Title PBA, Public Authorities

§ 2675-p. Actions against authority. 1. Except in an action for\nwrongful death, no action for special proceeding shall be prosecuted or\nmaintained against the authority, its members, officers or employees for\npersonal injury or damage to real or personal property alleged to h…

§ 2675-q. Annual reports. The accounts of the authority shall be\nsubject to the supervision of the state comptroller and an annual audit\nshall be performed by an independent certified public accountant. The\nauthority shall annually submit to the mayor, county executive,\ngove…

§ 2675-r. Severability. If any provision of any section of this title\nor the application thereof to any person or circumstance shall be\nadjudged invalid by a court of competent jurisdiction, such order or\njudgement shall be confined in its operation to the controversy in whic…

§ 2676. Short title. This title may be cited as the "Albany county\npine hills land authority act".\n

§ 2676-a. Statement of legislative findings and purpose. The\nlegislature hereby finds and declares as follows:\n 1. The economic well-being of the county and the general welfare of\nits people require adequate, and accessible performing arts centers,\nathletic fields, education…

§ 2676-b. Definitions. As used or referred to in this title, unless a\ndifferent meaning clearly appears from the context:\n 1. "Authority" shall mean the Albany county pine hills land authority\ncreated by this title.\n 2. "City" shall mean the city of Albany.\n 3. "The college…

§ 2676-c. Albany county pine hills land authority. 1. There is hereby\ncreated the Albany county pine hills land authority. The authority shall\nbe a body corporate and politic constituting a public benefit\ncorporation. The authority shall consist of seven members who shall be\…

§ 2676-d. Advances on behalf of the authority; transfer of property to\nthe authority; acquisition of property by county for the authority. 1.\nIn addition to any powers granted to it by law, the county may, from\ntime to time, appropriate by resolution sums of money to defray p…

§ 2676-e. Transfer of officers and employees. 1. In accordance with\nthe provisions of section seventy of the civil service law, any officer\nor employee of the county, may, at the request of the authority and with\nthe consent of the county executive, be transferred to the auth…

§ 2676-f. General powers of the authority. Except as otherwise limited\nby this title, 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 borrow money and issue bonds for any of its corporate purposes\nor its proj…

§ 2676-g. Special powers of the authority. In order to effectuate the\npurpose of this title:\n 1. The authority may enter into any joint service arrangements as\nhereinafter provided.\n 2. The authority may, on such terms and conditions as the authority\nmay determine necessary…

§ 2676-h. Bonds of the authority. 1. The authority shall have the\npower and is hereby authorized from time to time to issue bonds, notes\nor other obligations to pay the cost of any project or for any other\ncorporate purpose, including the establishment of reserves to secure t…

§ 2676-i. Remedies of bondholders. Subject to any resolution or\nresolutions adopted pursuant to this title:\n 1. In the event that the authority shall default in the payment of\nprincipal or of interest on any issue of bonds, after the same shall\nbecome due, whether at maturit…

§ 2676-j. State and county not liable on authority bonds. Neither the\nstate, the county, nor the city shall be liable on the bonds of the\nauthority and such bonds shall not be a debt of the state, the county or\nthe city, and such bonds shall contain on the face thereof a stat…

§ 2676-k. Monies of the authority. All monies 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 designated by the\nauthority. The monies in such accounts shall be paid out on check …

§ 2676-l. Bonds legal investment for fiduciaries. The bonds of the\nauthority are hereby made securities in which all public officers and\nbodies of the state and all municipalities, all insurance companies and\nassociations and other persons carrying on an insurance business, a…

§ 2676-m. Agreement with state. The state does hereby pledge to and\nagree with the holders of any bonds issued by the authority pursuant to\nthis title and with those persons or public corporations who may enter\ninto contracts with the authority pursuant to the provisions of t…

§ 2676-n. Agreement with county. The county is authorized to pledge to\nand agree with the holders of any bonds issued by the authority pursuant\nto this title and with those persons or public corporations who may\nenter into contracts with the authority pursuant to the provisio…

§ 2676-o. Exemption from taxes, assessments and certain fees. 1. The\nauthority shall not be required to pay any fees, taxes, special ad\nvalorem levies, or assessments, whether state or local, including but\nnot limited to fees, taxes, special ad valorem levies, or assessments …

§ 2676-p. Actions against authority. 1. Except in an action for\nwrongful death, no action or special proceeding shall be prosecuted or\nmaintained against the authority, its members, officers, or employees\nfor personal injury or damage to real or personal property alleged to\n…

§ 2676-q. Contracts. 1. All contracts for construction shall be let by\nthe authority in conformity with the applicable provisions of section\none hundred thirty-five of the state finance law and shall be let in\naccordance with the provisions of state law pertaining to prevaili…

§ 2676-r. Code of ethics. 1. Definition. As used in this section the\nterm "authority employee" shall mean any member, officer, or employee of\nthe authority.\n 2. Rule with respect to conflicts of interest. No authority employee\nshould have any interest, financial or otherwise…

§ 2676-s. Agreements relating to payment in lieu of taxes. 1. In order\nto assure that municipalities shall not suffer undue loss of taxes or\nassessments in the event that the authority acquires any facility from\nthe county, any person paying real property taxes or assessments…

§ 2676-t. Audit and annual report. In conformity with the provisions\nof section five of article ten of the state constitution, the accounts\nof the authority shall be subject to the supervision of the state\ncomptroller and an annual audit shall be performed by an independent\n…

§ 2676-u. Limited liability. Neither members, officers, or employees\nof the authority, nor any municipality, or an officer or employee\nthereof acting on behalf of the authority, shall be subject to any\npersonal liability resulting from the construction, maintenance, or\nopera…

