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 Oct. 26, 2024).

190
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

Accessed:
Oct. 26, 2024

Last modified:
Oct. 27, 2023

§ 190’s source at nysenate​.gov

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