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NY Pub Auth L § 1048-U (2021)
2021 New York Laws PBA - Public Authorities Article 5 - Public Utility Authorities Title 2-B - Buffalo Municipal Water Finance Authority 1048-U - Exemption From Taxes, Assessments and Certain Fees; Payments in Lieu of Taxes.

§ 1048-u. Exemption from taxes, assessments and certain fees; payments   in  lieu  of  taxes. 1. It is hereby determined that the creation of the   authority and the carrying out of  its  corporate  purposes  is  in  all   respects  for the benefit of the people of the city and of the state and   is a public purpose and the authority shall be regarded as performing  a   governmental function in the exercise of the powers conferred upon it by   this  title  and  shall  not  be  required  to pay any taxes, special ad   valorem levies or special assessments upon any real property owned by it   or any filing, recording or  transfer  fees  or  taxes  in  relation  to   instruments  filed,  recorded or transferred by it or on its behalf. The   authority shall be deemed a public authority for the purposes of section   four hundred twelve of the real property tax law.2. Notwithstanding any provision in this section to the contrary,  the   authority may pay, or may enter into agreements with any municipality to   pay,  a  sum  or  sums,  annually  or  otherwise,  or  to  provide other   considerations to such municipality with respect to real property  owned   by the authority located within such municipality.3.  Any  bonds  issued pursuant to this title together with the income   therefrom shall be exempt from taxation except for transfer  and  estate   taxes. The revenues, moneys and all other property and activities of the   authority  shall  be  exempt  from  all  taxes  and governmental fees or   charges, whether imposed by the state  or  any  municipality,  including   without  limitation  real  estate taxes, franchise taxes, sales taxes or   other excise taxes. The state hereby covenants with the  purchasers  and   with  all  subsequent  holders  and  transferees  of bonds issued by the   authority pursuant to this title, in consideration of the acceptance  of   and  payment  for  the  bonds,  that  the  bonds of the authority issued   pursuant to this title and the income therefrom shall be free from  such   taxation,  as  aforestated  herein,  and  that all revenues, moneys, and   other property pledged to secure the payment of such bonds shall at  all   times be free from such taxes as aforestated herein.
NY Pub Auth L § 1048-V (2021)
2021 New York Laws PBA - Public Authorities Article 5 - Public Utility Authorities Title 2-B - Buffalo Municipal Water Finance Authority 1048-V - Actions Against Authority and Water Board.

§  1048-v.  Actions against authority and water board. 1. Except in an   action for wrongful death, no action or proceeding shall  be  prosecuted   or  maintained  against  the  authority  or the water board for personal   injury or damage to real or  personal  property  alleged  to  have  been   sustained  by  reason of the negligence or wrongful act of the authority   or the board or of any  member,  officer,  agent  or  employee  thereof,   unless  (i)  a  notice of claim shall have been made and served upon the   authority or the water board, as the case may be, within the time  limit   by  and in compliance with section fifty-e of the general municipal law,   (ii) it shall appear by and as an allegation in the complaint or  moving   papers  that at least thirty days have elapsed since the service of such   notice and that adjustment or payment  thereof  has  been  neglected  or   refused,  and  (iii)  the action or proceeding shall be commenced within   one year and ninety days after the happening of the event upon which the   claim is based. An action against  the  authority  or  water  board  for   wrongful death shall be commenced in accordance with the notice of claim   and  time  limitation provisions of title eleven of article nine of this   chapter.2. Wherever a notice of claim is served  upon  the  authority  or  the   water  board,  it  shall  have the right to demand an examination of the   claimant relative to the  occurrence  and  extent  of  the  injuries  or   damages  for  which  claim is made, in accordance with the provisions of   section fifty-h of the general municipal law.3. The authority or the water board may require any person  presenting   for  settlement  an  account or claim for any cause whatever against the   authority or the water board, as the case may be, to be sworn  before  a   member,  counsel  or an attorney, officer or employee thereof designated   for such purpose, concerning such account or claim and when so sworn, to   answer orally as to any facts relative to such  account  or  claim.  The   authority  or  the  water board shall have power to settle or adjust all   claims in favor of or against the authority or the water board,  as  the   case may be.4. The rate of interest to be paid by the authority or the water board   upon  any judgment for which it is liable, other than a judgment against   the authority on bonds,  shall  not  exceed  the  rate  of  interest  on   judgments  and accrued claims against municipal corporations as provided   in the general municipal law from time to time. Interest on payments  of   principal  or  interest on any bonds in default shall accrue at the rate   borne by such bonds from the due date thereof until  paid  or  otherwise   satisfied.
NY Pub Auth L § 1048-W (2021)
2021 New York Laws PBA - Public Authorities Article 5 - Public Utility Authorities Title 2-B - Buffalo Municipal Water Finance Authority 1048-W - Interest in Contracts Prohibited.

