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N.Y. Town Law § 189-F Powers of board of commissioners
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§ 189-f. Powers of board of commissioners. The board of commissioners\nshall have and exercise, with respect to such district, the applicable\npowers and duties of a board of fire district commissioners as\nprescribed by the town law, with respect to similar functions of a fire\…
N.Y. Town Law § 189-G Appointment of district treasurer
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§ 189-g. Appointment of district treasurer. The board of fire\ncommissioners shall appoint to serve during its pleasure, a district\ntreasurer, who shall receive and have the custody of the funds of the\ndistrict and shall disburse the same for the purposes herein authorized\non…
N.Y. Town Law § 189-H Annual statement of expenditures and levy of taxes
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§ 189-h. Annual statement of expenditures and levy of taxes. 1. (a)\nThe fiscal year of each joint fire district shall begin on the first day\nof January and end on the thirty-first day of December. For each fiscal\nyear, the board of commissioners of each joint fire district sh…
N.Y. Town Law § 189-I Fire protection
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§ 189-i. Fire protection. The board of fire commissioners shall\nprovide fire protection throughout the entire district and for that\npurpose may accept the services of any volunteer fire department or\ncompany organized and operating within the village, or if the\ncommissioners…
N.Y. Town Law § 190 Establishment or extension of improvement districts
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§ 190. Establishment or extension of improvement districts. Upon a\npetition as hereinafter provided, the town board of any town may\nestablish or extend in said town a sewer, drainage, water, water quality\ntreatment, park, public parking, lighting, snow removal, water supply,\…
N.Y. Town Law § 190-A Water storage and distribution districts
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§ 190-a. Water storage and distribution districts. In the manner\nhereinafter provided, the town board of any town may establish or extend\nin such town a water storage and distribution district for the purpose\nof acquiring or developing a supply of water for sale to water and …
N.Y. Town Law § 190-B Sewage disposal districts
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§ 190-b. Sewage disposal districts. In the manner hereinafter\nprovided, the town board of any town may establish or extend in such\ntown a sewage disposal district for the purpose of conveying and\ndisposing, or conveying, treating and disposing of sewage from sewer\ndistricts …
N.Y. Town Law § 190-C Preparation of maps and plans
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§ 190-c. Preparation of maps and plans. 1. Upon a petition signed,\nand acknowledged or proved in the same manner as a deed to be recorded,\nor authenticated in the manner provided by the election law for the\nauthentication of nominating petitions, by at least twenty-five owner…
N.Y. Town Law § 190-D Procedure for establishment of a sewage disposal district
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§ 190-d. Procedure for establishment of a sewage disposal district.\nAll of the provisions of section one hundred ninety-c of this chapter,\nrelating to the preparation of maps and plans and establishment of a\nwater storage and distribution district, shall apply to the preparat…
N.Y. Town Law § 190-E Wastewater disposal districts
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§ 190-e. Wastewater disposal districts. 1. The town board of any town\nis hereby authorized to establish or extend a wastewater disposal\ndistrict, or more than one such district, in said town, outside of any\nincorporated village or city, for the purpose of administration and\n…
N.Y. Town Law § 190-F Additional powers of sewer districts
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§ 190-f. Additional powers of sewer districts. Notwithstanding any\nother provision of law a sewer district may also exercise all the powers\nof a wastewater disposal district if the map and plan prepared pursuant\nto section one hundred ninety-c of this article includes on-site…
N.Y. Town Law § 190-G Water quality treatment districts
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§ 190-g. Water quality treatment districts. 1. The town board of any\ntown is hereby authorized to establish or extend a water quality\ntreatment district, or more than one such district, for the purposes of\n(a) procuring by purchase, lease or other means, and installing water\…
N.Y. Town Law § 191 Petition
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§ 191. Petition. Except as otherwise provided in the case of a water\nstorage and distribution district, water quality treatment district or\nsewage disposal district, a petition for the establishment or the\nextension of an improvement district shall be signed by the owners of\…
