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NY Env Conserv L § 15-1945 (2021)
2021 New York Laws ENV - Environmental Conservation Article 15 - Water Resources Title 19 - Drainage 15-1945 - Minor Repairs in Existing Drainage Ditches.

§ 15-1945. Minor repairs in existing drainage ditches.1.  Repairs  of  a  minor  nature  may  be  made to ditches heretofore   constructed by assessment under the former drainage  law,  or  the  laws   from  which  it was derived or under the provisions of this or any other   general or special law by following the procedure set forth  in  section   15-1943 so far as it is applicable. The total cost of such repairs shall   not  exceed  the  sum of five thousand dollars on any one ditch for work   done under one proceeding. The cost of such work shall be paid  for  out   of the drainage fund provided by section 15-1957 hereof.2.  When  such  repairs or enlargements shall be finished, it shall be   the duty of the department to make up an itemized account  of  the  cost   incurred  in  the making of such repairs or enlargements and to file the   same as provided in section 15-1955 and such cost  shall  thereafter  be   assessed  and  collected  within  not  to  exceed three years as therein   provided and as further provided herein. The expenses  of  such  repairs   and  enlargements  shall be apportioned among the premises to which were   originally apportioned  the  cost  of  construction  of  such  ditch  or   ditches,   as   shown  by  the  apportionment  made  for  such  original   construction and  filed  in  the  county  clerk's  office  or  elsewhere   according to the valuation thereof on the last completed assessment roll   or the drainage enhancements thereof, if such have been determined.3.   In   case   any  public  corporations  have  contributed  to  the   construction of such ditch or ditches, such public corporations shall be   liable for the repair or enlargement of the ditch  or  ditches,  in  the   same  proportion that they were originally assessed for the construction   of the same, which shall also be levied and collected out of the taxable   inhabitants of such public corporation in the  same  manner  that  other   taxes are levied and collected in the corporation.
NY Env Conserv L § 15-1947 (2021)
2021 New York Laws ENV - Environmental Conservation Article 15 - Water Resources Title 19 - Drainage 15-1947 - Unlawful Interference With Drainage Works.

§ 15-1947. Unlawful interference with drainage works.1.  It  shall  be  unlawful  for  any  person to divert water from its   natural watershed in such manner that it flows into a drainage district,   or so to divert water in a drainage  district  as  to  prevent  it  from   following the course laid out for such water by the department and cause   it  to  flow  into  any  stream, ditch or ditches into which it does not   naturally or was not designed to flow.2. It shall be  unlawful  for  any  person  without  authorization  to   interfere  with,  fill  up,  alter or change any drainage ditch or other   structure constructed under the provisions of title 19 of  this  article   or  lawfully constructed under the provisions of the conservation or the   drainage laws or any other  general  or  special  statutes,  or  without   authorization  to  open  or  close  gates  or  other regulating works in   connection therewith or to construct unauthorized ditches or  drains  or   other  interference.  This  shall  not  be  held  to prevent the private   construction of drainage works within a  district,  provided  that  such   construction is done in accordance with plans approved by the department   and with its written consent.3.  It  shall  be  unlawful  to  build  or  maintain across or in such   drainage ditch any bridge or culvert which unduly impedes  the  flow  of   water  in  such  ditch.  No  bridge or culvert across or in any drainage   channel or ditch within or without a drainage district and necessary  to   the  proper  drainage  thereof,  shall  hereafter  be  built, rebuilt or   altered by any person or authority except with the written  consent  and   approval of the department.
NY Env Conserv L § 15-1949 (2021)
2021 New York Laws ENV - Environmental Conservation Article 15 - Water Resources Title 19 - Drainage 15-1949 - Removal of Beaver.

