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NY Town L § 201 (2021)
2021 New York Laws TWN - Town Article 12 - District and Special Improvements 201 - Sewer and Water Connections.

§ 201. Sewer and water connections. Whenever the town board shall have   established  one  or  more  sewer  or water districts, or both, the town   board shall adopt a resolution or ordinance  prescribing  how  sewer  or   water  connections  shall  be  made  therein. After the board shall have   adopted such resolution or ordinance prescribing  how  sewer  and  water   connections  shall  be  made,  the  board may adopt orders, from time to   time, directing the owners of the respective lots and parcels of land in   front of which it is desired that a sewer or water connection  be  made,   to  make  the  same  to  conform  to  such  resolution  or ordinance and   specifying the time within which the  same  must  be  done.  Before  any   highway  in which sewer or water mains have been laid, shall be paved or   otherwise improved, the town board may, in its  discretion,  direct  the   owners  of  adjoining  lots  or parcels of land to make connections with   such sewers or water mains, at the curb line or at the  sewer  or  water   main  if  extensions  to the curb line have not been provided, under the   supervision of the town  board,  and  in  the  manner  required  by  the   resolution  or  ordinance,  at  such  a  distance apart as the board may   prescribe. The town clerk shall publish a notice thereof in the official   paper at least twice, the first publication of which shall be  at  least   fifteen  days  before the time specified for the completion of the work.   If, within the time prescribed in the order and notice, the  connections   required  to  be  made  shall  not have been so made, then the board may   cause the same to be done and audit and pay the  expense  of  doing  the   same and assess the expense thereof against the property benefited.
NY Town L § 202-D (2021)
2021 New York Laws TWN - Town Article 12 - District and Special Improvements 202-D - Increase of Maximum Amount to Be Expended.

§  202-d.  Increase  of  maximum amount to be expended. 1. At any time   after the establishment of an improvement district  the  maximum  amount   proposed  to be expended for the improvement in such district, as stated   in the petition for the establishment of such district, may be increased   by an order of the  town  board  provided  a  petition  requesting  such   increase  signed  as  required by section one hundred ninety-one of this   article is presented to the town  board  and  provided  the  town  board   shall,  after a public hearing ordered and held in the manner prescribed   by sections one hundred ninety-three and one hundred ninety-four of this   article, determine 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  as  may  be  required  pursuant  to   subdivision  six  of  section  one  hundred ninety-four of this article,   after 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 town clerk of the town.2. If the petition for establishment of the district proposes only the   performance or supplying of certain services,  and  states  the  maximum   amount  to be expended annually for such services, the maximum amount to   be expended annually may be increased by an  order  of  the  town  board   provided the town board shall, after a public hearing, determine that it   is  in  the  public  interest  to authorize the increase of such maximum   amount. The town board shall give notice of such hearing by  publication   of  a notice in at least one newspaper having general circulation in the   district specifying the time when and the place where such hearing  will   be  held  and  stating the increase proposed in the maximum amount to be   expended annually. Such notice shall be published once at least ten days   prior to the date specified for such hearing. The approval of the  state   comptroller  to  such  increase  in  the  maximum  amount to be expended   annually shall not be required.
NY Town L § 203 (2021)
2021 New York Laws TWN - Town Article 12 - District and Special Improvements 203 - Existing Districts Preserved.

§  203.  Existing  districts  preserved.  Districts now existing shall   continue as now established  and  shall  have  all  the  powers  and  be   governed  in  the  same  manner  as  provided  in this act for districts   established pursuant to the provisions of article twelve. In  the  event   that  any  bonds  shall have been issued by any town prior to the taking   effect of this act, taxes or assessments shall be levied  and  collected   for  the  payment  of  the  principal and interest of said bonds as they   become due pursuant to and in accordance with the statutes and  practice   relating to such matters in force immediately prior to the time this act   takes  effect, except as the method of levying such taxes or assessments   may have been changed in accordance with the provisions of chapter three   hundred thirty-three of the laws of nineteen  hundred  thirty-four,  and   the  town  board  shall have all the powers with respect to such matters   conferred  by  such  statutes  upon  any  commissioners  or   commission   appointed,  elected,  or  created pursuant to such statutes, or upon the   town board.
NY Town L § 208 (2021)
2021 New York Laws TWN - Town Article 12 - District and Special Improvements 208 - Joint Administration and Operation of Special or Improvement Districts With Town Functions.

