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NY Pub Auth L § 1298 (2021)
2021 New York Laws PBA - Public Authorities Article 5 - Public Utility Authorities Title 12 - New York State Environmental Facilities Corporation 1298 - Title Not Affected if in Part Unconstitutional or Ineffective.

§ 1298. Title not affected if in part unconstitutional or ineffective.   If any provision of any section of this title or the application thereof   to  any  person  or circumstance shall be adjudged invalid by a court of   competent jurisdiction, such order or judgment shall be confined in  its   operation  to  the  controversy  in which it was rendered, and shall not   affect or invalidate the remainder of any provision of  any  section  of   this title or the application of any part thereof to any other person or   circumstance  and  to  this  end  the provisions of each section of this   title are hereby declared to be severable.
NY Pub Auth L § 1299 (2021)
2021 New York Laws PBA - Public Authorities Article 5 - Public Utility Authorities Title 11-A - Niagara Frontier Transportation Authority 1299 - Short Title.

§ 1299. Short  title. This title may be cited as the "Niagara Frontier   Transportation Act."
NY Pub Auth L § 1299-B (2021)
2021 New York Laws PBA - Public Authorities Article 5 - Public Utility Authorities Title 11-A - Niagara Frontier Transportation Authority 1299-B - Niagara Frontier Transportation District.

§  1299-b.  Niagara  Frontier transportation district. There is hereby   created and established a transportation district to  be  known  as  the   Niagara   Frontier  transportation  district  which  shall  embrace  the   counties of Erie and Niagara.
NY Pub Auth L § 1299-D (2021)
2021 New York Laws PBA - Public Authorities Article 5 - Public Utility Authorities Title 11-A - Niagara Frontier Transportation Authority 1299-D - Purposes of the Authority.

§  1299-d. Purposes of the authority. 1. The purposes of the authority   shall  be  the  continuance,  further  development  and  improvement  of   transportation  and  other  services  related thereto within the Niagara   Frontier transportation district, including  but  not  limited  to  such   transportation  by railroad, omnibus, marine and air, in accordance with   the provisions of this title. It shall be the  further  purpose  of  the   authority  to develop and implement a unified mass transportation policy   for such district.2. It is hereby found and declared  that  such  purposes  are  in  all   respects  for the benefit of the people of the state of New York and the   authority shall be regarded  as  performing  an  essential  governmental   function  in  carrying  out  its  purposes  and in exercising the powers   granted by this title.
NY Pub Auth L § 1299-G (2021)
2021 New York Laws PBA - Public Authorities Article 5 - Public Utility Authorities Title 11-A - Niagara Frontier Transportation Authority 1299-G - Acquisition and Disposition of Real Property.

§ 1299-g. Acquisition and disposition of real property. 1. In addition   to  the  powers provided in section twelve hundred ninety-nine-f of this   title to acquire transportation facilities, equipment and real property,   the authority may acquire, by condemnation pursuant to the  condemnation   law, any real property it may deem necessary, convenient or desirable to   effectuate  the  purpose  of this title, provided however, that any such   condemnation proceedings shall be brought only in the supreme court  and   the  compensation  to be paid shall be ascertained and determined by the   court without a jury. Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions  of  this   subdivision  one,  no  real property may be acquired by the authority by   condemnation for purposes other than a  transportation  facility  unless   the  governing  body  of  the  city,  village or town in which such real   property is located shall first consent to such condemnation.2.  Nothing  herein  contained  shall  be  construed  to  prevent  the   authority  from  bringing  any proceedings to remove a cloud on title or   such other proceedings as it may, in its  discretion,  deem  proper  and   necessary  or  from  acquiring  any  such  property  by  negotiation  or   purchase.3. Where a person entitled to an award in the proceedings  to  condemn   any  real  property  for  any  of  the purposes of this title remains in   possession of such property after the time of the vesting  of  title  in   the  condemnor,  the  reasonable  value of his use and occupancy of such   property subsequent to such time as fixed by agreement or by  the  court   in such proceedings or by any court of competent jurisdiction shall be a   lien  against such award subject only to the liens of record at the time   of vesting of title in the condemnor.4. Title to all property acquired under this act  shall  vest  in  the   authority.5.  The  authority  may,  whenever  it  determines  that  it is in the   interest of the authority, dispose of  any  real  property  or  property   other  than  real  property,  which  it  determines  is  not  necessary,   convenient or desirable for its purposes. Provided,  however,  that  the   authority shall provide the county, city, town, and village in which the   real  property is situated with sixty days notice prior to offering such   property for disposition or sale.6. The authority may, whenever it shall determine that it  is  in  the   interest  of  the  authority,  rent,  lease  or grant easements or other   rights in, any land or property of the authority.
NY Pub Auth L § 1299-GG (2021)
2021 New York Laws PBA - Public Authorities Article 5 - Public Utility Authorities Title 11-A - Niagara Frontier Transportation Authority 1299-GG - Acquisition and Disposition of Real Property by Department of Transportation.

