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N.Y. General City Law § 56-a: Use by the state, individuals and corporations outside corporate limits

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  1. General City Law
  2. Article 4. Plumbing and Drainage

§ 56-a. Use by the state, individuals and corporations outside

corporate limits. 1. Any city having a population of fifty thousand or

less may sell to a public or private corporation, or to an individual,

the right to make connection with its sewer system for the purpose of

discharging sewage therein from outside the city limits, and fix the

term, consideration and conditions therefor. The board shall not sell

nor permit the use of its sewer system under this section if thereby

such sewer system will be rendered inadequate for the city or its

inhabitants. The term "public corporation" shall mean a public

corporation as defined in section three of the general corporation law.

2. Any city having a population of fifty thousand or less may contract

with the state of New York or with the state authority having control

and supervision of any state institution, and the state of New York or

the state authority having control and supervision of any state

institution may contract with the board of sewer commissioners of any

such city, to provide sewerage and sewage disposal facilities for the

conveyance, treatment and disposal of the sewage of such state or state

institution either within or without the corporate limit of said city on

such conditions and conveying such powers to the state or such state

authority and for such consideration and such period of time as said

sewer commissioners and the state of New York or such state authority

may agree.

3. Any city having a population of fifty thousand or less may contract

with the United States of America or with the federal agency,

administration or authority having control and supervision of any

federal institution or installation to provide sewerage and sewage

disposal facilities for the conveyance, treatment and disposal of the

sewage of such federal institution or installation either within or

without the corporate limits of the city on such conditions, for such

consideration and for such period of time as said sewer commissioners

and the United States of America or such federal agency, administration

or authority may agree.

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