VILLAGE OF CORNWALL-ON-HUDSON

INTRODUCTORY LOCAL LAW NO. ___ OF 2025

A LOCAL LAW AMENDING CHAPTER 126,

ENTITLED “SEWER RENTS”, TO MODIFY SECTION 126-54

CONCERNING PAYMENT PROCEDURE

Be it enacted by the Village Board of the Village of Cornwall-on-Hudson, County of Orange, State of New York, as follows:

Section 1. 

This Local Law is enacted pursuant to section 10 of the Municipal Home Rule Law.

Section 2.   

The Village Code Chapter 126, entitled “Sewer Rents” is hereby amended at Section 126-54, entitled “Payment Procedure” by deleting the current sections A and D and replacing them with the following text:

“A. All sewer use rents shall be due and payable at the office of the Village Clerk not less than once annually, pursuant to a schedule adopted by the Village Board.”

“D. If bills are not paid within 30 days from the date due, a penalty at a rate to be determined by the Village Board will be added to the same.”

All other text contained in Chapter 126 shall continue in full force and effect.

Section 3.  Severability.

If any part or provision of this Local Law or the application thereof to any person or circumstance be adjudged invalid by any court of competent jurisdiction, such judgment shall be confined in its operation to the part or provision or application directly involved in the controversy in which such judgment shall have been rendered and shall not affect or impair the validity of the remainder of this Local Law or the application thereof to other persons or circumstances, and the Village Board of the Village of Cornwall-on-Hudson hereby declares that it would have passed this Local Law or the remainder thereof had such invalid application or invalid provision been apparent.

Section 4.  Repeal.

All ordinances, local laws and parts thereof inconsistent with this Local Law are hereby repealed.

Section 6.  Effective Date.

This law shall become effective upon filing with the office of the New York State Secretary of State in accordance with Section 27 of the Municipal Home Rule Law.