Sec. 10. Continuation of Northport Village Corporation. Nothing in this Act is intended to alter or affect or may be interpreted as altering or affecting the Northport Village Corporation Charter.

Sec. 11. Referendum; effective date. This Act takes effect when approved only for the purpose of permitting its submission to the eligible voters of the Northport Village Corporation at its annual meeting and to the legal voters within the territory described in section 1 of this Act at elections called for that purpose and held within one year of the effective date of this Act. The elections must be called, advertised and conducted according to the law relating to municipal elections, except that the registrar of voters is not required to prepare or the clerk to post a new list of voters. For the purpose of registration of voters, the registrar of voters must be in session the secular day preceding the election. The subject matter of this Act is reduced to the following questions. The question to be submitted to the eligible voters of the Northport Village Corporation must read as follows:

"Do you favor permitting the Bayside Utilities District to acquire the water-related and sewer-related assets of the Northport Village Corporation?"

The question to be submitted to the legal voters within the district must read as follows:

"Do you favor creating the Bayside Utilities District?"

The voters shall indicate by a cross or check mark placed against the word "Yes" or "No" their opinion of the same.

The results must be declared by the municipal officers of the Town of Northport and due certificate of the results filed by the clerk with the Secretary of State.

This Act takes effect for all purposes immediately upon its approval by a majority of the eligible voters of the Northport Village Corporation at its annual meeting and by a majority of the legal voters voting at the election. Failure to achieve the necessary approval in any referendum does not prohibit subsequent referenda consistent with this section, provided the referenda are held prior to January 1, 2005.