Bill Text: NY S05668 | 2009-2010 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relates to sewer district extensions in the New York city watershed.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2010-01-06 - REFERRED TO LOCAL GOVERNMENT [S05668 Detail]

Download: New_York-2009-S05668-Introduced.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         5668
                              2009-2010 Regular Sessions
                                   I N  S E N A T E
                                     May 27, 2009
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       Introduced  by  Sen.  OPPENHEIMER -- read twice and ordered printed, and
         when printed to be committed to the Committee on Local Government
       AN ACT to amend the county law, in relation to sewer district extensions
         in the New York city watershed
         THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section  1.  The  county law is amended by adding a new section 851 to
    2  read as follows:
    3    S 851. SEWER DISTRICT EXTENSIONS  IN  THE  NEW  YORK  CITY  WATERSHED.
    4  WHERE  ANY  COUNTY  WHICH HAS RECEIVED FUNDING FROM THE CITY OF NEW YORK
    5  FOR THE PURPOSES OF PRESERVING THE QUALITY OF THE WATERS OF THE NEW YORK
    6  CITY WATERSHED, IN WHICH THERE ARE ANY PROPERTIES  WITHIN  SUCH  COUNTY,
    7  SPECIFICALLY INCLUDING ALL THAT PROPERTY OR PROPERTIES WITHIN THE COUNTY
    8  OF  WESTCHESTER  AS  FOLLOWS: ALL PROPERTIES WITHIN THE TOWN OF YORKTOWN
    9  CONTAINED WITHIN A PERIMETER COMMENCING AT THE INTERSECTION OF LAKE ROAD
   10  AND CROW HILL ROAD, PROCEEDING NORTHEASTERLY  ALONG  LAKE  ROAD  TO  ITS
   11  INTERSECTION WITH THE NEW CASTLE-YORKTOWN BORDER, THEN PROCEEDING SOUTH-
   12  ERLY  ALONG  THE  NEW CASTLE-YORKTOWN BORDER TO THE INTERSECTION OF CROW
   13  HILL ROAD, THEN NORTHWESTERLY ALONG CROW HILL ROAD TO  ITS  INTERSECTION
   14  WITH  LAKE  HILL ROAD, THE POINT OF BEGINNING; AND ALL PROPERTIES WITHIN
   15  THE TOWN OF NEW CASTLE CONTAINED WITHIN THE PERIMETER COMMENCING AT  THE
   16  INTERSECTION  OF  LAKE  HILL  ROAD  AND  THE NEW CASTLE-YORKTOWN BORDER,
   17  PROCEEDING EASTERLY ALONG LAKE  HILL  ROAD  TO  THE  NEW  CASTLE-BEDFORD
   18  BORDER, THEN PROCEEDING SOUTHERLY ALONG THE NEW CASTLE-BEDFORD BORDER TO
   19  THE  NEW  CASTLE-MT.  KISCO  BORDER,  THEN DUE WESTERLY ALONG A STRAIGHT
   20  WESTERLY LINE FROM THE INTERSECTION OF THE NEW CASTLE-BEDFORD-MT.  KISCO
   21  BORDER TO KISCO PARK DRIVE, THEN WESTERLY ALONG KISCO PARK DRIVE TO MAIN
   22  STREET, THEN SOUTHERLY ALONG MAIN STREET TO CROW HILL ROAD, THEN WESTER-
   23  LY  ALONG CROW HILL ROAD TO THE NEW CASTLE-YORKTOWN BORDER THEN PROCEED-
   24  ING NORTHERLY ALONG THE YORKTOWN-NEW CASTLE BORDER TO  THE  INTERSECTION
   25  WITH  LAKE  HILL ROAD, THE POINT OF BEGINNING; AND ALL PROPERTIES WITHIN
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                  LBD14018-01-9
       S. 5668                             2
    1  THE TOWN OF BEDFORD CONTAINED  WITHIN  A  PERIMETER  COMMENCING  AT  THE
    2  INTERSECTION   OF   LAKE  HILL  ROAD/MEETING  HOUSE  ROAD  AND  THE  NEW
    3  CASTLE-BEDFORD BORDER THEN PROCEEDING EASTERLY ALONG  LAKE  HILL/MEETING
    4  HOUSE  ROAD TO CROTON LAKE ROAD THEN SOUTHERLY ON CROTON LAKE ROAD UNTIL
    5  THE INTERSECTION OF PINE BRIDGES ROAD THEN WESTERLY ON PINE BRIDGES ROAD
    6  TO THE INTERSECTION WITH THE BEDFORD-NEW CASTLE  BORDER  TO  THE  INTER-
    7  SECTION  WITH LAKE HILL ROAD/MEETING HOUSE ROAD, THE POINT OF BEGINNING;
    8  AND ALL PROPERTIES WITHIN THE TOWN  OF  CHAPPAQUA  ADJOINING  AND  ALONG
    9  RANDOM FARMS DRIVE AND RANDOM FARMS CIRCLE; THEN SUCH COUNTY SHALL WITH-
   10  IN ONE HUNDRED EIGHTY DAYS OF THE REQUEST OF THE OWNERS OF SUCH PROPERTY
   11  OR  PROPERTIES,  COMMENCE THE CONSTRUCTION OF AN EXTENSION OR EXTENSIONS
   12  OF THE SEWER DISTRICT TO WHICH THE CLOSEST POSSIBLE SEWER LINE  BELONGS,
   13  SO  AS  TO INCLUDE SUCH PROPERTY OR PROPERTIES WITHIN SUCH DISTRICT. THE
   14  COMPLETE CAPITAL COST OF THE  EXTENSION  OR  EXTENSIONS  OF  SUCH  SEWER
   15  DISTRICT,  TOGETHER  WITH  ANY  NECESSARY PUMP STATIONS OR APPURTENANCES
   16  ANCILLARY FOR ITS EFFECTIVE OPERATION SHALL BE BORNE EXCLUSIVELY BY  THE
   17  COUNTY  AND SHALL NOT BE CHARGED BACK TO SUCH OWNERS OF SUCH PROPERTY OR
   18  PROPERTIES; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, THAT SUCH COSTS TO BE BORNE BY THE COUNTY
   19  SHALL BE LIMITED TO ANY AMOUNTS ON ACCOUNT RECEIVED FROM FUNDS FROM  THE
   20  CITY  OF  NEW  YORK  FOR  THE  PURPOSES OF PRESERVING THE QUALITY OF THE
   21  WATERS OF THE NEW YORK CITY WATERSHED. ANY SEWER  DISTRICT  TO  WHICH  A
   22  PROPERTY  OR  PROPERTIES  ARE  CONNECTED  PURSUANT  TO  THIS SECTION MAY
   23  COLLECT THE SAME OPERATIONAL CHARGES FROM THE OWNERS OF SUCH PROPERTY OR
   24  PROPERTIES SO CONNECTED, AS WAS COLLECTED FROM THE OTHER  PROPERTIES  OF
   25  THE DISTRICT PRIOR TO SUCH NEW EXTENSION.
   26    S 2.  This act shall take effect immediately.