S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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5140
2023-2024 Regular Sessions
I N A S S E M B L Y
March 2, 2023
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Introduced by M. of A. GRAY -- read once and referred to the Committee
on Local Governments
AN ACT to authorize the town of Massena to issue bonds to cover the cost
of pension contributions due by the town for employees of the former
Massena Memorial Hospital
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. (a) The town of Massena, county of Saint Lawrence, is here-
by authorized to issue serial bonds, subject to the provisions of
section 10.10 of the local finance law, in an aggregate principal amount
not to exceed five million dollars ($5,000,000), for the specific object
or purpose of liquidating actual deficits in its general fund at the
close of the fiscal year as certified by the state comptroller. In
anticipation of the issuance and sale of such serial bonds, bond antic-
ipation notes are hereby authorized to be issued.
(b) The specific object or purpose of this issuance is hereby declared
to be a public purpose which the town is hereby authorized to accomplish
and the period of probable usefulness thereof is hereby authorized to be
thirty years.
(c) Notwithstanding the provisions of any other law, general, special
or local, the town board is hereby authorized to levy a tax to be
collected in annual installments sufficient to pay the principal of and
interest on said bonds and bond anticipation notes and to adopt a bond
resolution authorizing the serial bonds authorized to be issued pursuant
to this section.
(d) Amounts provided from the proceeds of obligations issued pursuant
to this section in excess of the amount of the deficit as confirmed by
the state comptroller shall be accounted for in the same manner as
prescribed by the state comptroller pursuant to section 36 of the gener-
al municipal law.
ยง 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
LBD07232-01-3