Terms Used In N.Y. County Law 280-J

  • district: means a county hurricane proection, flood and shoreline erosion control district except where otherwise stated. See N.Y. County Law 280-A
  • Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
  • governing body: means the elected legislative body of the county. See N.Y. County Law 280-A

The clerk of the governing body shall within ten days cause a certified copy of the order of the governing body establishing the district to be recorded in the office of the clerk of the county and when so recorded such order shall be presumptive evidence of the regularity of the proceedings for the establishment of the district and of all other action taken by the governing body in relation thereto.