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NY Vill L § 5-510 (2021)
2021 New York Laws VIL - Village Article 5 - Finances 5-510 - Change in Fiscal Years.

§  5-510  Change  in  fiscal  years.  l.  The board of trustees of any   village may, by resolution, adopt a fiscal year to commence on the first   day of August and end on the thirty-first day of July.  If the board  of   trustees  shall  so  adopt  a fiscal year commencing on the first day of   August as aforesaid, all of the provisions of this article  and  of  the   real  property  tax  law  fixing times or dates within which or by which   certain acts shall be performed in relation to the  preparation  of  the   assessment  roll,  the  preparation  of  the  budget  and  the  levy and   collection of taxes and special  assessments  shall  be  correspondingly   changed  so that the collection of taxes shall commence on the first day   of the fiscal year.2. The board of trustees of a village which has elected,  pursuant  to   former  section  one  hundred seventeen of the village law as enacted by   section fourteen of chapter eight hundred nine of the laws  of  nineteen   hundred  fifty-four,  to  retain its fiscal year or which has adopted or   hereafter adopts, pursuant to this section, a fiscal year commencing  on   the  first  day  of August may, at any time determine, by resolution, to   change to a fiscal year commencing on the first day of June.3. The board of trustees of a village which has enacted a local law as   provided in subdivision three of section fourteen  hundred  two  of  the   real  property  tax  law  may,  by  resolution,  adopt  a fiscal year to   coincide with the fiscal year of the town  or  towns  or  county  within   which  the village is located. If the board of trustees shall adopt such   a fiscal year, all of the provisions of this article  and  of  the  real   property  tax law fixing times or dates within which or by which certain   acts shall be performed in relation to the preparation of the budget and   the levy and collection  of  taxes  and  special  assessments  shall  be   correspondingly  changed  so that the collection of taxes shall commence   on the first day of the fiscal year.4. A certified copy of a resolution adopting a new fiscal  year  shall   be  filed within ten days in the office of the state department of audit   and control at Albany, New York.
NY Vill L § 5-512 (2021)
2021 New York Laws VIL - Village Article 5 - Finances 5-512 - Financing Interim Fiscal Period.

§  5-512  Financing interim fiscal period. l. Whenever the fiscal year   of a village is changed  by  action  of  the  board  of  trustees  taken   pursuant to section 5-510 of this article, the current fiscal year shall   be automatically extended to include the interim period between the last   day of the current fiscal year and the first day of the new fiscal year,   unless the board of trustees shall elect to treat such interim period as   a  separate  fiscal  year,  as  provided  in  subdivision  three of this   section.2. The board of trustees may raise all or part of the amount necessary   to pay the obligations and other expenses of the village for the interim   period by the issuance of obligations pursuant to the local finance law;   provided, however, that revenues and other income resulting from special   assessments for capital projects or from operation of revenue  producing   undertakings,  enterprises  and  utilities, including but not limited to   water supply, sewerage, electric, steam or gas,  for  which  obligations   may  become due during the interim period shall be applicable to payment   of obligations and expenses therefor as provided  by  law  and  to  that   extent bonds or notes shall not be issued therefor.3.  The  board of trustees may treat such interim period as a separate   fiscal year, in which case all of the provisions of this article and  of   the  real  property  tax law relative to the preparation of a budget and   the assessment, levy and collection of taxes shall apply to such interim   period; provided, however, that the amount to be raised by tax  on  real   estate  in  any  such  interim  period  shall not exceed the limitations   prescribed by article eight of the constitution, divided by  twelve  and   multiplied by the number of months contained in such interim period.
NY Vill L § 5-514 (2021)
2021 New York Laws VIL - Village Article 5 - Finances 5-514 - Limitation of Tax Levy.

§  5-514  Limitation of tax levy. I. The amount which may be raised by   general village tax on real  estate  in  any  fiscal  year  for  village   purposes,  shall  be  the  same  amount as a village may raise under the   provisions of article eight of the constitution.2. If any joint indebtedness described in title one-A of  article  two   of  the  local finance law is allocated and apportioned, or is excluded,   under or pursuant to such title or any other provision of  law  for  the   purpose  of  determining  the  debt-contracting power of a county, city,   town, village or school district, such allocation and apportionment,  or   exclusion,  shall  not  limit  the  amount  to  be raised in any village   outside the limitations applicable to  villages  set  forth  in  article   eight  of  the  constitution  to  provide  for  the  interest on and the   principal of any greater proportionate share of such debt service  which   the  village  has  agreed  or  is  required to provide. The total of the   amounts which may be so raised by all participating public  corporations   outside  any  limitation  imposed by or pursuant to article eight of the   constitution to provide for their respective portions of any payment  of   principal or of interest on joint indebtedness shall not exceed the full   amount  required  to be provided by all of such participants to make any   such payment.
NY Vill L § 5-516 (2021)
2021 New York Laws VIL - Village Article 5 - Finances 5-516 - Lien of Special Assessment.

