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    S. 4439                                                  A. 6316

                       2015-2016 Regular Sessions

                      S E N A T E - A S S E M B L Y

                             March 20, 2015
                               ___________

IN SENATE -- Introduced by Sen. LAVALLE -- read twice and ordered print-
  ed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Local Govern-
  ment

IN  ASSEMBLY  -- Introduced by M. of A. THIELE -- read once and referred
  to the Committee on Local Governments

AN ACT to amend the town law, in relation to the  establishment,  exten-
  sion, powers and expenses of tick control districts

  THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section 1. Section 190 of the town law, as amended by chapter  378  of
the laws of 2012, is amended to read as follows:
  S  190.  Establishment  or  extension of improvement districts. Upon a
petition as hereinafter provided, the town board of any town may  estab-
lish  or  extend  in  said  town a sewer, drainage, water, water quality
treatment, park, public parking, lighting, snow removal,  water  supply,
sidewalk,  a  fallout  shelter  district or refuse and garbage district,
aquatic plant growth control  district,  ambulance  district,  watershed
protection  improvement district, TICK CONTROL DISTRICT, and in any town
bordering upon or containing within its boundaries any navigable  waters
of this state, a harbor improvement district, a public dock district, or
beach erosion control district, and provide improvements or services, or
both,  in  any such district, wholly at the expense of the district; but
no water supply district shall be established  or  extended  to  include
lands  situate  within  the  boundaries  of  a  water  district. No such
district shall be established or extended in a city or  in  an  incorpo-
rated village provided, however, that such a district may be established
or  extended  wholly or partly within an incorporated village on consent
of the village expressed  in  a  local  law,  ordinance  or  resolution,
subject  to  a  referendum  on petition under section twenty-four of the
municipal home rule law or a permissive referendum under article nine of
the village law, as the case may be, and except, in the case of a  water
quality treatment district, on consent of a village expressed in a local

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                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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law  or  by  resolution  of the board of trustees and not subject to any
referendum.
  S  2.  Paragraph a of subdivision 1 of section 193 of the town law, as
amended by chapter 378 of the laws  of  2012,  is  amended  to  read  as
follows:
  a.  Whenever  a petition shall be presented to the town board pursuant
to this article, for the establishment or extension of a sewer, wastewa-
ter disposal, drainage, water, water  quality  treatment,  park,  public
parking,  lighting,  snow  removal,  water  supply, sidewalk, refuse and
garbage, aquatic plant  growth  control  district,  ambulance  district,
harbor improvement district, public dock district, beach erosion control
district,   watershed  protection  improvement  district,  TICK  CONTROL
DISTRICT, or a fallout shelter district, the board shall adopt an  order
and enter the same in the minutes of its proceedings, reciting in gener-
al  terms  the  filing  of such petition, the boundaries of the proposed
district, the improvements proposed, the maximum amount proposed  to  be
expended  for  the  improvement as stated in the petition or the maximum
amount to be expended for the performance or supplying of services if  a
maximum  amount is stated in the petition, the estimated cost of hook-up
fees, if any, to, and the cost of the  district  or  extension  to,  the
typical  property and, if different, the typical one or two family home,
and specifying the time when and place where said  board  will  meet  to
consider  the petition and to hear all persons interested in the subject
thereof, concerning the same. The board  shall  cause  a  copy  of  such
order, certified by the town clerk, to be published at least once in the
official  paper,  the  first publication thereof to be not less than ten
nor more than twenty days before the day set therein for the hearing  as
aforesaid, and shall also cause a copy thereof to be posted on the sign-
board  of  the  town  maintained  pursuant to subdivision six of section
thirty of this chapter, not less than ten  nor  more  than  twenty  days
before  the  day  designated  for the hearing as aforesaid. In the event
that the town maintains a website, such information may also be provided
on the website. Prior to the publication of a copy  of  the  order,  the
board  shall  cause  to be prepared, and file for public inspection with
the town clerk, a detailed explanation of  how  the  estimated  cost  of
hook-up  fees, if any, to, and the cost of the district or extension to,
the typical property and, if different, the typical one  or  two  family
home was computed.
  S  3.  Section 198 of the town law is amended by adding a new subdivi-
sion 10-h to read as follows:
  10-H. TICK CONTROL DISTRICT. AFTER A TICK CONTROL  DISTRICT  HAS  BEEN
ESTABLISHED,  THE  TOWN BOARD MAY TAKE SUCH ACTION AS MAY BE REQUIRED TO
ADOPT PLANS AND SPECIFICATIONS AND ENTER INTO A CONTRACT  OR  CONTRACTS,
OR  TAKE  SUCH OTHER ACTIONS AS MAY BE REQUIRED, AND SHALL BE AUTHORIZED
TO USE EVERY MEANS FEASIBLE AND PRACTICAL TO  CONDUCT  SURVEILLANCE  AND
INVESTIGATIONS  RELATED  TO  TICK POPULATIONS AND PRESENCE OF TICK-BORNE
DISEASES AND TO SUPPRESS  TICKS  WHICH  ARE  VECTORS  OF  HUMAN  DISEASE
REQUIRING PUBLIC ACTION FOR THEIR CONTROL. IN CARRYING OUT ITS RESPONSI-
BILITY  HEREUNDER,  THE TOWN SHALL HAVE THE POWER AND AUTHORITY TO ENTER
WITHOUT HINDRANCE UPON ANY OR ALL LANDS WITHIN THE TOWN FOR THE  PURPOSE
OF PERFORMING ALL ACTS WHICH, IN ITS OPINION AND JUDGMENT, MAY BE NECES-
SARY AND PROPER FOR THE CONTROL OF TICKS, BUT SUCH MEASURES SHALL NOT BE
INJURIOUS TO WILDLIFE, HUMAN HEALTH, OR THE ENVIRONMENT.
  S 4. Subdivision 3 of section 202 of the town law, as amended by chap-
ter 378 of the laws of 2012, is amended to read as follows:

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  3.  The expense of the establishment of a park, public parking, water,
lighting, snow removal, water supply, water, water storage and  distrib-
ution,  sidewalk,  refuse  and  garbage,  aquatic  plant  growth control
district, ambulance district,  harbor  improvement  district,  watershed
protection  improvement  district,  TICK  CONTROL  DISTRICT, public dock
district, fallout shelter district, or beach erosion  control  district,
and  providing  improvements  or  services,  or  both,  therefor, and of
constructing lateral water mains pursuant to paragraph (b)  of  subdivi-
sion  one  of  section one hundred ninety-nine OF THIS ARTICLE, shall be
assessed, levied and collected from the several lots and parcels of land
within the district for each purpose in the same manner and at the  same
time  as other town charges, except as otherwise provided by law. In the
event that any order adopted pursuant to section two hundred  nine-d  of
this  chapter  for  the  establishment  of  a  water  district, sidewalk
district, a public parking district, a refuse and garbage  district,  an
aquatic  plant  growth  control  district,  lighting district, watershed
protection improvement district, TICK CONTROL DISTRICT, or beach erosion
and control district or that any petition for  the  establishment  of  a
water  district,  sidewalk district, a public parking district, a refuse
and garbage district, an aquatic plant growth control district, lighting
district, or beach erosion control district, shall contain  a  statement
that  the  cost  of  constructing  the water system, sidewalks, lighting
system, or acquiring and improving  lands  for  public  parking  or  for
refuse  and  garbage  purposes  or  for  beach  erosion  control, or for
watershed protection improvement district or for  aquatic  plant  growth
control,  shall be assessed by the town board in proportion as nearly as
may be to the benefit which each lot or parcel  will  derive  therefrom,
the amount to be raised for the payment of the principal and interest of
the  bonds  issued  for the construction of the water system, sidewalks,
lighting system, or acquiring and improving lands for public parking  or
for  refuse  and  garbage  purposes or for beach erosion control, or for
aquatic plant growth control, or for  watershed  protection  improvement
district  pursuant  to  such petition or order, shall be assessed on the
lands within such district in the same manner as provided in the case of
trunk sewers. The expense of constructing lateral water  mains  pursuant
to  paragraph  (c) of subdivision one of section one hundred ninety-nine
OF THIS ARTICLE shall be assessed, levied and collected from the several
lots and parcels of land within the district in proportion to  the  area
of such lot or parcel of land to the total area of the district.
  S  5.  Subdivision  2  of section 202-b of the town law, as amended by
chapter 378 of the laws of 2012, is amended to read as follows:
  2. The town board may, on behalf of a park, public parking, ambulance,
lighting, snow removal,  refuse  and  garbage,  public  dock,  watershed
protection improvement district, TICK CONTROL DISTRICT, or beach erosion
control  district,  and  within  the  limitations of section one hundred
ninety-eight of this chapter, acquire additional apparatus and equipment
and replace obsolete, inadequate, damaged, destroyed or worn-out appara-
tus and equipment,  and  it  may  construct  additional  facilities  and
appurtenances  thereto  or  reconstruct or replace obsolete, inadequate,
damaged, destroyed or worn-out  facilities  and  appurtenances  thereto.
Such  expenditure shall be authorized in the manner provided in subdivi-
sion one of this section, except that the map and plan described by said
subdivision one shall not be required. However, nothing herein contained
shall be construed to limit  or  supersede  the  provisions  of  section
seventy-two hundred three of the education law.

