§ 269. Increase of maximum amount to be expended. At any time after\nthe establishment of a district pursuant to this article, the maximum\namount authorized to be expended for the original improvement or for the\noriginal improvement, the plans for which have been amended or modified\npursuant to section two hundred fifty-three-a of this article, in such\ndistrict may be increased by a resolution of the board of supervisors on\nits own motion or provided a petition requesting such increase executed\nand acknowledged in accordance with section two hundred fifty-three of\nthis article is presented to the board of supervisors, and provided the\nboard of supervisors shall, after a public hearing called and held in\nthe manner prescribed by section two hundred fifty-four of this article,\nde
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§ 269. Increase of maximum amount to be expended. At any time after\nthe establishment of a district pursuant to this article, the maximum\namount authorized to be expended for the original improvement or for the\noriginal improvement, the plans for which have been amended or modified\npursuant to section two hundred fifty-three-a of this article, in such\ndistrict may be increased by a resolution of the board of supervisors on\nits own motion or provided a petition requesting such increase executed\nand acknowledged in accordance with section two hundred fifty-three of\nthis article is presented to the board of supervisors, and provided the\nboard of supervisors shall, after a public hearing called and held in\nthe manner prescribed by section two hundred fifty-four of this article,\ndetermine that it is in the public interest to authorize the increase of\nsuch maximum amount and provided that whenever it is proposed or\nrequired that the county in which such district is located shall finance\nthe cost thereof by the issuance of the bonds, notes, certificates or\nother indebtedness of the county therefor, or shall assume the payment\nof annual installments of debt service on obligations issued to finance\nthe cost of facilities, pursuant to section two hundred sixty-two of\nthis article, and the cost to the typical property or, if different, the\ncost to the typical one or two family home is above the average\nestimated cost to the typical properties or homes for the establishment\nof similar types of districts as may be annually computed by the state\ncomptroller, the comptroller of the state of New York shall have made,\nprior to such public hearing, an order approving the increase of such\nmaximum amount as stated in the motion or petition. The order of the\ncomptroller shall be prepared in duplicate and one copy thereof filed in\nthe office of the department of audit and control and the other copy in\nthe office of the clerk of the board of supervisors of the county in\nwhich the district is located.\n If zones of assessment have been established, such resolution of the\nboard of supervisors shall provide for the allocation of such increase\nas between such zones of assessment, and the notice of such public\nhearing shall state such allocation.\n The resolution of the board of supervisors shall be subject to a\npermissive referendum in the same manner and extent as provided for in\nsection two hundred fifty-six of this article.\n