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NY Pub Auth L § 2350-N (2021)
2021 New York Laws PBA - Public Authorities Article 8 - Miscellaneous Authorities Title 16 - Suffolk County Judicial Facilities Agency 2350-N - Actions Against Agency.

§  2350-n.  Actions against agency. 1. No action or special proceeding   shall be prosecuted or maintained against the agency 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 agency or of any member,   officer, agent or employee thereof, unless (a) a notice of  claim  shall   have  been  made  and  served  upon  the  agency  within  the time limit   prescribed by and in compliance with  section  fifty-e  of  the  general   municipal  law,  (b)  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 (c)  the  action  or  special  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 agency   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 agency, 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 agency shall have power to settle or adjust all claims in favor   of or against the agency.4.  Any  action or proceeding to which the agency or the people of the   state may be parties, in which any question arises as to the validity of   this title, shall be preferred over all other civil causes of action  or   cases,  except  election causes of action or cases, in all courts of the   state and shall be heard and determined in preference to all other civil   business  pending  therein  except  election  causes,  irrespective   of   position  on  the  calendar.  The  same preference shall be granted upon   application of the agency or its counsel in  any  action  or  proceeding   questioning  the  validity  of  this  title  in  which the agency may be   allowed to intervene. The venue of any such action or  proceeding  shall   be laid in the supreme court of the county.5. The rate of interest to be paid by the agency upon any judgment for   which  it  is  liable,  other than a judgment on its bonds, shall be the   rate prescribed  by  section  three-a  of  the  general  municipal  law.   Interest  on  payments  of principal or interest on any bonds in default   shall accrue at the rate or rates set forth in such bonds from  the  due   date thereof until paid or otherwise satisfied.6.  All  actions  or proceedings against the agency of whatever nature   shall be brought in the supreme court of the county.
NY Pub Auth L § 2350-O (2021)
2021 New York Laws PBA - Public Authorities Article 8 - Miscellaneous Authorities Title 16 - Suffolk County Judicial Facilities Agency 2350-O - Construction and Purchase Contracts.

§  2350-o.  Construction and purchase contracts. 1. The agency may, in   its discretion, assign contracts for supervision and coordination to the   successful bidder for any subdivision  of  work  for  which  the  agency   receives  bids.  Any  construction  contract awarded by the agency shall   contain  such  other  terms  and  conditions  as  the  agency  may  deem   desirable.  The  agency shall not award any construction contract except   to the lowest bidder who, in its opinion, is qualified  to  perform  the   work  required  and  who  is  responsible  and reliable. The agency may,   however, reject any or all bids or waive any informality in a bid if  it   believes  that  the public interest will be promoted thereby. The agency   may reject any bid, if, in its  judgment,  the  business  and  technical   organization, plant, resources, financial standing, or experience of the   bidder justifies such rejection in view of the work to be performed.2.  Construction  contracts  let  by the agency shall be in conformity   with the applicable provisions of section one hundred thirty-five of the   state  finance  law,  provided,  however,  that  any  contract  for  the   construction, reconstruction, rehabilitation or improvement of buildings   let  by  the  agency  shall  not  be  governed  by  section  one hundred   thirty-five of the state finance law if the agency chooses to utilize  a   project labor agreement in accordance with the provisions of section two   hundred  twenty-two  of  the  labor  law  when the record supporting the   decision to  enter  into  such  an  agreement  establishes  that  it  is   justified by the interests underlying the competitive bidding laws.3.  All  contracts  or  leases  for  the construction, reconstruction,   rehabilitation or improvement of  buildings  let  by  the  agency  shall   comply  with  the  provisions of section two hundred twenty of the labor   law.4. Notwithstanding any other provision of law  to  the  contrary,  the   agency  shall not contract, manage, oversee, design or perform a project   of construction unless such project conforms with all  the  requirements   established by the New York state fire prevention and building code.
NY Pub Auth L § 2350-P (2021)
2021 New York Laws PBA - Public Authorities Article 8 - Miscellaneous Authorities Title 16 - Suffolk County Judicial Facilities Agency 2350-P - Interest in Contracts Prohibited.

