§ 229. Financing of town's share of cost.
1.Notwithstanding the\nprovisions of any other law, a town may appropriate and spend money to\npay its share of the cost of an approved project.\n 2. Moneys for the town's share of the cost shall be raised by tax on\ntaxable real property in the town outside villages in the manner\nprovided in section one hundred fifteen of the town law. In addition,\nunexpended balances of appropriations for the town's share of the cost\nof an approved project, moneys available for the purposes specified in\nsubdivision one of section one hundred forty-one of the highway law,\nstate aid received by a town for the town outside village areas pursuant\nto section fifty-four of the state finance law and money received by the\ntown under the state and local fiscal
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§ 229. Financing of town's share of cost. 1. Notwithstanding the\nprovisions of any other law, a town may appropriate and spend money to\npay its share of the cost of an approved project.\n 2. Moneys for the town's share of the cost shall be raised by tax on\ntaxable real property in the town outside villages in the manner\nprovided in section one hundred fifteen of the town law. In addition,\nunexpended balances of appropriations for the town's share of the cost\nof an approved project, moneys available for the purposes specified in\nsubdivision one of section one hundred forty-one of the highway law,\nstate aid received by a town for the town outside village areas pursuant\nto section fifty-four of the state finance law and money received by the\ntown under the state and local fiscal assistance act of nineteen hundred\nseventy-two, and moneys received by the town from the county for\nprojects pursuant to this article, also may be used to pay for the\ntown's share, or portion thereof, provided, however, that under no\ncircumstances shall state aid paid to the town in any year under\nsections two hundred seventy-nine, two hundred eighty and two hundred\neighty-two of the highway law, or money raised, or made available by the\ntown in any year to entitle it to receive such state aid, be used to pay\nfor such share. If a town receives money from a county for a project for\nwhich the town's share has already been raised by tax on taxable real\nproperty in accordance with this section, such county moneys may be\napplied to such project and the moneys raised by the town through\ntaxation shall be considered unexpended and may be applied to pay the\ntown's share of the cost of other projects undertaken pursuant to this\narticle in a future year.\n 3. If balances of appropriations for a project pursuant to sections\ntwo hundred twenty-two and two hundred twenty-three hereof remain\nunexpended, such balances, may be used either for purposes specified in\nsubdivision one of section one hundred forty-one of the highway law and\npursuant to an agreement executed pursuant to section two hundred\neighty-four of such law or to pay for the town's share of the cost of an\napproved project.\n 4. Nothing hereinabove contained shall prevent the application of the\nproceeds of non-property taxes allocated to the town, which are in\nexcess of the amount required to be used to reduce county taxes and\ngeneral town taxes, to the reduction of taxes to meet appropriations for\nthe town's share of an approved project, as provided in subdivisions (c)\nand (d) of section twelve hundred sixty-two of the tax law relative to\nthe reduction of taxes levied for part-town activities.\n