N.Y. General Municipal Law § 112: Acquisition of a common supply

§ 112. Acquisition of a common supply. A common supply of water may

be acquired and developed (including acquisition or construction of all

facilities necessary for distribution of water in bulk) by all of the

contracting municipalities acting jointly or by the individual action of

one of the contracting municipalities, acting for all of the contracting

municipalities, as such municipalities may provide in the contract, or,

pursuant to contract therewith, by a public authority which possesses

express reciprocal powers of contract. Regardless of the method agreed

upon, title to all real or personal property acquired or constructed

shall be held jointly in the names of all of the contracting

municipalities subject to such provisions for disposition as the

contract between such municipalities may contain.

Rider I. Such water authority shall be deemed the agent of the county

or counties which are a party or parties to such contract. If such

contract shall authorize the water authority to purchase supplies or

equipment or to construct public works, such authority shall be subject

to all provisions of law to which a county would be subject in relation

to advertising and awarding any such contracts for supplies, equipment

or public works.