§  1048-w. Interest in contracts prohibited. It shall be a misdemeanor   for any member or  any  officer,  agent,  servant  or  employee  of  the   authority  or  of the water board to be in any way or manner interested,   directly or indirectly in the furnishing of work, materials, supplies or   labor, or in any contract therefor which the authority or the board,  as   the case may be, is empowered by this title to make.
NY Pub Auth L § 1048-Y (2021)
2021 New York Laws PBA - Public Authorities Article 5 - Public Utility Authorities Title 2-B - Buffalo Municipal Water Finance Authority 1048-Y - Audit and Annual Report.

§  1048-y.  Audit and annual report. The accounts of the authority and   the water board  shall  be  subject  to  the  supervision  of  the  city   comptroller.  The authority and the water board shall annually submit to   the mayor, the comptroller and the director of the budget of the city  a   detailed  report.  In addition an annual audit of the authority shall be   conducted by an independent certified public  accountant.  Such  audited   report shall be submitted to the mayor, the comptroller and the director   of the budget of the city.
NY Pub Auth L § 1048-Z (2021)
2021 New York Laws PBA - Public Authorities Article 5 - Public Utility Authorities Title 2-B - Buffalo Municipal Water Finance Authority 1048-Z - Limited Liability.

§  1048-z. Limited liability. Neither the members of the authority nor   of the water board, nor any officer or employee of the authority nor the   water board acting in behalf thereof, while acting within the  scope  of   his  authority, shall be subject to any liability resulting from (i) the   construction,  ownership,  maintenance  or  operation  of  any   project   financed  with  the  assistance of the authority, (ii) the construction,   ownership, maintenance or operation of  any  water  system  or  facility   owned  by  the  water  board,  or  (iii)  carrying out any of the powers   expressly given in this title. A director, officer or  employee  of  the   authority  shall  be  deemed  an  "employee" for the purposes of chapter   three of section seventy-nine of the Buffalo city  ordinances,  provided   however  that  any  director,  either  appointed  by  the governor or an   employee of the state shall be deemed an "employee" for the purposes  of   section  eighteen  of the public officers law for any action relating to   their activities as a director of the authority created by this title.
NY Pub Auth L § 1048-AA (2021)
2021 New York Laws PBA - Public Authorities Article 5 - Public Utility Authorities Title 2-B - Buffalo Municipal Water Finance Authority 1048-AA - Separability Clause.

§  1048-aa.  Separability clause. If any section, clause or provision in   this title shall be held by a competent court to be unconstitutional  or   ineffective  in  whole  or  in  part,  to  the  extent  that  it  is not   unconstitutional or ineffective, it shall be valid and effective, and no   other section, clause or provision shall on account  thereof  be  deemed   invalid or ineffective.
NY Pub Auth L § 1048-BB (2021)
2021 New York Laws PBA - Public Authorities Article 5 - Public Utility Authorities Title 2-B - Buffalo Municipal Water Finance Authority 1048-BB - Effect of Inconsistent Provisions.