N.Y. Town Law § 191-A Preparation of maps and plans for sewer, wastewater disposal, drainage and water districts before petition
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§ 191-a. Preparation of maps and plans for sewer, wastewater disposal,\ndrainage and water districts before petition. The town board of any town\nmay adopt a resolution, subject to a permissive referendum,\nappropriating a specific amount to pay the cost of preparing a general\n…
N.Y. Town Law § 192 Maps and plans for sewer, wastewater disposal, drainage and water districts
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§ 192. Maps and plans for sewer, wastewater disposal, drainage and\nwater districts. Every petition for the establishment or extension of a\nsewer, wastewater disposal, drainage or water district shall be\naccompanied by a map and plan prepared by a competent engineer, duly\nlic…
N.Y. Town Law § 192-A Provision for excess sewer, drainage or water facilities
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§ 192-a. Provision for excess sewer, drainage or water facilities. 1.\nThe town board, in causing maps and plans to be prepared or in approving\nthe establishment or extension of a sewer, drainage or water district\nmay provide by resolution that the map and plan include sewer, …
N.Y. Town Law § 193 Notice of hearing on petition; cost to typical property; definitions
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§ 193. Notice of hearing on petition; cost to typical property;\ndefinitions. 1. a. Whenever a petition shall be presented to the town\nboard pursuant to this article, for the establishment or extension of a\nsewer, wastewater disposal, drainage, water, water quality treatment,\…
N.Y. Town Law § 194 Establishment or extension of districts
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§ 194. Establishment or extension of districts. 1. After a hearing\nheld upon notice as hereinbefore provided and upon the evidence given\nthereat, the town board shall determine by resolution: (a) whether the\npetition is signed, and acknowledged or proved, or authenticated, as…
N.Y. Town Law § 194-A Powers of town boards with respect to certain contracts
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§ 194-a. Powers of town boards with respect to certain contracts. Upon\nthe adoption of a resolution, the town board of any town may enter into\nsuch contracts, as it may deem necessary, with any person, corporation\nor association for the purpose of ensuring that the cost of an…
N.Y. Town Law § 195 Recording of determination; review by certiorari
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§ 195. Recording of determination; review by certiorari. 1. The town\nclerk shall cause a certified copy of the determination or order of the\ntown board adopted pursuant to the provisions of this article, or\nadopted pursuant to the provisions of article seventeen-A of the gene…
N.Y. Town Law § 196 Modification of plans for sewer, wastewater disposal, drainage, water or water quality treatment districts
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§ 196. Modification of plans for sewer, wastewater disposal, drainage,\nwater or water quality treatment districts. 1. When the town board shall\nhave established a sewer, wastewater disposal, drainage, water or water\nquality treatment district and adopted a plan of sewerage, w…
N.Y. Town Law § 197 Performance of the work
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§ 197. Performance of the work. If the town board shall upon the\npetition determine to grant the relief sought by the petitioners and\nestablish or extend a district either in whole or in part, or if the\ntown board shall determine to establish or extend a district on its own\n…
N.Y. Town Law § 197-A Contracts by water districts or town water storage and distribution districts with water authorities
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§ 197-a. Contracts by water districts or town water storage and\ndistribution districts with water authorities. The town board may enter\ninto an agreement with a public water authority which possesses express\nreciprocal powers whereby the award of contracts or orders for\nengi…
N.Y. Town Law § 198 Powers of town boards with respect to improvement districts
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§ 198. Powers of town boards with respect to improvement districts.\nThe town board of every town, except as otherwise provided by law, shall\nhave authority to and may exercise the following powers with respect to\nimprovement districts, heretofore or hereafter established, sub…
N.Y. Town Law § 198-A Special districts for disposal of duck waste in Suffolk county
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§ 198-a. Special districts for disposal of duck waste in Suffolk\ncounty. 1. The town board of any town in Suffolk county is hereby\nauthorized to create a special waste disposal district, or more than one\nsuch district, in said town, outside of any incorporated village or\ncit…
