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NY Transp L § 35 (2021)
2021 New York Laws TRA - Transportation Article 2-C - Niagara Thruway Toll Removal Fund 35 - Resources of Fund.

§ 35. Resources  of fund. 1. (a) There shall be paid into the fund any and all moneys received by the state  from  the  federal  government  in payment  of  its  share,  pursuant to the applicable provisions of title twenty-three, United States Code, of the cost of  construction  of  said section  as  it  exists  on  the  sixth  day  of  July, nineteen hundred sixty-six.  (b) The sum of two million five hundred thousand dollars ($2,500,000), or so much thereof as may be necessary, is hereby  appropriated  in  the first  instance  out  of any moneys in the state treasury in the general fund  to  the  credit  of  the  state  purposes  fund,   not   otherwise appropriated,  to the Niagara thruway toll removal fund for the purposes of this article. No part of  the  appropriation  hereby  made  shall  be available  until  a  certificate  of approval of availability shall have been issued by the director of the budget and a copy of such certificate filed with the state comptroller, the chairman  of  the  senate  finance committee  and  the  chairman  of the assembly ways and means committee. Such certificate may be amended from time to time by the director of the budget and a copy of each such amendment shall be filed with  the  state comptroller,  the  chairman  of  the  senate  finance  committee and the chairman of the assembly ways and means committee.   2. The fund shall pay over annually from moneys made available  to  it from  any source to the New York state thruway authority an amount equal to an amount sufficient to amortize that portion of the debt service  of the   authority  allocable  to  the  Niagara  section  of  said  thruway authority; provided, however, an agreement shall be entered into between the fund, the commissioner of transportation, the thruway authority  and the   bureau  of  public  roads  of  the  United  States  department  of transportation providing: for the aforesaid annual payments by the  fund to  the thruway authority; that the federal government make the payments provided under paragraph (a) of subdivision one of  this  section;  that such tolls shall be removed as of the time of the first of such payments to the thruway authority; that such tolls shall not be collected so long as such annual payments are made; and further that the thruway authority shall  operate  and  maintain  such section in the same manner as on the sixth day of July, nineteen hundred sixty-six.
NY Transp L § 36 (2021)
2021 New York Laws TRA - Transportation Article 2-C - Niagara Thruway Toll Removal Fund 36 - Article Not Affected if in Part Unconstitutional or Ineffective.

§ 36. Article not affected if in part unconstitutional or ineffective.   If any section, subdivision, paragraph, sentence, clause or provision of   this  article shall be unconstitutional or be ineffective in whole or in   part, to the extent that it is not unconstitutional or  ineffective,  it   shall   be  valid  or  effective  and  no  other  section,  subdivision,   paragraph, sentence, clause or provision shall  on  account  thereof  be   deemed invalid or ineffective.
NY Transp L § 37 (2021)
2021 New York Laws TRA - Transportation Article 2-C - Niagara Thruway Toll Removal Fund 37 - Inconsistent Provisions of Other Acts Superseded.

§ 37. Inconsistent provisions of other acts superseded. Insofar as the   provisions  of  this article are inconsistent with the provisions of any   other act, general or special, the provisions of this article  shall  be   controlling.
NY Transp L § 42 (2021)
2021 New York Laws TRA - Transportation Article 2-D - Utica Transit Authority 42 - Scope of Jurisdiction.

§ 42. Scope of jurisdiction. The territorial jurisdiction of the Utica   transit  authority  shall  be coterminous with the territorial limits of   the City of Utica and of the areas the Utica transit commission  is  now   serving.  The  Utica  transit  authority  may  provide  its  services or   facilities to any additional areas or areas, outside of its  territorial   jurisdiction,  in  which  it  is  franchised,  licensed,  authorized  or   permitted to provide such services or facilities by a local  legislative   body or governmental regulatory agency.
NY Transp L § 44 (2021)
2021 New York Laws TRA - Transportation Article 2-D - Utica Transit Authority 44 - Officers and Employees; Compensation and Expenses.

