§ 279-d. Water districts in the county of Westchester. 1.\nNotwithstanding the provisions of any other law to the contrary, county\nWater District number two in the county of Westchester, acting through\nits administrative head, is hereby authorized and empowered, from time\nto time, to enter into or amend, supplement, modify, change or extend\nagreements, including but not limited to, contracts, leases, rental or\nmanagement agreements with, or grant licenses, permits, concessions or\nany other authorizations to the Northern Westchester joint water works\nupon such terms and conditions as may be agreed upon by the\nadministrative head with the approval of the county legislature of the\ncounty for a term not to exceed the remaining life of any outstanding\nindebtedness of said district, wherein such entity is granted the right\nto construct, operate, maintain, use, manage, occupy, lease, own, or any\nof them, all or part of certain facilities it or the district owns or\nwill own and to carry on activities or furnish services, in whole or in\npart relative to the manner of water provision, treatment or\ndistribution for it or the district in sites approved by it or the\ndistrict which may be owned by it or the district.\n 2. The term "Northern Westchester joint water works" shall mean the\njoint water works established by the town of Cortlandt, the town of\nYorktown, and the Montrose improvement district pursuant to chapter 654\nof the laws of 1927 and the town of Somers, which will become a member\npursuant to agreement amongst it and the existing members.\n 3. The county legislature of the county of Westchester is hereby\nauthorized to reduce or dissolve county Water District number two\nfollowing the adoption of a resolution calling a public hearing. The\nclerk of the county legislature shall cause a notice of public hearing\nto be published at least once in the official newspapers of the county\nand in such other newspapers having a general circulation in the\nproposed district as the board may direct, the first publications\nthereof to be not less than ten nor more than twenty days before the day\nset therein for such hearing. The notice of hearing shall specify the\ntime when and the place where such hearing will be held, as well as a\ndescription or depiction of the boundaries of the district to be\ndissolved or a description or depiction of the parcels to be removed.\n (a) Removal. The county legislature may remove one or more parcels\nfrom county Water District number two upon its own motion and without\npetition, following a public hearing and a factual determination by the\ncounty legislature that such parcels to be removed are not benefited by\ninclusion in the district. For parcels which have received water service\nthrough Water District number two, a factual determination by the county\nlegislature that alternative water service is or shall be provided to\nsaid parcel by a city, one or more towns through districts or\nimprovement areas, a joint water works, a village, or a combination\nthereof shall be a sufficient basis for a finding that a particular\nparcel is not benefited by inclusion in county Water District number\ntwo.\n Following removal of parcels of county Water District number two, such\nparcels shall no longer remain subject to assessment for the payment of\nprincipal and interest on indebtedness previously issued to finance\nimprovements for the district.\n (b) Dissolution. The county legislature may dissolve and discontinue\ncounty Water District number two upon its own motion and without\npetition, following a public hearing and a factual determination by the\ncounty legislature that alternative water service is or shall be\nprovided to said district by a city, one or more towns through districts\nor improvement areas, a joint water works, a village, or a combination\nthereof. The county legislature shall delay the effective date of\ndissolution of county Water District number two until the p
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