§ 1174-c. Water authority of Southeastern Nassau county district. 1.
There is hereby created a district to be known as the "water authority
of Southeastern Nassau county district" which shall be defined as all
that portion of Nassau county serviced by the New York Water service
corporation as of January first, nineteen hundred ninety-one.

2. If the authority decides to enter into a contract to purchase or
otherwise acquire an interest in the New York Water Service Corporation
or to initiate a condemnation proceeding pursuant to the eminent domain
procedure law, prior to entering into any contract to purchase or
otherwise acquire an interest in the New York Water Service Corporation
or the initiation of any condemnation proceeding by the authority
pursuant to the eminent domain procedure law the authority shall provide
ratepayers within the area serviced by the New York Water Service
Corporation and the public with public forums for the expression and
discussion of views regarding such purchase, acquisition or condemnation
of the New York Water Service Corporation. The authority shall hold at
least one forum in each of the towns of Hempstead and Oyster Bay within
the portions of the towns of Hempstead and Oyster Bay serviced by the
New York Water Service Corporation.

3. If the authority decides to enter into a contract to purchase or
otherwise acquire an interest in the New York Water Service Corporation
or to initiate a condemnation proceeding pursuant to the eminent domain
procedure law, the authority is authorized to provide registered voters
within the area serviced by the New York Water Service Corporation prior
to entering into such contract to purchase or otherwise acquire an
interest in the New York Water Service Corporation or the initiation of
any condemnation proceeding by the authority pursuant to the eminent
domain procedure law, with a nonbinding referendum, regarding whether
the authority should enter into a contract to purchase or otherwise
acquire an interest in the New York Water Service Corporation or
initiate condemnation proceeding pursuant to the eminent domain
procedure law. The proposition shall be placed on the ballot and voted
upon at a special election or a date to be determined by the Nassau
county board of elections.