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NY Cty L § 280-E (2021)
2021 New York Laws CNT - County Article 5-B - County Hurricane Protection, Flood and Shoreline Erosion Control Districts 280-E - Public Hearing.

§  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  administrative  head  or body of the proposed district. Such report   may further include the recommendations relating to the establishment of   two or more zones of assessment within the  proposed  district  and  the   estimated  initial  allocation  of  the  cost of the construction of the   facilities as between such zones to be assessed, levied and collected in   each zone in the same manner and  at  the  same  time  as  other  county   charges.  Upon  receipt  of  the  report  and  the  maps  and plans, the   governing body shall call a public hearing upon a proposal to  establish   a  county  district, to comprise the area or areas described and defined   in said maps and plans. The clerk of the governing body  shall  cause  a   notice  of  the  public  hearing  to  be  published at least once in the   official newspapers of the county and in such other newspapers having  a   general  circulation  in the proposed district as the governing body may   direct, the first publications thereof to be not less than ten  or  more   than twenty days before the day set therein for the hearing.  The notice   of  hearing  shall  contain  a  description  of  the area or areas to be   included within the proposed district, and  if  the  report  shall  have   recommended  the  establishment of zones of assessment, a description of   the area or areas to be included within each  zone  of  assessment,  the   improvements  proposed,  the  maximum  amount  to  be  expended  for the   improvement, the allocation of such maximum amount as between the  zones   of  assessment recommended, if any, the proposed method of assessment of   the cost and shall specify the time when and place where  the  governing   body will meet to consider the matter and to hear all parties interested   therein  concerning  the same. In the event that zones of assessment are   provided for and an allocation of cost of the  facilities  between  such   zones  of assessment, said notice shall further state that said zones of   assessment and said allocations of cost may be changed from time to time   by resolution of the governing  body  adopted  after  a  public  hearing   whenever  said  governing  body  shall  determine  that such changes are   necessary in the public interest.
NY Cty L § 280-F (2021)
2021 New York Laws CNT - County Article 5-B - County Hurricane Protection, Flood and Shoreline Erosion Control Districts 280-F - Representation by Municipalities and District.

§ 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 such town, village or existing district may be represented jointly by   an officer or official of the municipality  or  existing  district  duly   designated  by  the  governing  body  of  the  municipality  or existing   district to attend.
NY Cty L § 280-H (2021)
2021 New York Laws CNT - County Article 5-B - County Hurricane Protection, Flood and Shoreline Erosion Control Districts 280-H - Permissive Referendum.

§ 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, except that   only those electors shall be qualified to sign a petition  and  to  vote   who  are  resident  within  an  area  included  in  the  proposed county   district, and provided further that the number of signatures required on   the petition shall be five hundred or five per centum of the  owners  of   taxable  real  property situated within the proposed district, whichever   shall be less.The clerk of the governing body shall cause to be  prepared  and  have   available  for  distribution  proper  forms  for such petition and shall   distribute a supply to any person requesting the same.
NY Cty L § 280-I (2021)
2021 New York Laws CNT - County Article 5-B - County Hurricane Protection, Flood and Shoreline Erosion Control Districts 280-I - Application to the Department of Audit and Control.

§  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   permission to establish the district. Such application shall be executed   and verified by the chairman of the governing body or such other officer   as the governing body may designate and be in such form and contain such   information as may be prescribed by the state comptroller.    The  state   comptroller may require the submission of additional information or data   in  such  form  and  detail as he shall deem sufficient, or may cause an   investigation to be made to aid him in making the  determinations  below   mentioned.  Upon  such  application and such other information, data and   material which may be submitted, the state comptroller  shall  determine   whether  the  public  interest  will  be  served  by the creation of the   district and also whether the cost thereof will be an undue burden  upon   the  property  of  the  proposed district. If such resolution shall have   provided for the establishment of zones of assessment and the allocation   of the costs of the facilities as between such zones of assessment,  the   state  comptroller  shall  further  determine  whether  the  cost of the   facilities allocated to each of said zones  of  assessment  will  be  an   undue burden upon the property of each proposed zone of assessment.Upon   completion   of   his   examination   of  the  application  and   investigation of the project, the state comptroller shall make an order,   in duplicate, granting or denying permission for  the  establishment  of   the  district and shall file one copy of such order in the office of the   state department of audit and control at Albany, New York, and the other   in the office of the clerk of the governing body of the county in  which   the  proposed district is located. The clerk of the governing body shall   present such order to the governing body at the next meeting thereof. If   the state comptroller shall deny permission for the establishment of the   district, no further proceedings shall be taken in the matter.   If  the   state  comptroller  shall  grant permission for the establishment of the   district, the  governing  body  may  adopt  an  order  establishing  the   district.
NY Cty L § 280-J (2021)
2021 New York Laws CNT - County Article 5-B - County Hurricane Protection, Flood and Shoreline Erosion Control Districts 280-J - Recording and Filing of Determination.

