N.Y. Public Authorities Law § 1079: Survey of water resources

§ 1079. Survey of water resources. The board of supervisors of Suffolk

county may, by resolution, appropriate a sum of money to defray the

preliminary expenses of such authority so created and may thereafter

appropriate such sums as may be required, for the purpose of making a

survey of the water resources of the said county, and the preparation of

a map or plan for the development thereof. The authority shall, as soon

as possible, make a survey of the water resources of the county, and

prepare a map and plan for the development of the same showing in detail

the proposed sources of water to be developed, and the municipalities

and areas which may be served thereby. Application for approval of the

project shall then be made to the water power and control commission as

provided by article eleven of the conservation law. If so approved, the

authority shall enter into such contracts or agreements as may be

necessary to carry out the plan of such development. The authority may,

however, acquire by purchase or condemnation any existing water supply

and distribution system without making such survey and except as to

properties to be acquired under condemnation proceedings instituted

prior to February first, nineteen hundred fifty-two after first

obtaining the approval of the board of supervisors of the county,

provided, however, that the authority shall not acquire any existing

water supply and distribution system owned by a municipality unless the

governing board thereof shall adopt a resolution requesting the

authority to make such acquisition.