* §   1299-gg.   Acquisition  and  disposition  of  real  property  by   department of  transportation.  If  funds  are  made  available  by  the   authority  for  the  payment  of the cost and expense of the acquisition   thereof, the department of transportation of the state of New York, when   requested by the authority, may acquire such real property in  the  name   of  the state as may be determined from time to time by the authority as   being necessary, convenient or desirable to effectuate the  purposes  of   this title, may remove the owner or occupant thereof where necessary and   obtain  possession  and, when requested by the authority, may dispose of   any real property so acquired, all according to the  procedure  provided   in section thirty of the highway law. The authority shall have the right   to  possess and use for its corporate purposes all such real property so   acquired. Claims for the value of  the  property  appropriated  and  for   legal  damages  caused  by  any such appropriation shall be adjusted and   determined by such department with the approval of the authority  or  by   the  court  of  claims as provided in section thirty of the highway law.   When a claim has been filed with the court of claims, the claimant shall   cause a copy of such claim to be  served  upon  the  authority  and  the   authority  shall  have the right to be represented and heard before such   court. All awards and judgments arising from such claims shall  be  paid   out  of  moneys  of  the  authority.  No  real  property may be acquired   pursuant to the provisions of this section for  purposes  other  than  a   transportation  facility  unless the governing body of the city, village   or town in which such real property is located shall  first  consent  to   such acquisition.* NB There are 2 § 1299-gg's
NY Pub Auth L § 1299-K (2021)
2021 New York Laws PBA - Public Authorities Article 5 - Public Utility Authorities Title 11-A - Niagara Frontier Transportation Authority 1299-K - Agreement of the State.

§ 1299-k. Agreement  of  the  state. --The state does hereby pledge to   and agree with the holders of any  notes  or  bonds  issued  under  this   title,  that  the state will not limit or alter the rights hereby vested   in the authority to acquire, establish, construct, effectuate,  operate,   maintain,  renovate, improve, extend or repair any authority facilities,   to establish, levy and collect fares, tolls, rentals, rates, charges and   other fees, to receive and use for its corporate purposes, in  the  same   manner  as  its own funds and revenues, all moneys directed by law to be   paid to it by the Buffalo and Fort Erie public bridge authority, and  to   fulfill the terms of any agreements made with the holders thereof, or in   any  way impair the rights and remedies of such holders until such notes   or bonds, together with the  interest  thereon,  with  interest  on  any   unpaid  installments  of  interest, and all costs and expenses for which   the authority is liable 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 the holders of such notes or bonds.
NY Pub Auth L § 1299-L (2021)
2021 New York Laws PBA - Public Authorities Article 5 - Public Utility Authorities Title 11-A - Niagara Frontier Transportation Authority 1299-L - Right of State to Require Redemption of Bonds.

§   1299-l.   Right   of   state   to  require  redemption  of  bonds.   Notwithstanding and in addition to any provisions for the redemption  of   bonds  which  may  be  contained in any contract with the holders of the   bonds, the state may, upon furnishing sufficient funds therefor, require   the authority to redeem, prior to maturity, as a  whole,  any  issue  of   bonds  on any interest payment date not less than twenty years after the   date of the bonds of such issue at one hundred five per centum of  their   face value and accrued interest or at such lower redemption price as may   be provided in the bonds in case of the redemption thereof as a whole on   the  redemption date. Notice of such redemption shall be published in at   least two newspapers  published  and  circulating  respectively  in  the   cities   of  Buffalo  and  Niagara  Falls  at  least  twice,  the  first   publication to be at least thirty days before the date of redemption.
NY Pub Auth L § 1299-N (2021)
2021 New York Laws PBA - Public Authorities Article 5 - Public Utility Authorities Title 11-A - Niagara Frontier Transportation Authority 1299-N - Notes and Bonds as Legal Investment.

§  1299-n. Notes and bonds as legal investment. The notes and bonds of   the authority are hereby made securities in which  all  public  officers   and   bodies   of   the  state  and  all  municipalities  and  political   subdivisions, 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 who 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 any other provisions of  law,  the  bonds  of  the   authority  are  also  hereby made securities which may be deposited with   and shall be received by all public officers and bodies  of  this  state   and  all  municipalities  and political subdivisions for any purpose for   which the deposit of bonds or other obligations of the state is  now  or   may hereafter be authorized.
NY Pub Auth L § 1299-O (2021)
2021 New York Laws PBA - Public Authorities Article 5 - Public Utility Authorities Title 11-A - Niagara Frontier Transportation Authority 1299-O - Exemption From Taxation.

