NY Env Conserv L § 15-1981 (2021)
2021 New York Laws ENV - Environmental Conservation Article 15 - Water Resources Title 19 - Drainage 15-1981 - Powers of Association; Limitations; Voluntary Dissolution.

§ 15-1981. Powers of association; limitations; voluntary dissolution.1. The association shall have:a.  Power  to  construct,  maintain  and  keep  in repair the drainage   project described in the articles of association;b. Power to sue and be sued and to enter into contracts to  carry  out   its purposes;c.  Power to make application, pursuant to section 15-1983, to acquire   the right to construct, maintain and keep in repair,  on  the  lands  of   others,  that  part  of  the  drainage  project  as  so described in the   articles of association; andd. No power to issue bonds or other evidences of indebtedness.2. All actions of the association shall be taken by a  majority  vote,   except  as  hereinafter  provided,  of  those  members present at a duly   called meeting at which a quorum is present. Each member shall have  but   one  vote regardless of the number of parcels of drainable acreage owned   by him and included within the drainage section. If there be  more  than   one owner of a parcel or parcels of drainable acreage, such owners shall   be entitled collectively to but one vote.3. No drainage section association shall be formed in an area within a   presently  existing drainage improvement district. The formation of such   an association shall not prevent the inclusion of the aggregate  drained   acreage  within  a  drainage  improvement district hereafter created, in   which event the association shall be deemed to be dissolved, except  for   the  purpose  of  meeting and paying its existing liabilities for debts,   costs, expenses and fees.4. A voluntary petition to dissolve the association may be made to the   Supreme Court upon petition of the president  of  the  association  when   authorized  to  do  so  by the affirmative votes of three-fourths of the   members present at a special meeting called for that sole purpose and at   which a quorum is present. Ten days' notice, in writing of the time  and   place  of  the  presentation  of  such  a petition shall be given to all   members and to non-members, if any,  upon  whose  lands  drainage  works   shall   have  been  constructed  in  accordance  with  the  articles  of   association. Public notice of the presentation  of  the  petition  shall   also  be  given  by  a  notice  stating  the  time  and  place  of  such   presentation, published once in two consecutive weeks prior to such time   in a paper published in the county in which the articles of  association   have been recorded. The court, after hearing all interested persons, may   grant   an  order  dissolving  the  association,  upon  such  terms  and   conditions as in its discretion are merited. The court shall  not  grant   such  order  in  the  absence  of  proof  that  the  association  has no   outstanding indebtedness. An order dissolving the association  shall  be   recorded  in  the  office  of  the county clerk in which the articles of   association have been recorded and shall  direct  the  county  clerk  to   index  it  under the name of the association in the index of grantors of   real property.