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NY Pub Auth L § 1216 (2021)
2021 New York Laws PBA - Public Authorities Article 5 - Public Utility Authorities Title 9 - New York City Transit Authority 1216 - Exemption From Taxation and Fees.

§  1216.  Exemption  from  taxation  and  fees.  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, and property leased by the authority and used for any   of its authorized purposes shall 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, 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   and  notes  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 and notes 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.
NY Pub Auth L § 1217 (2021)
2021 New York Laws PBA - Public Authorities Article 5 - Public Utility Authorities Title 9 - New York City Transit Authority 1217 - Records; Prima Facie Evidence.

§  1217.  Records; prima facie evidence. The record of the proceedings   of the authority and of the board of  transportation,  the  records  and   printed  minutes  of  the  transit  commission,  of  the  former transit   construction commissioner, of the former public service  commission  for   the  first  district,  and of the former board of rapid transit railroad   commissioners,  transferred  to  the  authority,  or  certified   copies   thereof,  shall  be  prima  facie  evidence  of  the  proceedings of the   authority, of the board of transportation, of the transit commission, of   the former transit  construction  commissioner,  of  the  former  public   service  commission  for  the  first district, or of the former board of   rapid transit railroad commissioners, as the case may be, in respect  to   matters  concerning  which  such  records  or  minutes relate. Certified   copies of such records or papers shall in like manner  constitute  prima   facie evidence.
NY Pub Auth L § 1218 (2021)
2021 New York Laws PBA - Public Authorities Article 5 - Public Utility Authorities Title 9 - New York City Transit Authority 1218 - Pending Actions and Proceedings.

§ 1218. Pending actions and proceedings. 1. Provision shall be made in   the  agreement described in section eighteen hundred three of this title   for the assumption by the city of the payment  of  judgments  or  claims   based  upon  a  cause of action arising prior to the date of transfer of   transit facilities.2. This title shall not affect any action or proceeding brought by  or   against  the  board of transportation, transit commission, or the former   transit construction commissioner, public  service  commission  for  the   first  district,  or  the board of rapid transit railroad commissioners,   and, upon application by the authority to the court, the authority shall   be substituted as a party in such pending action or proceeding and  such   action  or  proceeding  may be prosecuted or defended in the name of the   authority.  Any  investigation,  examination  or   hearing   undertaken,   commenced   or  instituted  by  the  board  of  transportation,  transit   commission or the former transit construction commissioner or the public   service commission for the first district or the board of rapid  transit   railroad  commissioners  before  the  time  this title takes effect, and   relating to a subject or matter, jurisdiction whereof  was  conveyed  to   the authority, may be conducted to final determination by the authority.
NY Pub Auth L § 1219 (2021)
2021 New York Laws PBA - Public Authorities Article 5 - Public Utility Authorities Title 9 - New York City Transit Authority 1219 - Continuity of Jurisdiction.

§  1219. Continuity of jurisdiction. The authority shall be deemed and   held  to  constitute  a  continuation,  as   to   matters   within   its   jurisdiction,  of  the  board  of  transportation  for  the  purpose  of   succession to the rights, powers, duties and obligations of the board of   transportation transferred to such authority. Upon  the  termination  of   the agreement of transfer provided for in section eighteen hundred three   of  this  title or of any renewal thereof, all the rights and properties   of the authority shall pass to the city and the city  shall  succeed  to   the rights, powers, duties and obligations of the authority.
NY Pub Auth L § 1220 (2021)
2021 New York Laws PBA - Public Authorities Article 5 - Public Utility Authorities Title 9 - New York City Transit Authority 1220 - Separability.

§  1220.  Separability.  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 § 1221 (2021)
2021 New York Laws PBA - Public Authorities Article 5 - Public Utility Authorities Title 9 - New York City Transit Authority 1221 - Inconsistent Provisions in Other Acts Superseded.

§ 1221. Inconsistent provisions in other acts superseded. In so far as   the provisions of this title are inconsistent with the provisions of any   other  act,  general  or  special,  or of any local law of the city, the   provisions of this title shall be controlling.
NY Pub Auth L § 1225-A (2021)
2021 New York Laws PBA - Public Authorities Article 5 - Public Utility Authorities Title 9-A - Transit Construction Fund 1225-A - Short Title.

§  1225-a.  Short  title.  This  title  may  be  cited  as the transit   construction fund act.
NY Pub Auth L § 1225-B (2021)
2021 New York Laws PBA - Public Authorities Article 5 - Public Utility Authorities Title 9-A - Transit Construction Fund 1225-B - Definitions.

§ 1225-b. Definitions. For the purposes of this title:1. "City" means the city of New York.2.   "Director  of  management  and  budget"  means  the  director  of   management and budget of the city of New York.3. "Fund" means the transit construction fund as established  by  this   title.4. "Mayor" means the mayor of the city of New York.5. "State" means the state of New York.6.  "Transit  authority"  means  the  New  York city transit authority   created by section twelve hundred one of this article.7. "Transit facility" means "transit facility" as such term is defined   from time to time in section twelve hundred of this article.8. "Transportation authority" means  the  metropolitan  transportation   authority,  as  created  by  section  twelve hundred sixty-three of this   article.
NY Pub Auth L § 1225-C (2021)
2021 New York Laws PBA - Public Authorities Article 5 - Public Utility Authorities Title 9-A - Transit Construction Fund 1225-C - Transit Construction Fund.

