§ 265. Contracts. a. The administrative head or body, where applicable, may contract (1) for the purchase, from any legal entity having water available, of any quantity of water for resale within the water district on either a wholesale or retail basis, subject to the approval of the contract by the county legislative body, or […]
§ 266. Water rates, water quality treatment, sewage, wastewater disposal and refuse collection charges and revenues. 1. Subject to confirmation by the board of supervisors, the administrative head or body: (a) may establish, from time to time, wholesale and retail rate schedules for water sold to, or a scale of charges for the collection, conveyance, […]
§ 267. Expense of the improvement. The cost of establishment of a county district and the furnishing of the improvement therein shall include the amount of all contracts, the costs of all lands and interests therein necessarily acquired, the costs of erection of necessary facilities and appurtenances for operation or administration of the improvement, the […]
§ 268. Increase and improvement of facilities. 1. Whenever the board of supervisors shall determine it necessary to acquire additional lands or interests in lands or to acquire or to construct (1) water rights, wells, reservoirs or basins in order to maintain an adequate source of water supply, (2) water quality treatment units or devices […]
§ 269. Increase of maximum amount to be expended. At any time after the establishment of a district pursuant to this article, the maximum amount authorized to be expended for the original improvement or for the original improvement, the plans for which have been amended or modified pursuant to section two hundred fifty-three-a of this […]
§ 270. Assessment of the cost. 1. The expense of the establishment of a district, except a water quality treatment district, and of providing improvements therein, including the improvements described in section two hundred sixty-eight, shall be assessed, levied and collected from the several lots and parcels of land within the district in the same […]
§ 271. Alternative method of assessment. 1. Notwithstanding the provisions of the preceding section, if the notice of public hearing to be held by the board of supervisors pursuant to section two hundred fifty-four shall contain a statement that the cost of the improvement will be assessed in proportion as nearly as may be to […]
§ 272. Taxation of district property. All real property acquired for the purposes of the county district shall be acquired in the name of such county district. Real property acquired in the name of the county district shall be assessed for the purposes of taxation at the value thereof exclusive of improvements erected or installed […]
§ 273. Contracts with public authorities for county water districts. 1. Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, the board of supervisors may enter into a contract with a public authority which possesses express reciprocal powers whereby the construction and development of a water supply and distribution system, or any part or parts thereof, may […]
§ 274. Extension of the district. A county district may be extended so as to include territory not previously included within its boundaries in the same manner as hereinbefore prescribed for the original establishment of the district. If the cost of establishment of the original district and of providing the improvement therein was assessed, levied […]
§ 274-a. Consolidation of county districts by board of supervisors. 1. Resolution. The board of supervisors may, and upon the filing with the board of a petition signed and acknowledged, in the same manner as a deed to be recorded, by the requisite number of owners of real property authorized to execute and acknowledge a […]
§ 274-b. Consolidation of the district and its extensions. 1. Determination and notice of public hearing. Whenever the board of supervisors calls a public hearing on the extension of a district, pursuant to section two hundred seventy-four of this article, or calls a public hearing on the consolidation of two or more districts, pursuant to […]
§ 275. Sale of water district facilities. 1. The board of supervisors may sell all or any part of the water supply and distribution system of a county water district to a water authority or to a joint water works system established pursuant to article five-B of the general municipal law, provided, however, that the […]
§ 276. Jurisdiction of other state agencies. Nothing contained in this article shall be held to alter or abridge the powers and duties of the state department of health, the water pollution control board, or any other state department or agency over district matters.
§ 277. Establishment of certain county sewer districts in Suffolk county. 1. For the purposes of this section the following terms are defined as follows: a. County shall mean the county of Suffolk or the county of Erie. b. County legislature shall mean the county legislature of the county of Suffolk or of the county […]
§ 278. Definitions. For purposes of this article the following definitions shall apply: 1. the term “board of supervisors” shall be deemed to mean “county legislature” in those counties having county legislatures; 2. the term “typical property” shall mean a benefited property having an assessed value that approximates the assessed value of the mode of […]
§ 279. Operation of certain collection and disposal facilities in Suffolk county. In the county of Suffolk, the county department of environmental conservation may contract with non-county sewer or wastewater disposal districts, private or public corporations, municipalities, government agencies, and individuals to operate and maintain their sewage collection and disposal facilities including those for scavenger […]
§ 279-a. Acquisition of real property for future districts in Suffolk county. 1. In the county of Suffolk, upon the adoption of a resolution, the county legislature may acquire, in the name of the county, any real property or rights therein for use by a future district or districts, or extensions thereof in such county. […]
§ 279-b. Agreements of county district; certain cases. 1. Notwithstanding the provisions of any other law, a county district in the county of Suffolk, acting through its administrative head, is hereby authorized and empowered, from time to time, to enter into or amend, supplement, modify, change or extend agreements, including but not limited to, contracts, […]
§ 279-c. Certain agreements of a county sewer district in Orange county. 1. Notwithstanding the provisions of any other law, a county sewer district in Orange county, acting through its administrative head, is hereby authorized and empowered, from time to time, to issue requests for proposals, and subsequently to enter into agreements based upon such […]
