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NY Pub Auth L § 1199-E (2021)
2021 New York Laws PBA - Public Authorities Article 5 - Public Utility Authorities Title 8-D - Rensselaer County Water and Sewer Authority 1199-E - Advances on Behalf of the Authority; Transfer of Property to Authority; Acquisition of Property by County for Authority.

§ 1199-e. Advances on behalf of the authority; transfer of property to   authority;  acquisition  of  property  by  county  for  authority. 1. In   addition to any powers granted to it by law, the  county  from  time  to   time  may  appropriate sums of money to or on behalf of the authority to   defray project costs or any other costs and expenses of  the  authority.   Subject  to  the  rights of bondholders, the county may determine if the   moneys so appropriated shall be subject to repayment by the authority to   the county and, in such event, the manner and time  or  times  for  such   repayment.2. The county or any other municipality may give, grant, sell, convey,   loan,  license  the  use  of  or  lease to the authority any property or   facility which is useful to the authority in  order  to  carry  out  its   powers  under  this  title.  Any such transfer of property shall be upon   such terms and conditions, subject to the rights of the holders  of  any   bonds, as the authority and the county or other municipality may agree.3.  The  county may acquire by purchase or by exercise of the power of   eminent domain real property in the name of the county for any corporate   purpose of the authority.4. Notwithstanding the provisions of any other law,  general,  special   or local to the contrary, real property acquired by the authority or the   county  from  the  state  may  be  used for any corporate purpose of the   authority.
NY Pub Auth L § 1199-F (2021)
2021 New York Laws PBA - Public Authorities Article 5 - Public Utility Authorities Title 8-D - Rensselaer County Water and Sewer Authority 1199-F - Governmental Capacity of the Authority and Municipalities.

§  1199-f.  Governmental capacity of the authority and municipalities.   The authority, the county and the other municipalities, in carrying  out   their  respective powers and duties under this title, shall be deemed to   be acting in a governmental  capacity  and  in  the  performance  of  an   essential governmental function.
NY Pub Auth L § 1199-G (2021)
2021 New York Laws PBA - Public Authorities Article 5 - Public Utility Authorities Title 8-D - Rensselaer County Water and Sewer Authority 1199-G - Transfer of Officers and Employees.

§  1199-g.  Transfer  of officers and employees. Any public officer or   employee in the public service who is selected  by  the  authority  may,   with the consent of the commission, board, or chief executive officer of   the municipality 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, after such transfer, shall be paid by the authority. Any  such   officers  or  employees so transferred to the authority 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 authority, 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 authority. All such officers or employees so transferred  to  the   authority  who  have  been  appointed  to  positions under the rules and   classifications of the civil service  commission  shall  have  the  same   status  with respect thereto after transfer to the authority as they had   under their original appointment.
NY Pub Auth L § 1199-J (2021)
2021 New York Laws PBA - Public Authorities Article 5 - Public Utility Authorities Title 8-D - Rensselaer County Water and Sewer Authority 1199-J - State and County Not Liable on Authority Bonds.

§  1199-j. State and county not liable on authority bonds. Neither the   state nor the county shall be liable on the bonds of the  authority  and   such  bonds  shall  not  be a debt of the state, or the county, and such   bonds shall contain, on the face thereof, a statement to such effect.
NY Pub Auth L § 1199-K (2021)
2021 New York Laws PBA - Public Authorities Article 5 - Public Utility Authorities Title 8-D - Rensselaer County Water and Sewer Authority 1199-K - Moneys of the Authority.