§  208.  Joint  administration and operation of special or improvement   districts with town functions. The town board of a town may for  use  in   common  by  one or more special or improvement districts therein and one   or more town functions, or combination thereof:1. Acquire real or personal property.2. Construct and maintain buildings and other structures.3. Purchase and maintain equipment, materials and supplies.4. Contract for services.5. Transfer  or  reallocate  real  or  personal  property,  equipment,   material,  supplies  and  personnel  between or among such participating   districts and functions.Whenever the powers hereinbefore provided are exercised  by  the  town   board  on  behalf  of  one  or more districts, such expenditure shall be   subject to the limitations provided in section two hundred two-b of this   chapter and shall be authorized in the manner provided in said section.Any resolution providing for such joint operation  and  administration   shall fix a method for equitably allocating the cost and expense between   or among the various participating districts and functions on a ratio of   assessed valuations, or on the basis of the amount of services rendered,   or  the  cost  of  materials  used  or other benefit conferred. Any such   resolution authorizing the acquisition or  transfer  of  property  shall   provide for debit, credit or reimbursement of the appropriate fund.  The   affairs  of  such joint administration and operation shall be so managed   and adjusted that each participating district or function shall bear not   more than its equitable share of the common cost and expense.
NY Town L § 208-A (2021)
2021 New York Laws TWN - Town Article 12 - District and Special Improvements 208-A - Acquisition of Land for Proposed District.

§  208-a. Acquisition of land for proposed district. Upon the adoption   of a resolution, subject to a permissive referendum, the town board  may   acquire in the name of the town any lands or rights therein for use by a   future  district  or  districts,  of  one  or  more types, or extensions   thereof in such town.Any acquisition of such lands or rights therein as  herein  authorized   shall  be  for  the  purposes  of  one  or more improvement districts or   extensions thereof proposed to be established in such  town,  and  after   the  establishment  thereof  such  lands  shall  be  utilized  for  such   purposes; provided, however, that in the event such district,  districts   or extensions thereof are not created or the property becomes unsuitable   or  undesirable for such district purposes, the property may be used for   other town purposes, if practicable so to do, and if not,  the  property   may  be  sold  and  disposed  of  in the same manner as town property no   longer needed for town purposes.2. The expense of any improvement authorized pursuant to this  section   shall  be  a  town charge and shall be assessed, levied and collected in   the same manner and at the same time as other  town  charges;  provided,   however, that nothing herein contained shall be construed to prevent the   financing in whole or in part, pursuant to the local finance law, of any   improvement  authorized  pursuant  to this section. Any such improvement   shall be deemed to be a district or special  improvement  authorized  by   article  twelve  or  twelve-A  of  this  chapter  within  the meaning of   paragraph b of section 35.00 of the local finance law.3. The town board may authorize the use  of  any  property  or  rights   therein  acquired pursuant to this section by any district, districts or   extensions thereof, thereafter established in such town, in  the  manner   provided  in  section  two  hundred  eight of this chapter, provided the   expense of such acquisition or the proportionate share of the expense as   shall be allocated to a district or extension thereof by the town board,   together  with  the  expense  of  the  construction  of   the   original   improvement for such district or extension, shall not exceed the maximum   amount  authorized  to  be  expended  in  such  district  or  extension.   Whenever the town board shall authorize the use of any property or right   therein acquired pursuant to this section by any district, districts  or   extension  thereof,  the  same  shall  be  deemed  to  be  a part of the   improvement authorized by such district or  extension  thereof  and  the   entire   cost  of  such  acquisition  and  the  maintenance  thereof  as   apportioned to such district or extension, shall be deemed to be a  part   of  the  cost  of  such  improvement  and  shall be assessed, levied and   collected in the same manner as other charges against such  district  or   extension.
NY Town L § 209 (2021)
2021 New York Laws TWN - Town Article 12-A - Establishment or Extension of Improvement Districts--Alternate Procedure 209 - Application of Article.

