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NY Gen Mun L § 98-A (2021)
2021 New York Laws GMU - General Municipal Article 5 - Powers, Limitations and Liabilities 98-A - Acquisition and Lease of Railroad Facilities.

§  98-a.  Acquisition and lease of railroad facilities. 1. Two or more   cities, towns or villages in the same county or adjoining  counties  may   jointly acquire, by purchase, lease, condemnation or otherwise, railroad   rights-of-way and other railroad facilities and property, except rolling   stock,  located  in such county or counties, and may lease the same to a   railroad corporation, for periods not in excess of one year and expiring   not later than the first day of July next succeeding the effective  date   of such lease, subject to an agreement for the maintenance and operation   of  such  rights-of-way,  facilities  and property for public use in the   transportation of persons or property.2. The local law, ordinance or resolution providing  for  such  action   shall  be  adopted  by the governing board of each such municipality and   shall create a committee, to be at all times composed of members of each   of such boards, to acquire such rights-of-way, facilities and  property,   in the name of the municipalities jointly, and as their joint agent, and   may  specify  matters  as  to  which  the  action of the committee shall   require the joint approval of such boards. The local law,  ordinance  or   resolution  shall  also  prescribe  the  proportions of the cost of such   project to be borne by the respective municipalities.3. The acquisition and lease of  such  rights-of-way,  facilities  and   property  are  hereby  declared  city,  town  and  village purposes. The   expenses incurred in connection  herewith  shall  be  a  city,  town  or   village charge, as the case may be, and may be paid for by appropriation   of  moneys  available  therefor  or  may  be  financed  in whole or part   pursuant to the local finance law. The period of probable usefulness  of   any  indebtedness  contracted  pursuant  to this section shall be thirty   years.4. Such local law, ordinance or resolution may be amended from time to   time with the  concurrence  of  each  of  such  boards,  and  additional   municipalities  may  be included therein, in the same manner and subject   to the same conditions as were applicable to the original municipalities   participating therein.5. In the event of the abandonment of such project, all rights-of-way,   facilities and property acquired by the participating municipalities may   be  sold  and  the  proceeds  distributed  in  the  same  proportion  as   contributions were made.6.  No  acquisition,  lease or agreement entered into pursuant to this   section after the effective date of this subdivision shall be  effective   until  the  terms and conditions thereof shall have been approved by the   state commissioner of transportation.
NY Gen Mun L § 98-B (2021)
2021 New York Laws GMU - General Municipal Article 5 - Powers, Limitations and Liabilities 98-B - Municipal Assistance to Public Authorities Furnishing Transportation Services.

§   98-b.   Municipal  assistance  to  public  authorities  furnishing   transportation services.  Every city, village, town or county not wholly   contained within a city the whole or  any  part  of  which  is  directly   served by a transportation facility operated by a public authority shall   be  empowered  to make unconditional grants of money or property to such   public authority for the purpose of assisting it in meeting its  capital   or  operating expenses, provided such money does not consist of borrowed   funds and such property has not been acquired by  the  use  of  borrowed   funds.  Such  purpose  is hereby declared to be a city, county, town and   village purpose. The term "transportation  facility,"  as  used  herein,   shall include rapid transit, commuter railroad, omnibus, marine, airport   and  aviation facilities. The provisions of this section are intended as   enabling legislation only and shall not be interpreted as implying  that   absent  their enactment a municipality would lack the power to authorize   any such grant; but they shall not be interpreted as an authorization to   public authorities generally to accept such grants.The acceptance of any such grant  by  a  public  authority  shall  not   operate  to make such authority an agency of the municipality making the   grant.
NY Gen Mun L § 99 (2021)
2021 New York Laws GMU - General Municipal Article 5 - Powers, Limitations and Liabilities 99 - Regulation of Open Wells, Cesspools, Basins or Sumps.