§  1199-k.  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   designated by the governing body. The moneys in such accounts  shall  be   paid  out  on  check  of the treasurer upon requisition by the governing   body or of such other person  or  persons  as  the  governing  body  may   authorize  to  make such requisitions. All deposits of such moneys shall   be secured by obligations of the United States or of the state or of the   county of a market value equal at all times to the amount on deposit and   all banks and trust companies are authorized to give such  security  for   such  deposits.  The  authority  shall  have  power, notwithstanding the   provisions of this section, to contract with the holders of any 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.  Any  moneys  of  the  authority  not  required  for   immediate  use  or disbursement may, at the discretion of the authority,   be invested in those obligations specified pursuant to the provisions of   section ninety-eight-a of  the  state  finance  law.    Subject  to  the   provisions of any contract with bondholders and with the approval of the   comptroller, the authority shall prescribe a system of accounts.
NY Pub Auth L § 1199-L (2021)
2021 New York Laws PBA - Public Authorities Article 5 - Public Utility Authorities Title 8-D - Rensselaer County Water and Sewer Authority 1199-L - Bonds Legal Investments for Fiduciaries.

§  1199-l.  Bonds  legal investments for fiduciaries. The bonds of the   authority are hereby made securities in which all public  officials  and   bodies  of the state and all municipalities, 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, investment companies and other   persons carrying on a banking business, and  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. The bonds   are  also  hereby made securities which may be deposited with and may be   received by all public  officers  and  bodies  of  this  state  and  all   municipalities  for any purposes for which the deposit of bonds or other   obligations of this state is now or hereafter may be authorized.
NY Pub Auth L § 1199-M (2021)
2021 New York Laws PBA - Public Authorities Article 5 - Public Utility Authorities Title 8-D - Rensselaer County Water and Sewer Authority 1199-M - Agreement of the State.

§  1199-m. Agreement of the state. The state does hereby pledge to and   agree with the holders of any bonds issued by the authority pursuant  to   this  title  that  the  state  will not alter or limit the rights hereby   vested in the  authority  to  purchase,  construct,  maintain,  operate,   repair,  improve,  increase,  enlarge,  extend,  reconstruct,  renovate,   rehabilitate or dispose of any project, or any part  or  parts  thereof,   for  which  bonds  of the authority shall have been issued, to establish   and collect rates, rents, fees and other charges  referred  to  in  this   title  and  to  fulfill  the terms of any agreement made with or for the   benefit of the holders of the bonds or with any  public  corporation  or   person  with  reference  to  such project or part thereof, or in any way   impair the rights and remedies of  the  bondholders,  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 such holders, are fully met   and discharged. The authority is authorized to include this  pledge  and   agreement of the state in any agreement with bondholders.
NY Pub Auth L § 1199-N (2021)
2021 New York Laws PBA - Public Authorities Article 5 - Public Utility Authorities Title 8-D - Rensselaer County Water and Sewer Authority 1199-N - Exemption From Taxes, Assessments and Certain Fees.

§ 1199-n. Exemption from taxes, assessments and certain fees. 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  county  and  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 property owned by it  or  under  its  jurisdiction,   control  or supervision or upon its activities, or any filing, recording   or transfer fees or taxes in relation to instruments filed, recorded  or   transferred by it or on its behalf. The construction, use, occupation or   possession  of  any  property  owned  by  the  authority  or the county,   including improvements thereon, by  any  person  or  public  corporation   under  a  lease,  lease  and  sublease  or any other agreement shall not   operate to abrogate or limit the  foregoing  exemption,  notwithstanding   that  the  lessee,  user,  occupant  or person in possession shall claim   ownership for federal income tax purposes.2. 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 other properties and activities  of  the   authority  shall  be exempt from taxes and governmental fees or charges,   whether imposed by the state or any municipality, including real  estate   taxes, franchise taxes, sales taxes or other excise taxes.3.  The  state  hereby  covenants  with  the  purchaser  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 exempt from taxation, as   aforestated  in  subdivision two of this section, and that all revenues,   moneys, and other property pledged to secure the payment of  such  bonds   shall  at  all  times  be free from such taxation as aforestated in such   subdivision.
NY Pub Auth L § 1199-O (2021)
2021 New York Laws PBA - Public Authorities Article 5 - Public Utility Authorities Title 8-D - Rensselaer County Water and Sewer Authority 1199-O - Actions Against Authority.