§ 15-1949. Removal of beaver.In the event that any drainage improvement district is inhabited by or   is  invaded  by beaver and the work of those animals interferes with the   proper operation of the drainage system, the commissioner may cause such   beaver to be removed or destroyed as he shall determine.
NY Env Conserv L § 15-1951 (2021)
2021 New York Laws ENV - Environmental Conservation Article 15 - Water Resources Title 19 - Drainage 15-1951 - Financing of Improvements.

§ 15-1951. Financing of improvements.1.  For  defraying  the costs of all proceedings, surveys, studies and   construction projects authorized by any section  of  title  19  of  this   article,  the  department  may raise funds pursuant to the Local Finance   Law. Such funds may not be borrowed unless the  proceedings  authorizing   such expenditures have become final.2.  In  addition  the  department  is  authorized  in  the name of the   district to apply for, receive and expend funds or services which may be   granted or contributed for the purpose  by  the  federal  government  or   other  public  authorities  or  by  private  persons  or  organizations.   Obligations issued for such purpose shall not be construed in any  event   as  obligations or indebtedness of the state, and neither the state, the   department or any member thereof personally shall be  obligated  to  pay   the  principal or interest therefor. Bonds issued for such purpose shall   be lawful investments for savings banks, trust companies, executors  and   trustees  and  for  any  of  the  funds of the state which by law may be   invested.3. The proceeds of such bonds shall be  deposited  in  a  national  or   state  bank  or trust company either in Albany or in one of the counties   in which such improvement is made, to be designated by the  Comptroller.   Before  any such deposit is made, the Comptroller shall require from the   depository security for the repayment of the same to the department upon   demand of the moneys so deposited in the manner provided in section  106   of the State Finance Law.
NY Env Conserv L § 15-1953 (2021)
2021 New York Laws ENV - Environmental Conservation Article 15 - Water Resources Title 19 - Drainage 15-1953 - Drainage Improvement District Fund.

§ 15-1953. Drainage improvement district fund.Moneys received under the provisions of title 19 of this article shall   constitute a fund to be known as the drainage improvement district fund,   and  the  portion  thereof  applicable  to  each  improvement  shall  be   separately kept by the Comptroller, and the  Comptroller  is  authorized   and  directed  to  pay  therefrom  the  principal  and  interest of such   obligations as the same mature and become payable by the terms  thereof,   and  the  costs  and  expenses  of  such improvement and the maintenance   thereof upon the order of  the  department  or  the  authorized  officer   thereof.
NY Env Conserv L § 15-1957 (2021)
2021 New York Laws ENV - Environmental Conservation Article 15 - Water Resources Title 19 - Drainage 15-1957 - Drainage Fund.

§ 15-1957. Drainage fund.1.  The  Comptroller  shall designate a depository or depositories for   receiving all moneys provided for  the  repair  or  enlargement  of  the   ditches  or channels specified in section 15-1945. The fund thus created   shall be known as "the drainage fund." Before any such deposit shall  be   received  by any such depository, such depository shall execute and file   with the Comptroller a bond in such penal sum, with  such  sureties  and   upon such conditions as shall be approved by the Comptroller.2.  The  department  is hereby authorized and empowered to enlarge and   repair such  ditches  or  channels  in  accordance  with  the  procedure   prescribed  by  that  section  and  to  pay  the  costs thereof from the   drainage fund herein created. All moneys received  pursuant  to  section   15-1945  shall  be  deposited  by  the comptroller to the credit of such   drainage fund. At the time of any such  deposit,  the  department  shall   send  to  the  Comptroller  an  original  duplicate of the deposit slip,   together with a statement of the amount and by whom paid. The moneys  of   the  drainage  fund shall be paid out by the Comptroller on the order of   the department or the authorized officer thereof.3. The drainage fund may also be used to defray the costs of  surveys,   determination of enhancements, apportionment of costs or similar matters   in a district or for maintenance of ditches and minor repairs thereto in   a  district in lieu of raising the necessary funds pursuant to the Local   Finance Law, provided, however, that no such proceeding or project shall   cost more than five thousand dollars. Any moneys so advanced  from  this   fund  shall  be  repaid  to  it  by  the Comptroller as soon as they are   collected and paid to him by the county treasurer.
NY Env Conserv L § 15-1959 (2021)
2021 New York Laws ENV - Environmental Conservation Article 15 - Water Resources Title 19 - Drainage 15-1959 - Corrections and Revisions of Assessments, Determinations of Drainage Enhancements and Apportionment of Costs.

