Title PBA, Public Authorities

§ 1231-b. Niagara Falls water board. For the benefit of the city of\nNiagara Falls and the inhabitants thereof, a water board to be known as\nthe Niagara Falls water board is hereby established for the\naccomplishment of any or all of the purposes specified in title ten-B of\nth…

§ 1232. Legislative intent. The state legislature hereby recognizes\nthat the creation of a Nassau county sewer and storm water finance\nauthority will be an effective mechanism to achieve substantial savings\nfor past and prospective sewer and storm water capital investments.\n…

§ 1232-a. Short title. This title shall be known and may be cited as\nthe "Nassau county sewer and storm water finance authority act".\n

§ 1232-b. Definitions. As used or referred to in this title, unless a\ndifferent meaning clearly appears from the context:\n 1. "Attorney general" means the state attorney general.\n 2. "Authority" means the public benefit corporation created by section\ntwelve hundred thirty-tw…

§ 1232-c. Nassau county sewer and storm water finance authority. 1. A\npublic benefit corporation, to be known as the "Nassau county sewer and\nstorm water finance authority" is hereby created for the public\npurposes, charged with the duties and having the powers provided in th…

§ 1232-d. Powers of the authority. The authority shall have the 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 or other obligations and to provide\nfor the rights of the holders thereof;\n 4. To finance or…

§ 1232-e. Advances on behalf of the authority; transfer of property to\nauthority. 1. In addition to any powers granted to it by law, the county\nfrom time to time may appropriate sums of money to or on behalf of the\nauthority to defray costs and expenses of the authority. Subj…

§ 1232-f. Governmental capacity of the authority and municipalities.\nThe authority, the county and the other municipalities, in carrying out\ntheir respective powers and duties under this title, shall be deemed to\nbe acting in a governmental capacity and in the performance of …

§ 1232-g. Bonds of the authority. 1. The authority shall have the\npower and is hereby authorized from time to time to issue bonds in such\nprincipal amounts, not to exceed three hundred fifty million dollars\n($350,000,000), as it may determine to be necessary to pay the cost o…

§ 1232-h. Remedies of bondholders. Subject to any resolution or\nresolutions adopted pursuant to paragraph (i) of subdivision four of\nsection twelve hundred thirty-two-g of this title:\n 1. In the event that the authority shall default in the payment of\nprincipal or of interes…

§ 1232-i. State and county not liable on authority bonds. Neither the\nstate nor the county shall be liable on the bonds of the authority and\nsuch bonds shall not be a debt of the state or the county, and such\nbonds shall contain, on the face thereof, a statement to such effec…

§ 1232-j. 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 such bank or banks in the state\ndesignated by the governing body. Moneys derived from charges by the…

§ 1232-k. Bonds legal investments for fiduciaries. The bonds of the\nauthority are hereby made securities in which all public officials and\nbodies of the state and all municipalities, all insurance companies and\nassociations and other persons carrying on an insurance business,…

§ 1232-l. Agreement of the state. The state does hereby pledge to and\nagree with the holders of any bonds issued by the authority pursuant to\nthis title that the state will not alter or limit the rights hereby\nvested in the authority to finance or refinance the acquisition, d…

§ 1232-m. Tax exemption and tax contract by the state. 1. It is hereby\ndetermined that the creation of the authority and the carrying out of\nits corporate purposes is in all respects for the benefit of the people\nof the state of New York and is a public purpose. Accordingly, …

§ 1232-n. Actions against authority. 1. Except in an action for\nwrongful death, no action or special proceeding shall be prosecuted or\nmaintained against the authority for personal injury or damage to real\nor personal property alleged to have been sustained by reason of the\n…

§ 1232-o. Prevailing wage. Each contract to which the authority is a\nparty including, but not limited to, any contract, lease, grant, bond,\ncovenant or other debt agreement entered into directly or indirectly by\nthe authority financing or refinancing in whole or in part, the\…

