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NY Town L § 91 (2021)
2021 New York Laws TWN - Town Article 7 - Permissive Referendum 91 - Referendum on Petition.

§  91.  Referendum on petition. Any such resolution or act of the town   board as set forth in the preceding section shall not take effect  until   thirty  days  after  its adoption; nor until approved by the affirmative   vote of a majority of the qualified electors of such  town  or  district   affected,  voting  on  such proposition, if within thirty days after its   adoption there be filed with the  town  clerk  a  petition  signed,  and   acknowledged  or  proved,  or  authenticated  by  electors  of  the town   qualified to vote upon a proposition  to  raise  and  expend  money,  in   number  equal  to  at  least  five per centum of the total vote cast for   governor in said town at the last general election held for the election   of state officers, but which shall not be less than  one  hundred  in  a   town  of  the  first  class  nor  less than twenty-five in a town of the   second class, protesting against such act or resolution  and  requesting   that  it  be submitted to the qualified electors of the town or district   affected, for their approval or disapproval.  If  such  petition  be  so   filed  not  more  than  one  hundred five days nor less than ninety days   prior to a biennial town election, a proposition  for  the  approval  of   such  act  or  resolution  shall  be  submitted  at  such  biennial town   election. If a petition be so filed at any other time, a proposition for   the approval of such act or resolution shall be submitted at  a  special   town  election to be held not less than ninety nor more than one hundred   five days after the filing of such petition. The petition  may  be  made   upon  separate  sheets  and  the  signatures  to  each  sheet  shall  be   authenticated in the  manner  provided  by  the  election  law  for  the   authentication of nominating petitions. The several sheets so signed and   authenticated  when  fastened  together  and offered for filing shall be   deemed to constitute one petition. If, within five days after the filing   of such petition, a written objection thereto be  filed  with  the  town   clerk, and a verified petition setting forth the objections be presented   by  the  person  so  filing  such objections to the supreme court or any   justice thereof of the judicial district in which such town is  located,   such  court  or  justice within twenty days shall determine any question   arising thereunder and make such order  as  justice  may  require.  Such   proceeding  shall  be  heard  and determined in the manner prescribed by   section 16-116 of the election law.
NY Town L § 92 (2021)
2021 New York Laws TWN - Town Article 7 - Permissive Referendum 92 - Propositions for the Submission of Acts or Resolutions.

§  92.  Propositions  for  the  submission  of  acts or resolutions. A   proposition for the submission of any such act or resolution of the town   board to the  approval  of  the  qualified  electors  pursuant  to  this   chapter,  shall  contain an abstract of such act or resolution concisely   stating the purpose and effect thereof. The  town  clerk  shall  prepare   such abstract with the advice of the town attorney, if there be one, and   forthwith  transmit  the  proposition  to  the town board in the form in   which it is to be submitted at such annual or special election in accord   with the provisions of this chapter. If there  be  more  than  one  such   proposition to be voted upon at such election, each proposition shall be   separately  and  consecutively  numbered.  Each proposition for raising,   appropriating or expending money or incurring any liability which  shall   be  a charge wholly against a district or a portion of the town shall be   submitted upon a separate ballot.
NY Town L § 93 (2021)
2021 New York Laws TWN - Town Article 7 - Permissive Referendum 93 - Repeal of Acts or Resolutions of Town Board.

§  93.  Repeal  of  acts  or  resolutions  of  town  board. Any act or   resolution of a town board may be rescinded or repealed at any  time  by   the town board and, in case the resolution so repealed be one subject to   a  permissive  referendum  and a petition thereupon be filed, no further   proceedings shall be had thereunder and no referendum shall be held.
NY Town L § 94 (2021)
2021 New York Laws TWN - Town Article 7 - Permissive Referendum 94 - Referendum on Acts or Resolutions of the Town Board Without Petition.

