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                                   1004
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                                (PREFILED)
 
                              January 8, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. PAULIN -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on Local Governments
 
 AN ACT to amend the county law, in relation to providing for the convey-
   ance  or  lease  of  sewer  system  properties and responsibilities by
   cities, towns and villages in the county of  Westchester  when  deter-
   mined to be in the public interest
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. The county law is amended by adding a new section 277-a  to
 read as follows:
   § 277-A. CONVEYANCE  OR  LEASE TO THE COUNTY OF WESTCHESTER BY CITIES,
 TOWNS AND VILLAGES OF SEWER SYSTEM PROPERTY  AND  THE  ESTABLISHMENT  OF
 CERTAIN COUNTY SEWER DISTRICTS, EXTENSIONS OR SPECIAL TRANSITIONAL ZONES
 OF  ASSESSMENT IN THE COUNTY OF WESTCHESTER. 1. AS USED IN THIS SECTION,
 THE FOLLOWING TERMS SHALL HAVE THE FOLLOWING MEANINGS:
   A. "CHARTER" SHALL MEAN THE CHARTER AND  ADMINISTRATIVE  CODE  OF  THE
 COUNTY OF WESTCHESTER.
   B.  "CITY, TOWN AND VILLAGE" SHALL MEAN A CITY, TOWN OR VILLAGE IN THE
 COUNTY OF WESTCHESTER, INCLUDING TOWNS OR VILLAGES ACTING ON  BEHALF  OF
 TOWN OR VILLAGE SEWER DISTRICTS.
   C. "COMMISSIONER OF FINANCE" SHALL MEAN THE COMMISSIONER OF FINANCE OF
 THE COUNTY OF WESTCHESTER.
   D.  "COMMISSIONER  OF ENVIRONMENTAL FACILITIES" SHALL MEAN THE COMMIS-
 SIONER OF ENVIRONMENTAL FACILITIES OF THE COUNTY OF WESTCHESTER.
   E. "COUNTY" SHALL MEAN  THE  COUNTY  OF  WESTCHESTER,  INCLUDING  WHEN
 ACTING ON BEHALF OF A COUNTY SEWER DISTRICT.
   F. "COUNTY LEGISLATURE" SHALL MEAN THE COUNTY LEGISLATURE OF THE COUN-
 TY OF WESTCHESTER.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD02808-01-5
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   G.  "GOVERNING BOARD OF A CITY, TOWN OR VILLAGE IN THE COUNTY OF WEST-
 CHESTER" SHALL MEAN THE FINANCE BOARD AS SUCH TERM IS DEFINED IN SECTION
 2.00 OF THE LOCAL FINANCE LAW.
   H. "SEWER SYSTEM" SHALL INCLUDE SEWAGE COLLECTION OR CONVEYANCE FACIL-
 ITIES, TREATMENT OR DISPOSAL PLANTS, BUILDINGS, LAND AND RIGHTS IN LAND,
 FURNISHINGS, EQUIPMENT, MACHINERY AND APPARATUS, APPURTENANT FACILITIES,
 ALL  MONEYS ON HAND COLLECTED OR RECEIVED FOR THE PURPOSES OF SUCH SEWER
 SYSTEM, AND ALL OTHER ITEMS OF PROPERTY,  EITHER  REAL  OR  PERSONAL  OR
 MIXED, ACQUIRED FOR OR INCIDENTAL TO SUCH SEWER SYSTEM.
   I.  "SEWER  SYSTEM  CONSOLIDATION  AGREEMENT"  SHALL MEAN AN AGREEMENT
 BETWEEN THE COUNTY AND A CITY, TOWN OR VILLAGE IN THE COUNTY WHEREBY THE
 CITY, TOWN OR VILLAGE SHALL CONVEY OR LEASE SEWER SYSTEM PROPERTY TO THE
 COUNTY FOR OPERATION, MAINTENANCE OR IMPROVEMENT BY THE COUNTY DESCRIBED
 IN SUBDIVISION TWO OF THIS SECTION.
   J. "SPECIAL TRANSITIONAL ZONE OF ASSESSMENT"  SHALL  MEAN  A  ZONE  OF
 ASSESSMENT WITHIN A COUNTY SEWER DISTRICT ESTABLISHED TO ALLOCATE ALL OR
 A  PORTION  OF  THE COSTS OF FACILITATING A CONVEYANCE OR LEASE OF SEWER
 SYSTEM PROPERTY BY A CITY, TOWN OR VILLAGE TO THE COUNTY AND A  TRANSFER
 OF RESPONSIBILITIES FOR THE OPERATION, MAINTENANCE AND IMPROVEMENT THER-
 EOF TO THE COUNTY SEWER DISTRICT. A SPECIAL TRANSITIONAL ZONE OF ASSESS-
 MENT  MAY  OVERLAP ALL OR PORTIONS OF ANY ZONE OF ASSESSMENT ESTABLISHED
 IN A COUNTY SEWER DISTRICT TO ALLOCATE THE COSTS OF THE OPERATION, MAIN-
 TENANCE AND IMPROVEMENT OF THE  COUNTY'S  TRUNK  SEWERS  AND  WASTEWATER
 TREATMENT PLANTS AND RELATED FACILITIES.
   K.  "TOWN  SEWER DISTRICT" SHALL MEAN A SEWER DISTRICT GOVERNED BY THE
 PROVISIONS OF ARTICLES TWELVE OR TWELVE-A OF THE TOWN LAW OR A BENEFITED
 AREA ESTABLISHED TO PROVIDE A SEWER  IMPROVEMENT  PURSUANT  TO  ARTICLES
 THREE-A OR TWELVE-C OF SUCH LAW.
   L.  "VILLAGE  SEWER  DISTRICT" SHALL MEAN A SEWER DISTRICT GOVERNED BY
 THE PROVISIONS OF ARTICLE FOURTEEN AND SECTION 17-1718  OF  THE  VILLAGE
 LAW.