§ 44. Officers  and employees; compensation and expenses. 1.  When the   office of the  first  chairman  of  the  mass  transportation  authority   becomes  vacant,  the  authority  shall select a chairman from among its   members. The  Utica  transit  authority  shall  select  from  among  its   members,  a  vice-chairman,  and  it  may  employ  a  general manager, a   secretary, technical  experts  and  such  other  officers,  agents,  and   employees  as  it may require and determine their qualifications, duties   and, subject to the approval of the Board of Estimate and  Apportionment   fix  their  compensation.  The Utica transit authority may call upon the   chief law officer of any municipality or municipalities for  such  legal   services  as  it may require and it shall reimburse the municipality for   the cost of such services, or it may employ its own  counsel  and  legal   staff.  This section shall not be construed to prevent the Utica transit   authority from engaging by contract planning, architectural, engineering   or other professional or consultant  services  in  the  execution  of  a   project.2.  The  Utica  transit  authority  may delegate to one or more of its   agents or employees such powers or duties as it may deem proper.3. A member of the Utica transit authority may  be  compensated  at  a   rate  to be determined by the Board of Estimate and Apportionment of the   city of Utica and  in  addition  shall  be  entitled  to  the  necessary   expenses  including  traveling expenses incurred in the discharge of his   duties.4. Every officer, agent or employee of the Utica transit authority who   shall sign the receipt upon the  payroll  of  the  authority  as  having   received  the  amount  therein  mentioned  in  full payment for services   rendered by him for the entire time specified in such  payroll,  or,  in   the event no payroll receipt is required by the authority, shall endorse   a  check  in  the  amount  shown  upon  such payroll and receive payment   thereof, shall be deemed to have made an accord and satisfaction of  all   claims against the authority for wages, salary or other compensation due   to  such  person  from  the  authority  for  the  period covered by such   payroll, unless at the time of signing such payroll  or  endorsing  such   check  the  person receiving such wages or salary shall write legibly on   the payroll  in  connection  with  his  receipt  or  on  such  check  in   connection  with  his  endorsement  that the amount received is received   under protest, and unless such protest is so written upon  such  payroll   or  check,  no  recovery  shall  be  had  against the authority upon any   further claim for wages, salaries or other compensation for  the  period   of time covered by such payroll.
NY Transp L § 45 (2021)
2021 New York Laws TRA - Transportation Article 2-D - Utica Transit Authority 45 - Vacancies and Removals.

§ 45. Vacancies and removals. A vacancy occurring other then by reason   of the expiration of the term of a member of the Utica transit authority   shall  be  filled  for  the  unexpired  term.  The governing body of the   municipality or when two or more municipalities are acting jointly,  the   governing  bodies  thereof  jointly  may  remove  a  member of the Utica   transit authority for inefficiency, neglect of duty,  or  misconduct  in   office  but  only  after  the member shall have been given a copy of the   charges against him and an opportunity to  be  heard  in  person  or  by   counsel in his own defense at a public hearing. In the event of removal,   the  governing body of such municipality or the governing bodies of such   municipalities, as the case may be, shall file with the  commissioner  a   record  of  the  proceedings  together  with  a copy of the charges made   against the members and its findings thereon, pending the  determination   of  charges against a member, the governing body of such municipality or   the governing bodies of such municipalities, as the  case  may  be,  may   suspend him from office.
NY Transp L § 46 (2021)
2021 New York Laws TRA - Transportation Article 2-D - Utica Transit Authority 46 - Non-Liability of Authority Members.

§ 46. Non-liability  of  authority  members.  No personal liability or   accountability shall attach to any member of the Utica transit authority   or to any person executing bonds of such  authority  by  reason  of  the   execution or issuance thereof.
NY Transp L § 47 (2021)
2021 New York Laws TRA - Transportation Article 2-D - Utica Transit Authority 47 - Disqualification of Members and Employees.

