Title GMU, General Municipal

§ 404. Authorization of undertaking. The acquisition, construction, reconstruction, improvement, betterment or extension of any undertaking may be authorized under this article by resolution or resolutions of the governing body of the municipality which may be adopted at a regul…

§ 407. Lien of bonds. If bonds are issued to carry out any of the purposes of this article, bonds of the same issue shall, subject to the prior and superior rights of outstanding bonds, claims or obligations, have a prior and paramount lien on the revenue of the undertaking for …

§ 410. Undertakings to be self-supporting. The governing body of a municipality issuing bonds to carry out any of the purposes of this article shall prescribe and collect reasonable rates, fees, tolls or charges for the services, facilities and commodities of such undertaking, a…

§ 411. Undertaking exempt from taxation. So long as a municipality shall own any undertaking, the property, within the municipality, and all revenue of such undertaking shall be exempt from taxation.

§ 412. Use of revenue of undertaking. Any municipality issuing bonds for the acquisition, construction, reconstruction, improvement, betterment or extension of an undertaking shall have the right to appropriate, apply or expend the revenue of such undertaking for the following p…

§ 413. Consent and jurisdiction of state and municipal agencies. The provisions of this article shall not operate to dispense with the approval by or to affect the jurisdiction of any state, county, or municipal board, officer, commission, department or agency of or over the acq…

§ 414. Competing undertakings not authorized. No municipality shall have power under this article to construct any undertaking in contravention of any act of the legislature of the state of New York whereby the state of New York pledges to or agrees with the holders of any bonds…

§ 415. Construction of article. The powers conferred by this article shall be in addition and supplemental to and not in substitution for, and the limitations imposed by this article shall not affect the powers conferred by any other general, special or local law. The powers con…

§ 416. Separability of provisions. If any provision of this article or the application of such provision to any person, body, or circumstance shall be held invalid, the remainder of this article or the application of such provision to persons, bodies, or circumstances other than…

§ 42. Definitions. For the purposes of this article, the following terms shall have the following meanings: 1. "Cooperative investment agreement" shall mean the temporary investment of moneys by more than one municipal corporation pursuant to a municipal cooperation agreement en…

§ 43. Required elements of a cooperative investment agreement. Every cooperative investment agreement shall contain, at a minimum, the following: 1. a description of the creation, membership, powers and responsibilities of the governing board of the cooperative investment agreem…

§ 430. Application of article. This article shall apply to all counties outside the city of New York and to the several municipal corporations within such counties.

§ 431. Authorization. It shall be lawful in the interests of efficiency and economy for any county and any one or more municipal corporations within such county or for any two or more such corporations within the county to jointly acquire real property by purchase, lease or cond…

§ 44. Governing board; creation and membership. 1. Every cooperative investment agreement shall be administered by a governing board. The numerical membership of the board shall be not less than ten percent of the total number of participants in the agreement as of April first e…

§ 440. Display of American flag at public meetings. The board, body or officer having supervision shall cause the flag of the United States to be appropriately displayed upon the walls of any hall or other meeting place in a public building owned by the municipality during any m…

§ 445. Display of American flag on uniforms of public employees. Notwithstanding any other law, any public employee required to wear a uniform during the course of public employment shall not be deemed to violate any law, rule, code or regulation regulating the style or appearan…

§ 45. Governing board; powers and responsibilities. The governing board of a cooperative investment agreement shall have the following powers and responsibilities: 1. administering all aspects of the agreement; 2. entering into those contracts deemed appropriate to assist in the…

§ 450. Short title. This article shall be known and may be cited and referred to as the "Sewer Rent Law. "

§ 451. Definitions. As used in this article, the following terms shall mean and include: 1. "Sewer rents." A scale of annual charges established and imposed in a city or village or in a sewer or wastewater disposal district in a county or town pursuant to this article for the us…

§ 452. Sewer rents. 1. Where authorized by law to establish and impose\nsewer rents pursuant to this article, the local legislative body of a\ncity or village or of a county or town on behalf of a sewer district or\nwastewater disposal district may establish and impose sewer ren…

§ 453. Sewer rent fund. Revenues derived from sewer rents, including penalties and interest, shall be credited to a special fund, to be known as the "sewer rent fund." Moneys in such fund shall be used in the following order: 1. For the payment of the costs of operation, mainten…

§ 454. Power to impose other charges. Subject to the provisions of section eight of this chapter, the establishment and imposition of sewer rents shall not prevent the use of other revenues of the city, village or county or town sewer district for the payment of a part of the co…

§ 460. Purpose. It is the purpose of this article to permit local governmental units to make the most efficient use of their powers by enabling them to cooperate with governmental units of other states on a basis of mutual advantage and thereby to provide services and facilities…

§ 461. Definitions. As used or referred to in this article, unless a different meaning clearly appears from the context, 1. The term "public agency" shall mean any county, city, town, village, school district, improvement district or district corporation of the state of New York…

§ 462. Interlocal agreements authorized. 1. Any public agency of this state may enter into interlocal agreements with any public agency or agencies of any other state or states providing for any of the following: (a) The exchange, furnishing or providing by one or more of the co…

§ 463. Manner of authorizing interlocal agreements. An interlocal agreement must be authorized and approved by the governing body of the contracting public agency of this state, subject to the following requirements: 1. If the same or substantially similar services, facilities, …