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  S  6.  Subdivision  1  of section 209-a of the town law, as amended by
chapter 378 of the laws of 2012, is amended to read as follows:
  1.  the term "improvement district" shall include only a sewer, waste-
water disposal, drainage, water, park, public  parking,  lighting,  snow
removal,  water  supply,  sidewalk,  refuse  and  garbage, aquatic plant
growth control,  or  watershed  protection  improvement  district,  TICK
CONTROL  DISTRICT,  or  ambulance district in any town, and, in any town
bordering upon or containing within its boundaries any  navigable  water
of this state a public dock or beach erosion control district;
  S  7.  Subdivision  1  of section 209-d of the town law, as amended by
chapter 378 of the laws of 2012, is amended to read as follows:
  1. Subsequent to the date of the filing of the map, plans  and  report
in  the  office  of  the  town  clerk as required in section two hundred
nine-c of this article the town board may adopt an order and  enter  the
same  in  the  minutes  of its proceedings reciting a description of the
boundaries of the proposed district or extension in a manner  sufficient
to  identify  the lands included therein as in a deed of conveyance, the
improvements proposed, the maximum amount proposed to  be  expended  for
the improvement, the estimated cost of hook-up fees, if any, to, and the
cost  of  the  district  or  extension  to, the typical property and, if
different, the typical one or two family home, the  proposed  method  of
financing  to be employed, the fact that a map, plan and report describ-
ing the same  are  on  file  in  the  town  clerk's  office  for  public
inspection  and  specifying the time when and the place where said board
will meet and hold a public hearing to hear all  persons  interested  in
the  subject  thereof, concerning the same.  If such order proposes only
the performance or supplying of certain services, it may state the maxi-
mum amount to be expended annually for such services.  The  board  shall
cause a copy of such order to be published at least once in the official
paper,  the  first  publication thereof to be not less than ten nor more
than twenty days before the day set therein for the  hearing  as  afore-
said, and shall also cause a copy thereof to be posted on the sign-board
of  the town maintained pursuant to subdivision six of section thirty of
this chapter, not less than ten nor more than twenty days before the day
designated for the hearing as aforesaid. Such order  may  further  state
such  place  other  than the town clerk's office where the map, plan and
report may be examined in advance of the  hearing,  if  the  town  board
determines  that, in the public interest, some other additional place is
necessary or desirable. If a water district, sidewalk district, a public
parking district, a refuse and garbage district,  aquatic  plant  growth
control   district,  watershed  protection  improvement  district,  TICK
CONTROL DISTRICT, or beach erosion control district  is  proposed,  such
order  may  contain  a statement that the cost of constructing the water
system, sidewalks or acquiring lands for public parking  or  for  refuse
and  garbage  purposes,  or aquatic plant growth control purposes or for
beach erosion control or for watershed protection improvement  purposes,
OR  FOR  TICK  CONTROL  DISTRICT PURPOSES, shall be assessed by the town
board in proportion as nearly as may be to the benefit which each lot or
parcel will derive therefrom. Prior to the publication of the order, the
board shall cause to be prepared, and file for  public  inspection  with
the  town  clerk,  a  detailed  explanation of how the estimated cost of
hook-up fees, if any, to, and the cost of the district or extension  to,
the  typical  property  and, if different, the typical one or two family
home, was computed.
  S 8. This act shall take effect immediately.

