New York County Law Article 5-D - COUNTY SMALL WATERSHED PROTECTION DISTRICTS

• 299-l - Declaration of Policy and Purposes.
  Whereas erosion, flood water and sediment damage in the watersheds of the rivers and streams of the state cause loss of life and damage to...
• 299-m - County Small Watershed Protection Districts.
  The board of supervisors of each county may establish or extend county small watershed protection districts in the manner hereinafter provided, for the purpose of...
• 299-n - County Small Watershed Agency and Processing of Applications.
  1. Designation of an agency. The board of supervisors may appoint or designate a county small watershed agency (hereinafter referred to as the agency), in...
• 299-o - Establishment of a County Small Watershed Protection District.
  When the agency has the complete final maps, plans, specifications and cost estimates for a project, as provided in section two hundred ninety-nine-n of this...
• 299-p - Administration of the Watershed District; Powers; Limitations.
  1. Administrative head or body of district. When a watershed district shall have been established, the board of supervisors, with the advice of the agency,...
• 299-q - Expense of the Improvement.
  The cost of establishment of a watershed district and the furnishing of the improvement therein shall include the amount of all contracts, the costs of...
• 299-r - Increase of Maximum Amount to Be Expended.
  At any time after the establishment of a district pursuant to this article the maximum amount authorized to be expended for the original improvement or...
• 299-s - Assessment of the Cost.
  The expense of the establishment of a watershed district and of providing improvements therein, including modifications, shall be assessed, levied and collected in the same...
• 299-t - Extension of the District.
  A watershed district may be extended so as to include territory not previously included within its boundaries in the same manner as hereinbefore prescribed for...
• 299-u - Joint Construction and Operation of Projects.
  Where two or more adjoining counties have established agencies and have created watershed districts for the purposes of this act in the watershed common to...
• 299-v - Jurisdiction of State Agencies Not Affected.
  No provision of this article shall be deemed to alter, repeal or modify the powers and duties of the state departments of conservation, health and...
• 299-w - Federal Assistance.
  The watershed district is designated as a "local organization" authorized to make application to the secretary of agriculture of the United States for financial assistance...
• 299-x - State Aid.
  1. Recognizing that general public benefits, in terms of flood prevention, and erosion control, will accrue to the people of the state, through the establishment...
• 299-y - Certain Powers of Board of Supervisors and Soil Conservation Districts Not Affected.
  Nothing in this article contained shall be deemed to repeal, amend or modify the powers of the board of supervisors as provided by section two...

Last modified: February 3, 2019