Title CNT, County

§ 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 facili…

§ 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 …

§ 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 modif…

§ 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 fr…

§ 271. Alternative method of assessment. 1. Notwithstanding the\nprovisions of the preceding section, if the notice of public hearing to\nbe held by the board of supervisors pursuant to section two hundred\nfifty-four shall contain a statement that the cost of the improvement\nw…

§ 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 t…

§ 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 developm…

§ 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…

§ 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 prope…

§ 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 hear…

§ 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 munic…

§ 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 …

§ 277-a. Conveyance or lease to the county of Westchester by a city, town or village in the county's New Rochelle sanitary sewer district of sewer system property and the establishment of certain county sewer districts, extensions or special transitional zones of assessment in t…

§ 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 ha…

§ 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, go…

§ 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 distri…

§ 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, supplemen…

§ 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…

§ 279-d. Water districts in the county of Westchester. 1. Notwithstanding the provisions of any other law to the contrary, county Water District number two in the county of Westchester, acting through its administrative head, is hereby authorized and empowered, from time to time…

§ 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 t…

§ 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…

§ 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…

§ 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 …

§ 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 effec…

§ 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,…

§ 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 adm…

§ 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 suc…

§ 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 propose…

§ 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, excep…

§ 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 per…

§ 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…

§ 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…

§ 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 su…

§ 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, det…

§ 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…

§ 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 ap…

§ 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 …

§ 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 i…

§ 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 faci…

§ 280-s. Increase and improvement of facilities. Whenever the governing body shall determine it necessary to acquire additional lands or interests in lands or to acquire or to construct dunes, bluffs, bulkheads, dikes, groins, jetties, fills or other works including all necessar…

§ 280-t. 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 in such district may be increased by a resolution of the governing body provi…

§ 280-u. Assessment of the cost. The expense of the establishment of a district and of providing improvements therein, including the improvements described in section two hundred eighty-s, shall be assessed, levied and collected from the several lots and parcels of land within t…

§ 280-v. Alternative method of assessment. Notwithstanding the provisions of the preceding section, if the notice of public hearing to be held by the governing body pursuant to section two hundred eighty-e shall contain a statement that the cost of the improvement will be assess…

§ 280-w. Taxation of district property. All real property acquired for the purposes of the county district shall be acquired in the name of the county. Real property acquired in the name of the county shall be assessed for the purposes of taxation at the value thereof exclusive …

§ 280-x. Contracts with public authorities for county hurricane protection, flood and shoreline erosion control districts. 1. Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, the governing body may enter into a contract with a public authority which possesses express recipro…

§ 280-y. 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 af the origin…

§ 280-z. Jurisdiction of other state agencies. The powers and duties of the state department of environmental conservation, the water pollution control board, or any other state department or agency heretofore or hereafter exercised or conferred shall not be altered or abridged …

§ 299-l. Declaration of policy and purposes. Whereas erosion, flood water and sediment damage in the watersheds of the rivers and streams of the state cause loss of life and damage to property and constitute a menace to the health, safety and welfare of the people of this state,…

§ 299-m. County small watershed protection districts. The board of supervisors of each county may establish or extend county small watershed protection districts in the manner hereinafter provided, for the purpose of undertaking, constructing and maintaining projects and works o…