§ 47. Disqualification of members and employees. No member or employee   of  the  Utica  transit authority should have any interest, financial or   otherwise, direct or indirect, or engage in any business or  transaction   or professional activity or incur any obligation of any nature, which is   in  substantial conflict with the proper discharge of his duties, in the   public interest.  If  any  member  or  employee  of  the  Utica  transit   authority  owns  or controls an interest, financial or otherwise, direct   or indirect, in any property included in any project, which was acquired   prior to his appointment or employment, he shall disclose such  interest   and  the  date  of  acquisition  thereof in writing to the Utica transit   authority prior to such appointment and such disclosure shall be entered   upon the minutes of the Utica transit authority.
NY Transp L § 48 (2021)
2021 New York Laws TRA - Transportation Article 2-D - Utica Transit Authority 48 - Not Within Jurisdiction of Public Service Commission.

§ 48. Not  within  jurisdiction  of  public  service  commission.  The   acquisition, construction, reconstruction or improvement of any  omnibus   transportation  capital  project by the Utica transit authority pursuant   to this article shall not be subject to the jurisdiction of  the  public   service   commission   except   as  provided  in  sections  sixty-eight,   sixty-nine, sixty-nine-a, sixty-nine-b, sixty-nine-c and sixty-nine-d of   the transportation corporations law.
NY Transp L § 49 (2021)
2021 New York Laws TRA - Transportation Article 2-D - Utica Transit Authority 49 - Plans for Proposed Municipal Projects; Statement of Project Costs.

§ 49. Plans  for  proposed  municipal  projects;  statement of project   costs. The Utica transit authority shall file with  the  commissioner  a   copy   of   each   proposed   municipal  project  embodying  the  plans,   specifications, estimated costs and proposed method  of  financing.  Any   change  made in a municipal project shall be filed with the commissioner   by the Utica transit authority. With reasonable  promptness  after  each   municipal  project shall have been completed and from time to time prior   to completion upon  request  of  the  commissioner,  the  Utica  transit   authority  shall  file with the commissioner a detailed statement of the   cost thereof. All records and financial documents shall  be  subject  to   audit  by  the commissioner and the state comptroller. Upon receipt of a   copy of a proposed state project, or of any  proposed  changes  therein,   the  commissioner  may  transmit  his  criticisms  and  suggestions with   reasonable promptness to the Utica transit authority.  No  change  in  a   state  project  may  be  made by the Utica transit authority without the   approval of the commissioner and the state comptroller.
NY Transp L § 50 (2021)
2021 New York Laws TRA - Transportation Article 2-D - Utica Transit Authority 50 - Statewide Transportation Planning.

§ 50. Statewide  transportation  planning.  Project  coordination with   statewide transportation plan.  Upon  review  of  a  proposed  municipal   project  submitted  to the commissioner under section forty-nine herein,   the commissioner may transmit, within a reasonably prompt time, advisory   comments to the Utica transit authority with regard  to  such  project's   being a part of or consistent with a statewide comprehensive master plan   for  transportation promulgated by him and approved by the governor upon   the recommendation of the department of state or, in the absence of  any   such   statewide   plan,   any   other  recognized  long-range  regional   transportation plan approved by the commissioner or, in the  absence  of   any  such  regional  plan,  sound  transportation development policy and   planning concept. If the commissioner finds such  a  project  to  be  in   conflict  with  such  statewide  plan,  regional  plan or transportation   development policy and planning concept,  the  Utica  transit  authority   shall   before  undertaking  such  project,  upon  the  request  of  the   commissioner, state in writing  to  the  commissioner  its  reasons  for   undertaking  the  project  notwithstanding  such  conflict. In no event,   however, shall the Utica transit authority submit to the  United  States   or  to  the State of New York, or any agency or instrumentality of them,   an application for a federal or state  project  unless  the  application   shall  have  been first approved by the commissioner as being part of or   consistent with such statewide plan,  regional  plan  or  transportation   development policy and planning concept.
NY Transp L § 53 (2021)
2021 New York Laws TRA - Transportation Article 2-D - Utica Transit Authority 53 - Financial Assistance From and Cooperation With the State and Federal Governments.