§  99.  Regulation  of  open  wells,  cesspools,  basins or sumps. The   governing board of any city, town or village may by local law, ordinance   or resolution regulate the construction,  maintenance  or  use  of  open   wells,  cesspools,  cisterns,  re-charging basins, catch basins or sumps   and  may  require  that  such  installations  be  suitably  covered   or   surrounded  with  protective  fencing.  Provision  shall be made in such   local laws, ordinances  or  resolutions  for  punishment  of  violations   thereof.Nothing herein contained shall be construed to deprive the state water   power  and  control commission of any jurisdiction which that commission   may now or hereafter have pursuant to the provisions of the conservation   law.
NY Gen Mun L § 99-A (2021)
2021 New York Laws GMU - General Municipal Article 5 - Powers, Limitations and Liabilities 99-A - Use of Municipally Operated Dumping Ground by Another Municipality.

§  99-a.  Use  of  municipally  operated  dumping  ground  by  another   municipality. One municipality may contract with any other  municipality   for  the  use of a municipally operated public dump or dumping ground on   such terms as may be agreed upon.
NY Gen Mun L § 99-B (2021)
2021 New York Laws GMU - General Municipal Article 5 - Powers, Limitations and Liabilities 99-B - Receipts for Money Received; Records of Money Disbursed by Check.

§  99-b.  Receipts  for  money received; records of money disbursed by   check.  1. Every public officer or employee who shall receive payment of   money for or on behalf of  any  municipality,  school  district,  public   corporation  or  political  subdivision  of  which  he  is an officer or   employee shall, where no other  evidence  satisfactory  for  purpose  of   audit  is  available, issue a receipt to the person paying the same.  He   shall also retain a copy of such receipt, which receipt and copy or stub   thereof shall be numbered consecutively.  The receipt shall be  in  such   form  as  the  state  comptroller, in the exercise of his supervision of   municipal accounts, may approve.2. Whenever, pursuant to  law,  a  local  government,  as  defined  in   section  ten  of  this  chapter, or any of its officers or employees, is   required to receive, retain and/or produce for examination  or  audit  a   cancelled  check  or checks drawn on an account of the local government,   the local government, officer or employee may, if so authorized  by  the   governing  body  of the local government, receive, retain and/or produce   proper alternative documentation in the form of check images supplied by   the payor bank or trust company in lieu of cancelled checks drawn on the   accounts of the local government. Such  check  images  shall  show  both   sides  of  each check and shall be considered the equivalent of original   cancelled  checks  for  purposes  of   record   keeping   and   auditing   requirements.
NY Gen Mun L § 99-C (2021)
2021 New York Laws GMU - General Municipal Article 5 - Powers, Limitations and Liabilities 99-C - Agreements for Joint Building Inspectors by Municipal Corporations.

§   99-c.  Agreements  for  joint  building  inspectors  by  municipal   corporations.  It shall be lawful for two or more municipal corporations   to  engage  jointly  one  building  inspector  and  make  an   agreement   specifying how such inspector shall be paid for his services.
NY Gen Mun L § 99-D (2021)
2021 New York Laws GMU - General Municipal Article 5 - Powers, Limitations and Liabilities 99-D - Planning for Future Capital Improvements.