§   1048-bb.   Effect  of  inconsistent  provisions.  Insofar  as  the   provisions of this title are inconsistent with  the  provisions  of  any   other law, general, special or local or of the city charter or any local   law,  ordinance  or resolution of the city, the provisions of this title   shall be controlling, provided that nothing contained  in  this  section   shall  be held to supplement or otherwise expand the powers or duties of   the authority otherwise set forth in this title.  Nothing  contained  in   this  title  shall  be held to alter or abridge the powers and duties of   the  state  department  of  environmental  conservation  or  the   state   department of health.
NY Pub Auth L § 1049 (2021)
2021 New York Laws PBA - Public Authorities Article 5 - Public Utility Authorities Title 2-B - Buffalo Municipal Water Finance Authority 1049 - Buffalo Water Board.

§  1049.  Buffalo  water board. For the benefit of the city of Buffalo   and the inhabitants thereof, a water board, to be known as  the  BUFFALO   WATER  BOARD, is hereby established for the accomplishment of any or all   of the purposes specified  in  title  two-B  of  article  five  of  this   chapter.  It shall have the powers and duties now or hereafter conferred   by title two-B of article five of this chapter upon a  water  board.  It   shall  be  organized  in  a  manner  prescribed by and be subject to the   provisions of title two-B of article five of this  chapter.  The  board,   its  members,  officers  and employees and its operations and activities   shall in all respects be governed by the provisions of  title  two-B  of   article five of this chapter.
NY Pub Auth L § 1050 (2021)
2021 New York Laws PBA - Public Authorities Article 5 - Public Utility Authorities Title 3 - Erie County Water Authority 1050 - Short Title.

§ 1050. Short title. This title may be cited as the "Erie County Water   Authority Act."
NY Pub Auth L § 1051 (2021)
2021 New York Laws PBA - Public Authorities Article 5 - Public Utility Authorities Title 3 - Erie County Water Authority 1051 - Definitions.

§  1051.  Definitions.  As used or referred to in this title, unless a   different meaning clearly appears from the context,1. The term "district" shall mean  the  Erie  county  water  authority   district created by section one thousand fifty-two of this title;2.  The term "authority" shall mean the corporation created by section   one thousand fifty-three of this title;3. The term "county" shall mean the county of Erie;4. The term "treasurer" shall mean the treasurer of the authority;5. The term "comptroller" shall mean the comptroller of the  state  of   New York;6.  The  term  "personnel officer" shall mean the personnel officer of   the county of Erie;7. The term "properties" shall mean the water supply and  distribution   system  or  systems  of  the  authority,  including  the  plants, works,   instrumentalities or parts thereof  and  appurtenances  thereto,  lands,   easements,  rights  in  land  and  water rights, rights-of-way, contract   rights, franchises, approaches,  connections,  dams,  reservoirs,  water   mains  and  pipe  lines,  pumping  stations  and equipment, or any other   property, real, personal or mixed, incidental to and  included  in  such   system   or   part   thereof,   and  any  improvements,  extensions  and   betterments, situated within the county of Erie and any source of supply   or water supply system or any part thereof, situated without the  county   of Erie;8.  The  term  "bonds"  shall  mean  the bonds, notes and obligations,   issued by the authority, pursuant to this act;9. The term "revenues" shall mean all rents, charges and other  income   derived from the operation of the properties of the authority;10. The term "municipality" shall mean a city, town, or village.
NY Pub Auth L § 1052 (2021)
2021 New York Laws PBA - Public Authorities Article 5 - Public Utility Authorities Title 3 - Erie County Water Authority 1052 - Erie County Water Authority District.

§  1052. Erie county water authority district. There is hereby created   a district to be known as the "Erie  county  water  authority  district"   which  shall  embrace  so  much  of  the  territory  included within the   territorial limits of  the  county  of  Erie,  as  may  be  outside  the   territorial  limits  of  the  city  of  Buffalo,  except the township of   Tonawanda, including the village of Kenmore, in the state of New York.
NY Pub Auth L § 1054-A (2021)
2021 New York Laws PBA - Public Authorities Article 5 - Public Utility Authorities Title 3 - Erie County Water Authority 1054-A - Deposit Required Where Temporary Possession Is Granted in Condemnation Proceeding.

