Title PBA, Public Authorities

§ 1283. Purposes of the corporation. 1. The purposes of the\ncorporation shall be the planning, financing, construction, maintenance\nand operation of sewage treatment works, sewage collecting systems, air\npollution control facilities, water management facilities, storm water\n…

§ 1284. General powers of the corporation. Except as otherwise limited\nby this title, the corporation 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 negotiable or non-negotiable notes, bonds\nor othe…

§ 1285. Special powers of the corporation. In order to effectuate the\npurposes of this title, the corporation shall have the following special\npowers:\n 1. Construction, operation and maintenance of sewage treatment works,\nsewage collecting systems and solid waste disposal fa…

§ 1285-a. Construction, operation and maintenance of air pollution\ncontrol facilities, water management facilities and storm water\ncollecting systems. 1. The corporation and any municipality having power\nto construct air pollution control facilities, water management\nfacilit…

§ 1285-b. Additional special powers of the corporation with respect to\nprojects and persons. In order to effectuate the purposes of this title,\nthe corporation shall have the following additional special powers; (1)\nto extend credit and make loans to a person or persons for t…

§ 1285-c. Construction, operation and maintenance of industrial\nhazardous waste treatment, storage and disposal facilities. In addition\nto its existing powers, the corporation is hereby empowered to\nconstruct, operate and maintain industrial hazardous waste treatment,\nstorag…

§ 1285-d. Studies regarding design, construction and operation of\nindustrial waste treatment, storage and disposal facilities. 1. The\npurposes of the corporation shall include research and development of\ntechnologies for treatment, storage and disposal of industrial hazardous…

§ 1285-e. Inactive hazardous waste disposal site remedial programs. In\naddition to its existing powers, the corporation is hereby empowered to\ncarry out inactive hazardous waste disposal site remedial programs. The\ncorporation may subcontract for the work included in carrying…

§ 1285-f. Program for ultimate disposal of hazardous wastes. 1. The\ncorporation shall immediately begin preparation of a comprehensive\nprogram for the ultimate disposal of hazardous wastes which shall\ninclude, but not be limited to, technology, siting and marketing and\nfinan…

§ 1285-g. Industrial materials recycling program. 1. Applicability. It\nis the purpose of this section to establish a program within the\ncorporation to encourage the reduction, recovery and recycling of\nindustrial materials otherwise requiring disposal.\n 2. Definitions. When …

§ 1285-h. Inactive hazardous waste disposal site remedial programs.\n1. The corporation and any owner of an inactive hazardous waste disposal\nsite, or any state agency or any person or municipality identified by\nthe commissioner of the department of environmental conservation\…

§ 1285-i. Commercial and industrial waste audits. a. The corporation\nshall establish and be responsible for administration of a commercial\nand industrial waste audit program to help businesses identify and\nevaluate the potential at their New York facilities for reducing the\n…

§ 1285-j. Water pollution control revolving fund. 1. (a) The\ncorporation shall undertake and provide assistance in support of the\nprogram to make financial assistance available to municipalities to\nencourage and support the planning, development and construction of\nmunicipal…

§ 1285-k. Financing of the design, acquisition, construction,\nimprovement and installation of Riverbank Park. In order to effectuate\nthe purposes of this title, the corporation shall have the following\nadditional special powers:\n 1. Notwithstanding the provisions of any law …

§ 1285-l. State park infrastructure projects. In order to effectuate\nthe purposes of this title, the corporation shall have the following\nadditional special powers:\n 1. Notwithstanding the provisions of any general or special law to the\ncontrary, the office of parks, recreat…

§ 1285-m. Drinking water revolving fund. 1. (a) The corporation shall\nundertake and provide assistance in support of the program to make\nfinancial assistance available to recipients to encourage and support\nthe planning, development and construction of water supply facilities…

§ 1285-n. Issuance and sale of recipient bonds and notes.\nNotwithstanding subdivision two of section one thousand eighty of this\narticle, or any by-law, rule or regulation requiring the recipient to\nissue bonds or notes at a public or competitive sale, any recipient of a\nfin…

§ 1285-o. Pipeline for jobs fund. The corporation shall undertake to\nprovide financial assistance to recipients to encourage and support the\nplanning, design and construction of eligible projects which provide an\neconomic development benefit to the state.\n 1. There is hereby…

§ 1285-p. State environmental infrastructure projects. In order to\neffectuate the purposes of this title, the corporation shall have the\nfollowing additional special powers:\n 1. Subject to chapter fifty-nine of the laws of two thousand, but\nnotwithstanding any other provisio…

§ 1285-q. Financing of hazardous waste site remediation projects. In\norder to effectuate the purposes of this title, the corporation shall\nhave the following additional special powers:\n 1. Subject to chapter fifty-nine of the laws of two thousand, but\nnotwithstanding any oth…

§ 1285-r. State beginning farmer program. 1. Notwithstanding the\nprovisions of any general or special law to the contrary, the\ncorporation shall undertake to provide financial assistance to beginning\nfarmers to purchase agricultural land, improvements and other\nagricultural …

§ 1285-s. New York state intermunicipal water infrastructure grants\nprogram. 1. For purposes of this section:\n (a) "water quality infrastructure project" shall mean "sewage\ntreatment works" as defined in section 17-1903 of the environmental\nconservation law or "eligible proj…

§ 1285-t. Water infrastructure emergency financial assistance. 1. For\npurposes of this section, "municipality" means any county, city, town,\nvillage, district corporation, county or town improvement district,\nschool district, Indian nation or tribe recognized by the state or …

