Title CNT, County

§ 224-a. Elimination of noxious weeds. The board of supervisors of any\ncounty may appropriate and expend such sums as it may deem proper for\nthe elimination of noxious weeds within the county.\n The moneys hereby authorized to be appropriated and spent may be\nexpended in such…

§ 224-b. Cooperative extension area and statewide program specialist.\n1. Agreements to employ and manage area program specialists.\nNotwithstanding the provisions of subdivision eight of section two\nhundred twenty-four of this article, two or more county cooperative\nextension…

§ 225. Optional appropriations for public benefit services\nadministered by the board. 1. The board of supervisors shall have power\nto appropriate county funds and to permit the use of county property of\nall kinds for the following public benefit, objects and purposes:\n (a) P…

§ 225-a. Fire training and mutual aid programs. 1. In order to develop\nand maintain programs for fire training, fire service-related activities\nand mutual aid in cases of fire and other emergencies in which the\nservices of firefighters would be used and to cooperate with the …

§ 225-b. Contracts for visiting nursing services. The board of\nsupervisors of any county may, upon recommendation of the county board\nof health, contract with any nonprofit institution or agency, wholly or\npartly under private control, organized to furnish visiting nursing an…

§ 226. Monuments and memorials. 1. The board of supervisors of any\ncounty may, by the affirmative vote of two-thirds of its total\nmembership erect in the county, monuments and memorials in commemoration\nof the members of the armed forces of the United States in any of its\nwa…

§ 226-a. Patriotic observances. The county legislature and/or board of\nsupervisors, as the case may be, of any county or borough outside the\ncity of New York, is hereby authorized to appropriate and set aside each\nyear such sums it may deem proper for the purpose of providing…

§ 226-b. Solid waste management; resource recovery. 1. The legislative\nbody of any county may appropriate and expend such sums as it may deem\nproper to provide for the separation, collection and management of solid\nwaste in such county and for that purpose may acquire, constr…

* § 226-c. Waiver of fees for veterans' organizations. The Erie county\nlegislature is hereby authorized to waive fees, including but not\nlimited to building permit review fees and fees associated with capital\nimprovements to any post or hall owned by a not-for-profit\ncongres…

* § 226-c. Waiver of fees for veterans organizations. The county\nlegislature of Nassau county or Suffolk county is hereby authorized to\nwaive fees, including but not limited to building permit review fees and\nfees associated with capital improvements to any post or hall owned…

* § 226-c. Waiver of fees for veterans' organizations. The board of\nsupervisors of Washington county or Saratoga county is hereby authorized\nto waive fees, including but not limited to building permit review fees\nand fees associated with capital improvements to any post or ha…

§ 226-d. Waiver of fees for veterans' organizations. The Westchester\ncounty legislature is hereby authorized to waive fees by local law,\nincluding but not limited to building permit review fees and fees\nassociated with capital improvements to any post or hall owned by a\nnot-…

§ 226-e. Waiver of fees for veterans' organizations. The Niagara\ncounty legislature is hereby authorized to waive fees by local law,\nincluding but not limited to building permit review fees and fees\nassociated with capital improvements to any post or hall owned by a\nnot-for-…

§ 227. Legalizing acts. 1. Power to legalize. The board of supervisors\nof any county shall have power to legalize and validate any act had and\ntaken in connection with a lawful municipal purpose or for a lawful\nmunicipal object or purpose, by the governing board or other loca…

§ 228. Disputed town boundaries. Jurisdiction is hereby conferred upon\nthe supreme court and the county court to hear and determine disputed\ntown boundaries in an action brought by any town affected thereby. A\ncertified copy of the judgment containing the courses, distances a…

§ 229. Erection and dissolution of towns. The board of supervisors\nshall perform the duties prescribed by the town law relating to the\nerection of new towns and the dissolution of towns.\n

§ 231. Expenses of police officer or peace officer injured in line of\nduty. The board of supervisors may, in its discretion, audit and pay the\nreasonable medical and hospital expenses of any police officer or peace\nofficer of the county injured in the line of duty while execu…

