Legislation

Search OpenLegislation Statutes

This entry was published on 2014-09-22
The selection dates indicate all change milestones for the entire volume, not just the location being viewed. Specifying a milestone date will retrieve the most recent version of the location before that date.
SECTION 1198-E
Responsibilities of the authority
Public Authorities (PBA) CHAPTER 43-A, ARTICLE 5, TITLE 8-C
§ 1198-e. Responsibilities of the authority. The authority shall have
the responsibility to: 1. investigate, analyse and evaluate various
options for the distribution of water to the district, including, but
not limited to, the following:

(a) The purchase, in the name of the authority, or in the name of any
municipality or municipalities, of any water facility or distribution
system or parts thereof involved in the supply of water to the district;

(b) The operation of any water facility or distribution system or
parts thereof by any public water suppliers which operate in geographic
areas adjacent to the district;

(c) The creation of additional water authorities to supply water to
portions of the district as described in section eleven hundred
ninety-eight-c of this article; and

(d) The retention of the water supply system within the district which
is in existence as of the effective date of this title.

2. Following any purchase pursuant to paragraph (a) of subdivision one
of this section:

(a) Meter service to its customers; and

(b) Repair and maintain that portion of a water supply pipe extending
from the water mains to the water meter. For purposes of this paragraph
"water supply pipe" shall mean a pipe or line which connects the water
mains directly to a customer's water meter.