§ 280-M — Performance of the work

New York § 280-M

• Jurisdiction: New York
• Law CNT: County
• Art. 5-B: County Hurricane Protection, Flood and Shoreline Erosion Control Districts

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§ 280-m. Performance of the work. After a district shall have been\nestablished, the administrative head or body shall cause to be prepared\nby the county engineer, or other county officer having equivalent\nqualifications, or a duly licensed engineer employed for that purpose,\ndetailed plans and specifications for the improvement, a careful\nestimate of the expense, and, with the assistance of the county\nattorney, or an attorney employed for that purpose, a proposed contract\nor contracts for the execution of the work. The administrative head or\nbody shall examine such detailed plans, specifications, estimates and\ncontracts and may adopt, modify, amend or reject the same. Upon adoption\nof the plans, specifications, estimates and proposed contract, the\nadministrative head or body shall cause contracts to be let in the same\nmanner provided for other county construction projects. Nothing herein\nshall prevent the purchase or condemnation of any existing county\nsystem, or portion or portions thereof, whether inside or outside of the\ncounty, necessary for the purposes of the county district, provided,\nhowever, that there shall be no power to condemn property the legal\ntitle to which is vested in a public corporation or a special\nimprovement district unless the owner shall consent thereto. The cost\nthereof, together with the cost of construction of those facilities\nproposed to be constructed, shall not exceed the maximum cost of the\nproject as advertised in the notice of hearing published pursuant to\nsection two hundred eighty-e of this article. In the event that a\nsystem owned by a municipal corporation or existing district is\npurchased, the county may by agreement with the seller, assume the\npayment of annual installments of principal of, and interest on,\nobligations issued by the selling municipality to finance the cost of\nthe facilities so sold. If payment of annual installments of debt\nservice is not assumed, as aforesaid, the selling municipality shall set\naside in a reserve fund, so much of the purchase price received as is\nsufficient to meet all future installments of principal of, and interest\non, outstanding obligations issued by it to finance the cost of the\nfacilities sold. Moneys in such a reserve fund may be invested as\nprovided in section eleven of the general municipal law.\n