   2.  NOTWITHSTANDING  THE  PROVISIONS  OF ANY GENERAL, SPECIAL OR LOCAL
 LAW, THE COUNTY AND ANY CITY, TOWN OR VILLAGE IN THE  COUNTY  MAY  ENTER
 INTO,  AND TAKE THE ACTIONS NECESSARY TO IMPLEMENT, SEWER SYSTEM CONSOL-
 IDATION AGREEMENTS UNDER THIS SECTION TO FACILITATE  THE  CONVEYANCE  OR
 LEASE  TO  THE  COUNTY  OF SEWER SYSTEM PROPERTY AND THE TRANSFER TO THE
 COUNTY OF THE RESPONSIBILITIES OF OPERATION, MAINTENANCE AND IMPROVEMENT
 OF SEWER SYSTEM PROPERTY. SEWER SYSTEM  CONSOLIDATION  AGREEMENTS  SHALL
 INCLUDE THE FOLLOWING PROVISIONS:
   A. AN IDENTIFICATION OF THE SEWER SYSTEM PROPERTY OF THE CITY, TOWN OR
 VILLAGE  TO  BE  CONVEYED OR LEASED TO THE COUNTY, THE CONSIDERATION, IF
 ANY, FOR SUCH CONVEYANCE OR LEASE AND  THE  CONDITIONS,  IF  ANY,  UNDER
 WHICH THE CONVEYANCE OR LEASE COULD BE REVERSED OR CANCELED;
   B.  A  DESCRIPTION  OF ANY IMPROVEMENTS OF SUCH PROPERTY TO BE MADE BY
 THE COUNTY, THE ESTIMATED COST THEREOF AND THE PLAN FOR  FINANCING  SUCH
 IMPROVEMENTS;
   C.  DETERMINATIONS  OF WHETHER THE COUNTY SHALL UNDERTAKE TO ESTABLISH
 SPECIAL TRANSITIONAL ZONES OF ASSESSMENT UNDER TERMS AND  CONDITIONS  AS
 MAY  BE AGREED UPON, AND SHALL INCLUDE A DESCRIPTION AND ESTIMATE OF THE
 COSTS TO BE ALLOCATED TO THE SPECIAL TRANSITIONAL ZONE OF ASSESSMENT AND
 A DESCRIPTION OF WHETHER THE COSTS ALLOCATED THERETO SHALL BE LEVIED  IN
 THE  SAME  MANNER  AS OTHER COUNTY CHARGES OR IN THE MANNER DESCRIBED IN
 SECTION TWO HUNDRED SEVENTY OR SECTION TWO HUNDRED SEVENTY-ONE  OF  THIS
 ARTICLE, AND IF PURSUANT TO SECTION TWO HUNDRED SEVENTY-ONE, WHETHER AND
 UNDER WHAT CIRCUMSTANCES SUCH MANNER OF LEVY IS EXPECTED TO BE CHANGED;
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   D.  DETERMINATIONS  OF  WHETHER  THE  COUNTY  SHALL  MAKE A PAYMENT OR
 PAYMENTS TO THE CITY, TOWN OR  VILLAGE  IN  RESPECT  OF  CITY,  TOWN  OR
 VILLAGE  DEBT SERVICE ON INDEBTEDNESS ISSUED TO FINANCE SEWER FACILITIES
 OR WHETHER THE COUNTY MAY FINANCE  THE  COST  OF  ACQUISITION  OF  SEWER
 FACILITIES  FROM CITIES, TOWNS OR VILLAGES THROUGH THE ISSUANCE OF BONDS
 OR NOTES IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LOCAL FINANCE LAW, AND  IN  EITHER  CASE
 WHETHER  THE  CITY, TOWN OR VILLAGE SHALL ESTABLISH FUNDS TO RECEIVE ALL
 OR A PORTION OF THE PROCEEDS THEREOF, AS MAY BE NECESSARY OR  CONVENIENT
 TO  FACILITATE  SUCH  PAYMENTS OR AS MAY BE REQUIRED BY SECTION SIX-L OF
 THE GENERAL MUNICIPAL LAW, AND WHETHER THE CITY, TOWN OR  VILLAGE  SHALL
 CALL  OUTSTANDING  BONDS  FOR  REDEMPTION  AT  SUCH TIMES AND UNDER SUCH
 CONDITIONS AS MAY BE AGREED TO;
   E. DETERMINATIONS OF WHETHER AND TO WHAT EXTENT  THE  COUNTY  AND  THE
 CITY,  TOWN  OR  VILLAGE  SHALL INDEMNIFY EACH OTHER FOR LIABILITIES FOR
 WORK PERFORMED OR EXISTING CONDITIONS;
   F. DETERMINATIONS OF WHETHER EMPLOYEES OF THE CITY,  TOWN  OR  VILLAGE
 SHALL  BE  TRANSFERRED  TO  THE COUNTY AND BECOME COUNTY EMPLOYEES UNDER
 SUCH TERMS AND CONDITIONS AS SUCH EMPLOYEES AND THE PARTIES  MAY  AGREE,
 SUBJECT  TO  THE  RIGHTS  AND  PRIVILEGES  OF SUCH EMPLOYEES UNDER LABOR
 AGREEMENTS AND APPLICABLE LAW, AND WHETHER EMPLOYEES  OF  CITIES,  TOWNS
 AND  VILLAGES  NOT  SO  TRANSFERRED  TO  THE  COUNTY  MAY CONTINUE TO BE
 EMPLOYED BY SUCH CITIES, TOWNS AND VILLAGES TO PROVIDE SERVICES  TO  THE
 COUNTY SEWER DISTRICT UNDER SUCH TERMS AS MAY BE AGREED UPON;
   G.  ESTIMATES OF CAPITAL COST OF THE SEWER SYSTEM PROPERTY CONVEYED OR
 LEASED, WHICH MAY INCLUDE PLANNING, DESIGN, ACQUISITION AND CONSTRUCTION
 COSTS OF SUCH PROPERTY AND IMPROVEMENTS THERETO, THE COSTS  OF  PREPARA-
 TION  OF  REPORTS DESCRIBED IN SUBDIVISION THREE OF THIS SECTION AND THE
 SEWER SYSTEM CONSOLIDATION AGREEMENT, AND ANY OTHER EXPENSES INCURRED IN
 FURTHERANCE OF THE MAKING OF THE SEWER SYSTEM  CONSOLIDATION  AGREEMENT,
 AND  THE AMOUNTS OF THE CAPITAL COST TO BE CHARGED AGAINST PROPERTIES IN
 A SPECIAL TRANSITIONAL ZONE OF ASSESSMENT, TO  BE  PAID  BY  THE  COUNTY
 THROUGH  A  COUNTY  SEWER  DISTRICT  OR  TO BE PAID BY THE CITY, TOWN OR
 VILLAGE;
   H. ESTIMATES OF THE OPERATING EXPENSES OF  THE  PROPERTY  CONVEYED  OR
 LEASED  UNDER  THE SEWER SYSTEM CONSOLIDATION AGREEMENT, AND A STATEMENT
 OF THE PORTIONS OF THE OPERATING EXPENSES TO BE ANNUALLY CHARGED AGAINST
 PROPERTIES IN A SPECIAL TRANSITIONAL ZONE OF ASSESSMENT, TO BE  PAID  BY
 THE  COUNTY  THROUGH  A COUNTY SEWER DISTRICT OR TO BE PAID BY THE CITY,
 TOWN OR VILLAGE;
   I. TERMS DESCRIBING THE ACTIONS NECESSARY TO AMEND  THE  SEWER  SYSTEM
 CONSOLIDATION AGREEMENT; AND
   J.  TERMS  DESCRIBING  THE  CONDITIONS  UNDER  WHICH  THE SEWER SYSTEM
 CONSOLIDATION AGREEMENT MAY BE EXTENDED.