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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    S. 4439--A                                            A. 6316--A

                       2015-2016 Regular Sessions

                      S E N A T E - A S S E M B L Y

                             March 20, 2015
                               ___________

IN SENATE -- Introduced by Sen. LAVALLE -- read twice and ordered print-
  ed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Local Govern-
  ment  --  committee  discharged,  bill  amended,  ordered reprinted as
  amended and recommitted to said committee

IN ASSEMBLY -- Introduced by M. of A. THIELE -- read once  and  referred
  to  the  Committee  on Local Governments -- committee discharged, bill
  amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said  commit-
  tee

AN  ACT  to amend the town law, in relation to the establishment, exten-
  sion, powers and expenses of tick control districts

  THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section  1.  Section 190 of the town law, as amended by chapter 378 of
the laws of 2012, is amended to read as follows:
  S 190. Establishment or extension of  improvement  districts.  Upon  a
petition  as hereinafter provided, the town board of any town may estab-
lish or extend in said town a  sewer,  drainage,  water,  water  quality
treatment,  park,  public parking, lighting, snow removal, water supply,
sidewalk, a fallout shelter district or  refuse  and  garbage  district,
aquatic  plant  growth  control  district, ambulance district, watershed
protection improvement district, TICK CONTROL DISTRICT, and in any  town
bordering  upon or containing within its boundaries any navigable waters
of this state, a harbor improvement district, a public dock district, or
beach erosion control district, and provide improvements or services, or
both, in any such district, wholly at the expense of the  district;  but
no  water  supply  district  shall be established or extended to include
lands situate within  the  boundaries  of  a  water  district.  No  such
district  shall  be  established or extended in a city or in an incorpo-
rated village provided, however, that such a district may be established
or extended wholly or partly within an incorporated village  on  consent

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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of  the  village  expressed  in  a  local  law, ordinance or resolution,
subject to a referendum on petition under  section  twenty-four  of  the
municipal home rule law or a permissive referendum under article nine of
the  village law, as the case may be, and except, in the case of a water
quality treatment district, on consent of a village expressed in a local
law or by resolution of the board of trustees and  not  subject  to  any
referendum.
  S  2.  Paragraph a of subdivision 1 of section 193 of the town law, as
amended by chapter 378 of the laws  of  2012,  is  amended  to  read  as
follows:
  a.  Whenever  a petition shall be presented to the town board pursuant
to this article, for the establishment or extension of a sewer, wastewa-
ter disposal, drainage, water, water  quality  treatment,  park,  public
parking,  lighting,  snow  removal,  water  supply, sidewalk, refuse and
garbage, aquatic plant  growth  control  district,  ambulance  district,
harbor improvement district, public dock district, beach erosion control
district,   watershed  protection  improvement  district,  TICK  CONTROL
DISTRICT, or a fallout shelter district, the board shall adopt an  order
and enter the same in the minutes of its proceedings, reciting in gener-
al  terms  the  filing  of such petition, the boundaries of the proposed
district, the improvements proposed, the maximum amount proposed  to  be
expended  for  the  improvement as stated in the petition or the maximum
amount to be expended for the performance or supplying of services if  a
maximum  amount is stated in the petition, the estimated cost of hook-up
fees, if any, to, and the cost of the  district  or  extension  to,  the
typical  property and, if different, the typical one or two family home,
and specifying the time when and place where said  board  will  meet  to
consider  the petition and to hear all persons interested in the subject
thereof, concerning the same. The board  shall  cause  a  copy  of  such
order, certified by the town clerk, to be published at least once in the
official  paper,  the  first publication thereof to be not less than ten
nor more than twenty days before the day set therein for the hearing  as
aforesaid, and shall also cause a copy thereof to be posted on the sign-
board  of  the  town  maintained  pursuant to subdivision six of section
thirty of this chapter, not less than ten  nor  more  than  twenty  days
before  the  day  designated  for the hearing as aforesaid. In the event
that the town maintains a website, such information may also be provided
on the website. Prior to the publication of a copy  of  the  order,  the
board  shall  cause  to be prepared, and file for public inspection with
the town clerk, a detailed explanation of  how  the  estimated  cost  of
hook-up  fees, if any, to, and the cost of the district or extension to,
the typical property and, if different, the typical one  or  two  family
home was computed.
  S  3.  Section 198 of the town law is amended by adding a new subdivi-
sion 10-h to read as follows:
  10-H. TICK CONTROL DISTRICT. AFTER A TICK CONTROL  DISTRICT  HAS  BEEN
ESTABLISHED,  THE  TOWN BOARD MAY TAKE SUCH ACTION AS MAY BE REQUIRED TO
ADOPT PLANS AND SPECIFICATIONS AND ENTER INTO A CONTRACT  OR  CONTRACTS,
OR  TAKE  SUCH OTHER ACTIONS AS MAY BE REQUIRED, AND SHALL BE AUTHORIZED
TO USE EVERY MEANS FEASIBLE AND PRACTICAL TO  CONDUCT  SURVEILLANCE  AND
INVESTIGATIONS  RELATED  TO  TICK POPULATIONS AND PRESENCE OF TICK-BORNE
DISEASES AND TO SUPPRESS  TICKS  WHICH  ARE  VECTORS  OF  HUMAN  DISEASE
REQUIRING  PUBLIC  ACTION  FOR THEIR CONTROL. SUCH MEASURES SHALL NOT BE
INJURIOUS TO WILDLIFE, HUMAN HEALTH, OR THE ENVIRONMENT.
  S 4. Subdivision 3 of section 202 of the town law, as amended by chap-
ter 378 of the laws of 2012, is amended to read as follows:

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  3. The expense of the establishment of a park, public parking,  water,
lighting,  snow removal, water supply, water, water storage and distrib-
ution, sidewalk,  refuse  and  garbage,  aquatic  plant  growth  control
district,  ambulance  district,  harbor  improvement district, watershed
protection  improvement  district,  TICK  CONTROL  DISTRICT, public dock
district, fallout shelter district, or beach erosion  control  district,
and  providing  improvements  or  services,  or  both,  therefor, and of
constructing lateral water mains pursuant to paragraph (b)  of  subdivi-
sion  one  of  section one hundred ninety-nine OF THIS ARTICLE, shall be
assessed, levied and collected from the several lots and parcels of land
within the district for each purpose in the same manner and at the  same
time  as other town charges, except as otherwise provided by law. In the
event that any order adopted pursuant to section two hundred  nine-d  of
this  chapter  for  the  establishment  of  a  water  district, sidewalk
district, a public parking district, a refuse and garbage  district,  an
aquatic  plant  growth  control  district,  lighting district, watershed
protection improvement district, TICK CONTROL DISTRICT, or beach erosion
and control district or that any petition for  the  establishment  of  a
water  district,  sidewalk district, a public parking district, a refuse
and garbage district, an aquatic plant growth control district, lighting
district, or beach erosion control district, shall contain  a  statement
that  the  cost  of  constructing  the water system, sidewalks, lighting
system, or acquiring and improving  lands  for  public  parking  or  for
refuse  and  garbage  purposes  or  for  beach  erosion  control, or for
watershed protection improvement district or for  aquatic  plant  growth
control,  shall be assessed by the town board in proportion as nearly as
may be to the benefit which each lot or parcel  will  derive  therefrom,
the amount to be raised for the payment of the principal and interest of
the  bonds  issued  for the construction of the water system, sidewalks,
lighting system, or acquiring and improving lands for public parking  or
for  refuse  and  garbage  purposes or for beach erosion control, or for
aquatic plant growth control, or for  watershed  protection  improvement
district  pursuant  to  such petition or order, shall be assessed on the
lands within such district in the same manner as provided in the case of
trunk sewers. The expense of constructing lateral water  mains  pursuant
to  paragraph  (c) of subdivision one of section one hundred ninety-nine
OF THIS ARTICLE shall be assessed, levied and collected from the several
lots and parcels of land within the district in proportion to  the  area
of such lot or parcel of land to the total area of the district.
  S  5.  Subdivision  2  of section 202-b of the town law, as amended by
chapter 378 of the laws of 2012, is amended to read as follows:
  2. The town board may, on behalf of a park, public parking, ambulance,
lighting, snow removal,  refuse  and  garbage,  public  dock,  watershed
protection improvement district, TICK CONTROL DISTRICT, or beach erosion
control  district,  and  within  the  limitations of section one hundred
ninety-eight of this chapter, acquire additional apparatus and equipment
and replace obsolete, inadequate, damaged, destroyed or worn-out appara-
tus and equipment,  and  it  may  construct  additional  facilities  and
appurtenances  thereto  or  reconstruct or replace obsolete, inadequate,
damaged, destroyed or worn-out  facilities  and  appurtenances  thereto.
Such  expenditure shall be authorized in the manner provided in subdivi-
sion one of this section, except that the map and plan described by said
subdivision one shall not be required. However, nothing herein contained
shall be construed to limit  or  supersede  the  provisions  of  section
seventy-two hundred three of the education law.

