NY Cty L § 252 (2021)
2021 New York Laws CNT - County Article 5-A - County Water, Sewer, Drainage and Refuse Districts 252 - Powers of County Agency.

§  252.  Powers  of  county agency. 1. The agency, as empowered by the   board of supervisors, may  assemble  data  relating  to  (1)  the  water   resources  available  to  the  county,  both within and without, (2) the   number and location of private wells within the county, the contaminants   present in the water supply in the  county's  private  wells,  (for  the   purposes  of  this  section,  "contaminants" shall mean those substances   found in amounts or concentrations which violate federal, state or local   laws, guidelines or rules and regulations relating to drinking water  or   which  may pose a risk to public health), the extent of contamination of   the water supply in the county's private wells, and the availability  of   appropriate  treatment  technologies  for  the  contaminants found to be   present, or which are reasonably expected to be found, currently  or  in   the  future,  in the water supply in the county's private wells, (3) the   sewage collection, conveyance, treatment and disposal  problems  of  the   county, (4) the problems of collection, conveyance and disposal of storm   water  and  other  waters,  (5)  the  problems  of  the  collection  and   disposition of garbage, ashes, rubbish and other waste matter within the   county, or (6) any measures reasonably related to  lake  protection  and   rehabilitation,  including  surveys of sources of degradation, treatment   of aquatic  nuisances,  and  the  elimination  or  alleviation  of  such   problems  and  the  possibility  of  developing  and  utilizing existing   facilities to make them available  to  the  several  municipalities  and   other  political  subdivisions  within  the  county, and may employ such   engineering, legal, professional and other assistance as  from  time  to   time  may  be  needed,  and  may  incur  such  other  expenses as may be   necessary  within  the  amounts  made  available  therefor   by   budget   appropriations.  When authorized by the board of supervisors, the agency   may also apply for and expend state aid for  comprehensive  studies  and   reports  pursuant  to  section 17-1901 of the environmental conservation   law and comprehensive  water  studies  and  reports  pursuant  to  title   thirteen of article fifteen of the environmental conservation law. Where   the agency has sufficient engineering and technical staff available, the   board  of supervisors may authorize the agency to render engineering and   related technical services to municipalities located within  the  county   pursuant  to  contract  on terms and conditions to be agreed upon by the   agency and the municipality.2. In the county of Suffolk, the county  sewer  agency  may  undertake   such  other duties, powers and responsibilities as may from time to time   be approved by or delegated to it by the board of supervisors  and  when   authorized by the board of supervisors, the county sewer agency, subject   to  the  prior  consent  of  the  "local  governing  body"  within whose   jurisdiction there exists a "sewer  system"  constructed,  operated  and   maintained  by a sewerage disposal corporation organized pursuant to the   transportation  corporations  law,  may  acquire  by   purchase,   gift,   dedication,  condemnation  or otherwise such "sewer system" from, or all   of  the  stock  of,  such  "sewerage  disposal  corporation",  and  when   authorized  by  the  county board of supervisors may expend county funds   for the acquisition of such "sewer system", and thereafter may  operate,   manage  and  maintain  said  "sewer  system". The terms "local governing   body", "sewer system" and "sewerage disposal corporation" being  defined   in  article  ten  of  the  transportation corporations law. The board of   supervisors may finance in whole or  in  part,  pursuant  to  the  local   finance  law, any expenditures made pursuant to this section. Subject to   confirmation by the board of supervisors, the county  sewer  agency  may   impose  sewer  rents  as provided by the general municipal law, provided   that before any such sewer rents are  finally  established,  the  county   sewer  agency  shall  hold at least one public hearing thereon.  Appeals   may be taken from any rate fixing  determination  of  the  county  sewer    agency  to  the  board  of  supervisors.  The board of supervisors shall   prescribe the manner of holding such hearings and of taking appeals. The   provisions of section two hundred sixty-six of this chapter shall  apply   to  the  imposition,  collection  and  application of sewer rents by the   county sewer agency hereunder.