N.Y. General Municipal Law § 980-i: Amendments to the district plan

§ 980-i. Amendments to the district plan. (a) At any time after the

establishment or extension of a district pursuant to the provisions of

this article, the district plan upon which the establishment or

extension was based, may, upon the recommendation of the district

management association, be amended by the legislative body after

compliance with the procedures set forth in this section.

(b) Amendments to the district plan which provide for additional

improvements or services or any change in the method of assessment upon

which the district charge is based, or an increase only in the amount to

be expended annually for improvements, services, maintenance and

operation may be adopted by local law of the legislative body, provided

that the legislative body shall, after a public hearing, determine that

it is in the public interest to authorize the additional improvements,

services or increase in the maximum annual amount and that the tax and

debt limits prescribed in section nine hundred eighty-k of this article

will not be exceeded. The legislative body shall give notice of the

hearing by publication of a notice in at least one newspaper having

general circulation in the district specifying the time when and the

place where the hearing will be held and stating the increase proposed

in the maximum amount to be expended annually. The notice shall be

published once at least ten days prior to the date specified for the

hearing.

(c) Amendments to the district plan which provide for the district to

incur indebtedness in order to provide for additional improvements or

which provide for an increase in the total maximum amount to be expended

for improvements in the district, may be adopted by local law of the

legislative body, provided that the legislative body shall, after a

public hearing, determine that it is in the public interest to authorize

the district to incur indebtedness to provide for additional

improvements or to increase the maximum total amount to be expended for

improvements in the district and that the tax and debt limits prescribed

in section nine hundred eighty-k of this article will not be exceeded.

Notice of the hearing shall be published and mailed in the manner

provided in section nine hundred eighty-e of this article. The local law

adopted pursuant to this subdivision shall not be effective until

reviewed by the state comptroller in accordance with section nine

hundred eighty-g of this article.