§  1299-o. Exemption from taxation. It is hereby found, determined and   declared that the creation of the authority and the carrying out of  its   purposes  is  in all respects for the benefit of the people of the state   of New York and  for  the  improvement  of  their  health,  welfare  and   prosperity  and  is  a  public  purpose,  and that the authority will be   performing an essential governmental function in  the  exercise  of  the   powers  conferred upon it by this title. Without limiting the generality   of the following provisions of  this  section,  property  owned  by  the   authority,  property leased by the authority and used for transportation   purposes, and property used for transportation purposes by  or  for  the   benefit  of  the  authority  exclusively pursuant to the provisions of a   joint service arrangement or of a joint facilities agreement or trackage   rights agreement shall all  be  exempt  from  taxation  and  special  ad   valorem levies. The authority shall be required to pay no fees, taxes or   assessments,  whether state or local, except special benefit assessments   if said property is located in a special benefit district, including but   not limited to fees, taxes or  assessments  on  real  estate,  franchise   taxes,  sales  taxes or other excise taxes, upon any of its property, or   upon the use thereof, or  upon  its  activities  in  the  operation  and   maintenance  of  its  facilities or on any fares, tolls, rentals, rates,   charges or  other  fees,  revenues  or  other  income  received  by  the   authority  and the bonds of the authority and the income therefrom shall   at all times be exempt from taxation, except for gift and  estate  taxes   and  taxes  on  transfers.  This section shall constitute a covenant and   agreement with the holders of all bonds issued  by  the  authority.  The   terms  "taxation"  and  "special  ad  valorem  levy" shall have the same   meanings as defined in section one hundred two of the real property  tax   law  and  the term "transportation purposes" shall have the same meaning   as used in titles two-a and two-b of article four of such law.
NY Pub Auth L § 1299-Q (2021)
2021 New York Laws PBA - Public Authorities Article 5 - Public Utility Authorities Title 11-A - Niagara Frontier Transportation Authority 1299-Q - Station Operation and Maintenance.

§   1299-q.   Station   operation   and  maintenance.  The  operation,   maintenance and use of passenger stations shall be  public  purposes  of   the  counties  of  Erie and Niagara. The total cost to the authority and   each of its subsidiary corporations of operation, maintenance and use of   each passenger station within the  district  serviced  by  one  or  more   railroad  facilities of the authority or of such subsidiary corporation,   including the buildings, appurtenances, platforms, lands and  approaches   incidental  or adjacent thereto, shall be borne by the county within the   district in which such station is located. On or before  June  first  of   each  year, the authority shall determine and certify to the counties of   Erie and Niagara the total cost to  the  authority  and  its  subsidiary   corporations,  for  the  twelve-month  period ending the preceding March   thirty-first, of operation, maintenance and use of each  such  passenger   station  within  each  county,  respectively. On or before the following   September first, of each  year,  each  such  county  shall  pay  to  the   authority  such  cost so certified to it on or before the preceding June   first. If for any such twelve-month period the authority determines that   the total revenues of any railroad facility  will  be  such  as  not  to   require  payment  for  the  full  amount  of  the  costs  of  operation,   maintenance and use of the passenger stations served by  such  facility,   the  authority  in  its discretion may reduce by a uniform percentage of   established costs  the  amounts  required  of  each  county  so  served,   provided  however, that the amount required of any such county shall not   be reduced for any such twelve-month period below the total cost to  the   authority  and  its  subsidiary corporations so certified of maintenance   and use of such passenger stations so served in such county. Each county   shall have power to finance such costs to it by the issuance  of  budget   notes pursuant to section 29.00 of the local finance law.
NY Pub Auth L § 1299-R (2021)
2021 New York Laws PBA - Public Authorities Article 5 - Public Utility Authorities Title 11-A - Niagara Frontier Transportation Authority 1299-R - Agreements Relating to Payments in Lieu of Taxes.