§  94.  Referendum  on  acts  or resolutions of the town board without   petition. The town board, upon its own motion, may cause to be submitted   for the approval of the electors any act or  resolution  of  such  board   against  which a petition could be filed as provided in this chapter and   the proceedings thereon shall be the same as if such petition  had  been   filed in accord with the provisions of this chapter.
NY Town L § 100 (2021)
2021 New York Laws TWN - Town Article 8 - Finances 100 - Application.

§ 100. Application. This article shall apply to all towns.
NY Town L § 101 (2021)
2021 New York Laws TWN - Town Article 8 - Finances 101 - Fiscal Year.

§  101.  Fiscal  year. The fiscal year of all towns shall begin on the   first day of January and end on the thirty-first day of December in each   year.
NY Town L § 102 (2021)
2021 New York Laws TWN - Town Article 8 - Finances 102 - Budget System.

§  102.  Budget  system.  The provisions of section one hundred two to   section one hundred fifteen, inclusive, shall be  known  as  the  budget   system.
NY Town L § 103 (2021)
2021 New York Laws TWN - Town Article 8 - Finances 103 - Definitions.

§  103.  Definitions.  For  the purpose of this article, the following   terms shall be defined as follows:1. "Administrative unit" shall mean an office,  department,  division,   bureau, board, commission, district, or other agency of town government,   but shall exclude a fire district.2.  "Budget officer" shall mean the supervisor or, in towns which have   more than one supervisor, the presiding supervisor;  provided  that  the   supervisor  or  presiding  supervisor  may  appoint,  to  serve  at  his   pleasure, any person including a town officer or employee, other than  a   member of the town board, to be budget officer. When a person other than   the  supervisor has been appointed as budget officer, the supervisor, in   the event of a vacancy in the office of budget officer  shall  serve  as   budget  officer  unless  and  until another person shall be appointed as   provided in this subdivision.3. "Capital project" shall mean: (a) any physical public betterment or   improvement or studies, surveys and plans relative thereto, or (b)  land   or  rights  in  land,  or  (c)  any furnishings, machinery, apparatus or   equipment for any physical public betterment or  improvement  when  such   betterment  or  improvement is first constructed or acquired, or (d) any   combination of items (a), (b) and (c).4. "Unappropriated unreserved fund balance" shall mean the  difference   between  the total assets for a fund and the total liabilities, deferred   revenues,  encumbered  appropriations,  amounts  appropriated  for   the   ensuing  fiscal  year's budget, and amounts reserved for stated purposes   pursuant to law, including reserve funds  established  pursuant  to  the   general municipal law for the fund, as determined through application of   the  system  of accounts prescribed by the state comptroller pursuant to   section thirty-six of the general municipal law.
NY Town L § 104 (2021)
2021 New York Laws TWN - Town Article 8 - Finances 104 - Submission of Estimates.

§  104.  Submission  of  estimates. 1. The head of each administrative   unit, except as otherwise provided in section two hundred two-a of  this   chapter, shall submit on or before the twentieth day of September to the   budget  officer  an  estimate  of  revenues  and  expenditures  of  such   administrative unit for the ensuing year. In towns  in  Westchester  and   Monroe  counties  such  estimates  shall  be  submitted on or before the   twentieth day of October. Estimates shall be submitted in such form  and   shall contain such information as the budget officer shall prescribe.2.  If  the  head  of  an  administrative unit shall fail to submit an   estimate by the designated date,  the  budget  officer  shall  forthwith   prepare the estimate for such administrative unit.
NY Town L § 105 (2021)
2021 New York Laws TWN - Town Article 8 - Finances 105 - Fire District Estimates and Budget.

§   105.   Fire  district  estimates  and  budget.  1.  The  board  of   commissioners of each fire  district  shall  submit  the  fire  district   budget  on  or before the seventh day of November to the budget officer.   The fire district budget shall be in the form prescribed by and pursuant   to subdivision one of section one hundred seven  of  this  article,  and   shall  be  adopted  in  the  manner  prescribed  in  section one hundred   eighty-one of this chapter.2. The budget officer shall affix the  fire  district  budget  to  the   annual  town budget, established pursuant to section one hundred nine of   this article, as a part thereof. No change shall be made by  the  budget   officer or the town board in the budget submitted by a fire district.
NY Town L § 106 (2021)
2021 New York Laws TWN - Town Article 8 - Finances 106 - Preparation, Filing and Review of Tentative and Preliminary Budgets.

