NY Pub Auth L § 1077 (2021)
2021 New York Laws PBA - Public Authorities Article 5 - Public Utility Authorities Title 4 - Suffolk County Water Authority 1077 - Suffolk County Water Authority.

§  1077. Suffolk county water authority. 1. The corporate existence of   the Suffolk county water authority, heretofore created pursuant  to  the   provisions  of chapter eight hundred forty-seven of the laws of nineteen   hundred thirty-four and thereafter continued pursuant to the  provisions   of article seven of the county law, is hereby continued for the purposes   and  charged  with  the  duties  and  having the powers provided in this   title. The authority shall be a body corporate and politic, constituting   a public benefit corporation. It shall consist of five  members  all  of   whom shall be residents of the county of Suffolk. The present members of   the  authority  shall  continue  in office until the expiration of their   several terms of office and the board of supervisors shall  appoint  two   additional  members whose terms of office shall in the first instance be   fixed by such board of supervisors in such manner and for  such  periods   of time that the office of one member of the authority shall expire each   year.  Their  successors  shall  be appointed one member annually by the   county board of supervisors for a term of five years. Vacancies  in  the   membership of such authority, other than by expiration of term, shall be   filled  by  the  board  of  supervisors by appointment for the unexpired   term. The chairman in office at the effective date of this  title  shall   continue  in  such  office  until  the expiration of his term of office.   Thereafter the chairman of such authority  shall  be  appointed  by  the   county board of supervisors. The members of such authority shall receive   such  compensation  for their services as shall be fixed by the board of   supervisors and  shall  be  reimbursed  for  all  necessary  and  actual   expenses incurred in connection with their duties as such members and in   connection  with  the  carrying  out  of the purposes of this title. The   power of such authority shall be vested in and exercised by  a  majority   of  the  members  of  the  authority  then in office. Said authority may   delegate to one or more of its members, or  its  agents,  or  employees,   such powers and duties as it may deem proper. The corporate existence of   such  authority  shall  continue until its liabilities have been met and   its bonds have been paid in full. Upon ceasing to exist, all its  rights   and property shall pass to the county of Suffolk.2.  Neither  the  public  service  commission  nor  any other board or   commission of like character, shall have jurisdiction over the authority   in the management and control of its properties  or  operations  or  any   power  over  the  regulation  of rates fixed or charges collected by the   authority.3. It is hereby determined and declared that  the  authority  and  the   carrying  out of its powers, purposes and duties are in all respects for   the benefit of the people of the county of Suffolk and the state of  New   York,  for  the  improvement of their health, welfare and prosperity and   that the said purposes are public purposes and that the authority is and   will be performing an essential governmental function in the exercise of   the powers conferred upon it by this title.