N.Y. CNT Law § 279-B

§ 279-b. Agreements of county district; certain cases. 1.\nNotwithstanding the provisions of any other law, a county district in\nthe county of Suffolk, acting through its administrative head, is hereby\nauthorized and empowered, from time to time, to enter into or amend,\nsupplement, modify, change or extend agreements, including but not\nlimited to, contracts, leases, rental or management agreements with, or\ngrant licenses, permits, concessions or any other authorizations to any\nprivate corporation, partnership or individual, upon such terms and\nconditions and for such consideration and for such term or duration not\nto exceed twenty-five years, as may be agreed upon by said\nadministrative head, with the approval of the county legislature of the\ncounty wherein such private entity is granted the right to construct,\noperate, maintain, use, manage, occupy, lease, own, or any of them, all\nor part of certain facilities it or the district owns or will own and to\ncarry on activities or furnish services, in whole or in part relative to\nthe manner of sewerage and wastewater treatment and collection for the\ndistrict on sites approved by the district which may either be owned by\nthe district, county or privately.\n 2. A private entity which is a party to such agreement may be granted\nthe rights hereinbefore referred to for any purpose or purposes which\nshall, by utilization of such sewerage and wastewater treatment and\ncollection facilities, benefit the people of the county district or\nprovide for the improvement of their health and welfare or aid and\nassist in the financing of the construction, operation or maintenance of\nsuch facilities.\n 3. The by-products, if any, generated by the facility may be sold,\nutilized or otherwise disposed of by the private entity pursuant to the\nagreement, upon such terms and conditions and for such consideration as\nmay be agreed upon by the parties thereto.\n 4. Nothing contained in the provisions of this section shall exempt\nthe district from any applicable provision of law relating to the\nrequirements for public bidding.\n