violation  of  any  such ordinance, rule or regulation,   notwithstanding that the ordinance, rule or  regulation  may  provide  a   penalty or other punishment for such violation.2.  Notwithstanding  the provisions of subdivision one hereof the town   board of any town may designate that the  violation  of  any  ordinance,   rule  or  regulation  adopted by such board or any specific provision or   provisions thereof shall be deemed an offense  against  such  ordinance,   rule,  regulation,  or provision thereof, and the town board may provide   for the punishment thereof by fine or imprisonment  or  both;  provided,   however, that for the purpose of conferring jurisdiction upon courts and   judicial officers generally, such violation shall be deemed misdemeanors   and for such purpose only all provisions of law relating to misdemeanors   shall apply to such violations.
NY Town L § 137 (2021)
2021 New York Laws TWN - Town Article 9 - Ordinances and Licenses 137 - Issuing of Licenses.

§  137.  Issuing  of licenses. If any such trade, occupation or use of   premises shall be prohibited without a license,  the  town  board  shall   establish uniform fees for the issuance of such licenses and may require   applicants  for  licenses to submit written applications supplying under   affidavit such information as the town board may require.Upon receipt of the license fee  therefor,  the  town  clerk,  or  the   building  inspector  as  provided in section one hundred thirty-eight of   this chapter, shall issue a license specifying the trade, occupation  or   use  of  premises  thereby  authorized  and  such  license  shall become   effective from the date thereof and shall continue in force for the term   specified therein but shall not be transferable. Such  a  license  shall   not  be  issued  for  a longer term than one year from the date thereof.   The town board may by resolution provide for the staggering of licensing   periods. Should such action  result  in  a  licensing  period  which  is   shorter  than  the regular licensing period, the town clerk shall adjust   the fee proportionately. A license may be refused if the applicant shall   have been convicted of a misdemeanor or felony, which in the judgment of   the town clerk or the building inspector renders the applicant unfit  or   undesirable to carry on the trade or occupation involved. The town clerk   or the building inspector may also refuse a license to any person who in   his  judgment  shall  be  an undesirable person or incapable of properly   conducting the trade or business desired. Any  applicant  who  has  been   refused  a license by the town clerk or the building inspector may apply   to the town board therefor, and the same may be granted  or  refused  by   the  board,  except as prohibited herein. After a public hearing thereon   at which the licensee shall have an opportunity to be  heard,  the  town   board  may  revoke any license issued under authority of this article to   any applicant whom the town board shall determine to be  an  undesirable   person  or  incapable  of  properly  conducting  the  trade  or business   previously licensed. The granting, refusal or revocation of such license   by the town board shall be subject to review by certiorari.