§ 15-1959. Corrections  and  revisions of assessments, determinations ofdrainage enhancements and apportionment of costs.1. In the  event  that  obvious  errors  or  discrepancies  should  be   discovered  in any assessment, determination of drainage enhancements or   general or special apportionments of cost, the  department  may  correct   the same by filing corrected copies of the statement of such assessment,   determination or apportionments and following the procedure specified in   title 19 of this article.2.  Should  such  corrections  be made, the county legislative body is   empowered to levy additional sums  on  or  to  give  credit  to  certain   parcels  to  the end that the amount collected from each parcel shall be   what it should have  been  had  an  error  not  been  made.  The  county   legislative  body  is  also  empowered to apply to the department for an   adjustment of assessments among the various parts into which an original   parcel may have subdivided.3. The department shall file and record its findings in such cases  as   amendments  to  the  original  or  corrected assessments, and shall give   notice to the parties affected, but need hold no hearing thereon  unless   such  hearing  be  demanded  by  a  party affected within ten days after   notice is given.4.  None  of  the  above  proceedings  shall  be  held  to  reopen   a   determination  of enhancements or an apportionment of cost, except as to   the particular matter involved. Should the department at any  time  find   that  a  former  assessment, determination or apportionment appears with   the lapse of time or in the light of new  knowledge  and  experience  to   have  become inequitable, it may so declare by written order and proceed   to review the whole matter by following the full procedure laid down  in   whichever  one  of  the  following  sections  is appropriate:   15-1919,   15-1925, 15-1937 or 15-1939.
NY Env Conserv L § 15-1961 (2021)
2021 New York Laws ENV - Environmental Conservation Article 15 - Water Resources Title 19 - Drainage 15-1961 - Drainage District With Federal Aid.

§ 15-1961. Drainage district with federal aid.1. In the event that any agency of the government of the United States   shall be willing to perform, direct or finance any work for the drainage   and  reclamation  of  any  swamp,  bog, pond, meadow or other low or wet   lands in the state in such manner that the greater part of the  cost  of   such  work  shall  be paid by such government, the department shall have   power to form a drainage improvement district including the lands so  to   be drained and improved by following the procedure set forth in sections   15-1963 to 15-1967 inclusive, hereinafter referred to as the federal aid   sections,  in  lieu of the procedure specified in the preceding sections   of title 19 of this article.2. It is the intent of these federal aid sections  to  facilitate  the   carrying  out  of  such  projects  by  permitting  changes in the normal   sequence of doing the various acts specified in the preceding  sections,   but,  except  as  specifically  authorized, not to permit changes in the   manner of doing each act or in the  conditions  on  which  such  act  is   based.
NY Env Conserv L § 15-1963 (2021)
2021 New York Laws ENV - Environmental Conservation Article 15 - Water Resources Title 19 - Drainage 15-1963 - Formation of District With Federal Aid.

