Legislation
SECTION 56-A
Use by the state, individuals and corporations outside corporate limits
General City (GCT) CHAPTER 21, ARTICLE 4
§ 56-a. Use by the state, individuals and corporations outside
corporate limits. 1. Any city having a population of fifty thousand or
less may sell to a public or private corporation, or to an individual,
the right to make connection with its sewer system for the purpose of
discharging sewage therein from outside the city limits, and fix the
term, consideration and conditions therefor. The board shall not sell
nor permit the use of its sewer system under this section if thereby
such sewer system will be rendered inadequate for the city or its
inhabitants. The term "public corporation" shall mean a public
corporation as defined in section three of the general corporation law.
2. Any city having a population of fifty thousand or less may contract
with the state of New York or with the state authority having control
and supervision of any state institution, and the state of New York or
the state authority having control and supervision of any state
institution may contract with the board of sewer commissioners of any
such city, to provide sewerage and sewage disposal facilities for the
conveyance, treatment and disposal of the sewage of such state or state
institution either within or without the corporate limit of said city on
such conditions and conveying such powers to the state or such state
authority and for such consideration and such period of time as said
sewer commissioners and the state of New York or such state authority
may agree.
3. Any city having a population of fifty thousand or less may contract
with the United States of America or with the federal agency,
administration or authority having control and supervision of any
federal institution or installation to provide sewerage and sewage
disposal facilities for the conveyance, treatment and disposal of the
sewage of such federal institution or installation either within or
without the corporate limits of the city on such conditions, for such
consideration and for such period of time as said sewer commissioners
and the United States of America or such federal agency, administration
or authority may agree.
corporate limits. 1. Any city having a population of fifty thousand or
less may sell to a public or private corporation, or to an individual,
the right to make connection with its sewer system for the purpose of
discharging sewage therein from outside the city limits, and fix the
term, consideration and conditions therefor. The board shall not sell
nor permit the use of its sewer system under this section if thereby
such sewer system will be rendered inadequate for the city or its
inhabitants. The term "public corporation" shall mean a public
corporation as defined in section three of the general corporation law.
2. Any city having a population of fifty thousand or less may contract
with the state of New York or with the state authority having control
and supervision of any state institution, and the state of New York or
the state authority having control and supervision of any state
institution may contract with the board of sewer commissioners of any
such city, to provide sewerage and sewage disposal facilities for the
conveyance, treatment and disposal of the sewage of such state or state
institution either within or without the corporate limit of said city on
such conditions and conveying such powers to the state or such state
authority and for such consideration and such period of time as said
sewer commissioners and the state of New York or such state authority
may agree.
3. Any city having a population of fifty thousand or less may contract
with the United States of America or with the federal agency,
administration or authority having control and supervision of any
federal institution or installation to provide sewerage and sewage
disposal facilities for the conveyance, treatment and disposal of the
sewage of such federal institution or installation either within or
without the corporate limits of the city on such conditions, for such
consideration and for such period of time as said sewer commissioners
and the United States of America or such federal agency, administration
or authority may agree.