Assembly Bill A10345

                             
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                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             February 26, 2026
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 Introduced by M. of A. WIEDER -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on Local Governments
 
 AN  ACT  in  relation to dissolving the Rockland county drainage agency;
   and to repeal chapter 846 of the laws of 1975, relating to creating  a
   stream  control  act  for  the  county  of Rock- land and defining its
   powers and duties

   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1. 1. Dissolution of the Rockland county drainage agency. The
 Rockland county drainage agency is hereby  dissolved  and  discontinued,
 and all functions, duties, debts, and obligations are hereby transferred
 to  the  Rockland  county  highway  department  in  accordance  with the
 provisions of this act.
   2. Transfer of functions. All of the functions  and  powers  possessed
 by,  and all of the obligations and duties of the Rockland county drain-
 age agency are transferred and assigned to, assumed by and devolved upon
 the Rockland county highway department, in accordance with and  pursuant
 to the provisions of this act.
   3.  Transfer of employees. Notwithstanding any other provision of law,
 rule, or regulation to the contrary, upon the transfer of functions from
 the Rockland county drainage agency pursuant to this act, all  employees
 of the Rockland county drainage agency shall be transferred to the Rock-
 land  county  highway department. Employees transferred pursuant to this
 section shall be transferred without further examination  or  qualifica-
 tion  and  shall  retain their respective civil service classifications,
 status  and  collective  bargaining  unit  designations  and  collective
 bargaining agreements.
   4.  Transfer  of records. All books, papers, and property of the Rock-
 land county drainage agency shall be provided to and deemed to be in the
 possession of the Rockland county highway department.
   5. Continuity of authority. For the purpose of succession of all func-
 tions, powers, duties  and  obligations  transferred  and  assigned  to,
 devolved upon and assumed by it pursuant to this act, the Rockland coun-
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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 ty highway department shall be deemed and held to constitute the contin-
 uation of the Rockland county drainage agency.
   6.  Completion  of  unfinished  business. Any business or other matter
 undertaken or commenced by the Rockland county drainage agency  pertain-
 ing  to  or connected with the functions, powers, obligations and duties
 hereby transferred and assigned to the Rockland county  highway  depart-
 ment and pending on the effective date of this act, may be conducted and
 completed  by  the Rockland county highway department in the same manner
 and under the same terms and conditions and with the same effect  as  if
 conducted and completed by the Rockland county drainage agency.
   7.  Continuation  of  rules  and  regulations. All rules, regulations,
 acts, orders, determinations,  and  decisions  of  the  Rockland  county
 drainage  agency  pertaining to the functions and powers transferred and
 assigned pursuant to this act, in force at the time of such transfer and
 assumption, shall continue in full force  and  effect  as  rules,  regu-
 lations,  acts,  orders,  determinations  and  decisions of the Rockland
 county highway department until  duly  modified  or  abrogated  by  such
 department.
   8.  Terms  occurring  in laws, contracts and other documents. Whenever
 the Rockland county drainage agency, or the board thereof,  is  referred
 to  or  designated  in  any contract or document pertaining to the func-
 tions, powers, obligations and duties hereby transferred to and assigned
 to the Rockland county highway department, such reference or designation
 shall be deemed to refer to the Rockland county highway department.
   9. Existing rights and remedies preserved. No existing right or remedy
 of any character shall be lost, impaired or affected by  any  provisions
 of this act.
   10.  Pending  actions and proceedings. No action or proceeding pending
 at the time when this act shall take effect, brought by or  against  the
 Rockland county drainage agency, or the board thereof, shall be affected
 by any provision of this act, but the same may be prosecuted or defended
 in  the  name  of  the  Rockland  county highway department. In all such
 actions and proceedings, the Rockland county  highway  department,  upon
 application of the court, shall be substituted as a party.
   11.  Transfer of assets and liabilities. All assets and liabilities of
 the Rockland county  drainage  agency  are  hereby  transferred  to  and
 assumed by the Rockland county highway department.
   §  2.  Chapter  846 of the laws of 1975, relating to creating a stream
 control act for the county of  Rockland  and  defining  its  powers  and
 duties, is REPEALED.
   §  3. This act shall take effect one year after it shall have become a
 law.