§ 464. Appointment of members of interlocal advisory boards. Each contracting public agency of this state shall be represented on any interlocal advisory board established by an interlocal agreement to which it is a party. Its representatives shall be appointed by the governing …

§ 465. Payment of compensation and reimbursement for traveling expenses. In addition to paying such compensation as may be prescribed pursuant to section four hundred sixty-four of this article, a contracting public agency of this state may reimburse its representatives on an in…

§ 466. Contents of interlocal agreement. Each interlocal agreement shall contain the following: 1. A statement of the duration of the agreement, which shall not exceed forty years, and any other appropriate provisions relating to the termination of the agreement. 2. The purpose …

§ 467. Appropriation and raising of funds. All costs and expenses which a contracting public agency of this state shall incur in connection with the receiving, obtaining, providing or furnishing of services, personnel, facilities, equipment, other property or resources, or the e…

§ 468. State aid. If the function or activity to be performed under an interlocal agreement is by the law of this state entitled to state aid, the contracting public agency of this state may claim state aid. Such state aid shall be computed, apportioned and paid by the proper de…

§ 469. Approval of attorney general and other state officials. Prior to and as a condition precedent to its entry into force, 1. An interlocal agreement or any amendment thereto shall be submitted to the attorney general, who shall determine whether the agreement or amendment is…

§ 470. Reports to and audit by comptroller. Each contracting public agency shall render to the comptroller such reports concerning the transactions, operations and activities entered into, performed or conducted under an interlocal agreement at such time, in such form and manner…

§ 471. Controversy involving interlocal agreement. In any case or controversy involving the performance or interpretation of the interlocal agreement or liability thereunder, the contracting public agencies shall be the real parties in interest.

§ 472. Conflicts with special statutes. The authorization in this article to receive, obtain, provide, or furnish any services, facilities, personnel, equipment, property or other resources, or perform or engage in any functions or activities by means of an interlocal agreement …

§ 473. Construction and severability. This article shall be liberally construed to effectuate its purposes. The provisions of this article shall be severable and if any provision, sentence, clause or phrase of this article or the application thereof to any person or agency shall…

§ 475. Short title; purpose of article. This article shall be known and may be cited as the bingo licensing law. The legislature hereby declares that the raising of funds for the promotion of bona fide charitable, educational, scientific, health, religious, civic and patriotic c…

§ 476. Definitions. As used in this article, the following terms shall have the following meanings: 1. "Municipality" shall mean any city, town or village within this state. 2. "Control commission" or "commission" shall mean the New York state gaming commission created pursuant …

§ 477. Local option. Subject to the provisions of this article, and pursuant to the direction contained in subdivision two of section nine of article one of the constitution of the state, the legislature hereby gives and grants to every municipality the right, power and authorit…

§ 478. Local laws and ordinances. 1. The common council or other local legislative body of any municipality may, either by local law or ordinance, provide that it shall be lawful for any authorized organization, upon obtaining a license therefor as hereinafter provided, to condu…

§ 479. Restrictions upon conduct of bingo games. The conduct of bingo\ngames authorized by local law or ordinance shall be subject to the\nfollowing restrictions irrespective of whether the restrictions are\ncontained in such local law or ordinance; but nothing herein shall be\n…

§ 480. Application for license. 1. To conduct bingo. (a) Each applicant for a license to conduct bingo shall, after obtaining an identification number from the control commission, file with the clerk of the municipality a written or electronic application therefor in the form pr…

§ 481. Investigation; matters to be determined; issuance of license;\nfees; duration of license. 1. The governing body of the municipality\nshall make an investigation of the qualifications of each applicant and\nthe merits of each application, with due expedition after the fili…

§ 482. Hearing; amendment of license. 1. No application for the issuance of a license shall be denied by the governing body until after a hearing, held on due notice to the applicant, at which the applicant shall be entitled to be heard upon the qualifications of the applicant a…

§ 483. Form and contents of license; display of license. 1. Eeach license to conduct bingo shall be in such form as shall be prescribed in the rules and regulations promulgated by the control commission, and shall contain a statement of the name and address of the licensee, of t…

§ 484. Control and supervision; suspension of licenses; inspection of premises. 1. The governing body of any municipality issuing any license under this article shall have and exercise rigid control and close supervision over all games of bingo conducted under such license, to t…

§ 485. Sunday; conduct of games on. No games of bingo shall be conducted under any license issued under this article on the first day of the week, commonly known as designated as Sunday, unless it shall be otherwise provided in the license issued for the holding, operating and c…

§ 486. Participation by persons under the age of eighteen. No person under the age of eighteen years shall be permitted to play any game or games of bingo conducted pursuant to any license issued under this article. No person under the age of eighteen years shall be permitted to…

§ 487. Frequency of game; sale of alcoholic beverages. No game or games of bingo, except limited period bingo, shall be conducted under any license issued under this article more often than on eighteen days in any three successive calendar months. No game or games of limited per…

§ 488. Persons operating and conducting games; equipment; expenses; compensation. 1. No person shall hold, operate or conduct any game of bingo under any license issued under this article except a bona fide member of the authorized organization to which the license is issued, an…