§  106.  Preparation,  filing  and review of tentative and preliminary   budgets. 1. The budget officer, upon receipt of  the  estimates  of  the   various  administrative units, shall review the estimates and may confer   with the head of any such unit in  regard  to  such  estimates.  He  may   require  the  head of any such unit to furnish information and to answer   inquiries pertinent to such review.2. Upon the completion of the review  of  the  estimates,  the  budget   officer  shall  prepare  a  tentative  budget  which  shall  include his   recommendations and which shall be in the  form  prescribed  in  and  in   conformance  with section one hundred seven of this article. He may also   prepare a budget message explaining the main features of  the  tentative   budget  and  containing  such  additional  information  as  he  may deem   advisable. On or before the thirtieth day of September, or in  towns  in   Westchester  and  Monroe  counties  on  or  before  the thirtieth day of   October, he shall file in the office of the  town  clerk  the  tentative   budget, the budget message, if any, and the estimates and schedules.3. The town clerk shall present the tentative budget to the town board   at a regular or special meeting to be held on or before the fifth day of   October.  In  towns  in  Westchester  and Monroe counties the town clerk   shall present the tentative budget to the town board  at  a  regular  or   special  meeting  to be held on or before the tenth day of November. The   town board may call upon the head of any  administrative  unit  and  the   budget  officer  to  discuss  the  tentative budget and the estimates as   originally submitted. The head of any administrative unit may request in   writing that he be permitted to explain his estimates to the town board.   The town board shall review the  tentative  budget  and  may  make  such   changes,  alterations  and  revisions as it shall consider advisable and   which are consistent with law.4. Upon the completion of such review, the tentative  budget  and  any   modifications  thereof  as  approved by the town board, shall become the   preliminary budget. The preliminary budget shall be filed in the  office   of  the  town  clerk  and  the  town  clerk  shall  reproduce for public   distribution as many copies as the town board may direct.
NY Town L § 107 (2021)
2021 New York Laws TWN - Town Article 8 - Finances 107 - Contents of Preliminary Budget.

§  107.  Contents  of  preliminary budget.   1. The preliminary budget   shall be  in  the  format  prescribed  by  the  state  comptroller.  The   preliminary  budget  shall show by funds (a) proposed appropriations and   estimated revenues in accordance with  the  classification  of  accounts   prescribed  by  the  state  comptroller pursuant to article three of the   general municipal law, (b) estimated  fund  balances,  together  with  a   breakdown  of  such  fund  balance  estimated  for encumbrances, amounts   appropriated for the ensuing fiscal year's budget, amounts reserved  for   stated  purposes  pursuant  to  law, including reserve funds established   pursuant to the general  municipal  law,  and  the  remaining  estimated   unappropriated  unreserved fund balance for each fund, provided that the   remaining estimated unappropriated unreserved fund balance for each fund   shall not exceed a reasonable amount, consistent with prudent  budgeting   practices, necessary to ensure the orderly operation of town government,   taking  into  account factors including, but not limited to, the size of   the fund, cash flows, the certainty with which the amounts  of  revenues   and  expenditures  can  be estimated, and the town's experience in prior   fiscal years, (c) the amount of taxes to  be  levied,  (d)  salaries  of   elected  officers, and (e) such other information pertinent to the above   as shall be prescribed by the state comptroller.2. Such budget may contain for general contingent purposes, an  amount   not  to exceed ten per centum of the total amount estimated as necessary   to provide for the operation of town government exclusive of the  amount   necessary  to  pay  debt  service  and  judgments, estimates for special   district purposes, estimates for the repair and improvement of  highways   and estimates for purposes for which real property taxes are required to   be  levied  on an area less than the entire town. A sum also be included   for special contingent purposes, which amount shall not exceed  ten  per   centum  of  the  total  amount estimated as necessary to provide for the   operation of town government and  for  which  real  property  taxes  are   required  to  be  levied  on  the  area  of  the  town outside villages,   exclusive of the amount required to  pay  debt  service,  judgments  and   estimates   for  special  district  purposes  and  for  the  repair  and   improvement of highways.3. Amounts to be raised by tax for highway purposes  shall  be  within   the limitations of section two hundred seventy-one of the highway law.4.  The preliminary budget shall include any other data which the town   board may, by resolution, require.
NY Town L § 108 (2021)
2021 New York Laws TWN - Town Article 8 - Finances 108 - Public Hearing.

