N.Y. General Municipal Law § 120-e: By whom proposed district represented

§ 120-e. By whom proposed district represented. Until a sewer district

of a town is organized as provided by the town law, the supervisor, or a

member of the town board appointed by the supervisor, of the town in

which the proposed sewer district is located, may act for and on behalf

of the people of the territory proposed to be embraced in a sewer

district, when requested so to do by a petition in writing signed by not

less than five per centum of the voters of such proposed district, at

such joint meeting of municipalities and districts; provided, however,

that except as otherwise provided by the local finance law, neither the

town nor any property within the town, except such property as may be

within such proposed district, shall be chargeable with any debt or

expenses created by such municipalities or districts acting jointly.