§ 15-1941. Major repairs of drainage works. 1. Major repairs, alterations, extensions and improvements of drainage works for a drainage improvement district may be made by the department on petition therefor and after procedure thereon similar to that specified in section 15-1931 for original construction. If additional surveys are required, they may be authorized as […]
§ 15-1943. Minor repairs in drainage districts. 1. Application for the repair, enlargement or cleaning out of any ditch originally constructed or repaired by assessment under the provisions of title 19 of this article, or any former general or special drainage laws, if within a drainage improvement district and if the total cost thereof shall […]
§ 15-1945. Minor repairs in existing drainage ditches. 1. Repairs of a minor nature may be made to ditches heretofore constructed by assessment under the former drainage law, or the laws from which it was derived or under the provisions of this or any other general or special law by following the procedure set forth […]
§ 15-1947. Unlawful interference with drainage works. 1. It shall be unlawful for any person to divert water from its natural watershed in such manner that it flows into a drainage district, or so to divert water in a drainage district as to prevent it from following the course laid out for such water by […]
§ 15-1949. Removal of beaver. In the event that any drainage improvement district is inhabited by or is invaded by beaver and the work of those animals interferes with the proper operation of the drainage system, the commissioner may cause such beaver to be removed or destroyed as he shall determine.
§ 15-1951. Financing of improvements. 1. For defraying the costs of all proceedings, surveys, studies and construction projects authorized by any section of title 19 of this article, the department may raise funds pursuant to the Local Finance Law. Such funds may not be borrowed unless the proceedings authorizing such expenditures have become final. 2. […]
§ 15-1953. Drainage improvement district fund. Moneys received under the provisions of title 19 of this article shall constitute a fund to be known as the drainage improvement district fund, and the portion thereof applicable to each improvement shall be separately kept by the Comptroller, and the Comptroller is authorized and directed to pay therefrom […]
§ 15-1955. Proceedings for assessment and collection of cost. 1. Except as otherwise provided by law, all costs and expenses necessary for the formation, improvement and maintenance of a drainage improvement district shall be met from funds collected from the owners of lands benefited or affected or from public corporations as provided in title 19 […]
§ 15-1957. Drainage fund. 1. The Comptroller shall designate a depository or depositories for receiving all moneys provided for the repair or enlargement of the ditches or channels specified in section 15-1945. The fund thus created shall be known as “the drainage fund.” Before any such deposit shall be received by any such depository, such […]
§ 15-1959. Corrections and revisions of assessments, determinations of drainage enhancements and apportionment of costs. 1. In the event that obvious errors or discrepancies should be discovered in any assessment, determination of drainage enhancements or general or special apportionments of cost, the department may correct the same by filing corrected copies of the statement of […]
§ 15-1961. Drainage district with federal aid. 1. In the event that any agency of the government of the United States shall be willing to perform, direct or finance any work for the drainage and reclamation of any swamp, bog, pond, meadow or other low or wet lands in the state in such manner that […]
§ 15-1963. Formation of district with federal aid. 1. The department may proceed of its own motion to form such district and to authorize the proposed work as though petitions therefor had been filed as provided in sections 15-1911 and 15-1913 or 15-1931. It may negotiate with the federal government, investigate the proposed district, study […]
§ 15-1965. Construction project. As soon as the formation of the district becomes effective, the department shall have full power to enter into agreements with the proper officials of the federal government or of other agencies of the state, to acquire or appropriate lands and rights in lands, including sites for camps and appurtenant facilities, […]
§ 15-1967. Changes in project. After such district is formed and the original federal project authorized, major changes in such project, additional federal projects or changes in district boundaries necessitated by such federal projects may be authorized or made by following the pertinent portions of the procedure in sections 15-1963 and 15-1965.
§ 15-1969. Continuation of district. Except for such projects as may be carried out by the federal government, any district formed under the provisions of section 15-1963 shall thereafter continue as a drainage improvement district, as though formed under the provisions of section 15-1915.
§ 15-1971. Transfer of property and discontinuance of district. Whenever a drainage improvement district created pursuant to this article and lying wholly within a county small watershed protection district established pursuant to article 5-D of the County Law has no outstanding debts, liabilities and obligations, the department as the governing body of such drainage improvement […]
§ 15-1973. Drainage section association; definitions. The following words and phrases, unless otherwise specified, are defined as follows: 1. A “drainage section” shall mean an area, of drainable acreage, as described in articles of association which have been filed and recorded as authorized by section 15-1975. 2. “Drainable acreage” shall mean that part of an […]
§ 15-1975. Drainage section association; creation. Three or more owners of drainable acreage may form a drainage section association by executing and recording articles of association as hereinafter provided.
§ 15-1977. Articles of association; recording and filing. 1. The articles of association shall be signed by all owners as listed therein and shall be acknowledged in the form now or hereafter required for the recording of a deed of real property. If there be more than one owner of a separate parcel of drainable […]
§ 15-1979. First annual meeting; members; officers; by-laws. 1. Upon filing and recording, the articles of association shall be deemed to be in effect and the drainage section association created thereby shall have the power and authority and shall assume the liabilities conferred and imposed by title 19 of this article. The temporary secretary shall […]