§ 53. Financial  assistance  from  and  cooperation with the state and   federal governments. The Utica transit authority is empowered to include   in agreements with the state and/or federal governments provisions  that   such  government  or  governments  shall  have  the  right to approve in   advance of execution all contracts entered into by the authortiy and  to   supervise and approve the construction, maintenance and operation of any   project   to  which  such  government  or  governments  may  render  any   assistance, and subject to the restrictions contained in  this  article,   any  other  terms,  covenants  and  provisions  which  the Utica transit   authority may deem necessary or appropriate.
NY Transp L § 54 (2021)
2021 New York Laws TRA - Transportation Article 2-D - Utica Transit Authority 54 - Bonds.

§ 54. Bonds.  1. The Utica transit authority shall have the power, and   is hereby authorized, from time to time to borrow money and issue  bonds   in  such amounts and upon such terms as it may deem advisable for any of   the purposes of this article. Bonds, except those for the acquisition of   any  omnibus  for  the  acquisition,  construction,  reconstruction   or   improvement  of  any  omnibus capital facility and any capital equipment   used in connection therewith may be issued  for  periods  not  exceeding   thirty  years  and  for  a  period  not exceeding the probable life of a   municipal project which said period shall be calculated from the date of   the bonds. Bonds for the acquisition of any omnibus may  be  issued  for   periods  not  exceeding  ten  years  and  for a period not exceeding the   probable life of such equipment which said periods shall  be  calculated   from  the date of the bonds. The Utica transit authority shall also have   power to issue refunding bonds for the purpose  of  paying  or  retiring   bonds  previously  issued by it but no such refunding bonds shall mature   later than the expiration  of  the  maximum  period  permitted  by  this   subdivision  at the time of the issuance of the bonds to be refunded for   the municipal project for which such  bonds  were  issued.  Such  period   shall be construed to commence from the date of issuance of the bonds to   be refunded.2. The Utica transit authority is authorized to issue, whenever it may   deem  it  necessary  to do so, notes at a rate of interest not exceeding   seven and one-half per cent per annum in anticipation  of  the  sale  of   bonds.  Such  notes  shall mature within a period not to exceed one year   from the date of their issue but may be made subject  to  the  right  of   earlier  payment.  The  proceeds of the sale of such notes shall be used   only for the purposes for which may be used the proceeds of the sale  of   bonds. Any such notes may be renewed or may be refunded through the sale   of  similar notes but no such renewal or refunding notes shall be issued   after the sale of bonds. Such notes, renewal notes  or  refunding  notes   shall  not  mature  beyond  one  year  after completion of the municipal   project. Except as may be provided otherwise in this article, the  Utica   transit  authority  shall  have  the  same powers in connection with the   issuance and securing the payment of its notes as it has  in  connection   with the issuance and securing payment of its bonds.3.  The Utica transit authority may issue its interim certificates, or   other temporary obligations, to  the  purchaser  of  bonds  pending  the   authorization,  preparation,  execution or delivery of definitive bonds.   Such interim certificates, or other temporary obligations, shall  be  in   such form, contain such terms, conditions and provisions, bear such date   or  dates,  and  evidence such agreements relating to their discharge or   payment or to the delivery of definitive bonds as the authority  may  by   resolution determine.
NY Transp L § 55 (2021)
2021 New York Laws TRA - Transportation Article 2-D - Utica Transit Authority 55 - Provisions of Bonds.

§ 55. Provisions of bonds.  Bonds of the Utica transit authority shall   be  authorized  by  its resolution and may be issued singly or in one or   more series, and shall bear such date or dates, mature at such  time  or   times, bear interest at such rate or rates, not exceeding seven per cent   per  annum, be in such denomination or denominations, interchangeable or   otherwise, be in such form, either  coupon  or  registered,  carry  such   conversion  or  registration  privileges, have such rank or priority, be   executed in such manner with or without authentication, and  be  subject   to  such  terms of redemption with or without premium, and be secured in   such manner, as such resolution may provide. The bonds may  be  sold  by   the  authority  at public or private sale at such price or prices as the   Utica transit authority may determine.
NY Transp L § 56 (2021)
2021 New York Laws TRA - Transportation Article 2-D - Utica Transit Authority 56 - Negotiability of Bonds.

