Title PBA, Public Authorities

§ 1020-hh. Green jobs-green New York on-bill recovery. 1. Within three\nhundred days of the effective date of this section, the authority shall\nestablish a program to provide for the billing and collection of on-bill\nrecovery charges for payment of obligations of its customers…

* § 1020-i. Subsidiaries. 1. The authority shall have the right to\nexercise and perform all or part of its powers and functions through one\nor more wholly owned subsidiaries by acquiring the voting shares thereof\nor by resolution of the board directing any of its trustees, of…

* § 1020-i. Remedies of bondholders. 1. In the event that the\nauthority shall default in the payment of principal of or interest on\nany issue of the bonds after the same shall become due, whether at\nmaturity or upon call for redemption, and such default shall continue\nfor a …

§ 1020-ii. Public notice before approval of utility transmission\nfacilities. 1. As used in this section, the following terms shall have\nthe following meanings:\n (a) "municipality" means a county, city, town or village in the\nservice area;\n * (b) "utility transmission facili…

* § 1020-j. Notes of the authority. The authority shall have the power\nand is hereby authorized from time to time to issue its negotiable notes\nin conformity with applicable provisions of the uniform commercial code\nfor any corporate purpose and to refund from time to time an…

* § 1020-j. State and village not liable on bonds and notes. The bonds\nand other obligations of the authority shall not be a debt of the state\nor of the village and, subject to section one thousand twenty-o of this\ntitle, the board shall have no power to make them payable out…

§ 1020-jj. Energy storage deployment policy. The authority shall\nencourage the installation of qualified energy storage systems in its\nservice territory through implementation of the energy storage\ndeployment policy as set forth and defined in section seventy-four of\nthe pub…

* § 1020-k. Bonds of the authority. 1. The authority shall have 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 purpose authorized by this title, including without l…

* § 1020-k. Agreements of the state. The state does pledge to and\nagree with the holders of any bonds issued by the authority pursuant to\nthis title that the state will not limit or alter the rights hereby\nvested in the authority to establish and collect the revenues and othe…

§ 1020-kk. Semi-annual expenditure and lobbying report. 1. On or\nbefore March thirty-first, two thousand twenty-two and every semi-annual\nperiod thereafter: (a) the authority shall report to the governor, the\ntemporary president of the senate and the speaker of the assembly\n…

* § 1020-l. State and municipalities not liable on bonds or notes. The\nbonds, notes and other obligations of the authority shall not be a debt\nof the state or of any municipality, and neither the state nor any\nmunicipality shall be liable thereon. The authority shall not have…

* § 1020-l. Bonds legal investments for fiduciaries. The bonds 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 insuran…

§ 1020-ll. Pilot thermal energy network projects. Within three months\nof the effective date of this section, the authority and its service\nprovider shall submit for review to the department of public service at\nleast one and as many as five proposed pilot thermal energy netwo…

* § 1020-m. Legal investments. Any bonds or notes issued by the\nauthority are hereby made securities in which all public officers and\nbodies of this state and all municipalities, all insurance companies and\nassociations and other persons carrying on an insurance business, all…

* § 1020-m. 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 village and its\nenvirons, and is a public purpose, and the authority shall be…

§ 1020-mm. Prioritization of emergency services. 1. If, during a\nwidespread prolonged outage that affects at least twenty thousand\ncustomers in the service territory of the authority, and the service\nprovider is not able to restore electric power services within\ntwenty-four …

* § 1020-n. Deposit and investment of moneys of the authority. 1. All\nmoneys of the authority from whatever source derived, except as\notherwise authorized or provided in this title, shall be paid to the\ntreasurer of the authority and shall be deposited forthwith in a bank or\…

* § 1020-n. Tax contract by the state. The state covenants with the\npurchasers and with all subsequent holders and transferees of bonds or\nnotes issued by the authority pursuant to this title, in consideration\nof the acceptance of and payment for the bonds that the bonds of t…

§ 1020-nn. Implementation of Excelsior power program in authority's\nservice area. The authority and its service provider shall develop and\nimplement a program designed to reduce peak energy demand consistent\nwith the provisions of section sixty-seven-b of the public service l…

* § 1020-o. Agreement of the state. 1. The state of New York does\nhereby pledge to and agree with the holders of any obligations issued\nunder this title and the parties to any contracts with the authority\nhereunder that the state will not limit or alter the rights hereby\nves…

* § 1020-o. Payments by municipalities. The board of trustees of the\nvillage and the governing body of any municipality in which surplus of\nthe authority is sold pursuant to section one thousand twenty-f of this\ntitle are authorized to make payments to the authority for its s…

* § 1020-p. Exemption from taxation. 1. It is hereby found and\ndeclared that the operation of the authority is primarily for the\nbenefit of the people of the state of New York, for the improvement of\ntheir health, welfare and prosperity, and is a public purpose, and the\nauth…

* § 1020-p. 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 * NB There are 2 § 1…

* § 1020-q. Payments in lieu of taxes. 1. Each year after property\ntheretofore owned by LILCO is acquired by the authority by any means\nauthorized by this title and, as a consequence, is removed from the tax\nrolls, the authority shall make payments in lieu of taxes to\nmunici…

* § 1020-q. 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 eligib…

* § 1020-r. Repayment of state appropriations. All appropriations made\nby the state to the authority shall be treated as advances by the state\nto the authority, and shall be repaid to it without interest either out\nof the proceeds of bonds issued by the authority pursuant to …

