VILLAGE OF TRUMANSBURG
PUBLIC HEARING
PROPOSED LOCAL LAW 1 OF 2023
A Local Law Authorizing Section 466-a of the New York State Real Property Tax Law – A Property Tax Exemption to Volunteer Firefighters and Volunteer Ambulance Workers.
Thursday, February 16th, 2023
7:00 PM
PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that the Trumansburg Village Board of Trustees will hold a Public Hearing at 7:00 pm on February 16th, 2023 in the Main Meeting Room of the Village Hall, 56 E. Main Street, Trumansburg, New York, the purpose for such Public Hearing is to take comment on Proposed Local Law 1 of 2023 entitled “A Local Law Authorizing Section 466-a of the New York State Real Property Tax Law – A Property Tax Exemption to Volunteer Firefighters and Volunteer Ambulance Workers.”
Copies of proposed Local Law 1-2023 are available at the Village Clerk’s Office between the hours of 8am -- 4pm Monday through Thursday and 8:00 am – 1:00 pm on Friday. The draft document is also available online at www.trumansburg-ny.gov.
This public hearing shall take place in person in the Village Hall Meeting Room.
A Zoom option is available for the public to attend here: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/88150095532.
This meeting will be livestreamed and recorded. The livestream can be viewed here: Village Meetings on YouTube
Additionally, public comment may be submitted in advance in writing to 56 E. Main St., Trumansburg, NY 14886, or via email to clerk@trumansburg-ny.gov before 4:00 pm on Wednesday, February 15th, 2023.
BY ORDER OF THE VILLAGE BOARD OF TRUSTEES
Tammy J. Morse
Village Clerk
2-6-2023
LOCAL LAW 1 - 2023
A Local Law Authorizing Section 466-a of the New York State Real Property Tax Law – A Property Tax Exemption to Volunteer Firefighters and Volunteer Ambulance Workers.
Section 1. Legislative Intent
It is the intent of this Local Law to allow residents of the Village of Trumansburg who are volunteer members of the Trumansburg Fire Company, as defined in Section 466-a of the New York State Real Property Tax Law, the option to elect the partial property tax exemption afforded them in said section of law.
Section 2: Authority
This Local Law is adopted pursuant to the authorities granted by Section 466-a of the Real Property Tax Law.
Section 3: Exemption granted.
A. Any enrolled member who has been certified by the Trumansburg Fire Company as an enrolled member of such will be entitled to a 10% reduction in the taxable value of their primary residence within the Village of Trumansburg for Village tax purposes.
B. Any member of the Trumansburg Fire Company who has achieved over 20 years of accumulated service shall be considered a life member and the aforementioned exemption will continue for the remainder of their life so long as the property serves as their primary residence.
C. Any un-remarried surviving spouse of a volunteer who was killed in the line of duty shall continue to receive the 10% exemption if: a. The Trumansburg Fire Company certifies that the un-remarried spouse is eligible for the exemption. b. Volunteer had accumulated 5 (five) years of service. c. Residence continues to be the primary residence of the surviving spouse.
D. Any un-remarried surviving spouse of a volunteer who passed away shall continue to receive the 10% exemption if: a. The Trumansburg Fire Company certifies that the un-remarried spouse is eligible for the exemption. b. Volunteer had accumulated 20 (twenty) years of service. c. Residence continues to be the primary residence of the surviving spouse.
Section 4: Terms and conditions.
The following terms and conditions shall be applied in the implementation of this article:
A. No such exemption shall be granted until a volunteer has achieved a minimum of 2 years of service.
Section 5. 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 6: Effective Date
This law shall take effect immediately upon passage and shall be applicable for all assessment rolls filed after this date.