§  1054-a.  Deposit  required where temporary possession is granted in   condemnation proceeding. Whenever the  authority,  in  any  condemnation   proceeding  for  the acquisition of any property, shall make application   for  temporary  possession  pursuant  to  the  provisions   of   section   twenty-four  of  the  condemnation law, the sum to be fixed by the court   for deposit, as a condition of  granting  such  application,  shall  not   exceed  ten  per  centum  of the assessed valuation of the real property   sought to be acquired in such proceedings  as  such  assessed  valuation   appears  upon  the  last  assessment rolls for county taxes prior to the   commencement of such proceeding.
NY Pub Auth L § 1055 (2021)
2021 New York Laws PBA - Public Authorities Article 5 - Public Utility Authorities Title 3 - Erie County Water Authority 1055 - Moneys of the Authority.

§  1055.  Moneys  of  the  authority. All moneys of the authority from   whatever source derived shall be paid to the treasurer of the  authority   and  shall be deposited forthwith in a bank or banks in the state of New   York designated by the authority. The moneys in such accounts  shall  be   paid out on check of the treasurer on requisition by the authority or of   such other person or persons as the authority may authorize to make such   requisitions.  All  deposits  of  such  moneys shall, if required by the   comptroller or the authority, be secured by obligations  of  the  United   States  or  of  the state of New York or of the county of a market value   equal at all times to the amount of deposit  and  all  banks  and  trust   companies  are  authorized  to give such security for such deposits. The   comptroller  and  his  legally  authorized  representatives,   and   the   comptroller of the county of Erie, if he so elect, are hereby authorized   and empowered from time to time to examine the accounts and books of the   authority,  including  its  receipts,  disbursements, contracts, leases,   sinking funds,  investments  and  any  other  matters  relating  to  its   financial  standing. The authority shall have power, notwithstanding the   provisions of this section, to contract with the holders of any  of  its   bonds as to the custody, collection, security, investment and payment of   any  moneys  of  the authority, or any moneys held in trust or otherwise   for the payment of bonds or in any way to secure bonds, and to carry out   any such contract notwithstanding that such contract may be inconsistent   with the provisions of this section. Moneys held in trust  or  otherwise   for  the  payment of bonds or in any way to secure bonds and deposits of   such moneys may  be  secured  in  the  same  manner  as  moneys  of  the   authority, and all banks and trust companies are authorized to give such   security for such deposits.
NY Pub Auth L § 1057 (2021)
2021 New York Laws PBA - Public Authorities Article 5 - Public Utility Authorities Title 3 - Erie County Water Authority 1057 - Notes of the Authority.

§  1057. Notes of the authority. The authority shall have power and is   hereby  authorized  to  issue  negotiable  bond  anticipation  notes  in   conformity with applicable provisions of the uniform commercial code and   may  renew  the  same  from time to time but the maximum maturity of any   such note, including renewals thereof, shall not exceed five years  from   the  date  of issue of such original note. Such notes shall be paid from   any moneys of the authority available therefor and not otherwise pledged   or from  the  proceeds  of  sale  of  the  bonds  of  the  authority  in   anticipation of which they were issued. The notes shall be issued in the   same  manner  as  the  bonds  and  such  notes  and  the  resolution  or   resolutions authorizing the same may contain any provisions,  conditions   or limitations which the bonds or a bond resolution of the authority may   contain.  Such  notes  may  be  sold, at public or private sale for such   price or prices and shall bear interest at such rate or rates per  annum   as  the  authority  shall  determine provided, however, that any private   sale shall be subject to the approval  of  the  state  comptroller.  The   foregoing  provisions  shall  be  applicable  to  notes  issued  by  the   authority notwithstanding the provisions of any other  general,  special   or local law to the contrary. Such notes shall be as fully negotiable as   the bonds of the authority.The  maturity  of  notes  issued  by the authority for payments to any   party or person entitled to an award in condemnation in advance  of  the   determination  of the final award, may be extended beyond five years and   until such time as the final award is ascertained and paid.
NY Pub Auth L § 1058 (2021)
2021 New York Laws PBA - Public Authorities Article 5 - Public Utility Authorities Title 3 - Erie County Water Authority 1058 - Duty of Authority to Maintain and Operate.

