* § 1114-d. South Nassau water authority. 1. A corporation known as\n"South Nassau water authority" is hereby created for the purposes and\ncharged with the duties and having the powers provided in this title.\nThe authority shall be a corporate governmental agency constituting a\npublic benefit corporation and shall be a "public district" for the\npurposes of section eighty-nine of the public service law. The authority\nshall be governed by a board of directors consisting of five members.\nThe governing board of the town of Hempstead shall appoint three\nmembers, and the Nassau county legislature shall appoint two members who\nare residents serviced by the water authority of South Nassau. Each\nmember shall serve for a period of two years. Each chief executive\nofficer shall file with the secretary of state a certificate of\nappointment or reappointment of any member appointed or reappointed by\nsuch chief executive officer within thirty days of the appointment or\nreappointment. Members shall receive no compensation for their services\nbut shall be entitled to reimbursement of their necessary expenses,\nincluding traveling expenses, incurred in the discharge of their duties.\nNothing in this section shall be construed as preventing a chief\nexecutive officer of a municipality from appointing himself or herself\nto be a member of the board of directors.\n 2. If the authority decides to enter into a contract to purchase or\notherwise acquire an interest in the New York American water service\ncorporation or to initiate a condemnation proceeding pursuant to the\neminent domain procedure law for the area it services within the South\nNassau water authority district, prior to entering into any contract to\npurchase or otherwise acquire an interest in the New York American water\nservice corporation or the initiation of any condemnation proceeding by\nthe authority pursuant to the eminent domain procedure law for the area\nit services within the South Nassau water authority district, the\nauthority shall provide ratepayers within the area serviced by the New\nYork American water service corporation and the public with public\nforums for the expression and discussion of views regarding such\npurchase, acquisition or condemnation of the New York American water\nservice corporation. The authority shall hold at least one forum in the\ntown of Hempstead.\n 3. If the authority decides to enter into a contract to purchase or\notherwise acquire an interest in the New York American water service\ncorporation or to initiate a condemnation proceeding pursuant to the\neminent domain procedure law for the area it services within the South\nNassau water authority district, the authority is authorized to provide\nregistered voters within the area serviced by the New York American\nwater service corporation within the South Nassau water authority\ndistrict prior to entering into such contract to purchase or otherwise\nacquire an interest in the New York American water service corporation\nor the initiation of any condemnation proceeding by the authority\npursuant to the eminent domain procedure law for the area the New York\nAmerican water service corporation services within the South Nassau\nwater authority district, with a nonbinding referendum, regarding\nwhether the authority should enter into a contract to purchase or\notherwise acquire an interest in the New York American water service\ncorporation or initiate condemnation proceedings pursuant to the eminent\ndomain procedure law for the area it services within the South Nassau\nwater authority district. The proposition shall be placed on the ballot\nand voted upon at a special election on a date to be determined by the\nNassau county board of elections.\n 4. Any one or more of the members of the board of directors may be an\nofficial or an employee of a municipality situated within the district.\nIn the event that an official or an employee of such municipality shall\nbe elected as a me
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