Title GMU, General Municipal

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

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

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

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

§ 412. Use of revenue of undertaking. Any municipality issuing bonds\nfor the acquisition, construction, reconstruction, improvement,\nbetterment or extension of an undertaking shall have the right to\nappropriate, apply or expend the revenue of such undertaking for the\nfollowi…

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

§ 414. Competing undertakings not authorized. No municipality shall\nhave power under this article to construct any undertaking in\ncontravention of any act of the legislature of the state of New York\nwhereby the state of New York pledges to or agrees with the holders of\nany b…

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

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

§ 42. Definitions. For the purposes of this article, the following\nterms shall have the following meanings:\n 1. "Cooperative investment agreement" shall mean the temporary\ninvestment of moneys by more than one municipal corporation pursuant\nto a municipal cooperation agreeme…

§ 43. Required elements of a cooperative investment agreement. Every\ncooperative investment agreement shall contain, at a minimum, the\nfollowing:\n 1. a description of the creation, membership, powers and\nresponsibilities of the governing board of the cooperative investment\n…

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

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

§ 44. Governing board; creation and membership. 1. Every cooperative\ninvestment agreement shall be administered by a governing board. The\nnumerical membership of the board shall be not less than ten percent of\nthe total number of participants in the agreement as of April firs…

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

§ 445. Display of American flag on uniforms of public employees.\nNotwithstanding any other law, any public employee required to wear a\nuniform during the course of public employment shall not be deemed to\nviolate any law, rule, code or regulation regulating the style or\nappe…

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

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

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

§ 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\npenalties and interest, shall be credited to a special fund, to be known\nas the "sewer rent fund." Moneys in such fund shall be used in the\nfollowing order:\n 1. For the payment of the costs of operation, ma…

§ 454. Power to impose other charges. Subject to the provisions of\nsection eight of this chapter, the establishment and imposition of sewer\nrents shall not prevent the use of other revenues of the city, village\nor county or town sewer district for the payment of a part of the…

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

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

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

§ 463. Manner of authorizing interlocal agreements. An interlocal\nagreement must be authorized and approved by the governing body of the\ncontracting public agency of this state, subject to the following\nrequirements:\n 1. If the same or substantially similar services, facilit…

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

§ 465. Payment of compensation and reimbursement for traveling\nexpenses. In addition to paying such compensation as may be prescribed\npursuant to section four hundred sixty-four of this article, a\ncontracting public agency of this state may reimburse its\nrepresentatives on a…

§ 466. Contents of interlocal agreement. Each interlocal agreement\nshall contain the following:\n 1. A statement of the duration of the agreement, which shall not\nexceed forty years, and any other appropriate provisions relating to the\ntermination of the agreement.\n 2. The p…

§ 467. Appropriation and raising of funds. All costs and expenses\nwhich a contracting public agency of this state shall incur in\nconnection with the receiving, obtaining, providing or furnishing of\nservices, personnel, facilities, equipment, other property or resources,\nor t…

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

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

§ 470. Reports to and audit by comptroller. Each contracting public\nagency shall render to the comptroller such reports concerning the\ntransactions, operations and activities entered into, performed or\nconducted under an interlocal agreement at such time, in such form and\nma…

§ 471. Controversy involving interlocal agreement. In any case or\ncontroversy involving the performance or interpretation of the\ninterlocal agreement or liability thereunder, the contracting public\nagencies shall be the real parties in interest.\n

§ 472. Conflicts with special statutes. The authorization in this\narticle to receive, obtain, provide, or furnish any services,\nfacilities, personnel, equipment, property or other resources, or\nperform or engage in any functions or activities by means of an\ninterlocal agreem…

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

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

§ 476. Definitions. As used in this article, the following terms shall\nhave the following meanings:\n 1. "Municipality" shall mean any city, town or village within this\nstate.\n 2. "Control commission" or "commission" shall mean the New York state\ngaming commission created pu…

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

§ 478. Local laws and ordinances. 1. The common council or other local\nlegislative body of any municipality may, either by local law or\nordinance, provide that it shall be lawful for any authorized\norganization, upon obtaining a license therefor as hereinafter provided,\nto c…

§ 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\napplicant for a license to conduct bingo shall, after obtaining an\nidentification number from the control commission, file with the clerk\nof the municipality a written or electronic application therefor in the\nfor…

§ 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\nissuance of a license shall be denied by the governing body until after\na hearing, held on due notice to the applicant, at which the applicant\nshall be entitled to be heard upon the qualifications of the applican…

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

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

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

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

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

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