§ 277. Establishment of certain county sewer districts in Suffolk\ncounty. 1. For the purposes of this section the following terms are\ndefined as follows:\n a. County shall mean the county of Suffolk or the county of Erie.\n b. County legislature shall mean the county legislature of the county\nof Suffolk or of the county of Erie.\n c. Governing board shall mean the town board of a town or the board of\ntrustees of a village, as the case may be, located in the county of\nSuffolk or in the county of Erie.\n d. Sewer system shall include collection facilities, treatment or\ndisposal plants, buildings, land and rights in land, furnishings,\nequipment, machinery and apparatus, appurtenant facilities, all moneys\non hand collected or received for the purposes of such sewer system, and\nall other items of property, either real or personal or mixed, acquired\nfor or incidental to such sewer system.\n e. Town sewer district shall mean a sewer district governed by the\nprovisions of articles twelve or twelve-A of the town law or a benefited\narea established to provide a sewer improvement pursuant to articles\nthree-A or twelve-C of such law.\n f. Village sewer district shall mean a sewer district governed by the\nprovisions of article fourteen and section 17-1718 of the village law.\n g. County treasurer shall mean, in the case of Erie County, the county\ncomptroller of Erie county.\n h. Town wastewater disposal district shall mean a wastewater district\ngoverned by the provisions of article twelve or twelve-a of the town law\nor a benefited area established to provide a wastewater disposal\nimprovement pursuant to article three-a or twelve-c of such law.\n i. Village wastewater disposal district shall mean a wastewater\ndisposal district governed by section 17-1719 of the village law.\n j. Village sewerage system shall mean a sewerage system governed by\nthe provisions of article fourteen of the village law.\n 2. Upon petition as hereinafter provided the county legislature may\nestablish a county sewer district in the manner hereinafter provided\nhaving boundaries coterminous with any existing town sewer district,\nvillage or village sewer district for the purpose of acquiring,\noperating and maintaining the sewer system thereof.\n 2-a. Upon petition, as hereinafter provided, the county legislature\nmay establish a county wastewater disposal district in the manner\nhereinafter provided having boundaries coterminous with any existing\ntown wastewater disposal district, village sewerage system or village\nwastewater disposal district for the purpose of acquiring, operating and\nmaintaining the district or system thereof.\n 3. A petition for the establishment of a county sewer district or\nwastewater disposal district pursuant to this section shall be executed\nand acknowledged by the supervisor of the town or mayor of the village,\nas the case may be, upon authorization by the governing board after a\npublic hearing. Such public hearing shall be called by resolution\nadopted by such governing body, which shall direct that notice thereof\nbe published and posted not less than ten days prior to the date set for\nsuch hearing; provided, however, that in the case of a town sewer\ndistrict or wastewater disposal district having a separate board of\ncommissioners pursuant to article thirteen of the town law, no\nresolution calling a public hearing shall be adopted unless approved in\nwriting by a majority of the commissioners of such district. Such notice\nshall be given, in the case of towns, in the manner prescribed in\nsection one hundred ninety-three of the town law, and in the case of\nvillages, in the manner prescribed in the section of the election law\nentitled general village election. Such notice shall state in general\nterms that it is proposed to petition the county legislature to\nestablish a county sewer district for the purpose of acquiring and\nthereafter operating and maintaining the sewer system in question, o
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