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2019 New York Laws
GMU - General Municipal
Article 5 - Powers, Limitations and Liabilities
75 - Limitation on Acquisition of Water Rights in Dutchess County.

Universal Citation: NY Gen Mun L § 75 (2019)
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§  75.  Limitation  on acquisition of water rights in Dutchess county.
  Notwithstanding  the  provisions  of  any  general  or  special  law,  a
  municipal  or  other  corporation  shall  not  have  power to acquire by
  condemnation for the  purpose  of  increasing  or  improving  its  water
  supply,  any  stream  or  water, situated outside the boundaries of such
  municipal  corporation,  that  flows  through  the  town  of   Fishkill,
  Wappingers  or Poughkeepsie into the Hudson river, which stream or water
  affords the chief source of power to, or is necessary in the process  of
  manufacturing,  washing  or  dyeing  in,  a  mill  situated in a city or
  village within the county  of  Dutchess,  the  inhabitants  whereof  are
  chiefly dependent on such mill for employment and support.

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