Section 1078-D. Additional powers of the county of Suffolk and towns and villages within Suffolk county

1. a. In addition to any powers  granted  by any general or special law, the board of supervisors of the county of
  Suffolk,  acting  on behalf of the county, and any town board or village
  board of trustees of any town or village within the county  of  Suffolk,
  acting  on behalf of such town or village, either separately or pursuant
  to agreements among themselves, may, from time to time,  appropriate  by
  resolution  sums  of money to defray costs and expenses of the authority
  associated with the extension of authority mains to areas in the  county
  within  which  the  county  department of health services has documented
  that  private  wells  providing  water  to  home  owners   have   become
  contaminated  with pollutants in concentrations greater than recommended
  by any drinking water guidelines or standard established by the  federal
  government  or  this  state,  and may enter into a contract or contracts
  with the authority to so extend authority mains.
    b. In areas of  documented  groundwater  contamination  where  potable
  water  may be more economically supplied by a municipal water authority,
  special district or improvement area  established  to  provide  a  water
  improvement,  or  by  a  village,  than  by  the  Suffolk  county  water
  authority, the county board of supervisors and any town board or village
  board of trustees within Suffolk county may appropriate sums of money to
  said municipal water authority, special district or improvement area  or
  village, and enter into a contract or contracts, in accordance with this
  subdivision.
    2.  Persons  wishing  to  connect  to mains that have been extended to
  areas of documented groundwater contamination with financial  assistance
  by  the  county,  or  any  town  or village as provided herein, shall be
  solely responsible for costs and expenses associated with connecting  to
  said mains.
    3.  Appropriations of money by the county board of supervisors and any
  town board or village board of trustees in the county of Suffolk to  the
  authority  or  to  a  municipal  water  authority,  special  district or
  improvement area or village within Suffolk county, and any  contract  or
  contracts entered into with said authority or municipal water authority,
  special  district  or improvement area or village prior to the effective
  date of this section that  are  consistent  with  the  authorization  in
  subdivision  one  of  this  section  are  hereby  legalized,  validated,
  ratified and confirmed.