§  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   be presumptive evidence of the regularity of  the  proceedings  for  the   establishment  of  the  district  and  of  all other action taken by the   governing body in relation thereto.
NY Cty L § 280-K (2021)
2021 New York Laws CNT - County Article 5-B - County Hurricane Protection, Flood and Shoreline Erosion Control Districts 280-K - Review.

§  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   all of the final determinations made by the governing body in connection   with the proceeding in the manner provided in article  seventy-eight  of   the civil practice law and rules provided that application for review is   made  within  thirty  days  from  the date of the recording of the order   establishing the district in the office of  the  clerk  of  the  county.   Unless  such  application  is  made within thirty days as aforesaid, the   order establishing the district shall be final and  conclusive.  In  the   event that upon such review there shall be any modification by the court   of  such  final  determination or order, the clerk of the governing body   shall cause such order to be recorded and certified copies thereof filed   in the same places as was the determination or order appealed from.
NY Cty L § 280-L (2021)
2021 New York Laws CNT - County Article 5-B - County Hurricane Protection, Flood and Shoreline Erosion Control Districts 280-L - Administration of the County District.

§ 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  such   administrative  head  or  body,  including  but not limited to, numbers,   method of selection, tenure, qualifications and compensation,  shall  be   determined  by the governing body. A member of the governing body or any   other county officer or official may be appointed as administrative head   or as a member of the administrative body provided that he shall receive   no  additional  salary  or   compensation   for   such   services.   The   administrative  head  or  body  of one or more county districts shall be   considered to be the administrative head or body  of  an  administrative   unit  of  county  government.  The  title of such administrative head or   body, if such functions are not conferred  on  an  existing  officer  or   body,  and  the name of such administrative unit, if the county district   is made a separate administrative unit of county  government,  shall  be   prescribed  by  the  governing body, and such officer or body shall have   all the powers generally conferred on heads of administrative  units  by   this  chapter, not inconsistent with the provisions of this article, and   shall be subject to all of the duties imposed upon such  heads  by  this   chapter, not inconsistent with the provisions of this article.
NY Cty L § 280-M (2021)
2021 New York Laws CNT - County Article 5-B - County Hurricane Protection, Flood and Shoreline Erosion Control Districts 280-M - Performance of the Work.

§  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,   detailed  plans  and  specifications  for  the  improvement,  a  careful   estimate of  the  expense,  and,  with  the  assistance  of  the  county   attorney,  or an attorney employed for that purpose, a proposed contract   or contracts for the execution of the work. The administrative  head  or   body  shall  examine  such detailed plans, specifications, estimates and   contracts and may adopt, modify, amend or reject the same. Upon adoption   of the plans,  specifications,  estimates  and  proposed  contract,  the   administrative  head or body shall cause contracts to be let in the same   manner provided for other county construction projects.  Nothing  herein   shall  prevent  the  purchase  or  condemnation  of  any existing county   system, or portion or portions thereof, whether inside or outside of the   county, necessary for the purposes of  the  county  district,  provided,   however,  that  there  shall  be  no power to condemn property the legal   title  to  which  is  vested  in  a  public  corporation  or  a  special   improvement  district  unless  the owner shall consent thereto. The cost   thereof, together with the cost  of  construction  of  those  facilities   proposed  to  be  constructed,  shall not exceed the maximum cost of the   project as advertised in the notice of  hearing  published  pursuant  to   section  two  hundred  eighty-e  of  this article.   In the event that a   system  owned  by  a  municipal  corporation  or  existing  district  is   purchased,  the  county  may  by  agreement  with the seller, assume the   payment of  annual  installments  of  principal  of,  and  interest  on,   obligations  issued  by  the selling municipality to finance the cost of   the facilities so sold.  If  payment  of  annual  installments  of  debt   service is not assumed, as aforesaid, the selling municipality shall set   aside  in  a  reserve fund, so much of the purchase price received as is   sufficient to meet all future installments of principal of, and interest   on, outstanding obligations issued by it to  finance  the  cost  of  the   facilities  sold.  Moneys  in  such  a  reserve  fund may be invested as   provided in section eleven of the general municipal law.
NY Cty L § 280-N (2021)
2021 New York Laws CNT - County Article 5-B - County Hurricane Protection, Flood and Shoreline Erosion Control Districts 280-N - Powers.

§  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   the  district.  It  may  (1)  construct  or  reconstruct  dunes, bluffs,   bulkheads,  dikes,  groins,  jetties,  fills   and   other   works   and   improvements  upon  such  lands,  or  (2)  provide  for the acquisition,   construction, operation and maintenance of all facilities and appliances   necessary to effectuate the purposes of this article.
NY Cty L § 280-O (2021)
2021 New York Laws CNT - County Article 5-B - County Hurricane Protection, Flood and Shoreline Erosion Control Districts 280-O - Rules and Regulations.

§ 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   appurtenances.
NY Cty L § 280-P (2021)
2021 New York Laws CNT - County Article 5-B - County Hurricane Protection, Flood and Shoreline Erosion Control Districts 280-P - Contracts.

§ 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   alter  or  abridge  any  power or authority, or exercise thereof, of any   state  department  or  agency  heretofore  or  hereafter  exercised   or   conferred.
NY Cty L § 280-Q (2021)
2021 New York Laws CNT - County Article 5-B - County Hurricane Protection, Flood and Shoreline Erosion Control Districts 280-Q - Revenues.