§ 99-d. Planning for future capital improvements.  1.  Notwithstanding   the provisions of any general, special or local law, the governing board   or  other  appropriate  authority  of  a  municipal  corporation, school   district or  district  corporation  may  authorize  the  preparation  of   surveys,  preliminary  plans  and  detailed  plans,  specifications  and   estimates necessary for planning for a capital improvement which  it  is   contemplated  might  be undertaken in the future and may provide for the   manner in which the cost thereof shall be financed, subject, however, to   the  applicable  provisions  of  any  general,  special  or  local   law   respecting the issuance of bonds or notes.2. Where the cost of such advance planning of a capital improvement is   financed  by the issuance of bonds or capital notes and where the period   of probable usefulness specified by subdivision sixty-two of paragraph a   of section 11.00 of the local finance law is applicable,  the  municipal   corporation,  school  district  or  district  corporation shall not have   power to authorize the undertaking of the capital improvement  until  at   least  one  year  after  the  original  issuance  of  such  obligations;   provided, however, that when bond anticipation  notes  shall  have  been   issued  prior to such bonds, such one year period shall be computed from   the date of such bond anticipation notes.3. The total amount of bonds or capital notes which may be  authorized   in  any  fiscal  year  of  the municipal corporation, school district or   district corporation to finance such advance planning pursuant  to  this   section shall not exceed the maximum amount of budget notes which it may   issue  in  such year pursuant to subdivision two or subdivision three of   paragraph a of section 29.00 of the local finance law, as the  case  may   be,  provided,  however,  that  for  the  purposes  of this subdivision,   amounts which are to be paid in  the  first  instance  from  improvement   district  assessments  shall be included in computing "the amount of the   annual budget" of a town or a county in accordance with section 29.00 of   such law.4. If the advance  planning  is  undertaken  for  the  purpose  of  an   existing  or  proposed  county  or  town  improvement  district,  or any   extension thereof, the existing district, or the proposed district  when   created,  or  the  extension thereof, shall reimburse the county or town   for the cost of such advance planning, including  any  interest  on  any   obligations  issued to finance such cost. The amount so reimbursed shall   be applied first to the payment of any outstanding obligations issued to   finance such expenditure.
NY Gen Mun L § 99-E (2021)
2021 New York Laws GMU - General Municipal Article 5 - Powers, Limitations and Liabilities 99-E - Section Heading Enacted as Heading to Sb 1.

§   99-e.   1.   Operation,  improvement  and  maintenance  of  parks.   Notwithstanding the provisions of any general, special or local law,  or   of  any  charter,  ordinance,  rule  or regulation, any county, except a   county wholly included within a city and except a county operating under   an alternative form of county government or under a county charter,  may   undertake to operate, maintain and improve public parks and recreational   facilities theretofore established by a municipal corporation within its   boundaries  on land owned by such municipal corporation. Such county and   any municipal  corporation  located  therein  may,  when  authorized  by   majority  vote of the whole number of the members of its governing body,   enter into an agreement for the aforesaid purpose  for  a  term  not  to   exceed thirty years, upon such other terms and conditions as such bodies   shall  determine.  Such  operation, maintenance and improvement shall be   county purposes  and  the  board  of  supervisors  of  such  county  may   appropriate and expend county funds for such purposes.2.  After  such  an  agreement  has  been  executed,  employees of the   municipal corporation so contracting with the county, who at the time of   the execution of such agreement  were  employed  in  the  operation  and   maintenance of the parks and recreational facilities covered by any such   agreement,  shall  be  transferred  to  the  employ of the county in the   manner set forth in section seventy of the civil service law.
NY Gen Mun L § 99-F (2021)
2021 New York Laws GMU - General Municipal Article 5 - Powers, Limitations and Liabilities 99-F - Comprehensive Sewer and Water Studies.

§  99-f.  Comprehensive  sewer  and  water  studies.  1. Any municipal   corporation may apply for and expend state aid for comprehensive studies   and reports, designate an appropriate official, department,  bureau,  or   agency  therefor  and  to  administer such studies, and contract for the   accomplishment of such  studies,  pursuant  to  section  twelve  hundred   sixty-three-a  of  the public health law and part five-A of article five   of the conservation law. Any such comprehensive study  undertaken  by  a   town  may  include  an  area within any village partly or wholly located   within the town, provided that the board of trustees of any such village   shall have consented to such inclusion.2. The governing board of any municipal corporation may confer upon an   appropriate official, department, bureau or agency the duty of  planning   for the sewer and water needs of the municipality.
NY Gen Mun L § 99-J (2021)
2021 New York Laws GMU - General Municipal Article 5 - Powers, Limitations and Liabilities 99-J - Control of Aquatic Plant Growth.

