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NY Pub Auth L § 526 (2021)
2021 New York Laws PBA - Public Authorities Article 3 - Bridge and Tunnel Authorities Title 2 - New York State Bridge Authority 526 - Definitions.

§  526.  Definitions.  As  used or referred to in this title, unless a   different meaning clearly appears from the context,1. The term "authority" shall mean the New York State Bridge Authority   created by section five hundred twenty-seven of this chapter;2.  The  term  "commissioner"   shall   mean   the   commissioner   of   transportation in the department of transportation;3.   The   term  "department"  shall  mean  the  state  department  of   transportation;4. The term "board" shall mean the members of the authority;5. The term "Franklin Delano Roosevelt  Mid-Hudson  bridge"  shall  be   deemed  to  mean the bridge constructed pursuant to chapter nine hundred   of the laws of nineteen hundred twenty-three, as amended;6. The term "Rip Van Winkle bridge" shall be deemed to mean the bridge   constructed across the Hudson river north of the village of Catskill and   south of the city of Hudson;7. The term "Bear Mountain bridge" shall be deemed to mean the  bridge   constructed  by  the Bear Mountain Hudson River Bridge Company, pursuant   to chapter three hundred and fifty-eight of the laws of nineteen hundred   twenty-two.7-a. The term "Hamilton Fish Newburgh-Beacon bridge" shall  be  deemed   to  mean  both  spans  of the bridge constructed across the Hudson river   between a location in the  vicinity  of  the  city  of  Newburgh  and  a   location in the vicinity of the city of Beacon;7-b. The term "walkway over the Hudson bridge" shall be deemed to mean   the  Poughkeepsie-Highland  railroad bridge which was constructed across   the Hudson river north  of  the  Franklin  Delano  Roosevelt  Mid-Hudson   bridge.8.  The  term "Kingston-Rhinecliff bridge" shall be deemed to mean the   bridge constructed across the Hudson river within five miles of the city   of Kingston;9. The term "bridges" shall be deemed to mean collectively  Mid-Hudson   bridge, Rip Van Winkle bridge, Bear Mountain bridge, Kingston-Rhinecliff   bridge,  both spans of the Hamilton Fish Newburgh-Beacon bridge, walkway   over the Hudson bridge, and incidental roads, approaches, structures and   facilities;10. The  terms  "bonds"  and  "notes"  shall  mean  bonds  and  notes,   respectively, issued by the authority pursuant to this title;11. The term "comptroller" shall mean the state comptroller.
NY Pub Auth L § 526-A (2021)
2021 New York Laws PBA - Public Authorities Article 3 - Bridge and Tunnel Authorities Title 2 - New York State Bridge Authority 526-A - Ceremonial Designation.

§ 526-a. Ceremonial designation. All that portion of touring route 199   connecting Ulster and Dutchess counties which is identified and known as   the  Kingston-Rhinecliff  bridge  shall  be  designated and known as the   "George Clinton Kingston-Rhinecliff bridge".
NY Pub Auth L § 526-B (2021)
2021 New York Laws PBA - Public Authorities Article 3 - Bridge and Tunnel Authorities Title 2 - New York State Bridge Authority 526-B - Ceremonial Designation of the Bear Mountain Bridge.

§  526-b.  Ceremonial  designation of the Bear Mountain bridge. 1. The   Bear Mountain bridge, as defined in subdivision seven  of  section  five   hundred  twenty-six  of this title, shall be designated and known as the   "Purple Heart Veterans Memorial Bridge".2. The chairman of the New York State Bridge Authority  shall  provide   for  the  installation  and maintenance of adequate signing of the state   highway system  as  designated  pursuant  to  subdivision  one  of  this   section.   However,  to  avoid  confusion  and  to  limit  any  possible   disruption  of  commerce,  the  designation  called  for   pursuant   to   subdivision  one  of  this section shall be one of ceremonial nature and   the official name of such bridge shall not be changed  as  a  result  of   this act.
NY Pub Auth L § 529 (2021)
2021 New York Laws PBA - Public Authorities Article 3 - Bridge and Tunnel Authorities Title 2 - New York State Bridge Authority 529 - Acquisition of Land; Dedication by Counties, Towns or Villages.