N.Y. Town Law § 199 Proceedings for lateral sewers, drains or water mains
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§ 199. Proceedings for lateral sewers, drains or water mains. 1.\nPowers of town board. Whenever a sewer, drainage or water district shall\nhave been established by the town board and a trunk system of sewers,\ndrains or water mains shall have been constructed therein or contrac…
N.Y. Town Law § 2 Definition of town
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§ 2. Definition of town. A town is a municipal corporation comprising\nthe inhabitants within its boundaries, and formed for the purpose of\nexercising such powers and discharging such duties of local government\nand administration of public affairs as have been, or, may be conf…
N.Y. Town Law § 20 Town officers
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§ 20. Town officers. 1. (a) Every town of the first class shall have a\nsupervisor, four town council members, unless the number of council\nmembers shall have been increased to six or decreased to two as provided\nby this chapter, a town clerk, two town justices, a town superin…
N.Y. Town Law § 200 Petition for street improvement and proceedings thereon
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§ 200. Petition for street improvement and proceedings thereon. 1. The\nowners of real estate fronting or abutting upon either side of a street\nor highway or private road or right of way used for access to said\npremises or to a portion thereof to the extent of at least one-hal…
N.Y. Town Law § 200-A Construction and repair of sidewalks pursuant to order of town board
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§ 200-a. Construction and repair of sidewalks pursuant to order of\ntown board. Whenever the town board shall have adopted an ordinance,\nrule or regulation pursuant to the provisions of article nine of this\nchapter, describing how sidewalks shall be built in such town, the tow…
N.Y. Town Law § 201 Sewer and water connections
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§ 201. Sewer and water connections. Whenever the town board shall have\nestablished one or more sewer or water districts, or both, the town\nboard shall adopt a resolution or ordinance prescribing how sewer or\nwater connections shall be made therein. After the board shall have\…
N.Y. Town Law § 202 Expenses of improvement; how raised
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§ 202. Expenses of improvement; how raised. 1. The expense of any\npublic improvement made under authority of this article shall include\nthe amount of all contracts, the costs of all lands and interests\ntherein necessarily acquired including the total payments of principal\nre…
N.Y. Town Law § 202-A Expense of maintenance
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§ 202-a. Expense of maintenance. After the improvement is constructed\nand completed, it shall be maintained by the town board and the expense\nof such maintenance shall be a charge upon the district or upon the lots\nor parcels of land against which the expense of the improveme…
N.Y. Town Law § 202-B Increase or improvement of facilities
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§ 202-b. Increase or improvement of facilities. 1. Whenever it shall\ndetermine it to be in the public interest, after a public hearing as\nhereinafter provided, the town board may acquire or construct on behalf\nof a water, water storage and distribution, ambulance, sewer, sewa…
N.Y. Town Law § 202-C Dissolution and diminishing area of certain districts
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§ 202-c. Dissolution and diminishing area of certain districts. 1.\nThe town board of any town may dissolve and discontinue those districts\ndescribed hereinafter pursuant either to the provisions of article\nseventeen-A of the general municipal law or the procedures provided in…
N.Y. Town Law § 202-D Increase of maximum amount to be expended
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§ 202-d. Increase of maximum amount to be expended. 1. At any time\nafter the establishment of an improvement district the maximum amount\nproposed to be expended for the improvement in such district, as stated\nin the petition for the establishment of such district, may be incr…
N.Y. Town Law § 202-E Acquisition and improvement of additional property in park districts
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§ 202-e. Acquisition and improvement of additional property in park\ndistricts. 1. Petition. After the establishment of a park district and\nthe acquisition for park purposes of the property described in the\npetition for the establishment of the district, the town board upon a\…
N.Y. Town Law § 202-F Construction or installation of certain improvements in state highways and county roads
