§ 280. Declaration of policy and purposes. Whereas beach erosion along the shoreline of this state and especially along the shoreline in the county of Suffolk causes loss of life and damage to property and constitutes a menace to the health, safety and welfare of the people of this state in general and the residents […]
§ 280-a. Definitions. Whenever used in this article, the following terms shall have the respective meanings hereinafter set forth or indicated: 1. Governing body. The term “governing body” means the elected legislative body of the county. 2. District. The term “district” means a county hurricane proection, flood and shoreline erosion control district except where otherwise […]
§ 280-aa. Claims. The expense for all claims made against the county or the district, its agents, servants or employees arising out of the establishment, operation, maintenance or control of the district or any improvement created by the district, shall be included in the annual expense of operation and maintenance of the district or the […]
§ 280-b. County agency. The governing body may appoint or establish an officer, board or body, or may designate an existing officer, board or body, or public authority which possesses the express power to act as such an agency, to act as a county hurricane protection, flood and shoreline erosion control agency (hereinafter referred to […]
§ 280-c. Powers of county agency. The agency, as empowered by the governing body, may assemble data relating to (1) problems and solutions in hurricane protection, flood and shoreline erosion control and the areas of immediate need within the county, (2) the techniques and effectiveness of providing dunes, bluffs, bulkheads, dikes, groins, jetties, fills and […]
§ 280-d. Preparation of maps and plans. A petition may be presented to the governing body requesting that a certain area or areas of the county be established as a county district. Such petition shall be executed and acknowledged on behalf of a municipality or existing district, any part of which is included within such […]
§ 280-e. Public hearing. When the agency has caused such maps and plans to be prepared, it shall transmit them to the governing body, together with a report of its proceedings and its recommendations, including a recommendation as to what officer, board or body should be the administrative head or body of the proposed district. […]
§ 280-f. Representation by municipalities and district. At the public hearing on the establishment of a county district which includes the whole or any part of a town, village or such existing district furnishing a similar service as the proposed district, the inhabitants of such town, village or existing district may be represented jointly by […]
§ 280-g. Establishment of a county district. Upon the evidence presented at the public hearing, and after due consideration of the maps and plans, reports, recommendations and other data filed with it, the governing body shall determine, by resolution, whether or not the proposed facilities are satisfactory and sufficient and, if it shall determine such […]
§ 280-h. Permissive referendum. The provisions of sections one hundred one and one hundred two of this chapter and the applicable provisions of the election law as to conduct of elections and qualifications of voters shall apply to permissive referenda conducted hereunder, except that only those electors shall be qualified to sign a petition and […]
§ 280-i. Application to the department of audit and control. Whenever a resolution approving the establishment of a county district shall have become effective, the clerk of the governing body shall file an application in the office of the department of audit and control for permission to establish the district. Such application shall be executed […]
§ 280-j. Recording and filing of determination. The clerk of the governing body shall within ten days cause a certified copy of the order of the governing body establishing the district to be recorded in the office of the clerk of the county and when so recorded such order shall be presumptive evidence of the […]
§ 280-k. Review. Any interested party, including a village, or a town board or board of commissioners on behalf of an existing district, aggrieved by the final determination or order made by the governing body establishing the district, may make application for review of any and all of the final determinations made by the governing […]
§ 280-l. Administration of the county district. When a county district shall have been established, the governing body shall appoint, designate or establish an officer, board or body as the administrative head or body of the district. All matters relating to the membership of such administrative head or body, including but not limited to, numbers, […]
§ 280-m. Performance of the work. After a district shall have been established, the administrative head or body shall cause to be prepared by the county engineer, or other county officer having equivalent qualifications, or a duly licensed engineer employed for that purpose, detailed plans and specifications for the improvement, a careful estimate of the […]
§ 280-n. Powers. The administrative head or body upon authorization from the governing body may acquire in the name of the county by gift, lease, purchase or condemnation, real estate and easements, rights of way or other interests therein necessary or proper for the purposes of the district. It may (1) construct or reconstruct dunes, […]
§ 280-o. Rules and regulations. The governing body shall have power to adopt, amend and repeal, from time to time, rules and regulations for the operation of a county district including regulation of the manner of the construction of the county district and all facilities and appurtenances.
§ 280-p. Contracts. The administrative head or body, where applicable, subject to the approval of the governing body, may make contracts necessary to effectuate the purposes of this article. Provided, however, that no such contract, nor the power to contract, shall be deemed to alter or abridge any power or authority, or exercise thereof, of […]
§ 280-q. Revenues. 1. The county treasurer shall collect and receive all levies, charges, other revenue of the district and grants in aid and assistance and keep a true account of all such receipts. Unpaid levies and charges shall be a lien upon the real property upon which or in connection with which improvements were […]
§ 280-r. 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 […]