   3. ANY CITY, TOWN OR VILLAGE MAY PREPARE AND FURNISH TO THE  COUNTY  A
 REPORT  CONTAINING  A  MAP AND A GENERAL DESCRIPTION OF THE SEWER SYSTEM
 PROPERTY WHICH IS PROPOSED TO BE LEASED OR CONVEYED AND A DESCRIPTION OF
 ITS CURRENT CONDITION.  THE  REPORT  SHALL  INCLUDE  THE  TERMS  OF  ANY
 OUTSTANDING INDEBTEDNESS ISSUED TO FINANCE ACQUISITION OR IMPROVEMENT OF
 SUCH  SEWER  SYSTEM PROPERTY AND SUCH ADDITIONAL INFORMATION RELEVANT TO
 THE ASSESSMENT OF THE COSTS OF OPERATION, MAINTENANCE AND IMPROVEMENT OF
 SUCH SEWER SYSTEM PROPERTY AS THE COUNTY MAY REQUEST. UPON  PRESENTATION
 OF  SUCH REPORT THE COUNTY LEGISLATURE MAY REFER THE SAME TO THE COMMIS-
 SIONER OF ENVIRONMENTAL FACILITIES FOR A PLAN AND  REPORT  WITH  RESPECT
 THERETO. IF THE COUNTY LEGISLATURE REFERS THE REPORT TO THE COMMISSIONER
 OF  ENVIRONMENTAL  FACILITIES, SAID COMMISSIONER SHALL THEREUPON PREPARE
 AND FURNISH TO THE COUNTY LEGISLATURE A PLAN AND REPORT DESCRIBING CAPI-
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 TAL IMPROVEMENTS, IF ANY,  TO  SUCH  SEWER  SYSTEM  PROPERTY  WHICH  THE
 COMMISSIONER   OF  ENVIRONMENTAL  FACILITIES  RECOMMENDS  BE  UNDERTAKEN
 FOLLOWING ITS CONVEYANCE OR LEASE TO THE COUNTY. THIS  PLAN  AND  REPORT
 SHALL  INCLUDE THE ESTIMATED COSTS THEREOF, TOGETHER WITH AN ESTIMATE OF
 THE OPERATING AND MAINTENANCE COSTS  OF  SUCH  PROPERTY.  THE  PLAN  AND
 REPORT  SHALL ALSO CONTAIN SUCH OTHER DATA AND INFORMATION AS SHALL HAVE
 BEEN REQUESTED BY THE COUNTY LEGISLATURE OR AS MAY BE DETERMINED BY  THE
 COMMISSIONER  OF  ENVIRONMENTAL  FACILITIES  TO BE APPROPRIATE UNDER THE
 CIRCUMSTANCES. UPON REVIEW OF THE PLAN AND REPORT, THE  COUNTY  LEGISLA-
 TURE  MAY, IF A MAJORITY OF THE COUNTY LEGISLATURE APPROVES THE PLAN AND
 REPORT, AUTHORIZE THE PREPARATION OF A DRAFT SEWER SYSTEM  CONSOLIDATION
 AGREEMENT AND DIRECT THAT SUCH PLAN AND REPORT BE FURNISHED TO THE CITY,
 TOWN  OR  VILLAGE.  THE  COUNTY  AND  THE CITY, TOWN OR VILLAGE MAY THEN
 PREPARE A DRAFT SEWER SYSTEM CONSOLIDATION AGREEMENT.   THE DRAFT  SEWER
 SYSTEM  CONSOLIDATION AGREEMENT SHALL BE PRESENTED TO AND APPROVED AS TO
 FORM BY THE COUNTY LEGISLATURE AND THE GOVERNING BODY OF THE CITY,  TOWN
 OR  VILLAGE  PRIOR  TO THE CALLING OF A HEARING UNDER SUBDIVISIONS SEVEN
 AND FIVE OF THIS SECTION, RESPECTIVELY. SUCH DRAFT SEWER SYSTEM  CONSOL-
 IDATION  AGREEMENT  SHALL  NOT BE BINDING NOR SHALL IT BE EXECUTED UNTIL
 AFTER A PUBLIC HEARING AND AUTHORIZATION BY THE COUNTY  LEGISLATURE  AND
 THE  GOVERNING  BODY  OF  THE  CITY, TOWN OR VILLAGE, AS PROVIDED FOR IN
 SUBDIVISIONS SIX AND EIGHT OF THIS SECTION.
   4. IN  ADDITION  TO  EXISTING  AUTHORITY  TO  ESTABLISH  COUNTY  SEWER
 DISTRICTS  OR  EXTENSIONS,  THE  COUNTY LEGISLATURE, IN FURTHERANCE OF A
 SEWER SYSTEM CONSOLIDATION AGREEMENT, MAY ESTABLISH  A  SPECIAL  TRANSI-
 TIONAL  ZONE  OF  ASSESSMENT  IN  ANY  COUNTY SEWER DISTRICT, AND TO THE
 EXTENT SUCH SPECIAL TRANSITIONAL ZONE OF ASSESSMENT WOULD FALL IN  WHOLE
 OR  IN PART OUTSIDE ANY COUNTY SEWER DISTRICT, MAY COINCIDENTALLY ESTAB-
 LISH A COUNTY SEWER DISTRICT ENCOMPASSING SUCH AREA OR EXTEND AN  EXIST-
 ING  COUNTY SEWER DISTRICT TO ENCOMPASS SUCH AREA, IN THE MANNER HEREIN-
 AFTER PROVIDED.  EACH SPECIAL TRANSITIONAL ZONE OF ASSESSMENT SHALL HAVE
 BOUNDARIES COTERMINOUS WITH THE AREA PROVIDED WITH A SEWER SYSTEM BY ANY
 CITY, TOWN OR VILLAGE, FOR THE PURPOSE OF FACILITATING THE CONVEYANCE OR
 LEASE TO THE COUNTY ALL OR A PORTION OF THE PROPERTY OF CITIES, TOWNS OR
 VILLAGES RELATING TO THE COLLECTION AND CONVEYANCE OF SEWAGE  TO  COUNTY
 TRUNK  SEWERS  AND  THE TRANSFER OF ALL OR A PORTION OF THE RESPONSIBIL-
 ITIES FOR THE OPERATION, MAINTENANCE AND IMPROVEMENT THEREOF.
