Section 5-510. Change in fiscal years  


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  • 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.