§ 15-1963. Formation of district with federal aid.1.  The department may proceed of its own motion to form such district   and to authorize the proposed work as though petitions therefor had been   filed as provided in sections 15-1911 and 15-1913  or  15-1931.  It  may   negotiate   with   the  federal  government,  investigate  the  proposed   district, study such plans of and reports on the proposed improvement as   it may find to be available and shall prepare a written  report  thereon   describing the proposed district, the proposed work, the fixation of the   district  boundaries,  giving estimates of the cost of the various parts   of the work which may be a charge against  the  state  or  the  property   owners in the district and including a determination of enhancements and   an  apportionment of costs of such a project. Such report shall be filed   and notice of such filing and of a hearing thereon given as provided  in   sections 15-0903, 15-1913 and 15-1931.2.  After  the final hearing the department shall determine whether it   is to the public interest to form the district and to proceed  with  the   work  and, in general terms, what lands will be benefited thereby. These   matters shall be embodied in a written order, which shall, if the action   is favorable, form the district, authorize entry  into  agreements  with   agencies  of the federal government and the doing of whatever is needful   to carry out the project, all as elsewhere specified in title 19 of this   article.  Certified copies of the determination and order shall be filed   and notice of such filing given. Thereupon  such  determination  may  be   reviewed as provided by section 15-0905, except that the proceedings for   such  review  must  be  initiated  not  later  than  ten days after such   filings; otherwise such determination  shall  be  considered  final  and   conclusive and in due course it shall be recorded. The district shall be   held  to  have  been  formed  on  the date of such final order, but such   formation shall not be  effective  until  such  order  shall  have  been   recorded.
NY Env Conserv L § 15-1965 (2021)
2021 New York Laws ENV - Environmental Conservation Article 15 - Water Resources Title 19 - Drainage 15-1965 - Construction Project.

§ 15-1965. Construction project.As  soon  as  the  formation  of  the  district becomes effective, the   department shall have full power  to  enter  into  agreements  with  the   proper  officials  of the federal government or of other agencies of the   state, to acquire or appropriate lands and rights  in  lands,  including   sites  for  camps and appurtenant facilities, access roads, borrow pits,   quarries, spoil banks and all other necessary  and  proper  matters,  to   incur  contractual  obligations,  to purchase supplies and materials, to   employ the necessary personnel and generally to do whatever is necessary   to carry out the proposed project or projects.
NY Env Conserv L § 15-1967 (2021)
2021 New York Laws ENV - Environmental Conservation Article 15 - Water Resources Title 19 - Drainage 15-1967 - Changes in Project.

§ 15-1967. Changes in project.After  such  district  is  formed  and  the  original  federal project   authorized, major changes in such project, additional  federal  projects   or  changes in district boundaries necessitated by such federal projects   may be authorized or made by following the  pertinent  portions  of  the   procedure in sections 15-1963 and 15-1965.
NY Env Conserv L § 15-1969 (2021)
2021 New York Laws ENV - Environmental Conservation Article 15 - Water Resources Title 19 - Drainage 15-1969 - Continuation of District.

§ 15-1969. Continuation of district.Except  for  such  projects  as  may  be  carried  out  by the federal   government, any district formed under the provisions of section  15-1963   shall  thereafter continue as a drainage improvement district, as though   formed under the provisions of section 15-1915.
NY Env Conserv L § 15-1971 (2021)
2021 New York Laws ENV - Environmental Conservation Article 15 - Water Resources Title 19 - Drainage 15-1971 - Transfer of Property and Discontinuance of District.

§ 15-1971. Transfer of property and discontinuance of district.Whenever  a  drainage  improvement  district  created pursuant to this   article and lying wholly within  a  county  small  watershed  protection   district  established  pursuant  to article 5-D of the County Law has no   outstanding debts, liabilities and obligations, the  department  as  the   governing  body  of such drainage improvement district, if it determines   after public hearing that the public interest would be  served  thereby,   is  hereby  authorized to convey, upon such terms and conditions and for   such consideration as it may deem adequate, if any, all or any  part  of   the  real  estate or an easement or easements therein, or other property   of such drainage improvement district to  such  county  small  watershed   protection  district.  Whenever  all  of  the  real  property  and other   property is conveyed as authorized  herein,  such  drainage  improvement   district  and  the drainage improvement association within such district   shall immediately cease to exist, and any and all functions, powers  and   duties  previously  possessed, performed and exercised by either of them   shall be terminated.
NY Env Conserv L § 15-1973 (2021)
2021 New York Laws ENV - Environmental Conservation Article 15 - Water Resources Title 19 - Drainage 15-1973 - Drainage Section Association; Definitions.