§ 529. Acquisition of land; dedication by counties, towns or villages.   1. Whenever the authority shall determine that any real estate or rights   or  easements therein are required for any of the bridges or for highway   connections, and the commissioner shall approve such determination,  the   commissioner  shall  acquire  such  real  estate  or rights or easements   therein in the name  of  the  state  by  dedication,  by  agreement,  by   acquisition  pursuant  to  the  eminent  domain  procedure  law,  or  by   appropriation, in the manner provided by section thirty of  the  highway   law.2.  Notwithstanding  the  provisions  of  any  other law, the board of   supervisors of any county, the town board of any  town,  the  common  or   city  council  of  any city, or the trustees of any village, without any   election or meeting of the taxpayers or voters or  other  authorization,   is  hereby authorized to dedicate to the state for any of the bridges or   for highway connections, any real property, easements or rights in  land   owned by such county, town, city or village which the authority may deem   necessary.
NY Pub Auth L § 530 (2021)
2021 New York Laws PBA - Public Authorities Article 3 - Bridge and Tunnel Authorities Title 2 - New York State Bridge Authority 530 - Construction Contracts.

§  530.  Construction  contracts.  The  authority  shall construct the   bridges pursuant to a contract or contracts. Such contracts shall be let   under the supervision of the commissioner and shall be  subject  to  his   approval. Such contracts shall be let by the authority in the manner, so   far as practicable, provided in section thirty-eight of the highway law,   but  failure  to  comply  with  such  section  shall not invalidate such   contracts. Requisitions for the payments to be  made  pursuant  to  such   contracts  shall  be  approved  by the commissioner. The work under such   contracts shall be subject  to  the  supervision  and  approval  of  the   commissioner.
NY Pub Auth L § 531 (2021)
2021 New York Laws PBA - Public Authorities Article 3 - Bridge and Tunnel Authorities Title 2 - New York State Bridge Authority 531 - Moneys of the Authority.

§  531.  Moneys  of the authority. 1. All moneys of the authority from   whatever source derived shall be paid to the comptroller as agent of the   authority, who shall not commingle such moneys with  any  other  moneys.   Such  moneys  shall be deposited in a separate bank account or accounts.   The moneys  in  such  accounts  shall  be  paid  out  on  check  of  the   comptroller  on  requisition of the chairman of the authority or of such   other person as the authority may authorize to  make  such  requisition.   All deposits of such moneys shall, if required by the comptroller or the   authority,  be  secured  by  obligations  of the United States or of the   state of New York of a market value equal at all times to the amount  of   the  deposit  and  all  banks and trust companies are authorized to give   such security  for  such  deposits.  The  comptroller  and  his  legally   authorized representatives are hereby authorized and empowered from time   to time to examine the accounts and books of the authority including its   receipts,  disbursements,  contracts, leases, sinking funds, investments   and any other matters relating to its financial standing.2. The authority shall have power notwithstanding  the  provisions  of   this  section, to contract with the holders of any of its bonds or notes   as to the custody, collection, securing, investment and payment  of  any   moneys  of  the  authority, or any moneys held in trust or otherwise for   the payment of bonds or notes or in any way to secure  bonds  or  notes,   and  to  carry  out any such contract notwithstanding that such contract   may be inconsistent with the previous provisions of this section. Moneys   held in trust or otherwise for the payment of bonds or notes or  in  any   way  to secure bonds or notes 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.3.  After  reserving  sufficient  moneys to provide for payment of the   cost of improvement and repair of the existing  bridges,  the  authority   shall  apply  the  remainder  of  its  funds  not otherwise obligated in   reduction or extinguishment of any bonds of the authority outstanding at   the time this act takes effect.4. Except as otherwise  provided  by  this  act,  any  moneys  of  the   authority  which  are  not  immediately  required  may  be  invested  in   obligations of the categories specified in  subdivisions  one  to  five,   both  inclusive,  of  section  ninety-eight  of  the  state  finance law   maturing or redeemable at the option of the holder within two  years  of   the date of such investments or in a certificate of deposit of a bank or   trust company in this state.
NY Pub Auth L § 532-A (2021)
2021 New York Laws PBA - Public Authorities Article 3 - Bridge and Tunnel Authorities Title 2 - New York State Bridge Authority 532-A - Notes of the Authority.

