Section 279-B. Agreements of county district; certain cases

1.
  Notwithstanding the provisions of any other law, a  county  district  in
  the county of Suffolk, acting through its administrative head, is hereby
  authorized  and  empowered,  from  time to time, to enter into or amend,
  supplement, modify, change  or  extend  agreements,  including  but  not
  limited  to, contracts, leases, rental or management agreements with, or
  grant licenses, permits, concessions or any other authorizations to  any
  private  corporation,  partnership  or  individual,  upon such terms and
  conditions and for such consideration and for such term or duration  not
  to   exceed   twenty-five   years,   as  may  be  agreed  upon  by  said
  administrative head, with the approval of the county legislature of  the
  county  wherein  such  private entity is granted the right to construct,
  operate, maintain, use, manage, occupy, lease, own, or any of them,  all
  or part of certain facilities it or the district owns or will own and to
  carry on activities or furnish services, in whole or in part relative to
  the  manner  of sewerage and wastewater treatment and collection for the
  district on sites approved by the district which may either be owned  by
  the district, county or privately.
    2.  A private entity which is a party to such agreement may be granted
  the rights hereinbefore referred to for any purpose  or  purposes  which
  shall,  by  utilization  of  such  sewerage and wastewater treatment and
  collection facilities, benefit the people  of  the  county  district  or
  provide  for  the  improvement  of  their  health and welfare or aid and
  assist in the financing of the construction, operation or maintenance of
  such facilities.
    3. The by-products, if any, generated by the  facility  may  be  sold,
  utilized  or otherwise disposed of by the private entity pursuant to the
  agreement, upon such terms and conditions and for such consideration  as
  may be agreed upon by the parties thereto.
    4.  Nothing  contained  in the provisions of this section shall exempt
  the district from any  applicable  provision  of  law  relating  to  the
  requirements for public bidding.