Title TCP, Transportation Corporations

§ 1. Short title. This chapter shall be known as the "Transportation\nCorporations Law."\n

§ 10. Definitions. A gas corporation is a corporation organized to\nmanufacture, to produce or otherwise acquire and to supply for public\nuse artificial or natural gas, a mixture of both artificial and natural\ngases or thermal energy for light, heat or power and for lighting t…

§ 100. Definition. A freight terminal corporation is a corporation\norganized to supply, maintain and operate freight terminal facilities--\nincluding docks, wharves, bulkheads, basins, tugs, floats, lighters and\nother shipping, and wharfage and lighterage for the receipt, deli…

§ 101. Limitation of powers. Nothing in this article shall be so\nconstrued as to permit any such corporation to engage in manufacture or\nproduction, except for its own use, of power, heat, light, supplies and\nequipment or to carry on the business of generating, selling or\ndi…

§ 102. Rates; discrimination; liability. Except as to terminal\nwarehouses, show rooms and factories, such a corporation shall be a\ncommon carrier. Subject to regulation by the commissioner of\ntransportation, such a corporation may make regulations and fix rates\nfor each clas…

§ 103. Supervision. Every such corporation shall be subject to\nsupervision, control and regulation by the commissioner of\ntransportation to the same extent as railroads and street railroads so\nfar as the provisions of the transportation law are applicable.\n

§ 104. Corporate acts subject to approval of commissioner of\ntransportation. It shall be necessary for such a corporation to secure\nthe approval of the commissioner of transportation as a condition to the\nfollowing corporate acts: The issuance of stock; the issuance of bonds,…

§ 105. Merger or consolidation of freight terminal corporations and\nother corporations formed for the purpose of engaging in business in\nwhich a freight terminal corporation may engage. Any two or more\ndomestic freight terminal corporations may merge or consolidate with\neach…

§ 106. Condemnation; approval of commissioner of transportation.\nEvery such freight terminal corporation shall have power to acquire by\ncondemnation such real property, except that of a public service\ncorporation, including the right of way through any property, as may be\nne…

§ 107. Use of streets; municipal consent. Every such freight terminal\ncorporation may acquire, use and enjoy the privilege to cross or\notherwise use the streets adjacent to any terminal way or terminal\nstation with the consent and on such terms as may be imposed by the\nlocal…

§ 108. Regulation. In construction and operation of its plant and\nequipment and in the transaction of its business, every such corporation\nshall be subject to all regulations as to construction, fire, health and\nsafety imposed by law, ordinance or local authority.\n

§ 109. Inconsistent acts. The provisions of any act and parts of acts,\nincluding the charter of Greater New York and the charter of any other\ncity of the state, which are inconsistent with this article, and insofar\nonly as they are inconsistent with this article, shall have n…

§ 11. Powers. Every such corporation shall have the following powers:\n1. A gas corporation and a gas and electric corporation shall have power\nto manufacture gas, and to acquire thermal energy or natural or\nartificial gas and to mix the gases and to sell and furnish thermal\n…

§ 110. Definition. A district steam corporation is a corporation\norganized to supply steam to consumers from a central station or\nstations through pipes laid wholly or partly in the public streets.\n

§ 111. Municipal consent to use streets. A district steam corporation\nshall have power to lay and maintain suitable pipes and conduits or\nother fixtures in and under the streets, parks and public places of the\ncities, villages or towns mentioned in its certificate of incorpor…

§ 112. Service to be furnished upon application. A district steam\ncorporation, upon the application in writing of the owner or occupant of\nany building or premises, within one hundred feet of any street main\nlaid down by any such corporation, and payment by him of all money d…

§ 113. Examination of meters by agent. Any such corporation may make\nan agreement with any of its customers, by which any of its officers or\nagents shall be authorized at all reasonable times to enter any\ndwelling, store, building, room or place, supplied with steam by such\n…

