Title PBA, Public Authorities

§ 1058. Duty of authority to maintain and operate. It shall be the\nduty of the authority, subject to any limitation on the amount of\nrevenues to be expended for such purpose, to maintain and operate and\nwhere necessary to reconstruct its properties.\n

§ 1059. Transfer of officers and employees. Any public officer or\nemployee under civil service, selected by the authority may, with the\nconsent of the commission, board or department by which he or she has\nbeen employed, be transferred to the authority and shall be eligible f…

§ 1060. Agreements of the state. The state of New York does pledge to\nand agree with the holders of the bonds that the state will not limit or\nalter the rights hereby vested in the authority to acquire, construct,\nmaintain, operate, reconstruct and improve the properties, to …

§ 1061. State, county and municipalities not liable on bonds. The\nbonds and other obligations of the authority shall not be a debt of the\nstate of New York or of the county or of any municipality in the county,\nand neither the state nor the county nor any municipality in the …

§ 1062. Bonds legal investments for fiduciaries. The bonds are hereby\nmade securities in which all public officers and bodies of this state\nand all municipalities and municipal subdivisions, all insurance\ncompanies and associations and other persons carrying on an insurance\n…

§ 1063. Exemption from taxes. 1. It is hereby determined that the\ncreation of the authority and the carrying out of its corporate purposes\nis in all respects for the benefit of the people of the county of Erie\nand its environs, and is a public purpose, and the authority shall…

§ 1064. Tax contract by the state. The state of New York covenants\nwith the purchasers and with all subsequent holders and transferees of\nbonds or notes issued by the authority pursuant to this title, in\nconsideration of the acceptance of and payment for the bonds or notes\nt…

§ 1065. Control by other boards or commissions. No certificate of\nconvenience and necessity, license, consent or other authorization shall\nbe required to be obtained by the authority or by a water-works\ncorporation from any board, commission or other agency of the state in\no…

§ 1066. Remedies of bondholders. 1. In the event that the authority\nshall default in the payment of principal of or interest on any issue of\nthe bonds after the same shall become due, whether at maturity or upon\ncall for redemption, and such default shall continue for a perio…

§ 1067. Actions. 1. In any case founded upon tort a notice of claim\nshall be required as a condition precedent to the commencement of an\naction or special proceeding against the authority or any officer,\nappointee, agent or employee thereof, and the provisions of section\nfif…

§ 1068. Officers and employees not to be interested in transactions.\nIt shall be a misdemeanor for any of the members of the authority, or\nany officer, agent, servant or employee thereof, employed or appointed\nby them to be in any way or manner interested directly or indirect…

§ 1069. Contracts. The authority shall let contracts for construction\nor purchase of supplies, materials, or equipment pursuant to sections\none hundred one and one hundred three of the general municipal law.\nNothing in this section shall be construed to limit the power of the…

§ 1070. Annual report. The authority shall submit to the board of\nsupervisors of the county, and to the comptroller, within the first\nmonth of each fiscal year, a detailed report setting forth the\noperations and fiscal transactions of the authority during the preceding\nfisca…

§ 1071. Limitation of liability. Neither the members of the authority,\nnor any person or persons acting in its behalf, while acting within the\nscope of their authority, shall be subject to any personal liability\nresulting from the erection, construction, reconstruction, maint…

§ 1072. Effect of inconsistent provisions. In so far as the provisions\nof this title are inconsistent with the provisions of any other act,\ngeneral or special, or of any local law, the provisions of this title\nshall be controlling.\n

§ 1073. Title not affected if in part unconstitutional or ineffective.\nIf any section, clause or provision of this title shall be held\nunconstitutional, or be ineffective in whole or in part, to the extent\nthat it is not unconstitutional, or ineffective, it shall be valid and…

§ 1074. Short title. This title may be cited as the "Suffolk County\nWater Authority Act."\n

§ 1075. Statement of purpose. Prior to the enactment of section five\nof article ten of the constitution (effective on January first, nineteen\nhundred thirty-nine) public benefit corporations could be created\npursuant to general law and chapter eight hundred forty-seven of the…

§ 1076. Definitions. As used or referred to in this title, unless a\ndifferent meaning clearly appears from the context,\n 1. The term "authority" shall mean the corporation heretofore created\npursuant to the provisions of chapter eight hundred forty-seven of the\nlaws of ninet…

§ 1077. Suffolk county water authority. 1. The corporate existence of\nthe Suffolk county water authority, heretofore created pursuant to the\nprovisions of chapter eight hundred forty-seven of the laws of nineteen\nhundred thirty-four and thereafter continued pursuant to the pr…

§ 1078. Powers. The powers and duties of the authority shall be as\nfollows:\n 1. To sue and be sued.\n 2. To have a seal and alter the same.\n 3. To acquire, in the name of the authority, lease, hold and dispose\nof property or any interest therein for its corporate purposes,\n…

§ 1078-a. Sale of water. The authority shall not refuse to sell water\nservice to residential tenants for the sole reason that the premises of\nsuch tenants receiving water service are rented.\n

§ 1078-b. Discontinuance procedures. No discontinuance or\ndisconnection of any supply of water shall be carried out except in the\nmanner and upon the notice as is required of a water-works corporation\npursuant to subdivisions three-a, three-b and three-c of section\neighty-ni…

§ 1078-c. Water metering. The authority shall meter service to its\ncustomers within two years of the effective date of this section.\n

§ 1078-d. Additional powers of the county of Suffolk and towns and\nvillages within Suffolk county. 1. a. In addition to any powers granted\nby any general or special law, the board of supervisors of the county of\nSuffolk, acting on behalf of the county, and any town board or v…