   5. FOLLOWING THE APPROVAL OF A DRAFT SEWER SYSTEM CONSOLIDATION AGREE-
 MENT, THE GOVERNING BODY OF THE CITY,  TOWN  OR  VILLAGE  SHALL  HOLD  A
 PUBLIC  HEARING  ON THE DRAFT SEWER SYSTEM CONSOLIDATION AGREEMENT. SUCH
 PUBLIC HEARING SHALL BE CALLED  BY  SUCH  GOVERNING  BODY,  WHICH  SHALL
 DIRECT  THAT  NOTICE THEREOF BE PUBLISHED AND POSTED NOT LESS THAN FOUR-
 TEEN DAYS PRIOR TO THE DATE SET FOR SUCH HEARING. SUCH NOTICE  SHALL  BE
 GIVEN,  IN  THE  CASE  OF TOWNS, IN THE MANNER PRESCRIBED IN SECTION ONE
 HUNDRED NINETY-THREE OF THE TOWN LAW, AND IN  THE  CASE  OF  CITIES  AND
 VILLAGES,  IN  THE  MANNER PRESCRIBED FOR GENERAL ELECTIONS. SUCH NOTICE
 SHALL STATE IN GENERAL TERMS THAT IT IS PROPOSED TO PETITION THE  COUNTY
 LEGISLATURE TO ENTER INTO A SEWER SYSTEM CONSOLIDATION AGREEMENT AND, IF
 CONTEMPLATED  BY  THE SEWER SYSTEM CONSOLIDATION AGREEMENT, TO ESTABLISH
 OR EXTEND A COUNTY SEWER DISTRICT OR ESTABLISH  A  SPECIAL  TRANSITIONAL
 ZONE  OF  ASSESSMENT  FOR  THE PURPOSE OF FACILITATING THE CONVEYANCE OR
 LEASE OF PROPERTY TO THE  COUNTY  AND  ITS  OPERATION,  MAINTENANCE  AND
 IMPROVEMENT  OF  SUCH  PROPERTY,  AS SET FORTH IN THE DRAFT SEWER SYSTEM
 CONSOLIDATION  AGREEMENT.  SUCH  NOTICE  SHALL  GENERALLY  IDENTIFY  THE
 PARTICULAR  SEWER SYSTEM PROPOSED TO BE CONVEYED OR LEASED, THE PROPOSED
 IMPROVEMENTS THERETO, IF ANY, AND THE ESTIMATED  MAXIMUM  COST  THEREOF,
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 AND  SHALL  DESCRIBE THE BOUNDARIES OF THE PROPOSED, DISTRICT, EXTENSION
 OR SPECIAL TRANSITIONAL ZONE OF ASSESSMENT IN  A  MANNER  SUFFICIENT  TO
 PERMIT DEFINITE AND CONCLUSIVE IDENTIFICATION OF ALL PARCELS OF PROPERTY
 INCLUDED  THEREIN.  SUCH  NOTICE  SHALL ALSO STATE WHERE THE DRAFT SEWER
 SYSTEM CONSOLIDATION AGREEMENT IS AVAILABLE FOR PUBLIC  INSPECTION,  AND
 SHALL  SET  FORTH  THE  TIME  WHEN AND PLACE WHERE SUCH HEARING SHALL BE
 HELD.
   6. IF THE GOVERNING BOARD SHALL DECIDE, AFTER SUCH PUBLIC HEARING  AND
 UPON  THE  EVIDENCE  GIVEN THEREAT, THAT IT IS IN THE PUBLIC INTEREST TO
 PETITION THE COUNTY LEGISLATURE TO ENTER INTO THE SEWER  SYSTEM  CONSOL-
 IDATION  AGREEMENT  PURSUANT  TO  THIS  SECTION,  IT SHALL AUTHORIZE THE
 SUPERVISOR OF THE TOWN OR MAYOR OF THE VILLAGE OR CHIEF EXECUTIVE  OFFI-
 CER  OF  A CITY AS THAT TERM IS DEFINED IN THE LOCAL FINANCE LAW, AS THE
 CASE MAY BE, TO:
   A. EXECUTE SUCH PETITION AND FILE THE SAME WITH THE CLERK OF THE COUN-
 TY LEGISLATURE; AND
   B. EXECUTE THE SEWER SYSTEM CONSOLIDATION  AGREEMENT,  IF  THE  COUNTY
 ELECTS TO ENTER INTO THE SEWER SYSTEM CONSOLIDATION AGREEMENT.
   SUCH  PETITION  SHALL  GENERALLY  IDENTIFY THE PARTICULAR SEWER SYSTEM
 PROPOSED TO BE CONVEYED OR LEASED AND SHALL DESCRIBE THE  BOUNDARIES  OF
 THE  AREA  SERVED  THEREBY IN A MANNER SUFFICIENT TO PERMIT DEFINITE AND
 CONCLUSIVE IDENTIFICATION OF ALL PARCELS OF PROPERTY INCLUDED THEREIN.
