Section 279-B - Agreements of county district; certain cases1. 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.