§ 202. Expenses of improvement; how raised. 1. The expense of any\npublic improvement made under authority of this article shall include\nthe amount of all contracts, the costs of all lands and interests\ntherein necessarily acquired including the total payments of principal\nremaining on obligations assumed pursuant to paragraph (b) of\nsubdivision twelve of section one hundred ninety-eight, the costs of\nerection of necessary buildings for operation or administration of the\nimprovement, printing, publishing, interest on loans, legal and\nengineering services and all other expenses incurred or occasioned by\nreason of the improvement or project. The town board, upon the\nsubmission of a verified statement of the cost of preparation of the map\nand plan accompanying a petition for the establishment of a sewer,\nwastewater disposal, drainage, water or water quality treatment\ndistrict, and upon the submission of a verified statement of the cost to\npetitioners for legal services rendered in a proceeding for\nestablishment or extension of any improvement district, may refund to\nthe petitioners the reasonable cost thereof and include the amount or\namounts refunded as a part of the cost of the improvement. In addition,\nthe town board may apportion against and charge to the cost of making\nany improvement an allowance for any services rendered by the town\nattorney, town engineer or any salaried town employee, when such\nservices have been necessary to or occasioned by reason of the making of\nthe particular improvement.\n 2. The expense of the establishment of a sewer, sewage disposal,\nwastewater disposal, drainage or water quality treatment district and of\nconstructing a trunk sewer or drainage system therein and of\nconstructing lateral sewers, drains and water mains pursuant to\nparagraph (a) of subdivision one of section one hundred ninety-nine, and\nof constructing street improvements pursuant to section two hundred\nshall be borne by local assessment upon the several lots and parcels of\nlands which the town board shall determine and specify to be especially\nbenefited by the improvement, and the town board shall apportion and\nassess upon and collect from the several lots and parcels of land so\ndeemed benefited, so much upon and from each as shall be in just\nproportion to the amount of benefit which the improvement shall confer\nupon the same.\n 3. The expense of the establishment of a park, public parking, water,\nlighting, snow removal, water supply, water, water storage and\ndistribution, sidewalk, refuse and garbage, aquatic growth control\ndistrict, ambulance district, harbor improvement district, watershed\nprotection improvement district, public dock district, fallout shelter\ndistrict, or beach erosion control district, and providing improvements\nor services, or both, therefor, and of constructing lateral water mains\npursuant to paragraph (b) of subdivision one of section one hundred\nninety-nine, shall be assessed, levied and collected from the several\nlots and parcels of land within the district for each purpose in the\nsame manner and at the same time as other town charges, except as\notherwise provided by law. In the event that any order adopted pursuant\nto section two hundred nine-d of this chapter for the establishment of a\nwater district, sidewalk district, a public parking district, a refuse\nand garbage district, an aquatic growth control district, lighting\ndistrict, watershed protection improvement district, or beach erosion\nand control district or that any petition for the establishment of a\nwater district, sidewalk district, a public parking district, a refuse\nand garbage district, an aquatic growth control district, lighting\ndistrict, or beach erosion control district, shall contain a statement\nthat the cost of constructing the water system, sidewalks, lighting\nsystem, or acquiring and improving lands for public parking or for\nrefuse and garbage purposes or for beach erosion cont
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