§ 198-a. Special districts for disposal of duck waste in Suffolk\ncounty. 1. The town board of any town in Suffolk county is hereby\nauthorized to create a special waste disposal district, or more than one\nsuch district, in said town, outside of any incorporated village or\ncity, the area of which said special waste disposal district shall be\nless than the territorial limits of said town, for the purpose of\nconstructing, maintaining and operating within said special waste\ndisposal district a treatment and disposal plant and other facilities,\nincluding the acquisition of necessary land and rights in land, to\nprovide for the collection, treatment and disposition, or either, of\nduck waste. Such special waste disposal district shall be created or\nextended in the manner provided by and pursuant to the provisions of\nthis article relating to the creating or extension of sewer districts\nand shall embrace only duck farms as hereinafter defined in this\nsection. The territory embraced within any such special duck waste\ndisposal district may be composed of non-contiguous areas or properties.\nWhen so created, it shall be deemed to be an improvement district\ncreated pursuant to the provisions of this article, and shall be subject\nto the procedural requirements therein set forth.\n 2. After a special waste disposal district shall have been\nestablished, the town board, as the governing agency thereof, may\nprovide for the collection, treatment and disposition, or either, of\nduck waste in such district, and for that purpose, may construct, equip,\noperate and maintain a collection system or a treatment and disposal\nplant, or both, and pipes and sewer lines and connections thereto,\nacquire the necessary land and rights in lands therefor, and purchase,\noperate and maintain all necessary appliances appurtenant thereto,\nincluding such vehicles as may be required in connection with the\ncollection, treatment and disposition thereof. The cost of such\nconstruction and equipment and the acquisition of such land and rights\nin land shall be at a cost not to exceed the maximum amount proposed to\nbe expended as stated in the petition. Whenever the town board may\ndetermine it advantageous to do so, it may (a) employ a sufficient\nnumber of persons and provide the necessary equipment to operate and\nmaintain said collection system or said treatment and disposal plant, or\nboth, at the expense of said district, and (b) establish from time to\ntime, charges, fees or rates to be paid by users for such operation and\nmaintenance and may provide for the payment of said charges in advance.\nSuch charges, fees or rates may be based upon the volume of duck waste\ntreated, or upon any other equitable basis as the town board may\ndetermine. Such charges shall be a lien upon the real property for which\nor in connection with which the services are rendered. The town board\nmay provide by ordinance, rule or regulation for the time within which\nrates, charges or fees for such operation and maintenance shall be paid,\nand may provide a penalty not exceeding ten per centum of the amount\ndue, when such rates, charges or fees are in arrears for thirty days, or\nlonger. The town clerk shall annually file with the town board\nstatements showing unpaid rates, charges or fees in such districts.\nSuch statements shall contain a brief description of the property for\nwhich or in connection with which such operation and maintenance was\nprovided, the names of the persons or corporations liable to pay the\nsame and the amount chargeable to each. The supervisor shall transmit\nsuch statements to the board of supervisors, which shall levy such sums\nagainst the property liable and shall state the amount of the tax in a\nseparate column in the annual tax rolls of such town under the name of\n"duck waste charges". Such tax shall be paid to the supervisor of such\ntown. All the provisions of the existing laws of the state of New York\ncovering the enforcemen
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