NY Pub Auth L § 2053-E (2021)
2021 New York Laws PBA - Public Authorities Article 8 - Miscellaneous Authorities Title 13-M - Rockland County Solid Waste Management Authority 2053-E - Powers of the Authority.

§ 2053-e. Powers of the authority. The authority shall have the power:1. To sue and be sued.2. To have a seal and alter the same.3.  To  acquire  in  the  name  of  the  authority, hold, sell, lease,   mortgage or otherwise dispose of property, real, personal or  mixed,  or   any  interest  therein,  without limitation, for its corporate purposes.   In selecting the location for  any  real  property  to  be  acquired  or   leased,  the  authority  shall give consideration to the present and any   proposed land use character of the area in which  such  site  is  to  be   located  and  shall  be  subject  to  and exempt from the zoning laws or   regulations, if any, otherwise generally applicable to such area to  the   same  extent  that  the  county is subject to and exempt from the zoning   laws or regulations otherwise generally applicable  to  such  area.  The   authority  shall  not  acquire  or  lease  any interest in real property   except upon compliance with the  procedure  set  forth  in  section  two   thousand fifty-three-f of this title.4.  To  condemn  in  the name of the authority pursuant to the eminent   domain procedure law, any real property within the county  and  required   by  the authority to carry out the powers granted by this title, subject   to the provisions of section two thousand fifty-three-f of this title.5. To collect, receive,  transfer,  transport,  process,  dispose  of,   sell,  store,  convey,  recycle,  compost, combust and deal with, in any   lawful manner and way, solid  waste  and  any  products  or  by-products   thereof   now  or  hereafter  developed  or  discovered,  including  any   recovered materials, compost or energy  produced  or  generated  by  the   operation  of  any solid waste management facility. Any such disposal or   sale may be effected on such terms and in such manner as  the  authority   may deem proper.6. To plan, develop and construct projects and to pay the cost thereof   and  to  contract  in  relation  thereto  with municipalities or persons   within or without the county and to own and operate,  maintain,  repair,   improve,  reconstruct,  enlarge and extend, subject to the provisions of   this title, any of its  projects  acquired  or  constructed  under  this   title,  and  to  sell,  lease,  mortgage,  grant a security interest in,   pledge, encumber, or otherwise dispose of any project or part thereof to   any  person,  municipality  or  public  corporation,  subject  to   such   conditions  and  limitations as the authority may determine to be in the   public interest, and to apply for,  hold  and  perform  its  obligations   under  any  permit,  license, approval, or other legal entitlement which   may be required for its projects, services or exercise of powers.7. To assist in the planning, development, construction and  operation   of  and the financing of the cost of any solid waste management facility   to be located in the county whether or not such solid  waste  management   facility  is  to be owned by the authority, which assistance may include   loans to any person or public corporation.8. To collect or receive  from  the  United  States,  the  state,  the   county,  any other municipality or public corporation or person, subject   to the limitations of section two thousand fifty-three-f of this  title,   solid  waste  for the purpose of treatment or disposal thereof, with the   right  of  the  authority  to  sell  and  dispose  of  any  products  or   by-products  (including  recovered materials, compost or energy) of such   process of treatment or disposal, as the authority may deem proper.9. To contract with the county, other municipalities, state  agencies,   public  corporations  or  persons  within or without the county, for the   purpose of receiving, treating and disposing of solid waste or  for  any   other  purpose  authorized hereunder, including, without limitation, the   power  to  contract  with   municipalities,   state   agencies,   public    corporations  or  persons  for the delivery of all solid waste generated   within a stated area to a specific solid waste management facility.10. To make rules, regulations and by-laws pertaining to and governing   the  management and regulation of its affairs and, subject to agreements   with bondholders, the use of  any  project  or  other  property  of  the   authority  and  the  provision  of  any  service by the authority, which   rules,  regulations  and  by-laws  and  all  amendments  thereto,   duly   certified  by  the  secretary  of  the  authority, shall be filed in the   office of the authority and in the office of the clerk  of  the  county,   and  to  provide  for  the  enforcement  of  such rules, regulations and   by-laws by legal or equitable proceedings which are or may  be  provided   or  authorized  by  law.  In addition, the county legislature shall have   power to prescribe that violations of specific  rules,  regulations  and   by-laws of the authority shall constitute violations and provide for the   enforcement of violations thereof by civil penalties, including any such   rules,  regulations and by-laws requiring the payment of generator, user   or hauler  fees  by  any  person  in  connection  with  the  service  or   availability  or  service by any facility owned or under contract to the   authority.11. With the consent of the  county  executive,  to  use  officers  or   employees   of  the  county  and  to  pay  a  property  portion  of  the   compensation or costs for the services for such officers or employees.12. To make contracts and  to  execute  all  necessary  or  convenient   agreements,   documents   and   instruments,   including   evidences  of   indebtedness, negotiable or non-negotiable.13. To enter on any lands, waterways or premises for  the  purpose  of   making  surveys,  soundings  and  examinations,  any liability for which   shall not exceed actual damages.14. To borrow money and to issue bonds and to fund or refund the same,   and to provide for the right of the holders thereof.15. To procure insurance, letters of credit, lines of credit, or other   credit enhancement with respect to its bonds or notes issued pursuant to   this title, or facilities for the payment of tenders of  such  bonds  or   notes  or  facilities  for the payment upon maturity of short-term notes   not renewed.16. To enter into interest rate exchange or similar arrangements  with   any  person  under  such  terms  and  conditions  as  the  authority may   determine including, without limitation, provisions  as  to  default  or   early  termination  and  indemnification  by  the authority or any other   party thereto for loss of benefits as a result thereof.17. To fix and collect,  as  more  fully  set  forth  in  section  two   thousand  fifty-three-g  of  this  title, rates, rentals, fees and other   charges for the use of the facilities of, or services  provided  by,  or   any  commodities  furnished  by, the authority, and to contract with any   municipality in respect thereto, so as to provide revenues sufficient at   all times to pay, as the  same  shall  become  due,  the  principal  and   interest on the bonds of the authority, together with the maintenance of   proper  reserves  therefor,  in  addition  to  paying, as the same shall   become due, the expenses of operating and maintaining the properties and   business of the authority and meeting all of its contractual  and  other   obligations,   together   with   proper   reserves   for  debt  service,   depreciation, maintenance and contingencies and  all  other  obligations   and indebtedness of the authority.18.  To enter into agreements, in its direction, to pay annual sums in   lieu of taxes to any municipality in respect to any real property  which   is  owned  by  the authority and located in such municipality, political   subdivision or taxing district. 19. To accept gifts, grants, loans or contributions  from  the  United   States, the state or any agency or instrumentality of either of them, or   any municipality or from any person or public corporation, by bequest or   otherwise,  and to expend the proceeds for any corporate purposes of the   authority.20.  To  covenant and consent that the interest on any of its bonds or   notes issued pursuant to this  title  shall  be  includible,  under  the   United  States  Internal  Revenue  Code  of  1986,  as  amended,  or any   subsequent corresponding internal revenue law of the United  States,  in   gross  income of the holder of the bonds or notes to the same extent and   in the same manner that the interest on bills,  bonds,  notes  or  other   obligations  of  the  United States is includible in the gross income of   the holders thereof  under  said  Internal  Revenue  Code  or  any  such   subsequent law.21.  To  act as an agency, as such term is used in section two hundred   fifty-one of the county law.22. To do all things necessary or convenient to carry out  the  powers   expressly given in this title.