N.Y. Environmental Conservation Law § 15-2505: Powers of the department

§ 15-2505. Powers of the department.

Nothing in title 25 of this article shall be held to curtail the

powers of the department as to river or drainage work within a river

regulating district prior to the time that such district is charged with

the powers and duties above set forth as to river or drainage work or

both, nor in any event shall the powers of the department under sections

15-1945 and 15-1957 be curtailed or changed. Should the department at

any time form or have formed a river or drainage improvement district in

a basin now or subsequently formed into a river regulating district,

which district is later given the extended powers herein provided, such

river or drainage improvement district shall become a sub-district

administered by the board. In such cases, all outstanding indebtedness

and financial liabilities of the district shall remain undisturbed and

not in anywise altered by the transfer and shall be met by the board.