N.Y. General Municipal Law Section 120-T
Town and village may establish a joint water district

The board of trustees of an incorporated village and the town board of a town may, notwithstanding the provisions of any law, general or special, upon the adoption of propositions therefor duly submitted in such village and town, establish a joint water district for such village and town. Within thirty days after the adoption of such propositions, the board of trustees of the village and the town board of the town shall, acting jointly, by a majority vote of each board, adopt a resolution formally establishing the district. The town clerk shall, within ten days after the adoption of a resolution formally establishing the district, cause a certified copy of such resolution to be filed in the state department of audit and control at Albany, New York. Upon the establishment of a joint water supply district, it shall be lawful for the town and village boards to enter into a contract on behalf of such joint district with any water company, or other party or person, to supply water for such town and village, for fire, sanitary or other purposes. Any water company authorized to supply water to such town or village may enter into such contract and lay its conduits, mains and distributing lines, and set hydrants as in the contract provided. Such water company may supply water to any person or corporation residing in such village and town. The expense of operation of such joint water district shall be apportioned by the town and village boards in joint session between the village and the town, based on the assessed valuation of the real property within said village and town according to the last preceding assessment roll. The portion thereof to be borne by the village shall be a village charge and the portion to be borne by the town shall be a town charge. The portion to be borne by the village shall be levied and collected by the board of trustees in the same manner as other village taxes are levied and collected and the portion to be borne by the town shall be levied and collected by the town board of the town in the same manner as other town taxes are levied and collected. Such money when levied and collected shall be kept in separate funds to be audited and paid by the trustees of the village and the town board of the town pursuant to the provisions of the contract therefor.

Source: Section 120-T — Town and village may establish a joint water district, https://www.­nysenate.­gov/legislation/laws/GMU/120-T (updated Sep. 22, 2014; accessed May 4, 2024).

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Contracts for purification of water and sewerage 120‑A
Contracts for sewerage disposal 120‑AA
Source separation and segregation of recyclable or reuseable materials 120‑B
Supervision of sewage system 120‑BB
Town of Huntington solid waste management resource recovery facility 120‑C
Obligations and privileges relating to sewerage contracts 120‑CC
Enforcement of unpaid solid waste collection and/or disposal fee 120‑D
Officers of meeting 120‑E
By whom proposed district represented 120‑F
Contract 120‑G
Apportionment of cost 120‑H
Further provisions as to apportionment of cost 120‑I
Means of payment 120‑K
Payments 120‑L
Letting of contracts 120‑M
Application of other laws to procedure 120‑N
Maps and plans of sewers 120‑O
Definitions 120‑P
Referendum in cities and villages 120‑Q
Rules and regulations 120‑R
Cancellation of sewerage contracts for neglect 120‑S
Joint meeting for acquisition and operation of property 120‑T
Town and village may establish a joint water district 120‑U
Mutual aid for water service 120‑V
Contracts for disposal of sewage outside the state 120‑W
Contracts and agreements for solid waste management, collection and disposal 120‑X
Agreements for joint acquisition, construction and operation of public docks 120‑Z
Sewer hook-ups by private contractors 121
Establishment and maintenance of free public baths 121‑A
Creation of village and town police department in certain towns and villages 121‑B
Care of children admitted to certain places of amusement in certain cities, villages and towns under a local law or ordinance 122
Refusal to take persons to hospital prohibited 122‑B
General ambulance services 122‑C
Transport of police work dogs injured in the line of duty 123
Erection and operation of life-saving apparatus 124
Inspection of building elevators in Nassau county 125
Issuance of building permits 125‑A
Posting signs on dead-end roads 126
Establishment of public general hospitals 126‑A
Joint hospitals for cities, towns or villages 126‑B
Public hospitals for chronically ill 126‑B*2
Establishment of Broome county nursing home 126‑C
Appointment to board of managers of county hospital 127
Appointment and terms of office of managers 128
General powers and duties of managers 128‑A
Petty cash fund 129
General powers and duties of superintendent 129‑A
Erie county 130
Admission and maintenance of patients 131
Training school for nurses 132
Room for detention and examination of persons who are suspected of being mentally ill 133
Visitation and inspection 134
Existing county, town, city or village public general hospitals 135
Application of preceding sections 135‑A
Workshops in connection with hospitals and facilities for the aged 135‑B
Departments of occupational therapy in connection with public general hospitals and tuberculosis hospitals or sanatoria 135‑C
Prenatal and maternity care 136
Regulation of automobile junk yards 139‑C
Sheltered workshops 139‑D
Storage and display of firearms, ammunition and explosives
Green check means up to date. Up to date

Accessed:
May 4, 2024

Last modified:
Sep. 22, 2014

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