§  532-a.  Notes of the authority. The authority shall have power from   time to time to issue its negotiable notes in conformity with applicable   provisions of the uniform commercial code and from time to time to issue   renewal notes, maturing not later than five years from their  respective   dates  in  an  amount  which  together  with  bonds shall not exceed one   hundred fifty-three million  two  hundred  fifty-five  thousand  dollars   pursuant  to  subdivision one of section five hundred thirty-two of this   chapter, excluding bonds issued to  fund  said  notes.  Subject  to  any   agreements  with  bondholders  or  noteholders thereof the authority may   pledge such moneys or revenues for the payment of the notes and  may  in   addition secure the notes in the same manner and with the same effect as   herein  provided for bonds. The notes shall be issued in the same manner   as bonds. The authority shall have  power  to  make  contracts  for  the   future  sale  from  time  to  time of the notes, by which the purchasers   shall be committed to purchase the notes from time to time on terms  and   conditions  stated in such contracts, and the authority shall have power   to pay such consideration as it shall deem proper for such  commitments.   In  case of default on its notes, or violation of any of the obligations   of the authority to the noteholders, the noteholders shall have all  the   remedies provided herein for bondholders.
NY Pub Auth L § 533 (2021)
2021 New York Laws PBA - Public Authorities Article 3 - Bridge and Tunnel Authorities Title 2 - New York State Bridge Authority 533 - Agreement of the State.

§  533.  Agreement  of the state. The state of New York does pledge to   and agree with the holders of any bonds or notes that the state will not   authorize the construction or  maintenance  of  any  additional  highway   crossings  for vehicular traffic over, under or across the waters of the   Hudson river in addition to the bridges authorized by this  title  which   will  be  competitive  with  the bridges, nor will it limit or alter the   rights hereby vested in the authority  to  establish  and  collect  such   charges  and  tolls  as  may  be  convenient  or  necessary  to  produce   sufficient revenue to meet the expense of maintenance and operation  and   to fulfill the terms of any agreement made with the holders of the bonds   or notes, or in any way impair the rights and remedies of bondholders or   noteholders,  until the bonds and notes, together with interest thereon,   with interest on any unpaid installments of interest, and all costs  and   expenses  in  connection with any actions or proceedings by or on behalf   of the bondholders or noteholders, are fully met and discharged. For the   purposes of this section, any  such  crossing  shall  be  considered  as   competitive  only  if  it  shall form a connection for vehicular traffic   over, under or across the Hudson river south of a line drawn across  the   Hudson river fifteen miles north of the Rip Van Winkle bridge, and north   of the Bear Mountain bridge.
NY Pub Auth L § 534 (2021)
2021 New York Laws PBA - Public Authorities Article 3 - Bridge and Tunnel Authorities Title 2 - New York State Bridge Authority 534 - State Not Liable on Bonds.

§  534.  State not liable on bonds. The bonds and other obligations of   the authority shall not be a debt of the state and the state  shall  not   be liable thereon, nor shall they be payable out of any funds other than   those of the authority.
NY Pub Auth L § 535 (2021)
2021 New York Laws PBA - Public Authorities Article 3 - Bridge and Tunnel Authorities Title 2 - New York State Bridge Authority 535 - Bonds and Notes Legal Investments for Fiduciaries.