§ 1299-r. Agreements relating to payments in lieu of taxes. To the end   that  municipal  corporations,  counties,  cities,  towns,  villages and   school districts may not suffer undue loss of taxes or assessments:If the authority owns or acquires property and all or any  portion  of   such   property   is   subsequently  developed,  improved  or  used  for   non-transportation purposes, it shall during such period of  disuse  for   transportation  purposes  be  subject  to  assessment, at the prevailing   method of determining assessments based upon the current assessed  value   of  all  or  the  relevant  portion  of such property by the appropriate   assessing unit and  the  authority  shall,  based  on  such  assessment,   annually, in lieu of taxes, pay such amount to the municipal corporation   and/or school district.The  authority  may,  in  its discretion, enter into agreements to pay   annual sums in lieu of taxes in respect of any real  property  which  is   owned  by  the  authority  and  exempt from taxation pursuant to section   twelve hundred  ninety-nine-o  of  this  article  to  the  participating   municipal  corporation  or  school  district  in  which  the property is   located, provided however, that the amount so paid  for  any  year  upon   such  property  shall  not  exceed  the  sum  last paid as taxes on such   property to such municipal corporation or school district prior  to  the   time of its acquisition by the agency.Vacant   properties,   properties   acquired   by  the  authority  for   non-transportation  purposes  but  intended  to  be  used   for   future   transportation  purposes  and  properties  acquired by the authority for   transportation purposes and used as such, shall not be  subject  to  the   payment  of  any  taxes  or any payments in lieu thereof except that the   authority shall pay such property special  benefit  assessments  on  the   property if it is located in an existing special benefit district.
NY Pub Auth L § 1299-T (2021)
2021 New York Laws PBA - Public Authorities Article 5 - Public Utility Authorities Title 11-A - Niagara Frontier Transportation Authority 1299-T - Contracts.

§  1299-t.  Contracts.  The  authority  shall  promulgate  regulations   pursuant to the state administrative procedure act governing  the  award   of  all  contracts for public work and all purchase contracts, including   the procurement  of  supplies,  material  and  equipment;  personal  and   professional  service  contracts;  emergency purchases; and advertising.   Prior to promulgating such regulations, the authority shall  submit  the   proposed  regulations  for  comment  to the chief executive officers and   county legislatures of Erie county and  Niagara  county.  The  authority   shall  also  establish  internal controls necessary to insure compliance   with these regulations. The authority shall retain independent  auditors   to analyze and evaluate the effectiveness of such internal controls.
NY Pub Auth L § 1299-U (2021)
2021 New York Laws PBA - Public Authorities Article 5 - Public Utility Authorities Title 11-A - Niagara Frontier Transportation Authority 1299-U - Title Not Affected if in Part Unconstitutional or Ineffective.

§   1299-u.   Title  not  affected  if  in  part  unconstitutional  or   ineffective. If any provision of  any  section  of  this  title  or  the   application  thereof  to  any  person  or circumstance shall be adjudged   invalid by a court of competent jurisdiction,  such  order  or  judgment   shall  be  confined  in its operation to the controversy in which it was   rendered, and shall not  affect  or  invalidate  the  remainder  of  any   provision  of  any  section of this title or the application of any part   thereof to any  other  person  or  circumstance  and  to  this  end  the   provisions  of  each  section  of  this  title are hereby declared to be   severable.
NY Pub Auth L § 1299-AA (2021)
2021 New York Laws PBA - Public Authorities Article 5 - Public Utility Authorities Title 11-B - Rochester-Genesee Regional Transportation Authority 1299-AA - Short Title.

§   1299-aa.   Short   title.   This   title   may  be  cited  as  the   "Rochester-Genesee Regional Transportation Authority Act".
NY Pub Auth L § 1299-CC (2021)
2021 New York Laws PBA - Public Authorities Article 5 - Public Utility Authorities Title 11-B - Rochester-Genesee Regional Transportation Authority 1299-CC - Rochester-Genesee Regional Transportation District.

§  1299-cc.  Rochester-Genesee  regional transportation district.   1.   There is hereby created and established a transportation district to  be   known  as  the Rochester-Genesee regional transportation district.  This   district shall embrace the county of Monroe and such  of  the  following   counties  as  may  elect  to become members by action of their governing   bodies:  all  counties  included  within  the  Lake  Ontario  region  as   designated  by  the  New York state office of planning services, namely,   Genesee, Livingston, Ontario, Orleans, Seneca, Wayne and Yates, and  any   county contiguous to this region. The transportation district shall also   include  all  lands  and water and all lands under water and all rivers,   bays and harbors and Lake Ontario, within any of the  counties  of  said   district.
NY Pub Auth L § 1299-EE (2021)
2021 New York Laws PBA - Public Authorities Article 5 - Public Utility Authorities Title 11-B - Rochester-Genesee Regional Transportation Authority 1299-EE - Purposes of the Authority.

§ 1299-ee. Purposes of the authority. 1. The purposes of the authority   shall  be  the  continuance,  further  development  and  improvement  of   transportation  and  other   services   related   thereto   within   the   Rochester-Genesee   regional   transportation   district,  by  railroad,   omnibus, marine and air, in  accordance  with  the  provisions  of  this   title.2.  It  is  hereby  found  and  declared that such purposes are in all   respects for the benefit of the people of the state of New York and  the   authority  shall  be  regarded  as  performing an essential governmental   function in carrying out its  purposes  and  in  exercising  the  powers   granted by this title.