§ 209. Application of article. Notwithstanding any other provisions of   this  chapter, the town board of any town may, in the manner provided by   this article, establish or extend in said town, improvement districts as   defined in this article and provide improvements or services,  or  both,   in  any  such  district,  wholly  at the expense of the district; but no   water supply district shall be established or extended to include  lands   situate  within  the  boundaries  of  a  water district. Any improvement   district as defined in this article established pursuant to this article   or otherwise may be extended pursuant to the provisions of this  article   or  any  other  applicable provision of law. However, this article shall   not apply to the extension of any such improvement  districts  to  which   the  provisions  of  article  thirteen  of  this  chapter are applicable   without the prior approval in writing of a majority of the commissioners   of such district. No such district shall be established or extended in a   city or in an  incorporated  village  provided,  however,  that  such  a   district  may  be  established  or  extended  wholly or partly within an   incorporated village on consent of the village expressed in a local law,   ordinance or resolution, subject  to  a  referendum  on  petition  under   section  twenty-four  of  the  municipal  home  rule law or a permissive   referendum under article five-a of the village law, as the case may be.
NY Town L § 209-A (2021)
2021 New York Laws TWN - Town Article 12-A - Establishment or Extension of Improvement Districts--Alternate Procedure 209-A - Definitions.

§  209-a.  Definitions. For the purposes of this article the following   definitions shall apply:1. the  term  "improvement  district"  shall  include  only  a  sewer,   wastewater  disposal,  drainage,  water, park, public parking, lighting,   snow removal, water supply, sidewalk, refuse and garbage, aquatic  plant   growth   control,   or  watershed  protection  improvement  district  or   ambulance district in any town, and,  in  any  town  bordering  upon  or   containing  within  its  boundaries  any navigable water of this state a   public dock or beach erosion control district;2. the term "typical property" shall mean a benefited property  having   an  assessed  value  that approximates the assessed value of the mode of   the benefited properties situated in the district or extension that will   be required to finance the cost of the proposed improvements;3. the term "typical one or two family home" shall  mean  a  benefited   property improved by a one or two family dwelling and having as assessed   value  that approximates the assessed value of the mode of the benefited   properties improved by one or  two  family  dwellings  situated  in  the   district  or  extension that will be required to finance the cost of the   proposed improvements;4. the terms "cost  of  the  district  or  extension  to  the  typical   property"  and  "cost of the district or extension to the typical one or   two family home" shall mean the amount that is estimated that the  owner   of such a typical property or home within the district or extension will   be required to pay for debt service, operation and maintenance and other   charges,  such as user charges, related to the improvements in the first   year following formation of the district or extension or, if greater, in   the first year in which both principal and interest on any  indebtedness   and operation and maintenance costs will be paid;5.  the  term  "mode" shall mean, in connection with assessed value of   property, the most frequently occurring assessed value as shown  on  the   latest completed final assessment roll.
NY Town L § 209-B (2021)
2021 New York Laws TWN - Town Article 12-A - Establishment or Extension of Improvement Districts--Alternate Procedure 209-B - Appropriation for Preparation of Maps, Plans and Reports.

§  209-b.  Appropriation  for  preparation of maps, plans and reports.   The  town  board  may  adopt  a  resolution,  subject  to  a  permissive   referendum  in  the  manner  provided  in article seven of this chapter,   appropriating a specific amount to pay the cost of preparing  a  general   map,  plan,  and  report  for providing the facilities, improvements, or   services in any portion of the town not included within  the  boundaries   of  any  incorporated  village, city or existing improvement district in   which such facilities or services are provided, except that all or  part   of  an  incorporated  village  may be included therein on consent of the   village expressed in a local law, ordinance, or resolution, subject to a   referendum on petition under section twenty-four of the  municipal  home   rule  law or a permissive referendum under article five-a of the village   law, as the case may be. All such maps, plans and reports shall  conform   with the requirements of section two hundred nine-c of this article. The   town  board  may  determine  that  such maps, plans and reports shall be   prepared by or under the supervision of town officers and  employees  to   be  designated  by  the town board, or by persons to be employed for the   purpose, or the town board may  contract  for  the  preparation  thereof   within  the limitations of the amount appropriated.  Except as otherwise   provided herein, the expense incurred for the preparation of such  maps,   plans  and reports shall be a town charge, and shall be assessed, levied   and collected in the same manner as other  town  charges.  If  the  town   board  shall  thereafter establish or extend such district and construct   the improvements or contract for the required services pursuant  to  the   provisions  of  this  article,  the expense incurred by the town for the   preparation of the maps, plans and reports therefor shall be  deemed  to   be  part  of  the  cost  of  such  improvement, or the rendering of such   services, and the town shall be reimbursed in the amount paid  therefor,   or  such  portion  of  that  amount  which the town board, at the public   hearing held pursuant to section two hundred  nine-d  of  this  article,   shall allocate against such district.
NY Town L § 209-C (2021)
2021 New York Laws TWN - Town Article 12-A - Establishment or Extension of Improvement Districts--Alternate Procedure 209-C - Maps, Plans and Reports.