§ 1078-e. Acquisition by eminent domain. Notwithstanding any provision\nof the eminent domain procedure law to the contrary, in any proceeding\nbrought by the authority pursuant to such law, title shall vest in the\nauthority and compensation shall be paid only (a) upon a decisi…

§ 1078-f. Charges by authority; method of collection. All rates, fees\nand other charges for the use or availability of the facilities or\nservices or commodities provided or made available by the authority and\nbilled directly by the authority to the user or service recipient\n…

§ 1079. Survey of water resources. The board of supervisors of Suffolk\ncounty may, by resolution, appropriate a sum of money to defray the\npreliminary expenses of such authority so created and may thereafter\nappropriate such sums as may be required, for the purpose of making …

§ 1080. Bonds. 1. The authority shall have power and is hereby\nauthorized from time to time to issue its negotiable bonds in conformity\nwith applicable provisions of the uniform commercial code. Such bonds\nshall be authorized by resolution of the authority and shall bear such…

§ 1080-a. Notes of the authority. The authority shall have power and\nis hereby authorized to issue negotiable bond anticipation notes in\nconformity with applicable provisions of the uniform commercial code and\nmay renew the same from time to time but the maximum maturity of a…

§ 1081. Bonds as legal investments. The bonds herein authorized are\nhereby made securities in which all public officers and bodies of this\nstate and all municipalities and municipal subdivisions, all insurance\ncompanies and associations and other persons carrying on an insura…

§ 1082. Bonds and property of the authority exempt from taxation. It\nis hereby determined that the creation of the authority and the carrying\nout of its corporate purposes is in all respects for the benefit of the\npeople of the county, and is a public purpose, and the authori…

§ 1083. State, county and municipalities not liable on bonds. The\nbonds of the authority shall not be a debt of the state of New York or\nof the county or of any municipality in the county, and neither the\nstate nor the county nor any municipality in the county shall be liable…

§ 1084. Agreements of the state. The state of New York does pledge to\nand agree with the holders of the bonds that the state will not limit or\nalter the rights hereby vested in the authority to acquire, construct,\nmaintain, operate, reconstruct and improve the properties, to …

§ 1085. Contracts for sale of water wholesale. Any municipality is\nhereby authorized to contract with the authority for the purchase of\nwater from the authority at wholesale for a period not exceeding thirty\nyears except that, in the case of a fire protection district or a fi…

§ 1086. Audit of authority; annual report. In conformity with the\nprovisions of section five of article ten of the constitution, the\naccounts of the authority shall be subject to the supervision of the\nstate comptroller and such state comptroller and his legally authorized\nr…

§ 1087. Interest in contracts prohibited. It shall be a misdemeanor\nfor any of the members of the authority, or any officer, agent, servant\nor employee thereof, employed or appointed by them to be in any way or\nmanner interested directly or indirectly in the furnishing of wor…

§ 1088. Contracts. All contracts, or orders, for work, material or\nsupplies performed or furnished in connection with construction shall be\nawarded by the authority pursuant to resolution. Such contracts, or\norders, for work, material or supplies needed for any particular pur…

§ 1089. Actions. 1. In any case founded upon tort a notice of claim\nshall be required as a condition precedent to the commencement of an\naction or special proceeding against the authority or any officer,\nappointee or employee thereof, and the provisions of section fifty-e of\…

§ 1090. Expenses of hearing. The expenses of any hearing,\ndetermination or other action which the provisions of this title require\nof the water power and control commission shall be paid by the\napplicant. Bills for such expenses shall be certified by said commission\nto the a…

§ 1091. Separability clause. If any section, clause or provision in\nthis title shall be held by a competent court to be unconstitutional or\nineffective in whole or in part, to the extent that it is not\nunconstitutional or ineffective it shall be valid and effective, and no\no…

§ 1092. Effect of inconsistent provisions. In so far as the provisions\nof this title are inconsistent with the provisions of any other act,\ngeneral or special, or of any local law of any city, the provisions of\nthis title shall be controlling. Nothing contained in this title …

§ 1093. Short title. This title may be cited as the "Monroe County\nWater Authority Act."\n

§ 1094. Definitions. As used or referred to in this title, unless a\ndifferent meaning clearly appears from the context,\n 1. The term "authority" shall mean the corporation created by section\none thousand ninety-five of this title;\n 2. The term "county" shall mean the county …

§ 1095. Monroe county water authority. 1. A corporation known as\n"Monroe County Water Authority" is hereby created and continued for the\npurposes and charged with the duties and having the powers provided in\nthis title. The authority shall be a body corporate and politic\ncon…

§ 1096. Powers of the authority. The authority shall have power:\n 1. To sue and be sued;\n 2. To have a seal and alter the same at pleasure;\n 3. To acquire, in the name of the authority, lease, hold and dispose\nof personal property or any interest therein for its corporate pu…

§ 1096-a. Additional duties of the authority. 1. The authority shall\nsubmit to the president of the Monroe county legislature a copy of the\nauthority's preliminary budget, annual budget or amended budget,\ncertified by the treasurer of the authority, not later than thirty days…

§ 1097. Moneys of the authority. All moneys of the authority from\nwhatever source derived shall be paid to the treasurer of the authority\nand shall be deposited forthwith in a bank or banks in the state of New\nYork designated by the authority. The moneys in such accounts shal…

§ 1098. Bonds of the authority. 1. The authority shall have the power\nand is hereby authorized from time to time to issue its negotiable bonds\nin conformity with applicable provisions of the uniform commercial code\nfor any of its corporate purposes, including incidental expen…

§ 1099. Notes of the authority. The authority shall have power and is\nhereby authorized to issue negotiable bond anticipation notes in\nconformity with applicable provisions of the uniform commercial code and\nmay renew the same from time to time but the maximum maturity of any…