§ 1232-p. Code of ethics. 1. Definition. As used in this section the\nterm "authority member" shall mean any officer or member of the board of\nthe authority.\n 2. No authority member shall have any interest, financial or\notherwise, direct or indirect, or engage in any business…

§ 1232-q. Audit, annual report and budget review. 1. In conformity\nwith the provisions of section five of article ten of the state\nconstitution, the accounts of the authority shall be subject to the\nsupervision of the comptroller and an annual audit shall be performed by\nan …

§ 1232-r. Limited liability. Neither the members of the governing\nbody, nor any municipality, officer or employee acting on its behalf,\nwhile acting within the scope of their authority, shall be subject to\nany personal liability resulting from the construction, maintenance or…

§ 1232-s. Environmental application, proceedings, approvals and\npermits. 1. Any application in relation to the purposes of or\ncontemplated by this title filed prior to the effective date of this\ntitle, or any proceeding commenced prior to the effective date of this\ntitle, by…

§ 1232-t. Separability. If any section, clause or provision of this\ntitle shall be held by a court of competent jurisdiction to be\nunconstitutional or ineffective in whole or in part, to the extent that\nit is not unconstitutional or ineffective, such section, clause or\nprovi…

§ 1232-u. Effect of inconsistent provisions. In so far as the\nprovisions of this title are inconsistent with the provisions of any\nother provision of law, general or special, or of any charter, local\nlaw, ordinance or resolution of any municipality, the provisions of this\nti…

§ 1260. Short title. This title may be cited as the "Metropolitan\nTransportation Authority Act."\n

§ 1261. Definitions. As used or referred to in this title, unless a\ndifferent meaning clearly appears from the context:\n 1. "Authority" shall mean the corporation created by section twelve\nhundred sixty-three of this title.\n 2. "Authority facilities" shall mean the authority…

§ 1262. Metropolitan commuter transportation district. There is hereby\ncreated and established a commuter transportation district to be known\nas the metropolitan commuter transportation district which shall embrace\nthe city of New York and the counties of Dutchess, Nassau, Or…

§ 1263. Metropolitan transportation authority. 1. * (a) (1) There is\nhereby created the "metropolitan transportation authority." The\nauthority shall be a body corporate and politic constituting a public\nbenefit corporation. The authority shall consist of a chairperson,\nsixte…

§ 1264. Purposes of the authority. 1. The purposes of the authority\nshall be the continuance, further development and improvement of\ncommuter transportation and other services related thereto within the\nmetropolitan commuter transportation district, including but not limited\…

§ 1264-a. State of emergency; boarding of a commuter transportation by\ndomestic companion animals. 1. For the purposes of this section:\n (a) "Commuter transportation" means commuter transportation, and other\nrelated services and facilities, operated by the authority or any of…

§ 1265. 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, to issue negotiable notes, bonds or other\nobligations and to p…

§ 1265-a. Contracts. 1. The provisions of this section shall only\napply to procurements by the authority commenced during the period from\nApril first, nineteen hundred eighty-seven until December thirty-first,\nnineteen hundred ninety-one, and during the period from December\n…

* § 1265-b. Metropolitan transportation authority small business\nmentoring program. 1. Definitions. As used in this section, unless the\ncontext requires otherwise: (a) "authority" means the metropolitan\ntransportation authority and its subsidiaries consisting of the Long\nIsl…

§ 1266. Special powers of the authority. In order to effectuate the\npurposes of this title:\n 1. The authority may acquire, by purchase, gift, grant, transfer,\ncontract or lease, any transportation facility other than a transit\nfacility or, subject to subdivision two of this …

§ 1266-a. Medical emergency services. The authority is hereby\nauthorized and directed to prepare and develop a medical emergency\nservices program to be implemented at a time to be specified in such\nprogram for the benefit of persons utilizing transportation and other\nrelated…

