Jericho Water District v. One Call Users Council, Inc.

OPINION OF THE COURT

Prudenti, EJ.

The Legislature has exempted certain operators of underground facilities, including “municipalities,” from contributing to the costs of operating a mandatory “one-call notification system,” but the statute granting the exemption does not define the term “municipalities.” The issue presented in this case is whether the plaintiff town improvement district is a “municipality” within the meaning of the statute, and thus exempt from the one-call notification system’s membership fee. We conclude that the context in which the statutory term “municipalities” appears…