   7. UPON RECEIPT OF SUCH PETITION AND AFTER THE APPROVAL OF THE FORM OF
 THE DRAFT SEWER SYSTEM CONSOLIDATION AGREEMENT, THE  COUNTY  LEGISLATURE
 MAY  CALL  A PUBLIC HEARING TO ENTER INTO THE SEWER SYSTEM CONSOLIDATION
 AGREEMENT AND, IF CONTEMPLATED THEREBY, TO ESTABLISH A  SPECIAL  TRANSI-
 TIONAL  ZONE  OF  ASSESSMENT  OR  ESTABLISH  OR  EXTEND  A  COUNTY SEWER
 DISTRICT. NOTICE OF SUCH PUBLIC HEARING SHALL BE  GIVEN  NOT  LESS  THAN
 FOURTEEN  DAYS PRIOR TO THE DATE OF THE HEARING IN THE MANNER PRESCRIBED
 IN SECTION TWO HUNDRED FIFTY-FOUR OF THIS ARTICLE. IN ADDITION,  A  COPY
 OF  SUCH  NOTICE  SHALL  BE  SERVED  UPON OR MAILED TO THE CITY, TOWN OR
 VILLAGE WHICH PRESENTED SUCH PETITION NOT LESS THAN FOURTEEN DAYS  PRIOR
 TO THE DAY SET THEREIN FOR SUCH HEARING. SUCH NOTICE SHALL CONTAIN:
   A.  A  GENERAL DESCRIPTION OF THE SEWER SYSTEM PROPERTY PROPOSED TO BE
 CONVEYED OR LEASED;
   B. A DESCRIPTION OF THE BOUNDARIES OF ANY PROPOSED DISTRICT, EXTENSION
 OR SPECIAL TRANSITIONAL ZONE OF ASSESSMENT IN  A  MANNER  SUFFICIENT  TO
 PERMIT DEFINITE AND CONCLUSIVE IDENTIFICATION OF ALL PARCELS OF PROPERTY
 INCLUDED THEREIN;
   C.  THE  ESTIMATED MAXIMUM AMOUNT TO BE EXPENDED FOR PROPOSED IMPROVE-
 MENTS;
   D. A STATEMENT OF THE PROPOSED MANNER OF ASSESSING COSTS ALLOCABLE  TO
 THE  SPECIAL  TRANSITIONAL  ZONE OF ASSESSMENT, INDICATING WHETHER IT IS
 PROPOSED TO LEVY ASSESSMENTS PURSUANT TO THE CHARTER IN THE SAME  MANNER
 AS  COUNTY  CHARGES  OR  AS  DESCRIBED IN SECTION TWO HUNDRED SEVENTY OR
 SECTION TWO HUNDRED SEVENTY-ONE OF THIS ARTICLE;
   E. A STATEMENT OF WHETHER AND TO WHAT EXTENT THE COUNTY SEWER DISTRICT
 WILL ASSUME THE PAYMENT OF OUTSTANDING OBLIGATIONS, CONTRACTS AND  OTHER
 INDEBTEDNESS  OF  THE  CITY,  TOWN  OR VILLAGE FOR THE PURPOSES OF OR IN
 RELATION TO THE SEWER SYSTEM PROPOSED TO BE CONVEYED OR LEASED;
   F. SHALL STATE WHERE THE DRAFT SEWER SYSTEM CONSOLIDATION AGREEMENT IS
 AVAILABLE FOR PUBLIC INSPECTION; AND
   G. SHALL SPECIFY THE TIME WHEN AND PLACE WHERE THE COUNTY  LEGISLATURE
 WILL  MEET  TO  CONSIDER  THE  MATTER AND TO HEAR ALL PARTIES INTERESTED
 THEREIN CONCERNING THE SAME.
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   8. IF, BASED UPON THE EVIDENCE PRESENTED AT SUCH  PUBLIC  HEARING  AND
 AFTER  DUE  CONSIDERATION  OF  THE  PETITION, THE PLAN AND REPORT OF THE
 COMMISSIONER OF ENVIRONMENTAL FACILITIES AND OTHER DATA PROVIDED TO  IT,
 THE COUNTY LEGISLATURE SHALL DETERMINE THAT IT IS IN THE PUBLIC INTEREST
 TO  ENTER  INTO  THE  SEWER  SYSTEM CONSOLIDATION AGREEMENT, IT SHALL BY
 MAJORITY VOTE ADOPT AN ACT AUTHORIZING THE EXECUTION OF THE SEWER SYSTEM
 CONSOLIDATION AGREEMENT. IF THE COUNTY LEGISLATURE SHALL DETERMINE  THAT
 IT  IS NOT IN THE PUBLIC INTEREST TO ENTER INTO THE SEWER SYSTEM CONSOL-
 IDATION AGREEMENT, IT SHALL ADOPT AN ACT SO STATING AND TERMINATING  THE
 PROCEEDINGS  WITH RESPECT THERETO. THE PARTIES TO A SEWER SYSTEM CONSOL-
 IDATION AGREEMENT MAY FROM TIME TO TIME AMEND THE SEWER  SYSTEM  CONSOL-
 IDATION AGREEMENT, PROVIDED THAT, IF AN AMENDMENT WOULD A.  INCREASE THE
 ESTIMATED  CAPITAL  COST  TO BE ASSESSED AGAINST PROPERTIES IN A SPECIAL
 TRANSITIONAL ZONE OF ASSESSMENT FOR THE  IMPROVEMENTS  PROPOSED  IN  THE
 SEWER SYSTEM CONSOLIDATION AGREEMENT; B. INCREASE THE SHARE OF OPERATION
 AND  MAINTENANCE COSTS TO BE ANNUALLY ASSESSED AGAINST A SPECIAL TRANSI-
 TIONAL ZONE OF ASSESSMENT; OR C. ELIMINATE FROM  OR  ADD  PARCELS  TO  A
 SPECIAL TRANSITIONAL ZONE OF ASSESSMENT, THE AMENDMENT MAY BE AUTHORIZED
 ONLY  AFTER PUBLIC HEARINGS HELD BY EACH PARTY IN THE SAME MANNER AS THE
 ORIGINAL SEWER SYSTEM CONSOLIDATION AGREEMENT  FOLLOWING  DETERMINATIONS
 BY THE PARTIES THAT SUCH AMENDMENT IS IN THE PUBLIC INTEREST AFTER HEAR-
 INGS HELD AS REQUIRED FOR THE ORIGINAL SEWER SYSTEM CONSOLIDATION AGREE-
 MENT.  NOTWITHSTANDING THE PROVISIONS OF SECTIONS TWO HUNDRED FIFTY-SIX,
 TWO  HUNDRED FIFTY-EIGHT AND TWO HUNDRED SIXTY-EIGHT OF THIS ARTICLE, OR
 ANY OTHER LAW, NO ACT ADOPTED PURSUANT TO THIS SECTION SHALL BE  SUBJECT
 TO  PERMISSIVE  REFERENDUM,  NOR SHALL THE PERMISSION OF THE STATE COMP-
 TROLLER BE REQUIRED TO ESTABLISH OR EXTEND A DISTRICT PURSUANT HERETO OR
 TO CREATE A SPECIAL TRANSITIONAL ZONE OF ASSESSMENT IN ANY COUNTY  SEWER
 DISTRICT,  OR, FROM TIME TO TIME, TO INCREASE AND IMPROVE THE FACILITIES
 OF ANY COUNTY SEWER DISTRICT IN THE COUNTY OF  WESTCHESTER.  NOTHING  IN
 THIS  SECTION SHALL MODIFY THE SPECIAL ACTS OF THE LEGISLATURE AND LOCAL
 LAWS OF THE COUNTY OF WESTCHESTER GOVERNING COUNTY SEWER  DISTRICTS  AND
 THE  ASSESSMENTS  MADE AND TAXES LEVIED IN CONNECTION THEREWITH, AND THE
 COUNTY OF WESTCHESTER MAY CONTINUE TO OPERATE COUNTY SEWER DISTRICTS  IN
 CONFORMITY  THEREWITH, IRRESPECTIVE OF WHETHER THE COUNTY SEWER DISTRICT
 HAS UNDERTAKEN TO OWN, OPERATE, MAINTAIN OR IMPROVE SEWERS WHICH ARE NOT
 TRUNK SEWERS PURSUANT TO THIS SECTION OR OTHERWISE UNDERTAKES TO PROVIDE
 SEWAGE COLLECTION AND CONVEYANCE FACILITIES IN ADDITION TO TRUNK SEWERS.
