N.Y. County Law Section 274
Extension of the district

A county district may be extended so as to include territory not previously included within its boundaries in the same manner as hereinbefore prescribed for the original establishment of the district. If the cost of establishment of the original district and of providing the improvement therein was assessed, levied and collected pursuant to the provisions of section two hundred seventy, then the cost of the extension and of the improvements therein shall be assessed, levied and collected pursuant to the provisions of said section. If the cost of establishment of the original district and of providing of the improvement therein was assessed, levied and collected pursuant to the provisions of section two hundred seventy-one, then the cost of the extension and of the improvement therein shall be assessed, levied and collected pursuant to the provisions of said section. The cost of the extension shall include such proportion of the cost of the system of the original district as the board of supervisors shall determine.

Source: Section 274 — Extension of the district, https://www.­nysenate.­gov/legislation/laws/CNT/274 (updated Sep. 22, 2014; accessed Jan. 24, 2026).

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Purpose 251
County agency 252
Powers of county agency 253
Preparation of maps and plans 253–A
Provision for excess sewer, drainage or water facilities 253–B
Amendment or modification of plans 254
Public hearing 255
Representation by municipalities and district 256
Establishment of a county district 256–A
Consolidation of Suffolk county sewer district number two Holbrook and Suffolk county sewer district number four - Birchwood North Shore 256–B
Suffolk county wastewater management district 257
Permissive referendum 258
Application to the department of audit and control 259
Recording and filing of determination 260
Review 261
Administration of the county district 262
Performance of the work 263
Powers 263–A
Powers with respect to lake protection and rehabilitation 264
Rules and regulations 265
Contracts 266
Water rates, water quality treatment, sewage, wastewater disposal and refuse collection charges and revenues 267
Expense of the improvement 268
Increase and improvement of facilities 269
Increase of maximum amount to be expended 270
Assessment of the cost 271
Alternative method of assessment 272
Taxation of district property 273
Contracts with public authorities for county water districts 274
Extension of the district 274–A
Consolidation of county districts by board of supervisors 274–B
Consolidation of the district and its extensions 275
Sale of water district facilities 276
Jurisdiction of other state agencies 277
Establishment of certain county sewer districts in Suffolk county 277–A
Conveyance or lease to the county of Westchester by a city, town or village in the county’s New Rochelle sanitary sewer district of sewer... 278
Definitions 279
Operation of certain collection and disposal facilities in Suffolk county 279–A
Acquisition of real property for future districts in Suffolk county 279–B
Agreements of county district 279–C
Certain agreements of a county sewer district in Orange county 279–D
Water districts in the county of Westchester
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Verified:
Jan. 24, 2026

Last modified:
Sep. 22, 2014

§ 274. Extension of the district's source at nysenate​.gov

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