§  99-j.  Control of aquatic plant growth. Every municipal corporation   is, and any two or  more  municipal  corporations  jointly  are,  hereby   authorized and empowered to take such action as may be required to adopt   plans and specifications and enter into a contract or contracts, or take   such  other  action as may be required for the control of aquatic growth   as it may deem to be necessary or desirable, in  the  case  of  a  joint   project  by two or more municipal corporations, the share of the cost of   such project or activity to be borne by each such municipal  corporation   shall  be  fixed by contract. The expenditure of moneys for such purpose   by a municipal corporation shall be deemed a  lawful  municipal  purpose   and  the  moneys  appropriated  therefor shall be raised by tax upon the   taxable real property within  the  municipal  corporation  in  the  same   manner  as  moneys  for  other lawful municipal purposes. Each municipal   corporation is hereby authorized to accept and disburse grants of public   or private money or other aid paid or made available  by  the  state  or   federal government for any such purpose.
NY Gen Mun L § 99-K (2021)
2021 New York Laws GMU - General Municipal Article 5 - Powers, Limitations and Liabilities 99-K - Fees to Jurors or Witnesses.

§  99-k.  Fees  to  jurors  or  witnesses.  Notwithstanding  any other   provision of law, no fees are payable to a  juror  or  witness  for  his   service  or  attendance  in  a  local  criminal  court,  except that the   governing board of any city, town of the first class or village  of  the   first  class  is  hereby  authorized  and  may  provide  for  payment of   compensation to jurors only, in a local criminal court in criminal cases   in any such city, town of the first class or village of the first class.
NY Gen Mun L § 99-L (2021)
2021 New York Laws GMU - General Municipal Article 5 - Powers, Limitations and Liabilities 99-L - Fees in Criminal Actions and Other Proceedings.

§  99-l.  Fees in criminal actions and other proceedings. 1. Towns and villages, for their own respective benefits shall be entitled to receive for the services of the town court and the  village  court  in  criminal actions and other proceedings:  (a)  For all services in each case of a misdemeanor or other offenses, including misdemeanors and  moving  violations  under  the  vehicle  and traffic  law, instituted in and triable in such a court, wherein a fine, if imposed, would be the property of the state, fifteen dollars.  (b) For all services in each criminal proceeding instituted before and triable by such a court, wherein  a  fine,  if  imposed,  would  be  the property of the state, fifteen dollars.  (c) For all services in any case in which the court acts upon a felony complaint, to be paid by the county, ten dollars.  (d)  For  all  services in any case in which the defendant is held for appearance before another court, no fee.  (e) For endorsing a warrant from another county, no fee.  (f) For furnishing copies of papers in any proceeding, at the rate  of twenty-five cents per folio of one hundred words.  (g) For return to any appeal to be paid by the county, ten dollars.  (h)  For  examination of any information and depositions and issuing a search warrant, including  any  disposition  upon  the  return  thereof, fifteen dollars.  (i)  For  issuing a license suspension or revocation order pursuant to paragraph (d) of subdivision two of section eleven hundred  ninety-three of  the  vehicle  and  traffic  law, providing the license suspension or revocation order  is  forwarded  to  the  commissioner  along  with  the certificates required in sections five hundred thirteen and five hundred fourteen  of the vehicle and traffic law within ninety-six hours, or for suspending a license  pursuant  to  clause  a  of  subparagraph  one  of paragraph  (e) of subdivision two of section eleven hundred ninety-three of such law, providing the license and  the  certificate  of  magistrate required  in  section five hundred thirteen of such law are forwarded to the commissioner within ninety-six hours, fifteen dollars.   * 2. The county of Nassau shall be entitled to receive the amounts set forth in subdivision one of this section for the services of the  Nassau county  traffic  and  parking  violations agency and for all services in each case of a parking violation, instituted and triable in such agency, wherein a fine is imposed, a surcharge of ten dollars.   * NB Effective until December 31, 2023   * 2. The counties of Nassau and Suffolk shall be entitled  to  receive the  amounts  set  forth  in  subdivision  one  of  this section for the services of their  respective  county  traffic  and  parking  violations agency.   * NB Effective December 31, 2023
NY Gen Mun L § 99-P (2021)
2021 New York Laws GMU - General Municipal Article 5 - Powers, Limitations and Liabilities 99-P - Municipality, District Corporation or School District as Reciprocal Insurer.