§ 1266-b. Medical emergency services plan; implementation on Long\nIsland Rail Road. 1. a. The authority in consultation with the Long\nIsland Rail Road is hereby authorized and directed to implement a\ncomprehensive medical emergency services program, including an emergency\nre…

§ 1266-c. Transit projects. 1. Subject to the provisions of this\nsection, the authority is hereby authorized, upon the request of the New\nYork city transit authority and upon such terms and conditions as shall\nbe agreed to by the authority (i) to plan, design, acquire, constr…

§ 1266-d. Long Island rail road commuter's council. 1. There is hereby\ncreated the Long Island rail road commuter's council, to study,\ninvestigate, monitor and make recommendations with respect to the\nmaintenance and operation of the Long Island rail road. Such council\nshall…

§ 1266-e. Metro-North rail commuter council. 1. There is hereby\ncreated the Metro-North rail commuter council to study, investigate,\nmonitor and make recommendations with respect to the maintenance and\noperation of those portions of, if any, the Hudson, Harlem, New Haven,\nPa…

§ 1266-f. Medical emergency services plan; implementation on\nMetro-North Commuter Railroad Company. 1. The authority is hereby\nauthorized and directed to implement a medical emergency services\nprogram not later than April first, nineteen hundred eighty-six, for the\nbenefit o…

§ 1266-g. Excess loss fund. 1. Subject to the provisions of this\nsection, the authority is authorized to issue bonds and notes, in\naccordance with section twelve hundred sixty-nine of this title, in such\nprincipal amounts not in excess of the seventy-five million dollar\nlimi…

§ 1266-h. Authority police force. 1. The authority is hereby\nauthorized and empowered, to provide and maintain an authority police\ndepartment and a uniformed authority police force. Each member of such\nuniformed police force shall be a "police officer" for the purposes of\nth…

§ 1266-i. The permanent citizens advisory committee. There is hereby\nestablished a permanent citizens advisory committee. The members of the\ncommittee shall consist of the following members: the Long Island Rail\nRoad commuter's council, the Metro-North commuter council, and t…

§ 1266-j. Metropolitan transportation authority pledge to customers.\n1. A metropolitan transportation authority pledge to customers shall be\ncreated and adopted by the metropolitan transportation authority. A copy\nof such pledge shall be posted on the web site of the authorit…

* § 1266-k. Expired fare transfer policy. Notwithstanding any other\nprovision of law to the contrary, the authority shall, within ninety\ndays of the effective date of this section, establish an expired fare\ntransfer policy that may be amended from time to time. Such policy sh…

* § 1266-l. Surveillance cameras; subway stations. The authority shall\ninstall and reasonably maintain proper operation of surveillance cameras\nat all subway stations operated by the authority. Such surveillance\ncameras may be placed in all areas, including but not limited to…

* § 1266-l. Light duty for employees. 1. Should any employee engaged\nin the service of any commuter rail service owned or operated by the\nauthority or its subsidiary, who is pregnant be prevented by such\npregnancy from performing the activities involved in her regular\nassign…

§ 1266-m. Information concerning services for human trafficking\nvictims. 1. The authority shall make available in plain view and in a\nconspicuous place and manner in the public restrooms and in any\nlactation rooms of any transit facility operated by the authority,\ninformatio…

§ 1267. Acquisition and disposition of real property. * 1. In addition\nto the powers provided in section twelve hundred sixty-six of this title\nto acquire transportation facilities, equipment and real property, the\nauthority may acquire, by condemnation pursuant to the eminen…

§ 1267-a. Acquisition and disposition of real property by department\nof transportation. If funds are made available by the authority for the\npayment of the cost and expense of the acquisition thereof, the\ncommissioner of transportation of the state of New York, when requested…

§ 1267-b. Transit facilities for transit construction fund. 1. As\nused in this section, unless a different meaning clearly appears from\nthe context:\n a. "City" shall mean the city of New York.\n b. "Transit construction fund act" shall mean title nine-a of article\nfive of th…