§ 232. County officers' and county executives' associations. Power is\ngranted each board of supervisors to appropriate and pay annually to the\ntreasurer of the New York state association of counties, and/or to the\ntreasurer of the county executives' association of the state o…

§ 233. Procedure on tax limit increase. 1. In accordance with section\nten of article eight of the constitution, the amount to be raised in any\ncounty by tax on real estate in any fiscal year for county purposes, in\naddition to providing for the interest on and the principal o…

§ 233-a. Amounts to be included or excluded in computing\nconstitutional taxing power. 1. For the purpose of computing the amount\nthat may be raised in any county by tax on real estate in any fiscal\nyear for county purposes in accordance with section ten of article eight\nof t…

* § 233-b. Payment in lieu of taxes for property acquired for park or\nrecreational purposes. The county of Nassau having acquired certain\nproperty for park or recreational purposes in the Lido Beach-Point\nLookout area shall have the power and authority with respect to such\np…

§ 234. Additional powers granted under other laws. Nothing herein\nshall be deemed to affect or impair the provisions of any other act of\nthe legislature granting additional powers to appropriate and expend\ncounty funds for county objects and purposes.\n

§ 234-a. Service of notice in relation to constitutionality of local\nlaw, ordinance, rule or regulation of a county. Whenever the\nconstitutionality of any local law, ordinance, rule or regulation of a\ncounty is brought into issue upon a trial or hearing of any civil cause\nof…

§ 235. The board of supervisors by resolution may appoint a committee\nof citizens of the county to act in an advisory capacity to any\ncommittee, department or office on any subject relating to county\ngovernment. The members of such committee shall serve without\ncompensation …

§ 236. County plumbing licensing. 1. Notwithstanding the provisions of\nthe general city law or any other law to the contrary, the county of\nWestchester is hereby authorized to establish a Westchester county board\nof plumbing examiners and to empower such board to assume all l…

§ 236-a. County master electrician licensing. 1. Notwithstanding the\nprovisions of the general city law or any other law to the contrary, the\ncounties of Dutchess, Suffolk and Westchester are each hereby authorized\nto establish a county board of examiners for master electrici…

§ 236-b. County electrical inspector licensing. 1. Notwithstanding any\ninconsistent general, special, or local law to the contrary, the county\nof Westchester is hereby authorized to establish a Westchester county\nboard of examiners for electrical inspectors and to empower suc…

§ 237. Alcoholic beverage control. Pursuant to section seventeen of\nthe alcoholic beverage control law, the board of supervisors by\nresolution may request the state liquor authority to further restrict\nthe hours during which alcoholic beverages may be sold at retail.\n

§ 250. Purpose. The board of supervisors of each county may establish,\nconsolidate, or extend county water, water quality treatment, sewer,\nwastewater disposal, drainage or refuse districts (hereinafter referred\nto in this article as the "district") in the manner hereinafter\…

§ 251. County agency. The board of supervisors may appoint or\nestablish an officer, board or body, or may designate an existing\nofficer, board or body, or public authority which possesses the express\npower to act as such an agency, to act as a county water, water quality\ntre…

§ 252. Powers of county agency. 1. The agency, as empowered by the\nboard of supervisors, may assemble data relating to (1) the water\nresources available to the county, both within and without, (2) the\nnumber and location of private wells within the county, the contaminants\np…

§ 253. Preparation of maps and plans. 1. A petition may be presented\nto the board of supervisors requesting that a certain area or areas of\nthe county be established as a county district. Such petition shall be\nexecuted and acknowledged on behalf of a municipality or district…

§ 253-a. Provision for excess sewer, drainage or water facilities. 1.\nThe local legislative body, in causing maps and plans to be prepared or\nin approving the establishment or extension of a sewer, wastewater\ndisposal, drainage or water district may provide by resolution that…

