119-F – Definition.

§ 119-f. Definition. The term “municipality” as used in this article shall mean a city, a village, a county on behalf of a county drainage district, a town and a town acting on behalf of a town drainage district.

119-G – Contracts.

§ 119-g. Contracts. Two or more municipalities are hereby empowered to enter into contracts to provide for common drainage facilities, including joint acquisition, construction, operation and maintenance. Such contracts shall provide for the method of acquisition or construction of the common facilities; the management and operation of the system; the method of fixing the proportionate […]

119-H – Development of Common Facilities.

§ 119-h. Development of common facilities. Common drainage facilities may be acquired and developed by all of the contracting municipalities acting jointly or by the individual action of one of the contracting municipalities, acting for all of the contracting municipalities, as such municipalities may provide in the contract. Regardless of the method agreed upon, title […]

119-I – Management and Operation.

§ 119-i. Management and operation. The common facilities may be managed and operated by a joint operating agency or by one of the participating municipalities.

119-J – Costs.

§ 119-j. Costs. The share of each participating municipality of the cost of providing common drainage facilities shall be fixed by the contract. In the event that the acquisition and development of common drainage facilities shall be effected by the individual action of one of the participating municipalities, it shall be lawful for any of […]

119-K – Authorization to Participate.

§ 119-k. Authorization to participate. Before any municipality shall participate in a joint project pursuant to this article, it shall authorize such participation by taking the same procedural steps which it would be required to take if it proposed to effectuate such improvements itself. Other municipalities may be permitted to participate in the joint project […]

119-L – Jurisdiction of State Agencies.

§ 119-l. Jurisdiction of state agencies. Nothing contained in this article shall be held to alter or abridge the powers and duties of the state conservation department or any other state department or agency over drainage matters.