NY Town L § 208-B (2021)
2021 New York Laws TWN - Town Article 12 - District and Special Improvements 208-B - Dissolution of Lighting or Public Parking Districts; Town of Oyster Bay.

§  208-b. Dissolution of lighting or public parking districts; town of   Oyster Bay. 1. Whenever the town board of the town of Oyster Bay, county   of Nassau shall determine after a public hearing as hereinafter provided   that it is in the public  interest  to  manage,  maintain,  operate  and   repair  as a town function, pursuant to this article, any improvement or   service provided or authorized to be provided by  one  or  more  special   lighting  or  public  parking  districts,  it  may  adopt  a  resolution   dissolving any such lighting or public parking districts wholly  located   in such town created or existing to provide such improvement or service.The  resolution dissolving the district or districts shall provide for   the assessment of the costs of any improvement provided or authorized to   be provided by such district or districts, including  the  principal  of   and  interest  on any bonds or other obligations authorized to be issued   for the purposes of such district or districts or which have been issued   for the purposes of such district or districts and are  outstanding  and   unpaid  as  of  the  date of such dissolution, to be borne partly by the   area of the town outside of any villages and partly by  lands  benefited   thereby; or by the area of the town outside of any villages; or entirely   by  lands  benefited thereby as the town board, in its discretion, shall   determine. Where however, (1) any part of the costs of  the  improvement   is  to  be  borne  by property in a described benefited area, such costs   shall be assessed, levied and collected from the several lots or parcels   of land within such benefited area either in the same manner and at  the   same  time as other town charges, or in just proportion to the amount of   benefit which the improvement shall confer upon such lots or parcels, or   (2) any part of the costs of the improvement  is  to  be  borne  by  the   entire  area  of the town outside of any villages, and such area has not   been determined to be the benefited area, such costs shall be  assessed,   levied  and  collected from the several lots and parcels of land in such   area in the same manner and at the same time as other town charges.2. Any such resolution shall provide that the cost of the  management,   maintenance,  operation  and repair of such improvement or service shall   thereafter be a charge upon the area of the town outside of any villages   and shall be levied and collected in the same manner  and  at  the  same   time as other town charges.3.  The  district  or districts shall be dissolved on the first day of   January next succeeding the effective date of the resolution  dissolving   such district or districts provided, however, that if the effective date   of such resolution shall be subsequent to the first day of August in any   year,  the  dissolution of such district or districts shall be effective   on the first day of January of the second succeeding calendar year.4. Upon the dissolution of any such district or districts pursuant  to   this  section,  the  improvement or service provided or authorized to be   provided by such district  or  districts  shall  thereafter  be  a  town   function  and  the  town  board  shall  be responsible for the necessary   management, maintenance, operation and repair thereof. All the  property   of such district or districts shall become the property of the town.5.  The  town  board  shall  conduct  a public hearing on the proposed   dissolution of a district or districts  pursuant  to  this  section,  on   notice  published at least ten but not more than twenty days before such   hearing in a newspaper or newspapers designated pursuant to  subdivision   eleven of section sixty-four of this chapter and shall also cause a copy   thereof  to  be posted upon the bulletin board in the office of the town   clerk. In the event that the town maintains a website, such  information   may  also be provided on the website. Such notice shall specify the time   when and the place where such hearing will be held and in general terms,   describe the proposed dissolution, and where appropriate,  the  proposed   basis  of  apportioning, levying and assessing all improvement costs and    shall specifically state that the cost of the  management,  maintenance,   operation  and  repair  of  such  improvement  or  service  provided  or   authorized to be provided by the district or districts  proposed  to  be   dissolved shall thereafter be a charge upon the area of the town outside   of any villages and shall be levied and collected in the same manner and   at the same time as other town charges.6.  The  town  board  may  complete  any  improvement authorized to be   provided in the district or districts dissolved or to be  dissolved  and   finance such improvement pursuant to the local finance law.7.  The town clerk shall cause a certified copy of any such resolution   to be duly recorded in the manner  prescribed  in  section  one  hundred   ninety-five of this article.