N.Y. General Municipal Law § 120-t: Town and village may establish a joint water district

§ 120-t. Town and village may establish a joint water district. The

board of trustees of an incorporated village and the town board of a

town may, notwithstanding the provisions of any law, general or special,

upon the adoption of propositions therefor duly submitted in such

village and town, establish a joint water district for such village and

town. Within thirty days after the adoption of such propositions, the

board of trustees of the village and the town board of the town shall,

acting jointly, by a majority vote of each board, adopt a resolution

formally establishing the district. The town clerk shall, within ten

days after the adoption of a resolution formally establishing the

district, cause a certified copy of such resolution to be filed in the

state department of audit and control at Albany, New York. Upon the

establishment of a joint water supply district, it shall be lawful for

the town and village boards to enter into a contract on behalf of such

joint district with any water company, or other party or person, to

supply water for such town and village, for fire, sanitary or other

purposes. Any water company authorized to supply water to such town or

village may enter into such contract and lay its conduits, mains and

distributing lines, and set hydrants as in the contract provided. Such

water company may supply water to any person or corporation residing in

such village and town. The expense of operation of such joint water

district shall be apportioned by the town and village boards in joint

session between the village and the town, based on the assessed

valuation of the real property within said village and town according to

the last preceding assessment roll. The portion thereof to be borne by

the village shall be a village charge and the portion to be borne by the

town shall be a town charge. The portion to be borne by the village

shall be levied and collected by the board of trustees in the same

manner as other village taxes are levied and collected and the portion

to be borne by the town shall be levied and collected by the town board

of the town in the same manner as other town taxes are levied and

collected. Such money when levied and collected shall be kept in

separate funds to be audited and paid by the trustees of the village and

the town board of the town pursuant to the provisions of the contract

therefor.