§ 253-b. Amendment or modification of plans. When the board of\nsupervisors or county legislature shall have established a district\npursuant to this article and adopted a plan of a service or improvement\nfor such district, such plan shall not be modified by the board of\nsuper…

§ 254. Public hearing; cost to typical property. 1. When the agency\nhas caused such maps and plans to be prepared, it shall transmit them to\nthe board of supervisors, together with a report of its proceedings and\nits recommendations, including a recommendation as to what offi…

§ 255. Representation by municipalities and district. At the public\nhearing on the establishment of a county district which includes the\nwhole or any part of a city, village or such district furnishing a\nsimilar service as the proposed district, the inhabitants of such city,\…

§ 256. Establishment of a county district. Upon the evidence presented\nat the public hearing, and after due consideration of the maps and\nplans, reports, recommendations and other data filed with it, the board\nof supervisors shall determine, by resolution, whether or not the\…

§ 256-a. Consolidation of Suffolk county sewer district number two -\nHolbrook and Suffolk county sewer district number four - Birchwood North\nShore. 1. The county legislature of Suffolk county is hereby authorized\nto consolidate Suffolk county sewer district number two Holbro…

256-b. Suffolk county wastewater management district. 1. (a)\nNotwithstanding the provisions of any general, special or local law to\nthe contrary, including this article, the county legislature of Suffolk\ncounty is hereby authorized to establish by resolution a Suffolk county\…

§ 257. Permissive referendum. 1. The provisions of sections one\nhundred one and one hundred two of this chapter and the applicable\nprovisions of the election law as to conduct of elections and\nqualifications of voters shall apply to permissive referenda conducted\nhereunder, …

§ 258. Application to the department of audit and control. 1.\nWhenever a resolution approving the establishment of a county district\nshall have become effective, and it is proposed or required that the\ncounty in which such district is located shall finance the cost thereof\nb…

§ 259. Recording and filing of determination. The clerk of the board\nof supervisors shall within ten days cause a certified copy of the order\nof the board of supervisors establishing or extending the district,\nconsolidating two or more districts, or authorizing the increase a…

§ 260. Review. Any interested party, including a city or village, or a\ntown board or board of commissioners on behalf of a district, aggrieved\nby the final determination or order made by the board of supervisors\nestablishing the district or authorizing the increase and improv…

§ 261. Administration of the county district. When a county district\nshall have been established, the board of supervisors shall appoint,\ndesignate or establish an officer, board or body as the administrative\nhead or body of the district. All matters relating to the membershi…

§ 262. Performance of the work. After a district shall have been\nestablished, the administrative head or body shall cause to be prepared\nby the county engineer, or other county officer having equivalent\nqualifications, or a duly licensed engineer employed for that purpose,\nd…

§ 263. Powers. The administrative head or body may acquire by gift,\nlease, purchase or condemnation, real estate and easements, rights of\nway or other interests therein necessary or proper for the purposes of\nthe district. In Suffolk county it may acquire by gift, lease or\np…

§ 263-a. Powers with respect to lake protection and rehabilitation.\nThe administrative head or body shall be responsible for:\n 1. Initiating and coordinating research and surveys for the purpose of\ngathering data on the lake, related shorelands, and the drainage basin;\n 2. P…

§ 264. Rules and regulations. The board of supervisors shall have\npower to adopt, amend and repeal, from time to time, rules and\nregulations for the operation of a county district and the use of water\nin a water district including regulation of the manner of making\nconnectio…

§ 265. Contracts. a. The administrative head or body, where\napplicable, may contract (1) for the purchase, from any legal entity\nhaving water available, of any quantity of water for resale within the\nwater district on either a wholesale or retail basis, subject to the\napprov…

§ 266. Water rates, water quality treatment, sewage, wastewater\ndisposal and refuse collection charges and revenues. 1. Subject to\nconfirmation by the board of supervisors, the administrative head or\nbody: (a) may establish, from time to time, wholesale and retail rate\nsched…