§ 56. Negotiability  of  bonds.  Whether  or  not  any  bonds, interim   certificates or other obligations of the Utica transit authority  issued   pursuant  to  this  article  are  of  such  form  and character as to be   negotiable instruments under article eight  of  the  uniform  commercial   code, such bonds, interim certificates or other obligations shall be and   are hereby made negotiable instruments within the meaning of and for all   the  purposes  of  article  eight of the uniform commercial code, unless   such bonds, interim certificates or other obligations expressly  provide   otherwise.
NY Transp L § 57 (2021)
2021 New York Laws TRA - Transportation Article 2-D - Utica Transit Authority 57 - Signature on Bonds.

§ 57. Signature  on  bonds.  In case any of the members or officers of   the Utica transit authority whose signatures  appear  on  any  bonds  or   coupons  shall  cease to be such members or officers before the delivery   of such  bonds,  such  signatures  shall,  nevertheless,  be  valid  and   sufficient  for all purposes, the same as if they had remained in office   until such delivery.
NY Transp L § 58 (2021)
2021 New York Laws TRA - Transportation Article 2-D - Utica Transit Authority 58 - Repurchase of Bonds.

§ 58. Repurchase  of  bonds.  The  Utica  transit authority shall have   power to purchase any bonds issued by it for the purpose  of  retirement   or  investment.    The  Utica  transit authority shall not purchase such   bonds at a price in excess of the face value thereof plus a  premium  of   four  per  cent. All bonds purchased for the purpose of retirement shall   be cancelled.
NY Transp L § 59 (2021)
2021 New York Laws TRA - Transportation Article 2-D - Utica Transit Authority 59 - Suit on Bonds.

§ 59. Suit  on  bonds. In any suit, action or proceeding upon any bond   of the Utica transit authority or the security therefor, any  such  bond   reciting  in  substance  that it has been issued by such an authority to   aid in financing a municipal project to provide  omnibus  transportation   facilities  pursuant  to the procedure required in this article shall be   conclusively deemed to have been issued for a municipal project of  such   character and pursuant to such procedure.
NY Transp L § 61 (2021)
2021 New York Laws TRA - Transportation Article 2-D - Utica Transit Authority 61 - Bonds and Notes as Legal Investments.

§ 61. Bonds and notes as legal investments. The bonds and notes of the   Utica  transit  authority are hereby made securities in which all public   officers and bodies of the state and all  municipalities  and  municipal   subdivisions thereof, all insurance companies and associations and other   persons  carrying  on  an  insurance business, all banks, bankers, trust   companies, savings banks and savings associations, including savings and   loan associations, building and loan associations, investment  companies   and  other  persons  carrying on a banking business, all administrators,   guardians, executors, trustees and  other  fiduciaries,  and  all  other   persons whatsoever who are now, or may hereafter be authorized to invest   in  bonds  or  other  obligations of the state, may properly and legally   invest funds, including capital, in their control or belonging to  them.   Notwithstanding  the  provisions  of any other general or special law to   the contrary, the bonds and notes are also hereby made securities  which   may  be  deposited  with  and may be received by all public officers and   bodies of the state of New York and  all  municipalities  and  municipal   subdivisions  thereof  for any purpose for which the deposit of bonds or   other obligations of the state is now, or may hereafter be, authorized.
NY Transp L § 62-A (2021)
2021 New York Laws TRA - Transportation Article 2-D - Utica Transit Authority 62-A - Actions Against Authority.

§ 62-a. Actions  against  authority.  Except in an action for wrongful   death, no action or special proceeding shall be prosecuted or maintained   against the authority, its members, officers, or employees 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  of  any  member,  officer,  agent  or employee thereof, unless (i) a   notice of claim shall have been  made  and  served  upon  the  authority   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  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 authority for wrongful death shall be commenced in  accordance  with   the  notice  of  claim and time limitation provisions of title eleven of   article nine of the public authorities law.