§  5-516  Lien  of  special assessment. 1. Any provision of law to the   contrary notwithstanding, in any  case  in  which  a  special  or  local   assessment is levied against real property a lien shall attach as of the   time  when the assessment is confirmed by the body authorized to finally   determine the amount of such assessment, and shall continue  until  paid   or  cancelled  as  herein below provided, which lien shall have the same   priority as a village tax.2. Whenever an assessment remains unpaid and is included in the annual   tax levy, as provided in  section  5-518,  the  lien  thereof  shall  be   cancelled  as  of  the date upon which the annual tax becomes a lien and   the lien of the annual tax shall include the amount of such  assessment,   with penalties.3.  Whenever  an  assessment  remains unpaid and is thereafter divided   into annual installments so as to retire obligations as they mature, the   lien thereof shall be cancelled as of the date of such division  and  at   that  time  a  lien in the amount of the first installment shall attach,   which  lien  shall  continue  until  cancelled  by  inclusion  of   such   installment  in  the  next  succeeding  annual  tax  levy, in the manner   provided above.  Subsequent installments, unless prepaid as provided  in   section  5-518  of  this  article,  shall become liens on the respective   anniversary dates of such division and such liens shall be cancelled  in   the same manner.
NY Vill L § 5-522 (2021)
2021 New York Laws VIL - Village Article 5 - Finances 5-522 - Lapse of Appropriations.

§  5-522  Lapse of appropriations. l. 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.2. For the purposes of this section "capital project" shall meana.  any  physical  public betterment or improvement or any preliminary   studies and surveys relative thereto,b. land or rights in land,c. any furnishings, machinery, apparatus or equipment for any physical   public betterment or improvement when such betterment or improvement  is   first constructed or acquired, ord. any combination of paragraphs a, b, and c.
NY Vill L § 5-525 (2021)
2021 New York Laws VIL - Village Article 5 - Finances 5-525 - Purchasing of Products for Public Use.

§  5-525  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 village 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 village 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  village with respect to a specific commodity procurement by the   village.  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 is 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 regulations, 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 Vill L § 5-526 (2021)
2021 New York Laws VIL - Village Article 5 - Finances 5-526 - Petty Cash Account.

§  5-526  Petty  cash  account.  l.  The  board  of  trustees  may, by   resolution,  establish  a  revolving  petty   cash   account   for   any   administrative  unit  or  officer in such amount as is deemed necessary.   Any such petty cash account shall continue in  existence  from  year  to   year until abolished by like action.2.  Expenditures  from  a  petty  cash  account  may  be made only for   payment, in advance of audit and upon receipt of properly itemized bills   for materials, supplies or services furnished to  the  village  for  the   conduct of its affairs and upon terms calling for the payment of cash to   the  vendor  upon  the delivery of any such materials or supplies or the   rendering of any such services. Any such bill in an amount of more  than   five dollars shall also be certified or verified.3.  A  list  of  all  expenditures  made from such petty cash account,   together with the bills supporting such expenditures, shall be presented   periodically to the auditing board or village auditor for audit.4. The auditing board or auditor, as the case may be, shall direct the   village  treasurer  to  reimburse  such  petty  cash  account  from  the   appropriate  budgetary item or items, in an amount equal to the total of   such bills which shall be so audited and allowed.5. Any of such bills or any portion of any  such  bills  as  shall  be   disallowed  upon  audit  shall  be the personal liability of the officer   responsible for the use of the petty cash account from which payment  on   account thereof was made, and such officer shall promptly reimburse such   petty  cash  account  in  the  amount  of  such  disallowances.  If such   reimbursement has not been made by the time  of  the  first  payment  of   salary to such officer after the action of the auditing board or village   auditor  in  disallowing  an  amount  so  expended, such amount shall be   withheld from such salary payment and, if necessary,  subsequent  salary   payments, and paid into such petty cash account until an amount equal to   the  amount so disallowed has been repaid to the petty cash account. Any   bond or undertaking filed by any such officer shall be available to  the   village  for recovery of any losses incurred by reasons of the operation   of any such petty cash account.
NY Vill L § 5-528 (2021)
2021 New York Laws VIL - Village Article 5 - Finances 5-528 - Appropriations to Maintain Municipal Conferences and Associations.

