N.Y. Town Law Section 190
Establishment or extension of improvement districts

Upon a petition as hereinafter provided, the town board of any town may establish or extend in said town a sewer, drainage, water, water quality treatment, park, public parking, lighting, snow removal, water supply, sidewalk, a fallout shelter district or refuse and garbage district, aquatic growth control district, ambulance district, watershed protection improvement district, and in any town bordering upon or containing within its boundaries any navigable waters of this state, a harbor improvement district, a public dock district, or beach erosion control district, and provide improvements or services, or both, in any such district, wholly at the expense of the district; but no water supply district shall be established or extended to include lands situate within the boundaries of a water district. No such district shall be established or extended in a city or in an incorporated village provided, however, that such a district may be established or extended wholly or partly within an incorporated village on consent of the village expressed in a local law, ordinance or resolution, subject to a referendum on petition under Municipal Home Rule Law § 24 (Local laws subject to referendum on petition)section twenty-four of the municipal home rule law or a permissive referendum under article nine of the village law, as the case may be, and except, in the case of a water quality treatment district, on consent of a village expressed in a local law or by resolution of the board of trustees and not subject to any referendum.

Source: Section 190 — Establishment or extension of improvement districts, https://www.­nysenate.­gov/legislation/laws/TWN/190 (updated Oct. 27, 2023; accessed Mar. 9, 2025).

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Establishment or extension of improvement districts 190–A
Water storage and distribution districts 190–B
Sewage disposal districts 190–C
Preparation of maps and plans 190–D
Procedure for establishment of a sewage disposal district 190–E
Wastewater disposal districts 190–F
Additional powers of sewer districts 190–G
Water quality treatment districts 191
Petition 191–A
Preparation of maps and plans for sewer, wastewater disposal, drainage and water districts before petition 192
Maps and plans for sewer, wastewater disposal, drainage and water districts 192–A
Provision for excess sewer, drainage or water facilities 193
Notice of hearing on petition 194
Establishment or extension of districts 194–A
Powers of town boards with respect to certain contracts 195
Recording of determination 196
Modification of plans for sewer, wastewater disposal, drainage, water or water quality treatment districts 197
Performance of the work 197–A
Contracts by water districts or town water storage and distribution districts with water authorities 198
Powers of town boards with respect to improvement districts 198–A
Special districts for disposal of duck waste in Suffolk county 199
Proceedings for lateral sewers, drains or water mains 200
Petition for street improvement and proceedings thereon 200–A
Construction and repair of sidewalks pursuant to order of town board 201
Sewer and water connections 202
Expenses of improvement 202–A
Expense of maintenance 202–B
Increase or improvement of facilities 202–C
Dissolution and diminishing area of certain districts 202–D
Increase of maximum amount to be expended 202–E
Acquisition and improvement of additional property in park districts 202–F
Construction or installation of certain improvements in state highways and county roads 203
Existing districts preserved 204
Transition to benefit basis levy of assessments in existing lighting districts 207
Re-establishment of certain water supply districts as water districts 208
Joint administration and operation of special or improvement districts with town functions 208–A
Acquisition of land for proposed district 208–B
Dissolution of lighting or public parking districts
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Accessed:
Mar. 9, 2025

Last modified:
Oct. 27, 2023

§ 190’s source at nysenate​.gov

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