§ 209-c. Maps, plans and reports. The establishment or extension of an   improvement district shall be based upon a map, plan and report prepared   in  such  manner  and in such detail as determined by the town board and   such map, plan and report shall be filed  in  the  office  of  the  town   clerk.  In  the  case  of a sewer, drainage or water district such maps,   plans and reports shall  be  prepared  by  a  competent  engineer,  duly   licensed  by  the  state  of  New  York,  showing  the boundaries of the   proposed district and a general plan of the proposed sewer, drainage  or   water system, as the case may be, and a report of the proposed method of   operation.  If  a sewer or drainage district is proposed, such map shall   show all outlets and the terminus and course of each proposed main sewer   or drain together with the location and a  general  description  of  all   sewage disposal plants, pumping stations and other public works, if any,   and shall be consistent with, so far as possible, any comprehensive plan   for sewers developed and maintained pursuant to section ninety-nine-f of   the general municipal law. If a water district is proposed, said map and   plan  shall  show  the  source  of water supply and a description of the   lands, streams, water or water rights to be acquired therefor, the  mode   of  constructing  the  proposed  water  works  and the location thereof,   including reservoirs,  water  purification  or  treatment  works,  water   mains, distributing pipes and hydrants, and shall be consistent with, so   far  as possible, any comprehensive plan for public water supply systems   developed and  maintained  pursuant  to  section  ninety-nine-f  of  the   general  municipal  law.  If, however, the supply of water to be used in   said water district is  to  be  purchased  from  a  municipal  or  other   corporation,  or  any person, then said map and plan shall set forth and   show only the water mains, distributing pipes, hydrants, reservoirs,  if   any, and location of each. Before any sewer system is constructed in any   such  district, the town board shall cause a copy of the map and plan of   the  proposed  sewer  system  and  sewage  disposal  plant  or  proposed   extension  thereto  to  be  submitted to the state department of health,   and, if approved,  it  shall  be  filed  in  the  office  of  the  state   department  of health and the town clerk. The state department of health   may require profiles to be submitted for any sewers or drains  shown  on   such map and plan. Such map and plan may be amended with the approval of   the  state  department  of health and if approved, shall be filed in the   office of the state department of health and the town clerk.
NY Town L § 209-G (2021)
2021 New York Laws TWN - Town Article 12-A - Establishment or Extension of Improvement Districts--Alternate Procedure 209-G - Recording of Determination; Review by Certiorari.

§ 209-g. Recording of determination; review by certiorari. 1. The town   clerk  shall cause a certified copy of the final order of the town board   adopted pursuant to the provisions  of  this  article,  establishing  or   extending  any district, or increasing the maximum amount proposed to be   expended for the improvement in any district or  extension  thereof,  or   determining  to construct any improvement authorized by this article, to   be duly recorded in the office of the clerk of the county in  which  the   town  is  located,  within  ten days after the adoption of such order or   determination by the town board, and when so recorded such determination   or order  shall  be  presumptive  evidence  of  the  regularity  of  the   proceedings  for the establishment or extension of such district, of the   proceedings instituted for the construction of such improvement  and  of   all other action taken by said town board in relation thereto.Within  ten  days  after  the  adoption of the final order by the town   board establishing or extending a district, the town clerk shall cause a   certified copy thereof to be filed in the office of the state department   of audit and control at Albany, New York.2. Any interested person aggrieved by any final determination or order   made pursuant to the provisions of this article may review the  same  in   the  manner  provided by article seventy-eight of the civil practice law   and rules provided the proceeding is commenced within thirty  days  from   the  date  of  the  recording  of  the  certified  copy  of the order or   determination in the office  of  the  clerk  of  the  county.  The  said   determination or order shall be final and conclusive unless a proceeding   to  review  is  commenced  within thirty days from the time of recording   thereof. No review shall be had unless  the  petitioner  shall  give  an   undertaking  approved  by the supreme court, or a justice thereof, as to   form, amount and sufficiency of sureties, that, in the event of  failure   to  modify  said  final  determination  or order he will pay to the town   board, all such costs and expenses as are incurred by it on  account  of   the  said proceedings, as shall be determined by the court. In the event   that upon such review there shall be any modification by  the  court  of   said   final   determination   or  order  the  court  shall  direct  the   modification thereof by judgment which shall be final and conclusive and   such town board shall cause such judgment to be recorded  and  filed  in   the  same  places  and manner as was the determination or order appealed   from.