§   5-528   Appropriations   to  maintain  municipal  conferences  and   associations. l.  The  board  of  trustees  of  any  village  is  hereby   authorized to annually include in the budget and raise by taxation a sum   to  meet its proportionate share of the actual and necessary expenses of   maintaining and continuing the conference of mayors and other  municipal   officials  of  the  state  of New York and any of its activities in this   state for the purpose of devising practical ways and means for obtaining   greater economy and efficiency in the government thereof.2. The board of trustees of  any  village  is  hereby  authorized  and   empowered  to  include  annually  in the budget and raise by taxation in   such village, a sum sufficient to defray the proportionate share of such   village to meet the actual and necessary  expenses  of  maintaining  and   continuing  a  conference  of  village  officials of the villages in the   county in which such village is located  or  a  conference  composed  of   village  officials of villages located in an area of adjoining counties,   and any of its activities in this state, for  the  purpose  of  devising   practical  ways and means of promoting and obtaining greater economy and   efficiency in the government of such village.3. The board in control of an electric utility, owned and operated  by   the  village  is  hereby  authorized  to  pay  from  the proceeds of the   operation of said utility its proportionate  share  of  the  actual  and   necessary  expenses of maintaining and continuing the municipal electric   utilities association  of  the  state  of  New  York,  and  any  of  its   activities in this state, for the purpose of devising practical ways and   means  for  obtaining greater economy and efficiency in the operation of   municipally owned electric light plants.
NY Vill L § 5-532 (2021)
2021 New York Laws VIL - Village Article 5 - Finances 5-532 - Inconsistent Local Laws.

§  5-532  Inconsistent  local  laws.  No  local  laws shall be adopted   changing, amending or superseding any of the provisions of this article.
NY Vill L § 6-600 (2021)
2021 New York Laws VIL - Village Article 6 - Streets, Sidewalks and Public Grounds 6-600 - Definitions.

§  6-600  Definitions.  The term "street" as used in this article also   includes a highway, road, avenue, lane or alley which the public have  a   right  to  use;  and  the  term  "pavement" includes a macadam, asphalt,   brick, concrete or other similarly improved roadbed, and is only applied   to the portion of the street between the sidewalks or  established  curb   lines.
NY Vill L § 6-602 (2021)
2021 New York Laws VIL - Village Article 6 - Streets, Sidewalks and Public Grounds 6-602 - Separate Highway District.

§ 6-602 Separate highway district. The streets and public grounds of a   village  constitute  a  separate  highway  district  and  are  under the   exclusive control and supervision of the  board  of  trustees  or  other   officers  of  the village when such control is delegated to them by such   board.
NY Vill L § 6-604 (2021)
2021 New York Laws VIL - Village Article 6 - Streets, Sidewalks and Public Grounds 6-604 - Care of Bridges.

§ 6-604 Care of bridges. If the board of trustees of a village has the   supervision  and  control  of  a  bridge  therein,  it shall continue to   exercise such control under this  chapter.  In  any  other  case,  every   public  bridge  within  a  village  shall  be  under  the control of the   superintendants of highways of the town in which the bridge is wholly or   partly situated, or such other officer as may be designated  by  special   law,  and  the expense of constructing and repairing such bridge and the   approaches thereto is a town charge,  unless  the  village  assumes  the   whole or part of such expense.
NY Vill L § 6-606 (2021)
2021 New York Laws VIL - Village Article 6 - Streets, Sidewalks and Public Grounds 6-606 - When Village May Construct or Repair Bridges.

§  6-606  When  village may construct or repair bridges. A village may   assume the control, care and maintenance of a bridge or  bridges  wholly   within its boundaries, upon the adoption of a resolution of the board of   trustees   therefor;  such  action,  however,  shall  be  subject  to  a   permissive referendum as provided  in  this  chapter  or  the  board  of   trustees may enter into an agreement with the town, in which any part of   such village is situated, to construct or repair a bridge in any part of   the  village  included in such town, at the joint expense of the village   and town, which agreement shall fix the portion to be paid by each. Such   action of the board  of  trustees  shall  be  subject  to  a  permissive   referendum as provided in this chapter.Nothing in this section shall be deemed to limit the power of villages   to  enter  into  agreements  for  the construction and repair of bridges   pursuant to the provisions of article five-G of  the  general  municipal   law.
NY Vill L § 6-608 (2021)
2021 New York Laws VIL - Village Article 6 - Streets, Sidewalks and Public Grounds 6-608 - When Village May Relinquish Care of Bridges.