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§ 202-f. Construction or installation of certain improvements in state\nhighways and county roads. 1. In the event of the construction,\nreconstruction or relocation of a state highway or county road in any\ntown outside of an existing water, water storage and distribution,\nsew…
N.Y. Town Law § 203 Existing districts preserved
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§ 203. Existing districts preserved. Districts now existing shall\ncontinue as now established and shall have all the powers and be\ngoverned in the same manner as provided in this act for districts\nestablished pursuant to the provisions of article twelve. In the event\nthat an…
N.Y. Town Law § 204 Transition to benefit basis levy of assessments in existing lighting districts
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§ 204. Transition to benefit basis levy of assessments in existing\nlighting districts. 1. If and when the town board shall determine it to\nbe in the public interest for an existing lighting district levying\nassessments by the ad valorem basis on the effective date of this\nse…
N.Y. Town Law § 207 Re-establishment of certain water supply districts as water districts
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§ 207. Re-establishment of certain water supply districts as water\ndistricts.\n 1. The town board of any town in which a water supply district\nestablished prior to the first day of January, nineteen hundred\nthirty-four, shall exist, may re-establish any such water supply\ndis…
N.Y. Town Law § 208 Joint administration and operation of special or improvement districts with town functions
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§ 208. Joint administration and operation of special or improvement\ndistricts with town functions. The town board of a town may for use in\ncommon by one or more special or improvement districts therein and one\nor more town functions, or combination thereof:\n 1. Acquire real …
N.Y. Town Law § 208-A Acquisition of land for proposed district
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§ 208-a. Acquisition of land for proposed district. Upon the adoption\nof a resolution, subject to a permissive referendum, the town board may\nacquire in the name of the town any lands or rights therein for use by a\nfuture district or districts, of one or more types, or extens…
N.Y. Town Law § 208-B Dissolution of lighting or public parking districts; town of Oyster Bay
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§ 208-b. Dissolution of lighting or public parking districts; town of\nOyster Bay. 1. Whenever the town board of the town of Oyster Bay, county\nof Nassau shall determine after a public hearing as hereinafter provided\nthat it is in the public interest to manage, maintain, opera…
N.Y. Town Law § 209 Application of article
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§ 209. Application of article. Notwithstanding any other provisions of\nthis chapter, the town board of any town may, in the manner provided by\nthis article, establish or extend in said town, improvement districts as\ndefined in this article and provide improvements or services…
N.Y. Town Law § 209-A Definitions
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§ 209-a. Definitions. For the purposes of this article the following\ndefinitions shall apply:\n 1. the term "improvement district" shall include only a sewer,\nwastewater disposal, drainage, water, park, public parking, lighting,\nsnow removal, water supply, sidewalk, refuse an…
N.Y. Town Law § 209-B Appropriation for preparation of maps, plans and reports
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§ 209-b. Appropriation for preparation of maps, plans and reports.\nThe town board may adopt a resolution, subject to a permissive\nreferendum in the manner provided in article seven of this chapter,\nappropriating a specific amount to pay the cost of preparing a general\nmap, p…
N.Y. Town Law § 209-C Maps, plans and reports
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§ 209-c. Maps, plans and reports. The establishment or extension of an\nimprovement district shall be based upon a map, plan and report prepared\nin such manner and in such detail as determined by the town board and\nsuch map, plan and report shall be filed in the office of the …
N.Y. Town Law § 209-D Notice of hearing; cost to typical property
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§ 209-d. Notice of hearing; cost to typical property. 1. Subsequent to\nthe date of the filing of the map, plans and report in the office of the\ntown clerk as required in section two hundred nine-c of this article the\ntown board may adopt an order and enter the same in the min…
N.Y. Town Law § 209-E Establishment or extension of districts
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§ 209-e. Establishment or extension of districts. 1. After the hearing\nheld upon notice as hereinbefore provided and upon the evidence given\nthereat, the town board shall determine by resolution:\n (a) whether the notice of hearing was published and posted as required\nby law,…