§ 119-j. Costs. The share of each participating municipality of the cost of providing common drainage facilities shall be fixed by the contract. In the event that the acquisition and development of common drainage facilities shall be effected by the individual action of one of the participating municipalities, it shall be lawful for any of the other participating municipalities to make a lump sum payment of its share from moneys on hand and available for such purpose. Nothing herein contained shall prevent the purchase or condemnation of existing drainage facilities or portions thereof necessary for the purposes of the joint project, provided, however, that there shall be no power to condemn property the legal title to which is vested in a public corporation, district corporation or a special improvement district unless the owner shall consent thereto. In the event that any drainage facility owned by one of the participating municipalities is acquired for the purpose of the common facilities, such municipality may be allowed a credit against its share of the cost equal to the agreed value of the assets so acquired. The share of each participating municipality may be paid from taxes levied for the fiscal year in which such expenditure is to be made or may be financed as provided in title one-A of Article 2 of the local finance law.

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Terms Used In N.Y. General Municipal Law 119-J

  • Assets: (1) The property comprising the estate of a deceased person, or (2) the property in a trust account.
  • Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
  • Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
  • Fiscal year: The fiscal year is the accounting period for the government. For the federal government, this begins on October 1 and ends on September 30. The fiscal year is designated by the calendar year in which it ends; for example, fiscal year 2006 begins on October 1, 2005 and ends on September 30, 2006.
  • municipality: as used in this article shall mean a city, a village, a county on behalf of a county drainage district, a town and a town acting on behalf of a town drainage district. See N.Y. General Municipal Law 119-F