N.Y. GMU Law § 980-I

§ 980-i. Amendments to the district plan. (a) At any time after the\nestablishment or extension of a district pursuant to the provisions of\nthis article, the district plan upon which the establishment or\nextension was based, may, upon the recommendation of the district\nmanagement association, be amended by the legislative body after\ncompliance with the procedures set forth in this section.\n (b) Amendments to the district plan which provide for additional\nimprovements or services or any change in the method of assessment upon\nwhich the district charge is based, or an increase only in the amount to\nbe expended annually for improvements, services, maintenance and\noperation may be adopted by local law of the legislative body, provided\nthat the legislative body shall, after a public hearing, determine that\nit is in the public interest to authorize the additional improvements,\nservices or increase in the maximum annual amount and that the tax and\ndebt limits prescribed in section nine hundred eighty-k of this article\nwill not be exceeded. The legislative body shall give notice of the\nhearing by publication of a notice in at least one newspaper having\ngeneral circulation in the district specifying the time when and the\nplace where the hearing will be held and stating the increase proposed\nin the maximum amount to be expended annually. The notice shall be\npublished once at least ten days prior to the date specified for the\nhearing.\n (c) Amendments to the district plan which provide for the district to\nincur indebtedness in order to provide for additional improvements or\nwhich provide for an increase in the total maximum amount to be expended\nfor improvements in the district, may be adopted by local law of the\nlegislative body, provided that the legislative body shall, after a\npublic hearing, determine that it is in the public interest to authorize\nthe district to incur indebtedness to provide for additional\nimprovements or to increase the maximum total amount to be expended for\nimprovements in the district and that the tax and debt limits prescribed\nin section nine hundred eighty-k of this article will not be exceeded.\nNotice of the hearing shall be published and mailed in the manner\nprovided in section nine hundred eighty-e of this article. The local law\nadopted pursuant to this subdivision shall not be effective until\nreviewed by the state comptroller in accordance with section nine\nhundred eighty-g of this article.\n