§ 15-1973. Drainage section association; definitions.The  following  words  and  phrases,  unless  otherwise specified, are   defined as follows:1. A "drainage section" shall mean an area, of drainable  acreage,  as   described  in articles of association which have been filed and recorded   as authorized by section 15-1975.2. "Drainable acreage" shall mean that part of an owner's swamp,  bog,   pond,  meadow  or  other  low  or  wet agricultural lands, which will be   drained by a drainage system as authorized by this title 19 to  increase   its  productivity or otherwise render it more available for agricultural   purposes, or in order to benefit the public health, safety and welfare.3. "Aggregate  drainable  acreage"  shall  mean  the  total  drainable   acreage  owned  by  all  owners  who  execute  articles  of  association   authorized by this title 19.4. "Owner" shall mean a  person  other  than  a  municipal  or  public   corporation,  who  or which is the owner in fee of drainable acreage and   who or which executes the articles of association.
NY Env Conserv L § 15-1975 (2021)
2021 New York Laws ENV - Environmental Conservation Article 15 - Water Resources Title 19 - Drainage 15-1975 - Drainage Section Association; Creation.

§ 15-1975. Drainage section association; creation.Three  or more owners of drainable acreage may form a drainage section   association by  executing  and  recording  articles  of  association  as   hereinafter provided.
NY Env Conserv L § 15-1979 (2021)
2021 New York Laws ENV - Environmental Conservation Article 15 - Water Resources Title 19 - Drainage 15-1979 - First Annual Meeting; Members; Officers; By-Laws.

§ 15-1979. First annual meeting; members; officers; by-laws.1.  Upon  filing  and  recording, the articles of association shall be   deemed to be in effect and  the  drainage  section  association  created   thereby  shall  have  the  power  and  authority  and  shall  assume the   liabilities conferred and imposed by  title  19  of  this  article.  The   temporary  secretary  shall  notify all members by mail of the time, not   more than ten days after such filing and recording, and of the place  of   the  first  annual  meeting  of the association, at which time permanent   officers shall be elected for the coming year.2. The original membership of the association  shall  consist  of  the   signers  of  the  articles of association. Membership shall cease when a   member dies or when he divests himself of the entire  drainable  acreage   owned  by  him.  Grantees,  devisees  and heirs of the fee of a member's   entire drainable acreage shall be members and entitled to all the rights   of membership, and they shall be bound by the articles  of  association.   Grantees,  devisees  and  heirs  of  the  fee  of  a  part of a member's   drainable acreage shall be members, shall be entitled to all the  rights   of  membership,  shall be bound by the articles of association and shall   be liable in the proportion that such granted, devised or inherited part   bears to the total of the drainable acreage of the member from whom they   have taken title.3. The officers of the association shall be members thereof and  shall   consist  of  a president, vice-president, and secretary-treasurer. If an   officer's membership in the association shall terminate, the association   shall call a special meeting to elect his successor for the remainder of   the term for which he was elected. The term of office  of  all  officers   shall be one year.4.  The  association  shall adopt at the first annual meeting by-laws,   not inconsistent with law or  with  the  articles  of  association.  The   by-laws  shall  fix  the  time  and  place of future annual meetings and   regular meetings of the association and shall provide  for  the  calling   and  holding  of  special meetings; shall provide the number of members,   not less than one-third, to constitute a quorum at its  meetings;  shall   provide  the  method  of  conduct of elections of its officers at annual   meetings; shall provide the form of notice, in writing, to be  given  to   all  members  of  the  amount  of assessment due to pay the debts of the   association, and to  pay  all  costs,  expenses,  fees  and  damages  as   provided  in  the  articles  of  association;  and  may  provide for the   imposition and collection of  annual  dues  and  for  any  other  matter   necessary to carry out the conduct of the affairs of the association.