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Assembly Bill A7708

Signed By Governor

2021-2022 Legislative Session

Authorizes the town of East Hampton, upon the dissolution of the East Hampton wastewater disposal district, to use remaining funds of the district to pay for town capital projects

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2021-A7708 (ACTIVE) - Details

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S6899
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Suffolk County

2021-A7708 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Authorizes the town of East Hampton, county of Suffolk, upon the dissolution of the East Hampton wastewater disposal district to use any remaining funds of the district to pay for all or a portion of the cost of one or more town-wide capital projects; provides that such dissolution shall be subject to permissive referendum.

2021-A7708 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   7708
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                               May 20, 2021
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. THIELE -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on Local Governments
 
 AN ACT authorizing the town of East Hampton, county of Suffolk, upon the
   dissolution  of  the East Hampton wastewater disposal district, to use
   any remaining funds of the district for the purposes of paying all  or
   a portion of the cost of one or more town-wide capital projects
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Notwithstanding paragraph (d) of subdivision 12 of  section
 198  of the town law to the contrary, a resolution of the Town Board for
 the dissolution of the East Hampton wastewater disposal  district  ("the
 district")  shall  be  subject to permissive referendum and the proceeds
 from the dissolution of the district may be used  for  the  purposes  of
 paying  all  or  a  portion of the cost of one or more town-wide capital
 projects; provided however any such authorizations shall be the  subject
 of  a  public  hearing  held in the manner provided in subdivision 12 of
 section 198 of the town law. If the town board shall decide, after  such
 hearing  and  upon  the evidence given thereat, that it is in the public
 interest to dissolve the district and upon dissolution  to  deposit  any
 remaining  funds in one or more capital reserve funds in accordance with
 the general municipal law and use such funds for the purposes of  paying
 all  or a portion of the cost of one or more town-wide capital projects,
 the town board may adopt a resolution, subject to permissive referendum,
 to authorize such deposit.  The town board shall file  a  copy  of  said
 resolutions  in  the office of the county clerk and the state department
 of audit and control at Albany, New York.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD11494-03-1

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