§  108.  Public hearing. The town board shall hold a public hearing on   the preliminary budget showing such changes, alterations  and  revisions   as  shall  have  been made therein by such board pursuant to subdivision   three of section one hundred six of this chapter. Such hearing shall  be   held  on  or  before  the  Thursday  immediately  following  the general   election, except that in towns in Westchester and Monroe  counties  such   hearing  shall be held on or before the tenth day of December. Notice of   such public hearing shall be published at least  once  in  the  official   newspaper,  or  if  no  official  newspaper  has been designated, in any   newspaper having general circulation in the  town.  The  notice  may  be   published  in  such other newspapers and for such other additional times   as the town board, by resolution, shall direct. At least five days shall   elapse between the date of the first publication of the notice  and  the   date  specified  for  the hearing. The notice of hearing shall state the   time when and the place where the  public  hearing  will  be  held,  the   purpose  thereof  and that a copy of the preliminary budget is available   at the office of the town  clerk  where  it  may  be  inspected  by  any   interested  person  during  office hours. Such notice shall also specify   the proposed salaries of each member of the town board, an elected  town   clerk  and  an  elected  town superintendent of highways. The town clerk   shall cause a copy of the notice to be posted on the  signboard  of  the   town,  maintained  pursuant to subdivision six of section thirty of this   chapter, not later than five days before the  day  designated  for  such   hearing. The hearing may be adjourned from day to day but not beyond the   fifteenth  day  of  November,  except  that  in towns in Westchester and   Monroe counties the hearing may be so adjourned up to and including  the   fifteenth  day  of December. At such hearing, any person may be heard in   favor of or against the preliminary budget as compiled or for or against   any item or items therein contained.
NY Town L § 109 (2021)
2021 New York Laws TWN - Town Article 8 - Finances 109 - Final Revision and Adoption of Budget.

§  109.  Final  revision  and  adoption of budget. 1. After the public   hearing, the town  board  may  further  change,  alter  and  revise  the   preliminary budget, subject, however, to the requirements of subdivision   one of section one hundred seven of this chapter.2.  The  preliminary  budget  as submitted or amended shall be finally   adopted by resolution of the town board not later than the twentieth day   of November, except that in towns in Westchester and Monroe counties not   later than the twentieth day of  December.  The  preliminary  budget  as   adopted  shall be known as the annual budget for the town for the fiscal   year beginning on the first day of January next succeeding, and it shall   be entered in the minutes of the town board.3. Upon the adoption of the resolution required by  this  section  the   amounts  proposed to be appropriated shall thereupon be appropriated. In   the event that the town board shall fail to adopt a  budget  as  of  the   twentieth  day  of  November,  or  in  towns  in  Westchester and Monroe   counties as of the twentieth day of December,  the  preliminary  budget,   with such changes, alterations and revisions, if any, as shall have been   made  by  the  town  board,  shall constitute the budget for the ensuing   fiscal year.
NY Town L § 110 (2021)
2021 New York Laws TWN - Town Article 8 - Finances 110 - Encumbering Appropriations.