§  99-p.  Municipality,  district  corporation  or  school district as   reciprocal  insurer.  Any  county,   town,   city,   village,   district   corporation  (as defined in paragraph three of section 2.00 of the local   finance law), or school district and board  of  cooperative  educational   services,  may  become  a  subscriber  to a municipal reciprocal insurer   formed under article sixty-one of the insurance law.
NY Gen Mun L § 99-Q (2021)
2021 New York Laws GMU - General Municipal Article 5 - Powers, Limitations and Liabilities 99-Q - Facilities for the Unified Court System.

§  99-q.  Facilities for the unified court system. Notwithstanding the   provisions of any general, special or local law, charter or ordinance to   the contrary, a municipality which is a political subdivision  specified   in  paragraph  (a)  of  subdivision  two  of  section thirty-nine of the   judiciary law may upon the approval of its governing board:1. Sell, convey, lease, exchange or otherwise make  available  to  any   person,  firm,  association,  corporation  or agency, including a public   body, the title to or an interest  in  real  property,  and  enter  into   contracts   therefor,  for  the  design,  construction,  reconstruction,   rehabilitation or improvement of facilities provided or to  be  provided   for the purposes of the unified court system of the state; and2.  Acquire  by  purchase,  lease,  sublease  or  other  agreement the   facilities provided or to be provided for the purposes  of  the  unified   court system of the state.All  contracts entered into pursuant to the provisions of this section   shall be subject to the provisions of sections one hundred one  and  one   hundred three of this chapter.
NY Gen Mun L § 99-R (2021)
2021 New York Laws GMU - General Municipal Article 5 - Powers, Limitations and Liabilities 99-R - Contracts for Services.

§  99-r.  Contracts for services. Notwithstanding any other provisions   of law to the contrary, the governing board of any municipal corporation   may enter  into  agreements  and/or  contracts  with  any  state  agency   including  any  department, board, bureau, commission, division, office,   council, committee, or  officer  of  the  state,  whether  permanent  or   temporary,  or  a  public  benefit corporation or public authority, or a   soil and  water  conservation  district,  and  any  unit  of  the  state   university  of  New York, pursuant to and consistent with sections three   hundred fifty-five and sixty-three hundred  one  of  the  education  law   within or without such municipal corporation to provide or receive fuel,   equipment,  maintenance  and  repair,  supplies,  water  supply,  street   sweeping or maintenance, sidewalk maintenance, right-of-way maintenance,   storm water and other drainage, sewage  disposal,  landscaping,  mowing,   technology  services,  or  any  other services of government. Such state   agency, soil and water conservation  district,  or  unit  of  the  state   university  of  New  York,  within  the limits of any specific statutory   appropriation authorized and made available therefor by the  legislature   or  by  the  governing  body responsible for the operation of such state   agency, soil and water conservation  district,  or  unit  of  the  state   university  of  New York may contract with any municipal corporation for   such services as herein provided and may provide, in  agreements  and/or   contracts  entered  into  pursuant  to  this section, for the reciprocal   provision of services or other consideration of approximately equivalent   value, including, but not limited to, routine and/or emergency services,   monies, equipment, buildings and facilities, materials or  a  commitment   to  provide future routine and/or emergency services, monies, equipment,   buildings and facilities or materials. Any such contract may be  entered   into  by  direct negotiations and shall not be subject to the provisions   of section one hundred three of this chapter.
NY Gen Mun L § 99-U (2021)
2021 New York Laws GMU - General Municipal Article 5 - Powers, Limitations and Liabilities 99-U - Municipal Cooperation Agreements for Counties.

§  99-u.  Municipal  cooperation  agreements  for counties. The county   legislative body in any county may:1. enter into municipal cooperation agreements, as provided in article   five-G of this chapter, with one or more other counties for the creation   of a task force to determine  the  needs  for  mutual  aid  response  to   natural   or  manmade  disaster,  widespread  outbreak  of  communicable   disease, mass casualty incident or terrorist attack; to formulate a plan   for such mutual aid; and implement such plan; and2. appropriate and expend such sums  as  it  may  deem  necessary  and   proper   for   the  establishment  and  maintenance  of  such  municipal   cooperation agreements.