§ 1198-d. Water authority of Western Nassau county. 1. A corporation\nknown as "water authority of Western Nassau county" is hereby created\nfor the purposes and charged with the duties and having the powers\nprovided in this title. The authority shall be a corporate governmental\nagency constituting a public benefit corporation and shall be a "public\ndistrict" for the purposes of section eighty-nine-l of the public\nservice law. The authority shall be governed by a board of directors\nconsisting of nine members, two of whom shall be appointed by the town\nboard of the town of Hempstead and one of whom shall be appointed by the\ntown board of the town of North Hempstead in the same manner as officers\nand employees are appointed pursuant to paragraph a of subdivision one\nof section twenty of the town law. The village boards of the villages of\nBellrose, Floral Park, Garden City, New Hyde Park, South Floral Park and\nStewart Manor shall each appoint one member in the same manner as\nofficers are appointed pursuant to subdivision three of section 3-301 of\nthe village law. Each member shall serve for a period of two years.\nMembers shall receive no compensation for their services but shall be\nentitled to reimbursement of their necessary expenses, including\ntraveling expenses, incurred in the discharge of their duties. Nothing\nherein shall be construed as preventing a chief executive officer of a\ntown from being appointed as a member of the board of directors.\n 2. 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 appointed as a member of the board of directors, acceptance or\nretention of such appointment shall not be deemed a forfeiture of his or\nher municipal office or employment, or incompatible therewith or affect\nhis or her tenure or compensation in any way.\n 3. No action shall be taken by the authority except pursuant to the\nfavorable vote of not less than fifty-one percent of the total\nauthorized voting strength of the board of directors. The total\nauthorized voting strength of the board of directors shall be equal to\n100.0.\n (a) The number of weighted votes possessed by each member of the board\nof directors shall be determined in accordance with paragraphs (c), (d)\nand (e) of this subdivision.\n (b) No action shall be taken by the authority except pursuant to the\nfavorable vote of at least: (i) fifty-one percent of the total\nauthorized voting strength of the board of directors; and (ii) five\nmembers of the board of directors.\n (c) The vote of each member shall be equal to one hundred multiplied\nby a fraction, the numerator of which shall be equal to the number of\ncustomers to whom water is supplied by the authority or any other public\nwater supplier in the municipality from which such member was appointed\nand the denominator of which shall be equal to the number of customers\nto whom water is supplied by the authority or any other public water\nsupplier in all of the municipalities within the district. Provided,\nhowever, in the case of the two members appointed by the town board of\nthe town of Hempstead, the vote of each member shall be equal to fifty\nmultiplied by such fraction.\n (d) Based upon the water supplied to the municipalities within the\ndistrict in the year nineteen hundred ninety-two, the voting shall be\nweighted as follows:\nMEMBER APPOINTED BY THE TOWN OR AUTHORIZED NUMBER OF\n VILLAGE BOARD OF THE: VOTES:\n Town of Hempstead (1 member) 26.6\n Town of Hempstead (1 member) 26.6\n Village of Floral Park 14.6\n Village of New Hyde Park 10.5\n Town of North Hempstead 15.1\n Village of Stewart Manor 2.4\n Village of Bellrose
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