   9. AS PART OF THE IMPLEMENTATION OF  THE  SEWER  SYSTEM  CONSOLIDATION
 AGREEMENT,  THE  COUNTY  MAY ADOPT AN ACT TO ESTABLISH A SPECIAL TRANSI-
 TIONAL ZONE  OF  ASSESSMENT  OR  ESTABLISH  OR  EXTEND  A  COUNTY  SEWER
 DISTRICT, WHICH ACT SHALL INCLUDE THE FOLLOWING:
   A.  AN  ACCURATE  DESCRIPTION  OF THE BOUNDARIES OF ANY SUCH DISTRICT,
 EXTENSION, OR SPECIAL TRANSITIONAL ZONE OF ASSESSMENT IN A MANNER SUFFI-
 CIENT TO PERMIT DEFINITE AND CONCLUSIVE IDENTIFICATION OF ALL PARCELS OF
 PROPERTY INCLUDED THEREIN, PROVIDED, HOWEVER, IF SUCH  DISTRICT,  EXTEN-
 SION  OR  SPECIAL  TRANSITIONAL ZONE OF ASSESSMENT IS COTERMINOUS WITH A
 CITY, TOWN OR VILLAGE IT SHALL BE  A  SUFFICIENT  COMPLIANCE  WITH  THIS
 PARAGRAPH  TO  SO  STATE WITHOUT DESCRIBING THE BOUNDARIES OF SUCH CITY,
 TOWN OR VILLAGE;
   B. A GENERAL DESCRIPTION OF THE SEWER SYSTEM PROPERTY TO  BE  CONVEYED
 OR  LEASED  TO  THE  COUNTY  IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE SEWER SYSTEM CONSOL-
 IDATION AGREEMENT;
   C. A DETERMINATION AS TO WHETHER  ASSESSMENTS  FOR  DISTRICT  PURPOSES
 WILL  BE  LEVIED  PURSUANT  TO  THE CHARTER IN THE SAME MANNER AS COUNTY
 CHARGES OR AS DESCRIBED IN SECTION TWO HUNDRED SEVENTY  OR  SECTION  TWO
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 HUNDRED SEVENTY-ONE OF THIS ARTICLE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE NOTICE OF THE
 PUBLIC HEARING HELD PURSUANT TO SUBDIVISION SEVEN OF THIS SECTION;
   D.  A  DETERMINATION AS TO THE EFFECTIVE DATE OR DATES FOR THE CONVEY-
 ANCE OR LEASE OF THE PROPERTY DESCRIBED IN ACCORDANCE WITH  PARAGRAPH  B
 OF  THIS SUBDIVISION, HAVING DUE REGARD TO THE FISCAL YEAR OF THE COUNTY
 AND THE CITY, TOWN OR VILLAGE CONCERNED AND THE  AVAILABILITY  OF  FUNDS
 FOR  THE  OPERATION,  MAINTENANCE AND IMPROVEMENT OF THE SEWER SYSTEM BY
 THE COUNTY;
   E. A DETERMINATION ASSUMING RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE PAYMENT OF  ALL  OR
 THE  AGREED PORTION OF ALL OBLIGATIONS, CONTRACTS AND OTHER INDEBTEDNESS
 OF THE CITY, TOWN OR VILLAGE, AS THE  CASE  MAY  BE,  INCURRED  FOR  THE
 PURPOSES  OF  OR IN RELATION TO THE SEWER SYSTEM PROPERTY TO BE CONVEYED
 OR LEASED WHICH SHALL BE OUTSTANDING AS OF THE EFFECTIVE  DATE  OF  SUCH
 CONVEYANCE  OR LEASE, THE EXACT AMOUNT AND DETAILS THEREOF TO BE SUBJECT
 TO FUTURE DETERMINATION BY AGREEMENT IN SUCH MANNER AS MAY  BE  PROVIDED
 THEREIN; AND
   F.  SUCH  OTHER  TERMS,  CONDITIONS AND PROVISIONS WITH RESPECT TO THE
 ESTABLISHMENT OF SUCH DISTRICT AND SUCH CONVEYANCE OR LEASE, NOT  INCON-
 SISTENT  WITH  THE PROVISIONS OF THIS SECTION, AS THE COUNTY LEGISLATURE
 MAY DETERMINE TO BE NECESSARY OR DESIRABLE UNDER THE CIRCUMSTANCES.