§  535.  Bonds  and notes legal investments for fiduciaries. The bonds   and notes are hereby made securities in which all  public  officers  and   bodies  of this state and all municipalities and municipal 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 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 and   notes 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 municipal subdivisions for any purpose for  which   the  deposit  of  bonds or other obligations of this state is now or may   hereafter be authorized.
NY Pub Auth L § 536 (2021)
2021 New York Laws PBA - Public Authorities Article 3 - Bridge and Tunnel Authorities Title 2 - New York State Bridge Authority 536 - Tax Contract by the State.

§  536  Tax contract by the state. (1) The state of New York covenants with the purchasers and with all subsequent holders and  transferees  of bonds  and  notes  issued  by  the  authority pursuant to this title, in consideration of the making of any payment for the bonds or notes,  that the  bonds  and notes of the authority issued pursuant to this title and the income therefrom, and all moneys, funds,  tolls  and  other  revenue pledged  to  pay or secure the payment of such bonds and notes, shall at all times be free from taxation except for estate  taxes  and  taxes  on transfers by or in contemplation of death.  (2)  Nothing  herein shall be construed to repeal or supersede any tax exemptions heretofore or hereafter granted by general or other laws.
NY Pub Auth L § 538 (2021)
2021 New York Laws PBA - Public Authorities Article 3 - Bridge and Tunnel Authorities Title 2 - New York State Bridge Authority 538 - Tolls, Rules and Regulations.

§ 538. Tolls, rules and regulations. 1. The authority shall have power to  make  rules  and  regulations  for  the  preservation and use of the bridges and for the payment of tolls. Such rules and  regulations  shall be subject to the approval of the commissioner. Violations of such rules shall  constitute  an  offense punishable by a fine of not more than one hundred  dollars;  provided,  however,  that  violators  of  such  rules relating  to traffic or pedestrian use of a bridge or highway within the jurisdiction of the authority, shall be apprehended  and  prosecuted  in the  same  manner  as  provided  for the apprehension and prosecution of violators of the vehicle and traffic law who commit  violations  thereof upon  the  public  highways.  For the purpose of conferring jurisdiction upon courts and judicial officers generally, violations of  those  rules of  the  authority  which  are defined as offenses shall nevertheless be deemed misdemeanors for  the  sole  purpose  of  making  applicable  all procedural  provisions  of  law  relating  to misdemeanors. The rates of tolls shall be determined by the authority subject to  the  approval  of the commissioner, and to the provisions and limitations of any agreement with  the  bondholders  or  noteholders.  Nothing  herein shall give the commissioner any power or authority to require any act  or  thing  which will  constitute  a  breach  of  any  agreement  with the bondholders or noteholders.   2. The authority shall continue to maintain and collect tolls  on  the bridges   and  shall,  subject  to  the  terms  of  any  agreement,  now outstanding or hereafter made, with bondholders or note holders or  with the  commissioner,  apply tolls and other revenues from the operation of the bridges to the following charges in the order named:  (a) For payment of the  cost  of  maintenance  and  operation  of  the bridges;  (b)  For payment of installments of principal and of interest maturing upon bonds of the authority, if any;  (c) For payments from time to time in such amounts  as  the  authority shall deem necessary to be contributed to a city pursuant to subdivision ten-b of section five hundred twenty-eight of this chapter.   3.  None  of  the bridges constructed prior to January first, nineteen hundred fifty-eight, shall be free from tolls until all of such  bridges are  free  therefrom,  subject  to  such agreements with bondholders and noteholders as may be made as hereinafter provided,  and  the  rates  of tolls   on   the   Franklin  Delano  Roosevelt  Mid-Hudson  bridge,  the Kingston-Rhinecliff bridge, the Bear Mountain bridge, the Rip Van Winkle bridge, and the Hamilton Fish Newburgh-Beacon bridge shall be uniform.
NY Pub Auth L § 539 (2021)
2021 New York Laws PBA - Public Authorities Article 3 - Bridge and Tunnel Authorities Title 2 - New York State Bridge Authority 539 - Powers of the Comptroller.