§  110.  Encumbering  appropriations.  The head of each administrative   unit shall file a list of unpaid obligations with the supervisor at  the   close  of  the fiscal year. The supervisor shall encumber the applicable   appropriation account balances to the extent of such unpaid obligations.   The town board may provide for the encumbering of appropriation accounts   at more frequent intervals.
NY Town L § 111 (2021)
2021 New York Laws TWN - Town Article 8 - Finances 111 - Lapse of Appropriations.

§  111. Lapse of appropriations. Each appropriation to the extent that   it shall not have been expended or obligated, shall lapse at  the  close   of  the  fiscal  year for which made, except that an appropriation for a   capital project shall continue in force until the purposes for which  it   was made shall have been accomplished or abandoned.
NY Town L § 112 (2021)
2021 New York Laws TWN - Town Article 8 - Finances 112 - Supplemental Appropriations; Unappropriated Unreserved Fund Balances.

§  112.  Supplemental  appropriations;  unappropriated unreserved fund   balances. 1. The town board, during a fiscal year,  by  resolution,  may   make  additional  appropriations or increase existing appropriations and   shall provide for the financing thereof. Moneys therefor may be provided   from the unexpended balance of an appropriation, from the  appropriation   for  contingencies,  from  unappropriated  unreserved  fund  balance  or   unanticipated revenues within a fund or by  borrowing  pursuant  to  the   local  finance law. For the purposes of this subdivision, unappropriated   unreserved fund balance or unanticipated revenues shall be utilized only   to the extent that the total of all revenues of such fund recognized  or   reasonably  expected  to  be  recognized  in  the  current  fiscal year,   together with unappropriated unreserved fund balance, exceeds the  total   of  all  revenues  and  appropriated  fund  balance  as estimated in the   budget.2. If at any time during a fiscal year a town receives moneys from any   source,  except  from  loans,  which  are  not  otherwise  committed  or   appropriated,  the  town board may direct the supervisor to pay the same   or any part thereof to the treasurer of the  county  to  be  applied  in   reduction  of the amount to be levied for state and county purposes, and   the supervisor shall pay such moneys to the county  treasurer  prior  to   the levy.3.  Notwithstanding the provisions of subdivision one of this section,   grants in aid from the state and federal governments,  gifts  which  are   required  to  be  expended  for  particular  objects  or  purposes,  and   insurance proceeds for the loss, theft, damage or destruction of real or   personal property, when proposed to be used  or  applied  to  repair  or   replace  such  property,  may  be appropriated by resolution of the town   board at any time for such objects and purposes.
NY Town L § 113 (2021)
2021 New York Laws TWN - Town Article 8 - Finances 113 - Transfers From General Purpose Funds to Other Funds.

§   113.   Transfers  from  general  purpose  funds  to  other  funds. Notwithstanding any other provision of  law,  the  town  board  may,  by resolution,   authorize  the  transfer  of  surplus  moneys,  contingent appropriations, and unexpended balances  (1) from the fund maintained for general town purposes  and  comprised of  moneys which, if raised by taxes, would be raised by taxes levied on property in the entire area of the town, to any of the funds or accounts authorized by section one hundred  forty-one  of  the  highway  law  and comprised  of moneys which, if raised by taxes, would be raised by taxes levied on property in the entire area of the town; and,  (2) from the fund maintained for general town purposes  and  comprised of  moneys  which,  if  raised by taxes, would be raised by taxes levied solely on property in the area of the town outside of villages,  to  any of  the funds or accounts authorized by section one hundred forty-one of the highway law which are comprised of moneys which, if raised by taxes, would be raised by taxes levied solely on property in such area.
NY Town L § 114 (2021)
2021 New York Laws TWN - Town Article 8 - Finances 114 - Interest Charges Against Districts.

§  114. Interest charges against districts. The town board may include   in the annual budget a charge against any district for the amount of any   interest paid or to be paid upon moneys borrowed for  district  purposes   in anticipation of the receipt of taxes, assessments and revenues of any   such district.