§  1199-o.  Actions  against  authority.  1.  Except  in an action for   wrongful death, no action or special proceeding shall be  prosecuted  or   maintained  against  the authority 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 (a) a notice of claim shall have  been   made  and  served upon the authority 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 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 this chapter.2. Wherever a notice of claim is served upon the authority,  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 may require any person, presenting for settlement  an   account  or  claim  for  any cause whatever against the authority, to be   sworn before a member, counsel, officer or  employee  of  the  authority   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 shall have power to settle or adjust all claims in   favor of or against the authority.4. The rate of interest to be paid by the authority 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.
NY Pub Auth L § 1199-Q (2021)
2021 New York Laws PBA - Public Authorities Article 5 - Public Utility Authorities Title 8-D - Rensselaer County Water and Sewer Authority 1199-Q - Interest in Contracts Prohibited.

§  1199-q. Interest in contracts prohibited. It shall be a misdemeanor   for any member of the governing body or any officer, agent,  servant  or   employee  of  the  authority  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 is empowered   by this title to make.
NY Pub Auth L § 1199-R (2021)
2021 New York Laws PBA - Public Authorities Article 5 - Public Utility Authorities Title 8-D - Rensselaer County Water and Sewer Authority 1199-R - Audit and Annual Report.

§  1199-r.  Audit and annual report. In conformity with the provisions   of section five of article ten of the constitution, the accounts of  the   authority  shall  be subject to the supervision of the comptroller.  The   authority shall annually submit to the governor  and  state  comptroller   and  to  the  state  legislature  a  detailed  report  pursuant  to  the   provisions of section two thousand five hundred of title one of  article   nine  of this chapter, and a copy of such report shall be filed with the   county executive. The authority shall  comply  with  the  provisions  of   sections  two  thousand five hundred one, two thousand five hundred two,   and two thousand five hundred three of title one of article nine of this   chapter.
NY Pub Auth L § 1199-S (2021)
2021 New York Laws PBA - Public Authorities Article 5 - Public Utility Authorities Title 8-D - Rensselaer County Water and Sewer Authority 1199-S - Limited Liability.

§  1199-s.  Limited  liability.  Neither  the members of the governing   body, nor any municipality, officer or employee acting  in  its  behalf,   while  acting  within  the scope of their authority, shall be subject to   any personal liability resulting from the construction,  maintenance  or   operation of any of the properties of the authority or from carrying out   any of the powers expressly given in this title; provided, however, that   this section shall not be held to apply to any independent contractor.
NY Pub Auth L § 1199-T (2021)
2021 New York Laws PBA - Public Authorities Article 5 - Public Utility Authorities Title 8-D - Rensselaer County Water and Sewer Authority 1199-T - Environmental Applications, Proceedings, Approvals and Permits.

§  1199-t.  Environmental  applications,  proceedings,  approvals  and   permits.  1.  Any  application  in  relation  to  the  purposes  of   or   contemplated   by   this  title  heretofore  filed,  or  any  proceeding   heretofore commenced,  by  the  county  with  the  state  department  of   environmental  conservation,  the  department  of  transportation or any   other  state  agency  or  instrumentality  or  with  the  United  States   environmental   protection   agency  or  any  other  federal  agency  or   instrumentality shall inure to and for the benefit of the  authority  to   the  same  extent  and in the same manner as if the authority had been a   party to such application or proceeding  from  its  inception,  and  the   authority  shall be deemed a party thereto, to the extent not prohibited   by any federal law. Any license, approval, permit or decision heretofore   or hereafter issued or granted pursuant to or as a result  of  any  such   application  or  proceeding shall inure to the benefit of and be binding   upon the authority and shall be assigned and transferred by  the  county   to  the  authority, unless such assignment and transfer is prohibited by   federal law.2. All such applications, proceedings,  licenses,  approvals,  permits   and  decisions  shall  further  inure  to  and for the benefit of and be   binding upon any person leasing, acquiring,  constructing,  maintaining,   using  or  occupying  any  facility  financed in whole or in part by the   authority.
NY Pub Auth L § 1199-U (2021)
2021 New York Laws PBA - Public Authorities Article 5 - Public Utility Authorities Title 8-D - Rensselaer County Water and Sewer Authority 1199-U - County May Levy Tax Within District.

