2019 New York Laws
SWC - Soil and Water Conservation Districts
Article 2 - State Soil and Water Conservation Committee, Soil and Water Conservation Districts, and Other Functions
12 - Discontinuance of Districts.

§ 12. Discontinuance  of districts. (1) The county board of any county
or the city council of the city of New York which,  by  resolution,  has
declared  the  county  or  the  city  of New York to be a soil and water
conservation district, may at any time after five years from the passage
of said resolution, and after determining that a substantial  proportion
of  the  rural  land  occupiers  of  the district so desire, repeal said
resolution at a regular or special meeting of  said  board  or  council,
providing written notice of intended action on such resolution, together
with  the  basis  for  action,  is  provided by the county board or city
council to the state soil and  water  conservation  committee  at  least
thirty   days   before   action   is  taken  on  such  resolution.  This
determination may be made through hearings, petitions or referenda.
  (2) Upon the repeal of the resolution which declared the county or the
city of New York to be a  soil  and  water  conservation  district,  the
directors  may not enter into any more contracts or agreements on behalf
of the district, and all rules and regulations theretofore  adopted  and
in  force  within such district shall be of no further force and effect.
Such district, however, shall continue for the purpose of fulfilling its
contracts,  discharging  any  existing   obligations,   collecting   and
distributing  its assets and doing all other acts required to adjust and
wind up its affairs.
  (3) Upon the repeal by the county board or the  city  council  of  the
resolution declaring the county or the city of New York to be a soil and
water  conservation  district,  the  directors  shall  at public auction
dispose of all property belonging  to  the  district  as  soon  as  said
property  is  no  longer  needed by the district to fulfill any existing
contracts, and shall forthwith pay over the proceeds of such sale, after
paying the necessary costs of the sale, into the county or the  city  of
New  York  treasury. The directors shall, at least ten days prior to the
holding of such public  auction,  notify  the  state  committee  of  the
property  proposed  to be sold thereat, and after such sale shall render
to the county board or the city council and to  the  state  committee  a
report  of  such sale, specifying the property sold, the amount received
therefore, and the disposition of the proceeds.  Such report of the sale
shall also be accompanied by a list of the  remaining  property  of  the
district still undisposed of.