§ 114. Entry by agent to cut off steam. If any person, corporation or\nassociation supplied with steam by any such corporation, shall neglect\nor refuse to pay the rent or remuneration for such steam, or for the\nmeter, device, pipes, fittings or appliances, furnished by such\nc…

§ 115. Definitions. As used in this article, the term:\n 1. "Sewage-works corporation" means a corporation heretofore or\nhereafter organized to provide a sewer system as hereinafter defined for\nthe disposal of sewage, through an established system of pipe lines,\ntreatment pla…

§ 116. Consent to incorporation. 1. No certificate of incorporation of\na sewage-works corporation shall be filed unless there be annexed\nthereto a certificate or certificates duly executed in behalf of the\nlocal governing bodies of the city, town or village, as the case may b…

§ 117. Approval by department of health. A local governing body shall\nnot consent to the establishment of a sewage-works corporation in any\nmunicipality unless there shall first be filed with the department of\nhealth, or city, county, or part-county department of health havin…

§ 118. Inspection; cost certification. 1. The local governing body,\nexcept in the county of Suffolk, the county sewer agency shall utilize\nany licensed professional engineer in its own personnel staff, or retain\na licensed professional engineer or engineering firm to cause th…

§ 119. Guaranties. 1. The local governing body shall require the\nposting of a performance bond for the completion of the construction of\nthe sewage-works system, and may require the posting of an additional\nbond or other guaranty for the payment of labor and material furnishe…

§ 12. Gas and electricity must be supplied on application. Except in\nthe case of an application for residential utility service pursuant to\narticle two of the public service law, upon written application of the\nowner or occupant of any building within one hundred feet of any …

§ 120. Option. (a) The local governing body may, at the time of\ngranting the consent to incorporation, require an option to purchase the\nsystem from the corporation or at any time shall have the right to\npurchase or acquire it by condemnation. The local governing body may\nex…

§ 121. Duty to supply sewage-works facilities. A sewage-works\ncorporation shall supply each city, town, village or other municipal\narea or district wherein such corporation operates, and the inhabitants\ntherein, with facilities or make provision for the collection, treatment\…

§ 122. Powers. Every sewage-works corporation shall have the power:\n 1. To lay, maintain, repair and operate its pipes, conduits and sewers\nin any street, highway or public place of any city, town, village or\nother municipal area, in which it has obtained the consent required…

§ 123. Survey and map. Before taking or using any land, for its\ncorporate purposes such corporation shall cause a survey and map to be\nmade of the lands intended to be taken designating the land of the\nseveral owners or occupants thereof, which map shall be signed by the\npre…

§ 124. Condemnation of real property. Any such corporation shall have\nthe right to acquire real estate, or any interest therein, necessary for\nthe purposes of its incorporation, and the right to lay, repair and\nmaintain conduits and sewer pipes with connections and fixtures, …

§ 15. Refusal or neglect to pay rent. If any person supplied with gas\nor electric light by any such corporation, except residential customers\nsupplied pursuant to article two of the public service law shall neglect\nor refuse to pay the rent or remuneration due for the same or…

§ 16. No rent for meters to be charged. No gas corporation, electric\ncorporation or gas and electric corporation directly or indirectly shall\ncharge or collect rent on its gas meters, and any person, or corporation\nviolating this provision shall be liable to a penalty of fift…

§ 17. Construction over Indian reservation. A gas corporation, an\nelectric corporation or a gas and electric corporation may contract with\nthe chiefs of any nation of Indians over whose lands it may be necessary\nto construct its gas or electric lines for the right to construc…

§ 2. Classification of transportation corporations. A transportation\ncorporation shall be either,\n 1. A gas corporation, an electric corporation or a gas and electric\ncorporation.\n 2. A telegraph corporation, a telephone corporation or a telegraph and\ntelephone corporation.…