§  1058.  Duty  of  authority to maintain and operate. It shall be the   duty of the authority, subject  to  any  limitation  on  the  amount  of   revenues  to  be  expended for such purpose, to maintain and operate and   where necessary to reconstruct its properties.
NY Pub Auth L § 1059 (2021)
2021 New York Laws PBA - Public Authorities Article 5 - Public Utility Authorities Title 3 - Erie County Water Authority 1059 - Transfer of Officers and Employees.

§  1059.  Transfer  of  officers  and employees. Any public officer or   employee under civil service, selected by the authority  may,  with  the   consent  of  the  commission, board or department by which he or she has   been employed, be transferred to the authority and shall be eligible for   such transfer and appointment without examination to comparable offices,   positions and employment under the authority. The salary or compensation   of any such officer or employee shall after such transfer be paid by the   authority. But notwithstanding the provisions  of  this  act,  any  such   officers  or  employees so transferred to the authority, pursuant to the   provisions of this section, who are members of  or  beneficiaries  under   any  existing  pension  or retirement system, shall continue to have all   rights, privileges, obligations and status with respect  to  such  fund,   system or systems as are now prescribed by law, but during the period of   their  employment  by the authority, all contributions to any pension or   retirement fund or system to be paid by the employer on account of  such   officers  or  employees,  shall  be  paid by the authority; and all such   officers and employees who have been appointed to  positions  under  the   rules and classifications of the personnel officer of the county of Erie   shall  have  the  same status with respect thereto after transfer to the   authority as they had under their original appointments.  It  is  hereby   declared  that  in  the  interest  of  efficiency  and insofar as may be   practicable, all employees engaged in the operation of any  property  or   properties,  except  in an executive capacity, at the time such property   or properties shall have been acquired by the authority, pursuant to the   provisions of this act, shall become the employees of the authority. The   appointment and promotion of all employees of  the  authority  shall  be   made  in  accordance  with  the  provisions  of  the  civil  service law   (constituting chapter seven of the consolidated laws) and such rules  as   the  personnel  officer  of  the  county  of  Erie  may  adopt  and make   applicable to such authority.
NY Pub Auth L § 1060 (2021)
2021 New York Laws PBA - Public Authorities Article 5 - Public Utility Authorities Title 3 - Erie County Water Authority 1060 - Agreements of the State.

§  1060. Agreements of the state. The state of New York does pledge to   and agree with the holders of the bonds that the state will not limit or   alter the rights hereby vested in the authority to  acquire,  construct,   maintain,  operate, reconstruct and improve the properties, to establish   and collect  the  revenues,  rates,  rentals,  fees  and  other  charges   referred  to  in  this  title and to fulfill the terms of any agreements   made with the holders of the bonds, or in any way impair the rights  and   remedies  of  the  bondholders,  until the bonds, together with interest   thereon, interest on any unpaid installments of interest, and all  costs   and expenses in connection with any action or proceeding by or on behalf   of the bondholders, are fully met and discharged.
NY Pub Auth L § 1061 (2021)
2021 New York Laws PBA - Public Authorities Article 5 - Public Utility Authorities Title 3 - Erie County Water Authority 1061 - State, County and Municipalities Not Liable on Bonds.

§  1061.  State,  county  and municipalities not liable on bonds.  The   bonds and other obligations of the authority shall not be a debt of  the   state of New York or of the county or of any municipality in the county,   and  neither the state nor the county nor any municipality in the county   shall be liable thereon, nor shall they be  payable  out  of  any  funds   other than those of the authority.