§ 1285-u. Septic system replacement fund. 1. Definitions. For purposes\nof this section:\n (a) "Cesspool" means a drywell that receives untreated sanitary waste\ncontaining human excreta, which sometimes has an open bottom and/or\nperforated sides.\n (b) "Fund" means the state s…

§ 1286. Acquisition and disposition of real property. 1. The\ncorporation may acquire, by purchase, gift, grant, transfer, contract or\nlease, or by condemnation pursuant to the condemnation law, any real\nproperty it may deem necessary, convenient or desirable to effectuate\nth…

§ 1287. Construction contracts. 1. Construction contracts other than\nfor resource recovery facilities let by the corporation shall be in\nconformity with the applicable provisions of section one hundred\nthirty-five of the state finance law, but the corporation in its\ndiscreti…

§ 1288. Co-operation and assistance of other agencies. To avoid\nduplication of effort and in the interests of economy, the corporation\nmay make use of existing studies, surveys, plans, data and other\nmaterials in the possession of any state agency or any municipality or\npoli…

§ 1289. Transfer of officers and employees. Officers and employees of\nstate departments and agencies may be transferred to the corporation and\nofficers and employees of the corporation may be transferred to state\ndepartments and agencies without examination and without loss o…

§ 1290. Notes and bonds of the corporation. 1. (a) The corporation\nshall have power and is hereby authorized from time to time to issue its\nnegotiable or non-negotiable bonds and notes in conformity with\napplicable provisions of the uniform commercial code in such principal\n…

§ 1290-a. Insurance and guarantees. The corporation may obtain from\nany department or agency of the United States of America any available\ninsurance or guaranty for the payment or repayment of interest or\nprincipal, or both, or any part thereof, on any bonds or notes issued b…

§ 1291. Reserve funds and appropriations. 1. The corporation may\ncreate and establish one or more reserve funds to be known as debt\nservice reserve funds and may pay into such debt service reserve funds\n(a) any monies appropriated and made available by the state for the\npurp…

§ 1292. Agreement of the state. The state does hereby pledge to and\nagree with the holders of any notes or bonds issued under this title,\nthat the state will not limit or alter the rights hereby vested in the\ncorporation to fulfill the terms of any agreements made with the ho…

§ 1293. Right of state to require redemption of bonds. Notwithstanding\nand in addition to any provisions for the redemption of bonds which may\nbe contained in any contract with the holders of the bonds, the state\nmay, upon furnishing sufficient funds therefor, require the cor…

§ 1294. Remedies of noteholders and bondholders. 1. In the event that\nthe corporation shall default in the payment of principal of or interest\non any issue of notes or bonds after the same shall become due, whether\non any sinking fund payment date, at maturity or upon call fo…

§ 1295. Notes and bonds as legal investment. The notes and bonds of\nthe corporation are hereby made securities in which all public officers\nand bodies of the state and all municipalities and political\nsubdivisions, all insurance companies and associations and other persons\nc…

§ 1296. Exemption from taxation; payments in lieu of taxes. It is\nhereby found, determined and declared that the creation of the\ncorporation and the carrying out of its purposes is in all respects for\nthe benefit of the people of the state of New York and for the\nimprovement…

§ 1297. Actions against the corporation. 1. As a condition to the\nconsent of the state to such suits against the corporation, in every\naction against the corporation for damages, for injuries to real or\npersonal property or for the destruction thereof, or for personal\ninjuri…

§ 1298. Title not affected if in part unconstitutional or ineffective.\nIf any provision of any section of this title or the application thereof\nto any person or circumstance shall be adjudged invalid by a court of\ncompetent jurisdiction, such order or judgment shall be confin…

§ 1299. Short title. This title may be cited as the "Niagara Frontier\nTransportation Act."\n

§ 1299-a. 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 ninety-nine-c of this title.\n 2. "Authority facilities" shall mean the autho…

§ 1299-aa. Short title. This title may be cited as the\n"Rochester-Genesee Regional Transportation Authority Act".\n

§ 1299-b. Niagara Frontier transportation district. There is hereby\ncreated and established a transportation district to be known as the\nNiagara Frontier transportation district which shall embrace the\ncounties of Erie and Niagara.\n

§ 1299-bb. 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 ninety-nine-dd of this title.\n 2. "Transportation district" and "district" …

1299-c. Niagara Frontier transportation authority. 1. (a) There is\nhereby created the "Niagara Frontier transportation authority." The\nauthority shall be a body corporate and politic constituting a public\nbenefit corporation. The authority shall consist of a chairman, ten\nvo…

§ 1299-cc. Rochester-Genesee regional transportation district. 1.\nThere is hereby created and established a transportation district to be\nknown as the Rochester-Genesee regional transportation district. This\ndistrict shall embrace the county of Monroe and such of the followin…

§ 1299-d. Purposes of the authority. 1. The purposes of the authority\nshall be the continuance, further development and improvement of\ntransportation and other services related thereto within the Niagara\nFrontier transportation district, including but not limited to such\ntra…

§ 1299-dd. Rochester-Genesee regional transportation authority. 1.\n(a) There is hereby created the Rochester-Genesee regional\ntransportation authority. The authority shall be a body corporate and\npolitic constituting a public benefit corporation. It shall consist of:\n(i) at …

§ 1299-e. 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 negotiable notes, bonds or other\nobligations and to…

§ 1299-ee. Purposes of the authority. 1. The purposes of the authority\nshall be the continuance, further development and improvement of\ntransportation and other services related thereto within the\nRochester-Genesee regional transportation district, by railroad,\nomnibus, mari…

§ 1299-eee. Transit adjudication bureau. 1. Establishment. There is\nhereby created in the authority a transit adjudication bureau. The head\nof such bureau shall be the director, who shall be appointed by the\nchairman of the authority. The director may delegate the powers and\…