* § 1020-r. Officers and employees not to be interested in\ntransactions. It shall be a misdemeanor for any of the members of the\nauthority, or any officer, agent, servant or employee thereof, employed\nor appointed by them to be in any way or manner interested directly or\nind…

* § 1020-s. Public service law generally not applicable to authority;\ninconsistent provisions in certain other acts superseded. * 1. The\nrates, services and practices relating to the electricity generated by\nfacilities owned or operated by the authority shall not be subject t…

* § 1020-s. Contracts. All contracts, or orders, for work, material or\nsupplies performed or furnished in connection with construction or any\nprocurement shall be awarded by the authority pursuant to resolution.\nSuch contracts, or orders, for work, material or supplies needed…

* § 1020-t. Authority not to construct or operate a nuclear powered\nfacility in the service area. In no event shall the authority construct\nor operate a nuclear powered facility in the service area.\n * NB There are 2 § 1020-t's\n

* § 1020-t. Audit. The accounts of the authority shall be subject to\nthe supervision of the comptroller.\n * NB There are 2 § 1020-t's\n

* § 1020-u. Employees of the authority not subject to the public\nemployees' fair employment act. All employees of the authority shall be\nexempt from the provisions of the public employees' fair employment act\nas set forth in article fourteen of the civil service law.\n * NB T…

* § 1020-u. Actions against authority. 1. In any action founded upon\ntort a notice of claim shall be required as a condition precedent to the\ncommencement of an action or special proceeding against the authority or\nany officer, appointee, agent or employee thereof, and the pr…

* § 1020-v. Equal employment opportunity and minority and women owned\nbusiness enterprise programs. 1. All contracts entered into by the\nauthority pursuant to this title of whatever nature and all documents\nsoliciting bids or proposals therefor shall contain or make reference…

* § 1020-v. Separability clause. If any section, clause or provision\nof this title shall be held by a competent court to be unconstitutional\nor ineffective in whole or in part, in its terms or in its operation, to\nthe extent that it is not unconstitutional or ineffective it s…

* § 1020-w. Audit and annual reports. The accounts of the authority\nshall be subject to the supervision of the state comptroller and an\nannual audit shall be performed by an independent certified accountant\nselected by the authority, upon recommendation of its finance and aud…

* § 1020-w. Inconsistent provisions in other acts superseded. Insofar\nas the provisions of this title are inconsistent with the provisions of\nany other act, general or special, the provisions of this title shall be\ncontrolling.\n * NB There are 2 § 1020-w's\n

§ 1020-x. Authority subject to open meetings law. The authority shall\nbe subject to the provisions of article seven of the public officers law\nrelating to the open meetings law.\n

§ 1020-xx. Liberal interpretation. This title, being necessary for the\nprosperity of the state and its inhabitants, shall be liberally\nconstrued to effect the purposes hereof.\n

§ 1020-y. Court proceedings; preferences; venue. 1. Any action, suit\nor proceeding to which the authority may be a party in which any\nquestion arises as to the validity of this title or the valuation of\nstock or assets acquired by the authority by the exercise of the power\no…

§ 1020-yy. Severability. The provisions of this title are severable,\nand if any part or provision hereof, or the application thereof to any\nperson or circumstance, shall be adjudged by any court of competent\njurisdiction to be invalid or unenforceable, such judgment shall not…

§ 1020-z. Corporate existence. The authority and its corporate\nexistence shall continue until terminated by law, provided, however,\nthat no such law shall take effect so long as the authority shall have\nbonds, notes or other obligations outstanding, unless adequate provision\…

§ 1020-zz. Inconsistent provisions of other laws superseded. Insofar\nas the provisions of this title are inconsistent with the provisions of\nany other law or any part thereof, the provisions of this title shall be\ncontrolling.\n

§ 1021. Short title. This title shall be known and may be cited as the\n"North Country power authority act".\n

§ 1021-a. Definitions. As used or referred to in this title, unless a\ndifferent meaning clearly appears from the context:\n 1. "Acquire" means, with respect to any right, title or interest in or\nto any property, either the act of taking by the exercise of the power\nof eminent…

§ 1021-b. North Country power authority. 1. A corporation known as the\nNorth Country power authority is hereby established and charged with the\nduties and having the powers provided in this title. The authority shall\nbe a state authority, a body corporate and politic constitu…

§ 1021-c. North Country power authority service area; extension of\nservice area. 1. The service area of the North Country power authority\nshall include all the territory located within so much of the county of\nFranklin as constitutes the Towns of Bombay, Fort Covington, Moira…

§ 1021-d. Powers and duties of the authority. The powers conferred by\nthis title shall be exercised by the directors, subject to the terms of\nthis title. In the exercise of those powers, either directly or through\nits officers and employees, the directors may do the following…

§ 1021-e. Deposit and investment of moneys of the authority. 1. All\nmoneys of the authority, from whatever source derived, except as\notherwise authorized or provided in this title, shall upon receipt be\ndeposited forthwith in a bank or banks designated by the directors, to\nb…

§ 1021-f. Conflicts of interest. Eligibility for appointment as a\ndirector, officer or employee of the authority shall be subject to the\nprovisions of section twenty-eight hundred twenty-five of this chapter.\nIn addition to the requirements of such section:\n 1. If any direct…