§  539. Powers of the comptroller. Whenever the state and the funds of   which the comptroller is custodian or trustee, or any of them, shall  be   the  owner  of  any  bonds  or notes of the authority the comptroller is   hereby authorized as to any of such bonds or  notes:  (a)  by  agreement   with  the  authority  to  modify the terms of such bonds or notes or the   terms of any  contract  affecting  or  securing  such  bonds  or  notes,   provided  that  no  such  agreement shall reduce the principal amount of   such bonds or notes or in the opinion of the comptroller jeopardize  the   payment  of  the  principal  thereof or the interest thereon at the rate   thereafter payable thereon and provided that any agreement  relating  to   toll rates shall be approved by the commissioner; (b) to sell such bonds   or  notes to the authority at a price not less than the principal amount   thereof and accrued interest; (c) to surrender such bonds  or  notes  to   the authority in exchange for other bonds or notes of the authority in a   principal  amount  not  less  than  the principal amount of the bonds or   notes surrendered, with such cash adjustments  as  the  comptroller  may   deem  proper; (d) to make such agreements and to do such acts and things   as the comptroller shall deem necessary or convenient  to  exercise  the   powers  hereby conferred; provided, however, that nothing done under the   provisions of this section shall in any  manner  affect  the  rights  of   other bondholders or noteholders.
NY Pub Auth L § 540 (2021)
2021 New York Laws PBA - Public Authorities Article 3 - Bridge and Tunnel Authorities Title 2 - New York State Bridge Authority 540 - Actions Against the Authority.

§  540.  Actions against the authority. 1. In every action against the   authority for damages, for injuries to real or personal property, or for   the destruction thereof, or for personal injuries, the  complaint  shall   contain  an  allegation that at least thirty days have elapsed since the   demand, claim or claims upon which such action is founded were presented   to a member of the authority, or to  its  secretary,  or  to  its  chief   executive  officer  and  that  the authority has neglected or refused to   make an adjustment  or  payment  thereof  for  thirty  days  after  such   presentment.2.  Except  in  an  action  for  wrongful death, an action against the   authority for damages for injuries to real or personal property, or  for   the  destruction thereof, or for personal injuries, alleged to have been   sustained, shall not be commenced more than one  year  and  ninety  days   after  the  cause  of  action  therefor shall have accrued, nor unless a   notice of claim shall have been filed within the time limit  established   by and in compliance with section fifty-e of the general municipal law.3.  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.
NY Pub Auth L § 541 (2021)
2021 New York Laws PBA - Public Authorities Article 3 - Bridge and Tunnel Authorities Title 2 - New York State Bridge Authority 541 - Title Not Affected if in Part Unconstitutional or Ineffective.

§  541. Title not affected if in part unconstitutional or ineffective.   If  any  section,  clause  or  provision  of   this   title   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  and   effective  and  no  other  section, clause or provision shall on account   thereof be deemed invalid or ineffective.
NY Pub Auth L § 542 (2021)
2021 New York Laws PBA - Public Authorities Article 3 - Bridge and Tunnel Authorities Title 2 - New York State Bridge Authority 542 - Inconsistent Provisions in Other Acts Superseded.

§  542.  Inconsistent  provisions in other acts superseded. Insofar as   the provisions of this title are inconsistent with the provisions of any   other act, general or special, the provisions of  this  title  shall  be   controlling.
NY Pub Auth L § 550 (2021)
2021 New York Laws PBA - Public Authorities Article 3 - Bridge and Tunnel Authorities Title 3 - Triborough Bridge Authority 550 - Short Title.

§  550. Short title. This title may be cited as the "Triborough bridge   and tunnel authority act".