§ 25. Definitions. A telegraph corporation is a corporation organized\nto construct, own, use and maintain a line or lines of electric\ntelegraph wholly within or partly without this state, or to acquire and\nown any interest in any such line or lines, or any grants therefor or\…

§ 26. Extension of lines. A telegraph corporation, a telephone\ncorporation or a telegraph and telephone corporation heretofore or\nhereafter incorporated under or by any general or special law may\nconstruct, own, use and maintain any line of electric telegraph or\ntelephone, w…

§ 27. Construction of lines. Any such corporation may erect, construct\nand maintain the necessary fixtures for its lines upon, over or under\nany of the public roads, streets and highways; and through, across or\nunder any of the waters within the limits of this state, and may …

§ 28. Transmission of dispatches. Every such corporation shall receive\ndispatches from and for other telegraph or telephone lines or\ncorporations, and from and for any person, and on payment of the usual\ncharges for transmitting dispatches as established by the rules and\nreg…

§ 29. Transfer of property to other corporations. Any such corporation\nmay lease, sell or convey its property, rights, privileges and\nfranchises, or any interest therein, or any part thereof to any\ntelegraph, telephone or telegraph and telephone corporation organized\nunder o…

§ 3. Incorporation. (a) A transportation corporation may be formed\nunder this chapter, in accordance with the procedure for the formation\nof corporations set forth in article four of the business corporation\nlaw, by delivering to the department of state for filing a certifica…

§ 30. Special police officers of corporation operating signal systems.\nThe police department or board of police of any city may, in addition to\nthe police force now authorized by law, appoint a number of persons, not\nexceeding two hundred, who may be designated by any corpora…

§ 30-a. Merger or consolidation of telephone corporations. Any two or\nmore domestic telephone corporations may merge or consolidate with each\nother, in accordance with the procedure and with the effect set forth in\narticle nine of the business corporation law.\n

§ 30-b. Merger or consolidation of telegraph corporations. Any two or\nmore domestic telegraph corporations may merge or consolidate with each\nother, in accordance with the procedure and with the effect set forth in\narticle nine of the business corporation law.\n

§ 31. Application of article. The provisions of this article shall\napply to corporations owning, leasing, maintaining or operating or\norganized for the purpose of owning, leasing, maintaining or operating,\na radio or wireless plant, equipment or system as a part of, or in\nco…

§ 4. Applicability of business corporation law to transportation\ncorporations. (a) The business corporation law applies to a corporation\nheretofore or hereafter formed under this chapter, or under any other\nstatute or special act of this state, or under laws other than the\ns…

§ 40. Definition. A water-works corporation is a corporation organized\nto supply water by mains or pipes to any of the cities, towns or\nvillages in this state, and the inhabitants thereof.\n

§ 41. Municipal consent to incorporation. No certificate of\nincorporation of a water-works corporation shall be filed unless there\nbe annexed thereto a consent to the formation of the corporation, signed\nand acknowledged by the local authorities of each municipality named in\…

§ 42. Duty to supply water; contracts with municipalities. Such\ncorporation shall supply each city, town or village through which the\nconduits or mains of such corporation may pass, or wherein such\ncorporation may have organized, and the inhabitants thereof, with pure\nand wh…

§ 43. Powers. Every such corporation shall have the following\nadditional powers:\n 1. To lay and maintain its pipes and hydrants for delivering and\ndistributing water in any street, highway or public place of any city,\ntown or village in which it has obtained the consent requ…

§ 44. Survey and map. Before taking or using any land, for its\ncorporate purposes such corporation shall cause a survey and map to be\nmade of the lands intended to be taken designating the land of the\nseveral owners or occupants thereof, which map shall be signed by the\npres…

§ 45. Condemnation of real property. Any such corporation shall have\nthe right to acquire real estate, or any interest therein, necessary for\nthe purposes of its incorporation, and the right to lay, relay, repair\nand maintain conduits and water pipes with connections and fixt…