§ 2676-v. Transfer of applications, proceedings, approvals, and\npermits. 1. Any application, review or process in relation to or in\nfurtherance of the purposes of or contemplated by this title heretofore\nfiled or undertaken, or any proceeding heretofore commenced or any\ndete…

§ 2676-w. Separability. If any clause, sentence, paragraph, section,\nor part of this title shall be adjudged by any court of competent\njurisdiction to be invalid, such judgment shall not affect, impair or\ninvalidate the remainder thereof, but shall be confined in its operatio…

§ 2676-x. Effect of inconsistent provisions. In so far as the\nprovisions of this title are inconsistent with the provisions of any\nother act, general or special, or of the county charter or any local\nlaw, charter, ordinance or resolution of the county or another\nmunicipality…

§ 2700. Short title. This title shall be known and may be cited as the\n"development authority of the north country act".\n

§ 2701. Statement of legislative findings and purposes. It is hereby\nfound, determined and declared that there is an immediate need to\ninstitute a comprehensive, coordinated program of economic development\nactivities in the three county area comprised of the counties of\nJeff…

§ 2702. Definitions. As used in this title, the following words and\nterms shall have the following meanings unless the context indicates\nanother or different meaning or intent:\n 1. "Authority" shall mean the public benefit corporation created by\nsection twenty-seven hundred …

§ 2703. Development authority of the north county. 1. A corporation\nknown as the development authority of the north country is hereby\ncreated for the public purposes and charged with the duties and having\nthe powers provided in this title. The authority shall be a body\ncorpo…

§ 2704. Powers of the authority. Except as otherwise limited by this\ntitle, the authority shall have power:\n 1. to make and alter by-laws for the regulation of its affairs and the\nconduct of its business;\n 2. to adopt an official seal and alter the same at pleasure;\n 3. to …

§ 2705. Special powers with regard to planning. The authority shall\nprepare or cause to be prepared a report on the impact of the expansion\nof the Fort Drum Military Reservation on existing projects and community\nfacilities within the participating counties. Based upon the fi…

§ 2706. Special powers of participating counties and municipalities\nwith respect to certain facilities. 1. Any participating county and one\nor more municipalities within the participating county, shall have the\npower to enter into contracts, leases or agreements from time to …

§ 2707. Special powers with regard to solid waste management\nfacilities. The authority shall have power:\n 1. to collect, receive, extract, transport, process, dispose of, sell,\nstore, convey, recycle and deal with, in any lawful manner an way, solid\nwaste or by-products ther…

§ 2708. Environmental applications, proceedings, approvals and\npermits. 1. Any application in relation to the purposes of or\ncontemplated by this title, or any proceeding commenced by any\nparticipating county or any municipality, with the department of\nenvironmental conserva…

§ 2709. Special powers with regard to sewerage facilities. The\nauthority shall have power:\n 1. to acquire, construct, purchase or lease, in the name of the\nauthority, any sewerage facility, sewer system, including plants, works,\ninstrumentalities or parts thereof and appurte…

§ 2710. Special powers with regard to water facilities. The authority\nshall have power:\n 1. to acquire, construct, purchase or lease, in the name of the\nauthority, any water facility, water supply system, water distribution\nsystem, including plants, works, instrumentalities …

§ 2711. Bonds of the authority. 1. (a) The authority shall have power\nand is hereby authorized from time to time to issue its bonds in such\nprincipal amount as, in the opinion of the authority, shall be necessary\nto provide sufficient funds for achieving its corporate purpose…

§ 2712. Bonds as legal investments. The bonds of the authority 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…

§ 2713. Exemption from taxation of bonds. It is hereby determined that\nthe creation of the authority is in all respects for the benefit of the\npeople of the state and for the improvement of their health, safety,\nwelfare, comfort and security, and that said purposes are public…

§ 2714. Moneys of the authority. 1. All moneys of the authority from\nwhatever source derived, except as otherwise authorized or provided in\nthis title, shall be paid to the authority and shall be deposited\nforthwith in a bank or banks in the state designated by the authority.…

§ 2715. Agreement of the state. The participating counties and any\nmunicipalities within their boundaries are authorized to and the state\ndoes hereby pledge to and agree with the owners of any bonds issued by\nthe authority, that they will not limit or alter the rights hereby\…

§ 2716. Remedies of holders of bonds. 1. In the event that the\nauthority shall default in the payment of principal of or interest on\nany issue of bonds after the same shall become due, whether at maturity\nor upon call for redemption, and such default shall continue for a\nper…

§ 2717. Actions against the authority; court proceedings; preferences;\nvenue. 1. In any case founded upon death, personal injury, property\ndamage or tort a notice of claim shall be required as a condition\nprecedent to the commencement of an action or special proceeding agains…

§ 2718. Limitation of liability; indemnification. 1. Neither the\nmembers of the authority nor any person acting in its behalf, while\nacting within the scope of their authority, shall be subject to any\npersonal liability resulting from carrying out any of the powers\nexpressly…

§ 2719. Exemption from taxation of property and income. The property\nof the authority, and its income and operations shall be exempt from\ntaxation or assessments of every kind and nature; nor shall the\nauthority be required to pay any filing or recording fee or transfer tax\n…

§ 2720. Assistance by state officers, departments, boards and\ncommissions. The department of audit and control, department of law, and\nall other state officers, agencies, departments, boards, divisions and\ncommissions may render such services to the authority within their\nre…

§ 2721. State, counties and municipalities not liable on bonds.\nNeither the state, the counties nor any other municipality or public\ncorporation shall be liable on the bonds of the authority and such bonds\nshall not be a debt of the state, the counties, any other municipality…