§  2350-p. Interest in contracts prohibited. It shall be a misdemeanor   for any member of the agency or any officer, agent, or employee  of  the   agency 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  agency  is  empowered  by  this title to make. The   provisions of article eighteen of the general municipal law shall  apply   to  the  agency  and  its members, officers, and employees with the same   force and effect as if the agency were a municipality and  the  agency's   members, officers and employees were municipal officers and employees.
NY Pub Auth L § 2350-Q (2021)
2021 New York Laws PBA - Public Authorities Article 8 - Miscellaneous Authorities Title 16 - Suffolk County Judicial Facilities Agency 2350-Q - Ownership of Agency Bonds Prohibited.

§  2350-q. Ownership of agency bonds prohibited. No member, officer or   employee of the agency shall own or control the ownership of  any  bonds   of  the  agency;  provided,  however,  that  if  any  member, officer or   employee of the agency shall own or control the ownership of  any  bonds   of  the  agency  on  the  date of appointment or employment as a member,   officer or employee, such member, officer  or  employee  shall  sell  or   otherwise  divest  ownership  of  any  such  bonds as soon as reasonably   practicable or place such bonds in a blind trust for the  period  during   which such person serves as a member, officer or employee of the agency.
NY Pub Auth L § 2350-R (2021)
2021 New York Laws PBA - Public Authorities Article 8 - Miscellaneous Authorities Title 16 - Suffolk County Judicial Facilities Agency 2350-R - Agency to Take Affirmative Action.

§  2350-r.  Agency  to  take  affirmative  action.  For the purpose of   article fifteen-a of the executive law only, the agency shall be  deemed   a  state  agency as that term is used in such article, and its contracts   for design, construction, services and materials shall be  deemed  state   contracts within the meaning of that term as set forth in such article.
NY Pub Auth L § 2350-T (2021)
2021 New York Laws PBA - Public Authorities Article 8 - Miscellaneous Authorities Title 16 - Suffolk County Judicial Facilities Agency 2350-T - Defense and Indemnification.

§  2350-t.  Defense  and indemnification. The agency shall not execute   any of  its  powers  except  as  necessary  to  commence  its  corporate   existence,  until  it  has  elected  to  make  the  provision of section   eighteen of the public officers law applicable to its employees (as such   term is defined in section eighteen of the public officers law) pursuant   to subdivision two of such  section;  provided,  however,  that  nothing   contained  within  this  section shall be deemed to permit the agency to   extend the provisions of section eighteen of  the  public  officers  law   upon any independent contractor.
NY Pub Auth L § 2350-U (2021)
2021 New York Laws PBA - Public Authorities Article 8 - Miscellaneous Authorities Title 16 - Suffolk County Judicial Facilities Agency 2350-U - Agreements With the County.

§  2350-u.  Agreements  with  the  county. The county is authorized to   agree with the holders of any bonds issued by  the  agency  pursuant  to   this  title  that  the county will not alter, limit or impair the rights   hereby vested in the agency to purchase,  construct,  own  and  operate,   maintain, repair, improve, reconstruct, renovate, rehabilitate, enlarge,   increase  and  extend,  or  dispose of any project, or any part or parts   thereof, for which bonds of  the  agency  shall  have  been  issued,  to   establish  and collect rents, fees and other charges referred to in this   title, to fulfill the terms of any  agreements  made  with  or  for  the   benefit of the holders of bonds or with any public corporation or person   with  reference to such project or part thereof, or in any way to impair   the rights and remedies of  the  holders  of  bonds,  until  the  bonds,   together  with  the  interest  thereon, including 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 holders of bonds are   fully met and discharged.
NY Pub Auth L § 2350-W (2021)
2021 New York Laws PBA - Public Authorities Article 8 - Miscellaneous Authorities Title 16 - Suffolk County Judicial Facilities Agency 2350-W - Equal Employment Opportunity.