   10. THE CLERK OF THE COUNTY LEGISLATURE, WITHIN  TEN  DAYS  AFTER  THE
 ADOPTION THEREOF, SHALL FILE A CERTIFIED COPY OF SUCH ACT WITH THE CLERK
 OF  THE  CITY,  TOWN OR VILLAGE CONCERNED, WHO SHALL PRESENT THE SAME TO
 THE GOVERNING BOARD AT THE NEXT MEETING THEREOF.  SUCH  GOVERNING  BOARD
 SHALL THEREUPON PROCEED TO ADOPT SUCH RESOLUTIONS OR ORDINANCES AND TAKE
 SUCH  OTHER  ACTION  AS SHALL BE NECESSARY OR CONVENIENT TO EFFECTUATE A
 CONVEYANCE OR LEASE OF SEWER SYSTEM PROPERTY TO THE COUNTY IN ACCORDANCE
 WITH THE PROVISIONS OF THIS SECTION AND SUCH ACT. IN  ADDITION,  IN  THE
 CASE  OF  A  TOWN  OR A VILLAGE SEWER DISTRICT, AND IF SO PROVIDED IN AN
 AGREEMENT WITH THE COUNTY,  THE  GOVERNING  BOARD  MAY  ADOPT  AN  ORDER
 DISSOLVING  SUCH DISTRICT EFFECTIVE AS OF THE DATE OF SUCH CONVEYANCE OR
 LEASE, A CERTIFIED COPY OF WHICH SHALL BE RECORDED IN THE OFFICE OF  THE
 COUNTY CLERK, OR, IF SUCH DISTRICT IS NOT TO BE DISSOLVED, THE GOVERNING
 BOARD  MAY ADOPT AN ORDER DESCRIBING THE REMAINING FUNCTIONS AND RESPON-
 SIBILITIES OF THE DISTRICT.
   11. ALL OR AN AGREED UPON PORTION OF ASSESSMENTS LEVIED BY,  OR  FEES,
 RATES,  RENTS  OR OTHER CHARGES DUE OR MONEYS OWING TO ANY CITY, TOWN OR
 VILLAGE WITH RESPECT TO ANY SEWER SYSTEM AND REMAINING UNPAID AS OF  THE
 EFFECTIVE  DATE  OF THE CONVEYANCE OR LEASE THEREOF TO A COUNTY DISTRICT
 PURSUANT TO THIS SECTION SHALL BE COLLECTED BY THE CITY, TOWN OR VILLAGE
 CONCERNED IN THE SAME MANNER AS IF SUCH CONVEYANCE OR LEASE HAD NOT BEEN
 MADE, AND UPON RECEIPT SHALL BE PAID OVER TO THE COUNTY COMMISSIONER  OF
 FINANCE TO BE APPLIED FOR THE PURPOSES OF SUCH COUNTY SEWER DISTRICT.
   12.  A.  THE  PRINCIPAL  OF  AND INTEREST ON ALL OUTSTANDING BONDS AND
 NOTES OF A CITY, TOWN OR VILLAGE ISSUED TO PAY ALL OR PART OF  THE  COST
 OF  ANY SEWER SYSTEM CONVEYED OR LEASED TO A COUNTY DISTRICT PURSUANT TO
 THIS SECTION SHALL CONTINUE TO BE PAID WHEN DUE BY SUCH  CITY,  TOWN  OR
 VILLAGE,  AND, IF A SEWER SYSTEM CONSOLIDATION AGREEMENT WITH THE COUNTY
 SO PROVIDES, FROM MONEYS PROVIDED FOR SUCH PURPOSE BY  THE  COUNTY  FROM
 COUNTY DISTRICT FUNDS RAISED OR APPROPRIATED THEREFOR. IF THE COUNTY HAS
 AGREED  TO  MAKE SUCH PAYMENTS, THE COUNTY COMMISSIONER OF FINANCE SHALL
 FROM TIME TO TIME PAY SUCH MONEYS TO THE FISCAL OFFICER  OF  SUCH  CITY,
 TOWN  OR VILLAGE SUFFICIENTLY IN ADVANCE TO PERMIT THE PAYMENT OF ALL OR
 THE AGREED UPON PORTION OF SUCH PRINCIPAL AND  INTEREST  WHEN  DUE.  ALL
 OTHER  OBLIGATIONS  AND  CONTRACT LIABILITIES OF A CITY, TOWN OR VILLAGE
 ASSUMED BY THE COUNTY IN A SEWER SYSTEM CONSOLIDATION AGREEMENT SHALL BE
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 PAID DIRECTLY FROM FUNDS OF THE COUNTY IN THE SAME MANNER AS OTHER COUN-
 TY SEWER DISTRICT CLAIMS.
   B.  IF  BONDS HAVE BEEN AUTHORIZED BY A CITY, TOWN OR VILLAGE PURSUANT
 TO THE LOCAL FINANCE LAW TO PAY ALL OR A PART OF THE COST OF THE  ACQUI-
 SITION,  CONSTRUCTION OR RECONSTRUCTION OF OR ADDITION TO A SEWER SYSTEM
 OR THE REPLACEMENT OF EQUIPMENT,  MACHINERY,  APPARATUS  OR  FURNISHINGS
 THEREFOR,  AND  IN ANTICIPATION OF THE ISSUANCE OF SUCH BONDS SUCH CITY,
 TOWN OR VILLAGE HAS ISSUED A BOND ANTICIPATION  NOTE  OR  NOTES  OR  HAS
 OTHERWISE  CONTRACTED  INDEBTEDNESS TO BE PAID FROM THE PROCEEDS OF SUCH
 BONDS, AND PRIOR TO THE ISSUANCE OF SUCH BONDS AND THE PAYMENT  OF  SUCH
 NOTE OR NOTES OR OTHER INDEBTEDNESS, SUCH SEWER SYSTEM HAS BEEN CONVEYED
 OR  LEASED  TO THE COUNTY PURSUANT TO THIS SECTION, THE COUNTY MAY ISSUE
 ITS BONDS FOR THE OBJECT OR PURPOSE OF PAYING  SUCH  NOTE  OR  NOTES  OR
 OTHER  INDEBTEDNESS.  THE PERIOD OF PROBABLE USEFULNESS OF THE OBJECT OR
 PURPOSE FOR WHICH SUCH BONDS MAY BE ISSUED BY  THE  COUNTY  PURSUANT  TO
 THIS  SUBDIVISION SHALL BE THE SAME AS THE PERIOD OF PROBABLE USEFULNESS
 SPECIFIED IN PARAGRAPH A OF SECTION 11.00 OF THE LOCAL FINANCE  LAW  FOR
 THE  OBJECT OR PURPOSE FOR WHICH THE BONDS WERE AUTHORIZED BY SUCH CITY,
 TOWN OR VILLAGE PRIOR TO SUCH TRANSFER. SUCH PERIOD SHALL BE THAT  WHICH
 WAS  IN  EFFECT AT THE TIME OF SUCH TRANSFER UNLESS SUCH PERIOD HAS BEEN
 SUBSEQUENTLY SHORTENED, IN WHICH EVENT THE SHORTER PERIOD IN  EFFECT  AT
 THE TIME OF THE ISSUANCE OF THE BONDS BY THE COUNTY SHALL APPLY. FOR THE
 PURPOSES  OF  PARAGRAPHS  B,  B-1  AND  C  OF SECTION 21.00 OF THE LOCAL
 FINANCE LAW, THE DATE OF THE EARLIEST BOND ANTICIPATION NOTE  ISSUED  BY
 SUCH CITY, TOWN OR VILLAGE SHALL BE CONSIDERED AS THE DATE OF THE EARLI-
 EST BOND ANTICIPATION NOTE ISSUED IN ANTICIPATION OF THE BONDS ISSUED BY
 THE  COUNTY  FOR  THE OBJECT OR PURPOSE. EXCEPT AS HEREIN PROVIDED, SUCH
 BONDS SHALL BE AUTHORIZED AND ISSUED BY THE COUNTY  IN  ACCORDANCE  WITH
 THE PROVISIONS OF THE LOCAL FINANCE LAW.
