NY Hwy L § 271 (2021)
2021 New York Laws HAY - Highway Article 10 - Finances 271 - Limitations of Amounts to Be Raised.

§  271.  Limitations of amounts to be raised. The amounts to be raised by tax upon the vote of a town board, as provided in this article, shall be subject to the following limitations: 1. The amount to be levied  and collected  in  each  year  for  the  repair and improvement of highways, including sluices, culverts and bridges having a span of less than  five feet and board walks or renewals thereof, on highways less than two rods in width, shall not be less than the amount prescribed under subdivision one of section one hundred and forty-one.   3.  a.  Unless  duly  authorized by vote at a special or biennial town election, there shall not be levied and collected in any one year in any town, for the purchase of stone crushers, power rollers,  motor  trucks, scarifiers,  concrete  mixers,  traction  engines  or  road machines for grading and scraping, equipment, tools and other implements,  an  amount greater than as hereinafter specified, to wit:  (1)  Two  hundred  thousand dollars in the towns of Colonie, Bethlehem and Guilderland in Albany county,  in  the  town  of  Carmel  in  Putnam county, in the town of Greenburgh in Westchester county, in the towns of Haverstraw, Clarkstown, and Stony Point in Rockland county, in the towns of  Riverhead,  Southold and Southampton in Suffolk county, in the towns of Camillus, Cicero, DeWitt, Manlius, Onondaga and  Salina  in  Onondaga county,  in the town of Poughkeepsie, Dutchess county, or in any town of the first class in Erie county.  (1-a) Four hundred thousand dollars in the towns of Babylon and  Islip in Suffolk county.  (1-b) One hundred fifty thousand dollars in the town of Cortlandville, Cortland county.  (1-c)  Notwithstanding  the  provisions  of  subparagraph  one of this paragraph, four hundred thousand dollars in the town of Amherst in  Erie county.   * (1-d)  One  million  dollars  in  the  town of Brookhaven in Suffolk county for replacement of equipment or replacement for comparable use.   * NB There are 2 subpar (1-d)'s   * (1-d) Eight hundred thousand dollars in any town in Nassau county.   * NB There are 2 subpar (1-d)'s  (1-e) One  million  two  hundred  thousand  dollars  in  the  town  of Smithtown in Suffolk county.  (1-f)  Four hundred thousand dollars in the town of Ramapo in Rockland county to be used only for replacement of equipment or  replacement  for comparable use.  (1-g)  Six hundred fifty thousand dollars in the town of Orangetown in Rockland county to be used only for replacement or repair  of  equipment or replacement for comparable use.  (1-h) One million dollars in the town of Huntington in Suffolk county.  (2)  One  hundred  thousand dollars in the towns of Geddes and Clay in Onondaga county, in the towns of East  Hampton  and  Shelter  Island  in Suffolk  county or in any town in Westchester county, except the town of Greenburgh.  (2-a) Two hundred thousand dollars in any town of the first  class  in Monroe county.  (2-b)  One  hundred  thousand  dollars  for  the town of Shawangunk in Ulster County.  (2-c) One hundred twenty-five thousand dollars in the town of Maine in the county of Broome.  (2-d)  One  hundred  twenty-five  thousand  dollars  in  the  town  of Colesville in the county of Broome.  (3)  Seventy-five  thousand dollars in any town in Orange county or in Sullivan county.  (4) Sixty thousand dollars in any other town.    b. If duly authorized at a  special  or  biennial  town  election  the increase of the amount of any limitation provided in paragraph a of this subdivision  shall  continue in effect for succeeding fiscal years until changed by a vote of a special or biennial town election.   c.  The  limitations  contained  in  this  subdivision  shall  not  be construed as limitations upon the amount of money which may be spent  in any fiscal year for any object or purpose described in this subdivision.   4.  Not more than three thousand dollars shall be levied and collected in any one year in any town  for  the  repair  or  construction  of  any highway  or  bridge  which  has been damaged or destroyed as provided in section two hundred and sixty-nine or which has been  condemned  by  the department  of  transportation  as  provided  in this chapter, unless by unanimous consent of the town board, but in no case shall more than  six thousand  dollars  be levied and collected unless duly authorized by the vote of a town meeting, except  that  in  any  town  in  the  county  of Westchester  by  the unanimous consent of the town board, the sum of not more than twelve thousand dollars may be  levied  and  collected  unless duly authorized by the vote of a town meeting.   5.  Notwithstanding  the  foregoing provisions of this section, if any such town is located wholly or partly within the Adirondack park and has within its boundaries state lands subject to taxation assessed  at  more than  thirty  per  centum of the total taxable assessed valuation of the town as determined from the assessment rolls of the town,  as  completed from  time  to  time, it shall be necessary to obtain the consent of the state comptroller, on behalf of the state, in addition to the  unanimous consent  of  the  town  board  in  order  to  exceed  the limitations of subdivisions two and four of this section, and in addition to  the  vote of  a  special  or  biennial  town  election  in  order  to  exceed  the limitations of subdivision three  of  this  section  as  fixed  by  such subdivision  three  or  as  fixed  prior  to May first, nineteen hundred forty-eight, by a special or biennial town election.