§ 1199-u. County may levy tax within district. Should it appear to the   county  legislature  at any time that the revenue of the authority is or   will be insufficient to provide for the  payment  of  any  bonds  issued   under  this title and to reimburse the county for any moneys that it may   have advanced to the authority, the county legislature  shall  determine   the  amount  of money necessary to be raised for such purpose, and shall   levy a tax on the territory of the district located  within  the  county   and  upon  the  several  parcels  of real estate in the district located   within the  county  in  an  amount  sufficient  to  produce  the  amount   necessary to be raised as aforesaid; provided that such tax shall not be   levied  to  pay any bonds of the authority unless the authority with the   consent of the county legislature has pledged  such  tax  prior  to  the   issuance  of  such  bonds. Such tax shall be levied and apportioned upon   such territory located within the county and collected from the  several   parcels of real estate in the district located within the county in like   manner as other county taxes. It is hereby determined that the liability   imposed  upon  the territory included in the district located within the   county is based upon the special  benefit  to  such  territory  accruing   under this title and that the tax to be levied because of such liability   and  in proportion to the taxable value of real estate in such territory   will be in proportion to such benefits.
NY Pub Auth L § 1199-W (2021)
2021 New York Laws PBA - Public Authorities Article 5 - Public Utility Authorities Title 8-D - Rensselaer County Water and Sewer Authority 1199-W - Separability.

§  1199-w.  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 § 1199-X (2021)
2021 New York Laws PBA - Public Authorities Article 5 - Public Utility Authorities Title 8-D - Rensselaer County Water and Sewer Authority 1199-X - Effect of Inconsistent Provisions.

§  1199-x.  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, or other municipality,  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   authority otherwise set forth in this title.
NY Pub Auth L § 1199-AA (2021)
2021 New York Laws PBA - Public Authorities Article 5 - Public Utility Authorities Title 8-E - Wayne County Water and Sewer Authority 1199-AA - Short Title.

* §  1199-aa.  Short title. This title shall be known and may be cited   as the "Wayne county water and sewer authority act".* NB There are 2 § 1199-aa's
NY Pub Auth L § 1199-CC (2021)
2021 New York Laws PBA - Public Authorities Article 5 - Public Utility Authorities Title 8-E - Wayne County Water and Sewer Authority 1199-CC - Wayne County Water and Sewer Authority District.

* § 1199-cc. Wayne county water and sewer authority district. There is   hereby  defined  and  established  a  district to be known as the "Wayne   county water and sewer authority district" which shall  embrace  all  of   the territory located within the county of Wayne.* NB There are 2 § 1199-cc's
NY Pub Auth L § 1199-FF (2021)
2021 New York Laws PBA - Public Authorities Article 5 - Public Utility Authorities Title 8-E - Wayne County Water and Sewer Authority 1199-FF - Advances on Behalf of the Authority; Transfer of Property to the Authority; Acquisition of Property by County for Authority.

* § 1199-ff. Advances on behalf of the authority; transfer of property   to the authority; acquisition of property by county for authority. 1. In   addition  to  any  powers  granted to it by law, the county from time to   time may appropriate sums of money to or on behalf of the  authority  to   defray  project  costs or any other costs and expenses of the authority.   Subject to the rights of bondholders, the county may  determine  if  the   moneys so appropriated shall be subject to repayment by the authority to   the  county  and,  in  such event, the manner and time or times for such   repayment.2. The county or any other municipality may give, grant, sell, convey,   loan, license the use of or lease  to  the  authority  any  property  or   facility  which  is  useful  to  the authority in order to carry out its   powers under this title. Any such transfer of  property  shall  be  upon   such  terms  and conditions, subject to the rights of the holders of any   bonds, as the authority and the county or other municipality may agree.3. The county may acquire by purchase or by exercise of the  power  of   eminent domain real property in the name of the county for any corporate   purpose of the authority.4.  Notwithstanding  the provisions of any other law, general, special   or local to the contrary, real property acquired by the authority or the   county from the state may be used  for  any  corporate  purpose  of  the   authority.* NB There are 2 § 1199-ff's