§  6-608  When  village  may relinquish care of bridges.   Any village   which has the supervision, control, care and maintenance of  any  bridge   or  bridges  wholly  within its boundaries, or which has entered into an   agreement with a town as provided in sections 6-604 and  6-606  of  this   chapter, may with the consent of the town board of the town within which   any  such  bridge  is  situated,  by resolution of the board of trustees   subject to a permissive referendum as defined in this chapter, terminate   the right of such village to supervise, control, care for  and  maintain   such  bridge  or  bridges, or cancel any such agreements made by it with   such superintendants of highways, and  thereafter  every  public  bridge   within  the  boundaries  of said village shall be under the supervision,   control, care of and maintenance of the superintendants of  highways  of   the  town  as  provided  in  section 6-602 of this chapter. Such action,   however, shall in no way cancel or interfere with the  validity  of  any   obligation  or  indebtedness  of  the village incurred during the period   that  the  village  exercised  the  supervision,   control,   care   and   maintenance  of  such  bridge or bridges, or during the period that said   agreement was operative.
NY Vill L § 6-610 (2021)
2021 New York Laws VIL - Village Article 6 - Streets, Sidewalks and Public Grounds 6-610 - Dedication of Streets.

§  6-610  Dedication of streets. An owner of land in a village who has   laid out a street thereon may dedicate such street, or any part thereof,   or an easement therein, to the village for a public street, or an  owner   may  dedicate  for  such  purpose land not laid out as a street. Upon an   offer in writing by the owner to make such a dedication,  the  board  of   trustees  may,  by  resolution,  determine to accept a dedication of the   whole or any part of the land described in such offer or  the  whole  or   any  part  of  such street, to be described in such resolution. Upon the   adoption of such a resolution the owner may execute and deliver  to  the   village clerk a proper conveyance of the land to be dedicated. The board   of   trustees   may  by  resolution,  accept  the  conveyance,  and  the   conveyance, shall thereupon be recorded in  the  office  of  the  county   clerk.  Upon the acceptance of the conveyance the land described therein   shall become and be a public street of the village. No street less  than   two rods in width shall be accepted by dedication, unless the resolution   adopting  same is passed by unanimous vote of the board of trustees. All   offers of dedication must be entered at length in  the  minutes  of  the   board of trustees.
NY Vill L § 6-612 (2021)
2021 New York Laws VIL - Village Article 6 - Streets, Sidewalks and Public Grounds 6-612 - Street Improvement or Acceptance.

§ 6-612 Street improvement or acceptance. The board of trustees may by   resolution  provide  for  laying  out,  altering,  widening,  narrowing,   discontinuing or accepting the dedication of a street in the village.
NY Vill L § 6-614 (2021)
2021 New York Laws VIL - Village Article 6 - Streets, Sidewalks and Public Grounds 6-614 - Notice of Meeting of Board.

§  6-614 Notice of meeting of board. Upon adoption of a resolution the   board shall immediately give notice of a hearing  thereon  at  specified   time  and  place  to  consider the resolution, and such hearing shall be   conducted as provided in article  twenty-one  herein.  The  notice  must   state  the  general object of the resolution and if it be for the laying   out of a street, a general description of its proposed  course,  and  in   any  other  case,  the  name  of  the  street  proposed  to  be changed,   discontinued or accepted.  If  the  street  to  be  laid  out,  altered,   widened,  narrowed, discontinued or accepted shall cross a railroad such   notice shall be served upon the railroad company as required by  section   ninety of the railroad law.
NY Vill L § 6-618 (2021)
2021 New York Laws VIL - Village Article 6 - Streets, Sidewalks and Public Grounds 6-618 - Streets on Boundary Lines.

§  6-618  Streets  on  boundary  lines. Whenever a street is on a line   between two villages, or between a village  and  a  city  or  town,  the   highway  or street commissioners of such adjoining municipalities shall,   on or before the first day of May in each year, meet at a time and place   to be determined by them, and divide such street. The  officers  present   at such meeting shall allot a part of the street to each municipality in   such  manner that the labor and expense of keeping such street in repair   may be equal as nearly as practicable. The officers making such division   shall, within ten days thereafter, file in the office of  the  clerk  of   each municipality a certificate showing the part of such street allotted   to each.