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Statutes > New-york > Twn > Article-14 > 220

§  220.  General  town improvements. Upon the adoption of a resolution  therefor, subject to a permissive referendum, the town board may:    1. Erect a monument or monuments within the town in  commemoration  of  any person or event.    2.  Purchase,  lease,  construct, alter or remodel a town hall, a town  lockup or any  other  necessary  building  for  town  purposes,  acquire  necessary  lands therefor, and equip and furnish such buildings for such  purposes, or to demolish or remove any town building.    3. Establish airports, landing fields, public parking  places,  public  parks  or  playgrounds,  acquire the necessary lands therefor, and equip  the same with suitable buildings, structures and apparatus.    4. Establish one or more public dumps or  dumping  grounds  within  or  without such town, and acquire the necessary land therefor. No such land  shall  be  acquired  within the corporate limits of any city, village or  other town for such purchase without the consent of the  governing  body  of the city, village or town in which such land is situated.    Any expenditure approved pursuant to this section shall be paid for by  taxes  levied  for  the  fiscal  year in which such expenditure is to be  made. However, nothing contained in this section shall be  construed  to  prevent the financing in whole or in part, pursuant to the local finance  law,  of  any  expenditure  enumerated  in  this  section  which  is not  authorized pursuant to this section. Any expenditure financed  in  whole  from  moneys  appropriated  from  surplus  funds shall not be subject to  referendum.

State Codes and Statutes

Statutes > New-york > Twn > Article-14 > 220

§  220.  General  town improvements. Upon the adoption of a resolution  therefor, subject to a permissive referendum, the town board may:    1. Erect a monument or monuments within the town in  commemoration  of  any person or event.    2.  Purchase,  lease,  construct, alter or remodel a town hall, a town  lockup or any  other  necessary  building  for  town  purposes,  acquire  necessary  lands therefor, and equip and furnish such buildings for such  purposes, or to demolish or remove any town building.    3. Establish airports, landing fields, public parking  places,  public  parks  or  playgrounds,  acquire the necessary lands therefor, and equip  the same with suitable buildings, structures and apparatus.    4. Establish one or more public dumps or  dumping  grounds  within  or  without such town, and acquire the necessary land therefor. No such land  shall  be  acquired  within the corporate limits of any city, village or  other town for such purchase without the consent of the  governing  body  of the city, village or town in which such land is situated.    Any expenditure approved pursuant to this section shall be paid for by  taxes  levied  for  the  fiscal  year in which such expenditure is to be  made. However, nothing contained in this section shall be  construed  to  prevent the financing in whole or in part, pursuant to the local finance  law,  of  any  expenditure  enumerated  in  this  section  which  is not  authorized pursuant to this section. Any expenditure financed  in  whole  from  moneys  appropriated  from  surplus  funds shall not be subject to  referendum.

State Codes and Statutes

State Codes and Statutes

Statutes > New-york > Twn > Article-14 > 220

§  220.  General  town improvements. Upon the adoption of a resolution  therefor, subject to a permissive referendum, the town board may:    1. Erect a monument or monuments within the town in  commemoration  of  any person or event.    2.  Purchase,  lease,  construct, alter or remodel a town hall, a town  lockup or any  other  necessary  building  for  town  purposes,  acquire  necessary  lands therefor, and equip and furnish such buildings for such  purposes, or to demolish or remove any town building.    3. Establish airports, landing fields, public parking  places,  public  parks  or  playgrounds,  acquire the necessary lands therefor, and equip  the same with suitable buildings, structures and apparatus.    4. Establish one or more public dumps or  dumping  grounds  within  or  without such town, and acquire the necessary land therefor. No such land  shall  be  acquired  within the corporate limits of any city, village or  other town for such purchase without the consent of the  governing  body  of the city, village or town in which such land is situated.    Any expenditure approved pursuant to this section shall be paid for by  taxes  levied  for  the  fiscal  year in which such expenditure is to be  made. However, nothing contained in this section shall be  construed  to  prevent the financing in whole or in part, pursuant to the local finance  law,  of  any  expenditure  enumerated  in  this  section  which  is not  authorized pursuant to this section. Any expenditure financed  in  whole  from  moneys  appropriated  from  surplus  funds shall not be subject to  referendum.