§  2350-w.  Equal  employment  opportunity. The authority shall ensure   that all employees or  applicants  for  employment  are  afforded  equal   employment opportunity without discrimination.
NY Pub Auth L § 2350-X (2021)
2021 New York Laws PBA - Public Authorities Article 8 - Miscellaneous Authorities Title 16 - Suffolk County Judicial Facilities Agency 2350-X - Transfer of Officers and Employees; Civil Service.

§  2350-x.  Transfer  of officers and employees; civil service. 1. The   appointment and promotion of all non-exempt/non-management  confidential   employees  of  the  agency  shall  be  made in accordance with the civil   service  law  and  the  rules  of  the  Suffolk  county  civil   service   commission.2.  In  accordance with the provisions of section seventy of the civil   service law, any officer or employee of a municipality  in  the  service   area,  may,  at  the request of the agency, be transferred to the agency   and shall be eligible for such transfer and appointment, without further   examination, to applicable offices, positions and employment  under  the   agency.  Any  such  officers  or  employees so transferred to the agency   pursuant to this section, who  are  members  of  or  benefit  under  any   existing  pension  or  retirement fund or system, shall continue to have   all rights, privileges, obligations and status with respect to such fund   or system as are now prescribed by law, but during the period  of  their   employment  by the agency, all contributions to such funds or systems to   be paid by the employer on account of such officers or  employees  shall   be paid by the agency.3.  A  transferred  employee  shall  remain  in  the  same  collective   bargaining unit as was the case prior to his or her transfer;  successor   employees  to  the  positions  held by such transferred employees shall,   consistent with the provisions of article fourteen of the civil  service   law,  be  included  in  the  same  unit as their predecessors. Employees   serving in positions in newly created titles shall be  assigned  to  the   same collective bargaining unit as they would have been assigned to such   unit  were such titles created prior to the establishment of the agency.   Nothing contained in this title shall be construed; (a) to diminish  the   rights  of  employees  pursuant to a collective bargaining agreement, or   (b) to affect existing law with respect to an application to the  public   employment  relations  board  seeking  a  designation  by the board that   certain persons are managerial or confidential.
NY Pub Auth L § 2350-Y (2021)
2021 New York Laws PBA - Public Authorities Article 8 - Miscellaneous Authorities Title 16 - Suffolk County Judicial Facilities Agency 2350-Y - Separablity.

§  2350-y.  Separability.  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 § 2350-Z (2021)
2021 New York Laws PBA - Public Authorities Article 8 - Miscellaneous Authorities Title 16 - Suffolk County Judicial Facilities Agency 2350-Z - Effects of Inconsistent Provisions.

§  2350-z.  Effect  of  inconsistent  provisions.  In  so  far  as the   provisions of this title are inconsistent with  the  provisions  of  any   other  act,  general or special, or of any charter, local law, ordinance   or resolution of the county, the  provisions  of  this  title  shall  be   controlling.  Nothing  contained  in  this  section  shall  be  held  to   supplement or otherwise expand  the  powers  or  duties  of  the  agency   otherwise set forth in this title.
NY Pub Auth L § 2350-AA (2021)
2021 New York Laws PBA - Public Authorities Article 8 - Miscellaneous Authorities Title 16 - Suffolk County Judicial Facilities Agency 2350-AA - Duties of Finance and Ways and Means Committees and Secretaries.

§  2350-aa.  Duties  of  finance  and  ways  and  means committees and   secretaries. The committees and their secretaries shall have  access  at   all  reasonable  times  to  the  agency  for  the  purpose  of obtaining   information as to the method of operation, general condition, management   and needs thereof, and to examine the books, papers and  public  records   therein.  Notwithstanding  any  other provision of law the agency shall,   through their proper officers or members,  furnish  to  such  committees   such  data, information or statements as may be necessary for the proper   exercise of their powers and duties and for the purpose of carrying into   effect the provisions of this article. The finance and  ways  and  means   committee  in exercising the powers and performing the duties prescribed   by this article may act jointly, or separately, as they deem advisable.
NY Pub Auth L § 2350-BB (2021)
2021 New York Laws PBA - Public Authorities Article 8 - Miscellaneous Authorities Title 16 - Suffolk County Judicial Facilities Agency 2350-BB - Subsidiaries of the Agency.