§  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 in   connection with which improvements were provided as and from  the  first   day fixed for payment of such levies and charges.2.  The  county treasurer shall prepare, and transmit to the governing   body, on or before the first day of December in  each  year  a  list  of   those  residents or property owners within the county who are in arrears   in the payment of levies or charges for a period of thirty days or  more   after  the last day fixed for payment of such levies and charges without   penalty. The list shall contain a brief description  of  the  properties   for  which  the  improvements were provided, the names of the persons or   corporations liable to pay for the same and  the  amount  chargeable  to   each,   including   penalties   and   interest   computed   to  December   thirty-first. The governing  body  shall  levy  such  sums  against  the   properties  liable  and  shall  state  the  amount thereof in a separate   column in the annual tax rolls of the various municipalities  under  the   name  of  "county  hurricane  protection,  flood  and  shoreline erosion   control improvement district tax". Such amounts, when collected  by  the   several  municipal  collectors or receivers of taxes, shall be paid over   to the county treasurer. All of the provisions of the tax  laws  of  the   state  of  New  York  and  the  Suffolk  county  tax  act  covering  the   enforcement and collection of unpaid taxes or  assessments  for  special   improvements  not inconsistent herewith shall apply to the collection of   such unpaid levies and charges.  Such  amounts,  when  received  by  the   county  treasurer,  shall  be credited to the applicable county district   fund and shall be used only for such county district purposes.
NY Cty L § 280-R (2021)
2021 New York Laws CNT - County Article 5-B - County Hurricane Protection, Flood and Shoreline Erosion Control Districts 280-R - Expense of the Improvement.

§  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  facilities  and appurtenances for operation or administration   of the improvement,  the  costs  of  necessary  original  equipment  for   operation  or  administration  of the improvement, printing, publishing,   interest on loans, legal and engineering services and all other expenses   incurred or occasioned by reason of the establishment  of  the  district   and  the  furnishing  of  the  improvement.  In  addition there shall be   apportioned against, charged to and included in such cost such allowance   as the governing body may make for expenditures made to  the  initiating   agency  which  are  directly  attributable  to  the establishment of the   county district, as well as for any  services  rendered  by  the  county   attorney,  the  county engineer, or any other salaried county officer or   employee, when such services have been necessary  to  or  occasioned  by   reason of the establishment of the county district.
NY Cty L § 280-S (2021)
2021 New York Laws CNT - County Article 5-B - County Hurricane Protection, Flood and Shoreline Erosion Control Districts 280-S - Increase and Improvement of Facilities.

§   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   necessary  facilities and equipment appurtenant thereto; or whenever the   governing body shall determine it necessary for the  proper  maintenance   and  service  of such facilities to increase, improve or reconstruct the   facilities thereof, including the acquisition of  additional  lands,  or   interests  in  land  therefor,  it may cause the same to be accomplished   without further authorization, provided, however, that if it is proposed   to finance any part of the cost thereof by  the  issuance  and  sale  of   capital  notes or serial bonds, such improvement shall not be undertaken   unless authorized by  proceedings  taken  in  the  same  manner  as  the   proceedings taken for the original establishment of the district, except   that  the  sole  determination  which  the  governing body shall make is   whether such improvement is in the public  interest,  and  if  zones  of   assessment  have  been  established,  said  governing body shall further   determine the allocation of the cost thereof as between such zones.
NY Cty L § 280-T (2021)
2021 New York Laws CNT - County Article 5-B - County Hurricane Protection, Flood and Shoreline Erosion Control Districts 280-T - Increase of Maximum Amount to Be Expended.

§  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 provided   a  petition  requesting  such  increase  executed  and  acknowledged  in   accordance  with  section  two  hundred  eighty-d  is  presented  to the   governing body, and provided the governing body shall,  after  a  public   hearing  called and held in the manner prescribed by section two hundred   eighty-e, determined that it is in the public interest to authorize  the   increase  of  such  maximum  amount  and provided the comptroller of the   state of New York shall have made, prior  to  such  public  hearing,  an   order  approving  the  increase  of such maximum amount as stated in the   petition. The order of the comptroller shall be  prepared  in  duplicate   and  one copy thereof filed in the office of the department of audit and   control and the other copy in the office of the clerk of  the  governing   body of the county in which the district is located.If  zones  of assessment have been established, such resolution of the   governing body shall provide for the  allocation  of  such  increase  as   between  such zones of assessment, and the notice of such public hearing   shall state such allocation.
NY Cty L § 280-W (2021)
2021 New York Laws CNT - County Article 5-B - County Hurricane Protection, Flood and Shoreline Erosion Control Districts 280-W - Taxation of District Property.

§ 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  of   improvements  erected  or  installed  by  or  on  behalf  of such county   district, but in no case at less than the assessed valuation at the time   of acquisition by the  county.  Except  as  provided  above,  such  real   property  shall  be  valued  on an equitable basis with other comparable   real property in the district.