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  S  6.  Subdivision  1  of section 209-a of the town law, as amended by
chapter 378 of the laws of 2012, is amended to read as follows:
  1.  the term "improvement district" shall include only a sewer, waste-
water disposal, drainage, water, park, public  parking,  lighting,  snow
removal,  water  supply,  sidewalk,  refuse  and  garbage, aquatic plant
growth control,  or  watershed  protection  improvement  district,  TICK
CONTROL  DISTRICT,  or  ambulance district in any town, and, in any town
bordering upon or containing within its boundaries any  navigable  water
of this state a public dock or beach erosion control district;
  S  7.  Subdivision  1  of section 209-d of the town law, as amended by
chapter 378 of the laws of 2012, is amended to read as follows:
  1. Subsequent to the date of the filing of the map, plans  and  report
in  the  office  of  the  town  clerk as required in section two hundred
nine-c of this article the town board may adopt an order and  enter  the
same  in  the  minutes  of its proceedings reciting a description of the
boundaries of the proposed district or extension in a manner  sufficient
to  identify  the lands included therein as in a deed of conveyance, the
improvements proposed, the maximum amount proposed to  be  expended  for
the improvement, the estimated cost of hook-up fees, if any, to, and the
cost  of  the  district  or  extension  to, the typical property and, if
different, the typical one or two family home, the  proposed  method  of
financing  to be employed, the fact that a map, plan and report describ-
ing the same  are  on  file  in  the  town  clerk's  office  for  public
inspection  and  specifying the time when and the place where said board
will meet and hold a public hearing to hear all  persons  interested  in
the  subject  thereof, concerning the same.  If such order proposes only
the performance or supplying of certain services, it may state the maxi-
mum amount to be expended annually for such services.  The  board  shall
cause a copy of such order to be published at least once in the official
paper,  the  first  publication thereof to be not less than ten nor more
than twenty days before the day set therein for the  hearing  as  afore-
said, and shall also cause a copy thereof to be posted on the sign-board
of  the town maintained pursuant to subdivision six of section thirty of
this chapter, not less than ten nor more than twenty days before the day
designated for the hearing as aforesaid. Such order  may  further  state
such  place  other  than the town clerk's office where the map, plan and
report may be examined in advance of the  hearing,  if  the  town  board
determines  that, in the public interest, some other additional place is
necessary or desirable. If a water district, sidewalk district, a public
parking district, a refuse and garbage district,  aquatic  plant  growth
control   district,  watershed  protection  improvement  district,  TICK
CONTROL DISTRICT, or beach erosion control district  is  proposed,  such
order  may  contain  a statement that the cost of constructing the water
system, sidewalks or acquiring lands for public parking  or  for  refuse
and  garbage  purposes,  or aquatic plant growth control purposes or for
beach erosion control or for watershed protection improvement  purposes,
OR  FOR  TICK  CONTROL  DISTRICT PURPOSES, shall be assessed by the town
board in proportion as nearly as may be to the benefit which each lot or
parcel will derive therefrom. Prior to the publication of the order, the
board shall cause to be prepared, and file for  public  inspection  with
the  town  clerk,  a  detailed  explanation of how the estimated cost of
hook-up fees, if any, to, and the cost of the district or extension  to,
the  typical  property  and, if different, the typical one or two family
home, was computed.
  S 8. This act shall take effect immediately.