§  2350-bb.  Subsidiaries  of  the  agency.  Notwithstanding any other   provision of law to the contrary,  the  agency  shall  not  establish  a   subsidiary corporation without statutory approval.
NY Pub Auth L § 2350-CC (2021)
2021 New York Laws PBA - Public Authorities Article 8 - Miscellaneous Authorities Title 16 - Suffolk County Judicial Facilities Agency 2350-CC - Independent Budget Review Office.

§ 2350-cc. Independent budget review office. Pursuant to its authority   under   article   two  of  the  Suffolk  county  charter,  the  county's   independent budget review office shall be authorized  and  empowered  to   review the books, records and accounts of the agency.
NY Pub Auth L § 2350-DD (2021)
2021 New York Laws PBA - Public Authorities Article 8 - Miscellaneous Authorities Title 16 - Suffolk County Judicial Facilities Agency 2350-DD - Jurisdiction of State Inspector General.

§  2350-dd.  Jurisdiction  of  state  inspector general. The agency is   subject to the  jurisdiction  of  the  office  of  the  state  inspector   general.
NY Pub Auth L § 2350-FF (2021)
2021 New York Laws PBA - Public Authorities Article 8 - Miscellaneous Authorities Title 16 - Suffolk County Judicial Facilities Agency 2350-FF - Filings to Be Made With the Agency.

§  2350-ff.  Filings  to  be  made with the agency. 1. Every person or   organization  subject  to  the  provisions  of  article  one-A  of   the   legislative  law  as a lobbyist or client (as those terms are defined in   such article) because of acts relating to  procurements  of  the  agency   shall,  in addition to filing one or more statements of registration and   reports with the New York temporary  state  commission  on  lobbying  as   required  by  article  one-A of the legislative law, file a copy of each   such document required to be filed under said article with the agency.2. The agency shall establish an office to receive and file  documents   required  to  be filed under subdivision one of this section. The agency   shall catalogue such filings by the name of the lobbyist,  the  name  of   the  client,  and  by  the  contract which the lobbyist has attempted to   influence action  on  behalf  of  the  client.  The  agency  shall  make   information  furnished  by lobbyists and clients available to the public   for inspection and copying.
NY Pub Auth L § 2430 (2021)
2021 New York Laws PBA - Public Authorities Article 8 - Miscellaneous Authorities Title 18 - State of New York Municipal Bond Bank Agency Act 2430 - Short Title.

§ 2430. Short title. This title shall be known and may be cited as the   "state of New York municipal bond bank agency act"
NY Pub Auth L § 2435 (2021)
2021 New York Laws PBA - Public Authorities Article 8 - Miscellaneous Authorities Title 18 - State of New York Municipal Bond Bank Agency Act 2435 - Loans to Municipalities.

