Bill Text: NY S03481 | 2011-2012 | General Assembly | Introduced

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

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2012-01-04 - REFERRED TO LOCAL GOVERNMENT [S03481 Detail]

Download: New_York-2011-S03481-Introduced.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         3481
                              2011-2012 Regular Sessions
                                   I N  S E N A T E
                                   February 23, 2011
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       Introduced  by  Sens.  OPPENHEIMER,  HASSELL-THOMPSON  -- 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
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                  LBD08614-01-1
       S. 3481                             2
    1  WITH LAKE HILL ROAD, THE POINT OF BEGINNING; AND ALL  PROPERTIES  WITHIN
    2  THE  TOWN  OF  BEDFORD  CONTAINED  WITHIN  A PERIMETER COMMENCING AT THE
    3  INTERSECTION  OF  LAKE  HILL  ROAD/MEETING  HOUSE  ROAD  AND   THE   NEW
    4  CASTLE-BEDFORD  BORDER  THEN PROCEEDING EASTERLY ALONG LAKE HILL/MEETING
    5  HOUSE ROAD TO CROTON LAKE ROAD THEN SOUTHERLY ON CROTON LAKE ROAD  UNTIL
    6  THE INTERSECTION OF PINE BRIDGES ROAD THEN WESTERLY ON PINE BRIDGES ROAD
    7  TO  THE  INTERSECTION  WITH  THE BEDFORD-NEW CASTLE BORDER TO THE INTER-
    8  SECTION WITH LAKE HILL ROAD/MEETING HOUSE ROAD, THE POINT OF  BEGINNING;
    9  AND  ALL  PROPERTIES  WITHIN  THE  TOWN OF CHAPPAQUA ADJOINING AND ALONG
   10  RANDOM FARMS DRIVE AND RANDOM FARMS CIRCLE; THEN SUCH COUNTY SHALL WITH-
   11  IN ONE HUNDRED EIGHTY DAYS OF THE REQUEST OF THE OWNERS OF SUCH PROPERTY
   12  OR PROPERTIES, COMMENCE THE CONSTRUCTION OF AN EXTENSION  OR  EXTENSIONS
   13  OF  THE SEWER DISTRICT TO WHICH THE CLOSEST POSSIBLE SEWER LINE BELONGS,
   14  SO AS TO INCLUDE SUCH PROPERTY OR PROPERTIES WITHIN SUCH  DISTRICT.  THE
   15  COMPLETE  CAPITAL  COST  OF  THE  EXTENSION  OR EXTENSIONS OF SUCH SEWER
   16  DISTRICT, TOGETHER WITH ANY NECESSARY  PUMP  STATIONS  OR  APPURTENANCES
   17  ANCILLARY  FOR ITS EFFECTIVE OPERATION SHALL BE BORNE EXCLUSIVELY BY THE
   18  COUNTY AND SHALL NOT BE CHARGED BACK TO SUCH OWNERS OF SUCH PROPERTY  OR
   19  PROPERTIES; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, THAT SUCH COSTS TO BE BORNE BY THE COUNTY
   20  SHALL  BE LIMITED TO ANY AMOUNTS ON ACCOUNT RECEIVED FROM FUNDS FROM THE
   21  CITY OF NEW YORK FOR THE PURPOSES  OF  PRESERVING  THE  QUALITY  OF  THE
   22  WATERS  OF  THE  NEW  YORK CITY WATERSHED. ANY SEWER DISTRICT TO WHICH A
   23  PROPERTY OR PROPERTIES  ARE  CONNECTED  PURSUANT  TO  THIS  SECTION  MAY
   24  COLLECT THE SAME OPERATIONAL CHARGES FROM THE OWNERS OF SUCH PROPERTY OR
   25  PROPERTIES  SO  CONNECTED, AS WAS COLLECTED FROM THE OTHER PROPERTIES OF
   26  THE DISTRICT PRIOR TO SUCH NEW EXTENSION.
   27    S 2.  This act shall take effect immediately.