   C.  IF,  AT  THE  TIME OF SUCH TRANSFER, THE CITY, TOWN OR VILLAGE HAS
 OUTSTANDING BONDS ISSUED TO FINANCE THE CONVEYED OR LEASED SEWER FACILI-
 TIES, THE COUNTY MAY ISSUE REFUNDING BONDS  UNDER  AND  SUBJECT  TO  THE
 PROVISIONS OF SECTION 90.10 OF THE LOCAL FINANCE LAW OR SECTION 90.00 OF
 THE LOCAL FINANCE LAW, EXCEPT, IF THE BONDS TO BE REFUNDED ARE REFUNDING
 BONDS,  FOR  PARAGRAPH  I  THEREOF,  TO  PAY THE PRINCIPAL, INTEREST AND
 REDEMPTION PREMIUM OF THE BONDS OF THE CITY,  TOWN  OR  VILLAGE  OF  THE
 BONDS  TO  BE  REFUNDED, WITH SAVINGS TO THE COUNTY CALCULATED AS IF THE
 PRINCIPAL, INTEREST AND REDEMPTION PREMIUM ON THE BONDS TO  BE  REFUNDED
 WERE TO BE CONSIDERED BONDS OF THE COUNTY.
   13. THE COUNTY LEGISLATURE, AND EACH CITY, TOWN AND VILLAGE, ARE HERE-
 BY  AUTHORIZED  TO ADOPT ALL SUCH FURTHER ACTS AND TO TAKE OR DIRECT ALL
 SUCH ADDITIONAL PROCEEDINGS AS MAY BE NECESSARY OR DESIRABLE TO EFFECTU-
 ATE THE PURPOSES AND INTENT OF THIS SECTION.
   14. THE COUNTY, CITIES, TOWNS AND VILLAGES MAY EXPEND CAPITAL FUNDS TO
 CONDUCT EVALUATIONS, SURVEYS AND ANALYSIS OF COUNTY SEWER FACILITIES AND
 THE SEWER FACILITIES OF CITIES, TOWNS AND VILLAGES IN THE  COUNTY  WHICH
 MAY  BE  USEFUL IN IDENTIFYING WHETHER OR NOT THE CONVEYANCE OR LEASE OF
 PARTICULAR CITY, TOWN OR VILLAGE SEWER FACILITIES TO THE COUNTY WOULD BE
 IN THE PUBLIC INTEREST AND IN PLANNING, STRUCTURING  AND  NEGOTIATING  A
 CONVEYANCE  OR  LEASE OF CITY, TOWN OR VILLAGE FACILITIES TO THE COUNTY,
 AND THE COUNTY MAY ELECT TO REIMBURSE SUCH  COSTS  INCURRED  BY  CITIES,
 TOWNS  OR  VILLAGES AND TO ALLOCATE THE COSTS THEREOF. ALL OF SUCH COSTS
 NOT PAID FROM CURRENT FUNDS MAY BE FINANCED BY THE COUNTY AS PART OF THE
 COST OF THE ACQUISITION OF SEWER FACILITIES BY THE COUNTY,  IRRESPECTIVE
 OF WHETHER ANY SUCH ACQUISITION IS SUBSEQUENTLY COMPLETED.
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   15.  THE  PROVISIONS  OF SECTION ONE HUNDRED NINETEEN-O OF THE GENERAL
 MUNICIPAL LAW SHALL APPLY TO SEWER SYSTEM CONSOLIDATION AGREEMENTS  MADE
 UNDER  THIS  SECTION,  EXCEPT  THAT, IRRESPECTIVE OF THE TERM LIMITS SET
 FORTH IN SECTION ONE HUNDRED NINETEEN-O OF THE  GENERAL  MUNICIPAL  LAW,
 SUCH  AGREEMENTS  MAY  HAVE TERMS WHICH EXTEND FOR UP TO FIFTY YEARS AND
 WHICH MAY BE RENEWED PERIODICALLY AS PROVIDED THEREIN  FOR  A  TERM  NOT
 EXCEEDING  FIFTY  YEARS. THE EXPIRATION OF ANY SUCH AGREEMENTS SHALL NOT
 AFFECT ACTIONS COMPLETED UNDER SUCH AGREEMENTS, INCLUDING THE CONVEYANCE
 OR LEASE OF PROPERTY OR ANY CHANGE IN THE  STATUS  OF  EMPLOYEES  TRANS-
 FERRED  TO THE COUNTY PURSUANT THERETO. THIS SECTION DOES NOT REPLACE OR
 DIMINISH THE AUTHORITY OF THE COUNTY AND CITIES, TOWNS AND  VILLAGES  IN
 THE  COUNTY  TO  MAKE AGREEMENTS UNDER SECTION ONE HUNDRED NINETEEN-O OF
 THE GENERAL MUNICIPAL LAW IN ADDITION TO THE SEWER SYSTEM  CONSOLIDATION
 AGREEMENTS AUTHORIZED BY THIS SECTION.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.