§  2435.  Loans  to  municipalities.  1.  The agency may purchase, and   contract to purchase, municipal bonds from municipalities at such  price   or  prices,  upon  such  terms  and  conditions  and in such manner, not   inconsistent with the provisions of the local finance law, as the agency   shall deem advisable; provided, however, that the average interest  rate   payable  on  all  municipal  bonds (taken as a group) purchased with the   proceeds of an issue of bonds shall equal or exceed the interest rate on   such issue of bonds. The agency shall not purchase the  municipal  bonds   of  any  municipality  if  (i)  the  aggregate principal amount thereof,   together with the aggregate principal balances of the municipal bonds of   such municipality then outstanding and held by  the  agency,  exceed  an   amount  equal  to  ten  percent of the aggregate principal amount of the   statutory authorization at the time for the issuance of bonds and notes,   as provided in section twenty-four hundred thirty-eight of  this  title,   and  (ii) the aggregate principal amount thereof exceeds an amount equal   to fifty percent of the aggregate  principal  amount  of  all  municipal   bonds  proposed  to be so purchased at the time; provided, however, that   this sentence shall not apply to local ARRA bonds or local public safety   communications bonds.2. The agency shall require as a condition of  purchase  of  municipal   bonds from municipalities that each such municipality shall agree (i) to   pledge its full faith and credit for the payment of the principal of and   interest on such municipal bonds, (ii) to make annual appropriations for   amounts  required  for  the  payment of such principal and interest, and   (iii) if at any  time  the  municipality  fails  to  make  the  required   appropriation  to  pay such principal and interest, or fails to make the   payment of the  required  principal  and  interest,  the  provisions  of   section   twenty-four  hundred  thirty-six  and/or  twenty-four  hundred   thirty-six-b of this title shall take effect. All municipalities selling   municipal bonds to the agency are hereby authorized to  make  and  carry   out the agreements with the agency required in this subdivision.3.  In connection with the sale or proposed sale of municipal bonds to   the agency, any municipality may, notwithstanding the provisions of  any   general  or  special  law  to the contrary, pay (i) such fixed or annual   charges as may be prescribed from time to time by the agency for or with   respect to the purchase by the agency of the  municipal  bonds  of  such   municipality,  and  (ii)  all  charges  or  expenses  necessary  for the   conversion or reconversion of any of its municipal bonds  from  or  into   coupon  form  or  registered  form  as  may be required by the agency in   connection with any sale or other disposition of such municipal bonds.
NY Pub Auth L § 2435-B (2021)
2021 New York Laws PBA - Public Authorities Article 8 - Miscellaneous Authorities Title 18 - State of New York Municipal Bond Bank Agency Act 2435-B - Tax Lien Purchase and Sale Agreements.

§  2435-b.  Tax  lien  purchase  and  sale agreements. (1) In order to fulfill the purposes of this title and  to  provide  a  means  by  which municipalities   may   collect   the  moneys  necessary  to  fund  their expenditures and provide revenue to fund any other  lawful  purpose  and notwithstanding  any  general or special law to the contrary, the agency or its tax lien entity and any municipality  are  hereby  authorized  to enter  into one or more purchase and sale agreements for the sale of tax liens by such municipality and the purchase of such  tax  liens  by  the agency or its tax lien entity, which purchase and sale agreements shall, consistent  with  the  provisions  of  this  title,  contain such terms, provisions and conditions as, in the judgment of the agency or  its  tax lien  entity,  shall  be  necessary or desirable. Each purchase and sale agreement  shall  specify  the  amount  to  be  made  available  to  the respective  municipality  from  the  proceeds  of  an  issue of tax lien collateralized securities which amount may be more or less than the face amount of the tax liens purchased by the agency or its tax lien  entity, and  any  other  amounts  which  may be made available to the respective municipality on a contingent basis under the terms of the agreement.  In addition,   each   purchase   and   sale   agreement  may  require  such municipality, subject to appropriation by  the  appropriate  legislative body  of  such  municipality, to make provisions for the payment of such other fees, charges, costs and other amounts as the agency shall in  its judgment determine to be necessary or desirable.  (2)   Any  purchase  and  sale  agreement  entered  into  pursuant  to subdivision one of this section shall provide that the obligation of the municipality executing such purchase and sale agreement to fund  or  pay the  amounts  therein  provided  for shall not constitute a debt of such municipality within the  meaning  of  any  constitutional  or  statutory provision  and  shall  be  deemed executory only to the extent of moneys available and that no liability shall be incurred by  such  municipality beyond  the moneys available for such purpose, and that any such payment obligation of such municipality other than the  timely  payment  of  any moneys collected by it and due to the agency or its tax lien entity as a result  of  the  redemption  of  tax liens which are the subject of such purchase and  sale  agreements,  is  subject  to  appropriation  by  the appropriate legislative body of such municipality.