§ 120 — Contracts for purification of water and sewerage

New York § 120

• Jurisdiction: New York
• Law GMU: General Municipal
• Art. 6: Public Health and Safety

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§ 120. Contracts for purification of water and sewerage. The local\nauthorities of the several counties, cities, towns and villages of the\nstate having charge of the supply of water and the care of sewerage in\ntheir respective localities, are hereby authorized, on behalf of their\ncounties, cities, towns and villages, respectively, to enter into\ncontracts with the owners of any process or apparatus for the\npurification of water and sewerage whether protected by patents or not,\nand either contract for the use of apparatus and process for a term of\nyears or for the purchase of the same, as to them shall seem advisable.\nIt shall be lawful for any two or more of such municipalities in this\nstate, without regard to the form of their incorporation, including\ntowns or sewer districts of towns, to jointly construct, provide,\nmaintain and operate a comprehensive system of sewerage including trunk\nlines and laterals, or a system of conveying or conducting sewerage from\nsaid municipalities from a point or points to be agreed upon to a common\ndestination or disposal plant or plants, and to construct, maintain and\noperate within or without the said municipalities or any of them one or\nmore outlet or trunk sewers, plants, works or stations for the\ntreatment, disposal, or rendering of sewerage, or any such municipality\nor any such municipalities may jointly or severally contract for the\nconstruction for it or them of any such system, extension or part\nthereof, including any such sewers, plants, works or stations, and agree\nto pay annually, semi-annually or quarterly for the use or possession\nthereof, by way of permanent rental reserved therefor; or such lawful\nauthorities of the respective municipalities may jointly or severally\ncontract with any person, persons or corporation or with other\nmunicipalities or sewage districts for the removal of sewage within the\nboundaries of such local government, upon such reasonable terms as they\nmay agree upon. And to that end the governing bodies or boards of any\ntwo or more municipalities, including sewer districts of a town,\nauthorized by law to have charge of sewer systems established or to be\nestablished in said municipalities, or sewer districts of a town,\nrespectively, may unite and jointly cause to be made at their joint\nexpense (each district bearing a part of the expense in proportion to\nthe assessed valuation of real estate in such district, or on such other\nbasis or division as may be jointly agreed upon) by competent engineers,\nmechanics and others, surveys, maps, plans, reports and estimates of\nproposed works and improvements relating to such contemplated public\nimprovement or works authorized by this act, which such municipalities\nmay desire to jointly provide, maintain, operate or lease under the\nauthority conferred by this act, and for such purpose they may determine\nupon the final route and plan for the building or construction of such\nsewerage system and for the making of such surveys, maps, plans, reports\nand estimates as provided in this section. It shall be lawful for the\nofficers and agents of such municipalities to enter at all times upon\nany lands or waters for the purpose of exploring, surveying, and laying\nout the route of such sewerage system.\n