§  1225-c.  Transit construction fund. (a) There is hereby created the transit construction fund. The fund is a corporate  governmental  agency constituting  a  public  benefit  corporation.  It  has  the  powers and privileges of a corporation and all of its business shall be transacted, all funds invested, all warrants for money drawn and payments made,  and all  cash  and  securities  and  other  personal property held under its corporate name.  (b) The fund shall continue until all its liabilities have been met or otherwise discharged and until its existence shall have been  terminated by  law.  Upon  the termination of the existence of the fund, all of its rights and property shall pass to and be vested in the city.
NY Pub Auth L § 1225-D (2021)
2021 New York Laws PBA - Public Authorities Article 5 - Public Utility Authorities Title 9-A - Transit Construction Fund 1225-D - Purpose of the Fund.

§  1225-d.  Purpose  of  the fund. The purpose of the fund shall be to   provide through agreements with  the  transportation  authority  transit   facilities,  to  be  used  by  the  transit authority or any subsidiary,   including the planning, design,  construction,  acquisition,  extension,   reconstruction,  rehabilitation, modernization, and other improvement of   such facilities. Such purpose shall be in  all  respects  a  public  and   governmental purpose.
NY Pub Auth L § 1225-F (2021)
2021 New York Laws PBA - Public Authorities Article 5 - Public Utility Authorities Title 9-A - Transit Construction Fund 1225-F - General Powers of the Fund.

§  1225-f.  General  powers  of  the  fund.  The  fund  shall have the   following powers in addition to those specially conferred  elsewhere  in   this  title:  (1)  to  sue and be sued; (2) to have a seal and alter the   same at its pleasure; (3) to make and alter by-laws for its organization   and internal management; (4) to prescribe a system of accounts  for  the   fund;  (5)  to  purchase,  receive,  lease,  accept jurisdiction over or   otherwise acquire real or personal property necessary and convenient for   its corporate purposes; to execute and deliver deeds for  real  property   held in its own name; and to transfer, lease, sublease or otherwise make   such real or personal property available to the transportation authority   or  the  transit authority or their subsidiaries or to sell or otherwise   to dispose of such real or personal property that, in  the  judgment  of   the fund, is no longer necessary for its corporate purposes; (6) subject   to  other  provisions of law, to transfer upon such terms and conditions   as is deemed appropriate such sums of money  as  are  not  required  for   other purposes; (7) to make and execute contracts, leases, subleases and   all  other  instruments  or  agreements  necessary or convenient for the   exercise of its corporate powers and purposes; (8) with the  consent  of   the  transportation  authority  or  the transit authority to use with or   without compensation the  agents,  employees  and  facilities  of  those   authorities  or  their  subsidiaries;  (9)  to  engage  the  services of   construction,   engineering,   architectural,   legal   and    financial   consultants,  surveyors  and  appraisers,  on  a  contract  basis  or as   employees, for professional service and technical assistance and advice;   (10) to cause, by agreement with the transportation  authority,  transit   facilities  to  be  planned,  designed, constructed, acquired, extended,   reconstructed, rehabilitated, modernized,  and  otherwise  improved,  in   accordance  with  the  provisions  of  this  title; (11) to procure such   insurance as  is  deemed  necessary;  (12)  to  accept,  administer  and   disburse  federal  and  state  aid  and  (13)  to  do any and all things   necessary or convenient to carry out its corporate powers and purposes.
NY Pub Auth L § 1225-H (2021)
2021 New York Laws PBA - Public Authorities Article 5 - Public Utility Authorities Title 9-A - Transit Construction Fund 1225-H - Resources of the Fund.

§ 1225-h. Resources of the fund. (a) Subject to the provisions of this title   the   trustees  of  the  fund  shall  receive,  accept,  invest, administer, expend and disburse for its corporate  purposes  all  monies for the transit construction fund from whatever sources derived.  (b)  The  monies  of  the fund shall be paid to the comptroller of the city as agent of the fund, who shall not commingle such monies with  any other monies.  (c)  The  monies  in  any  of the fund's accounts shall be paid out on checks signed by the comptroller of the  city  on  requisitions  of  the chairman  of  the  trustees  of  the  fund  or  of such other officer or employee as the trustees shall authorize to make such requisition.  (d) Subject  to  the  terms  of  any  lease,  sublease,  or  agreement undertaken  by  the  fund,  any such monies of the fund not required for immediate use may, at  the  discretion  of  the  fund,  be  invested  in obligations  of  the  United  States,  the  state  or  the  city  or  in obligations the principal and interest of which are  guaranteed  by  the United  States  or  the  state or for the payment of which the faith and credit of the United States or the state is pledged.  The comptroller of the city, as agent of the fund,  shall  make  the  investments  when  so requested by the fund.  (e)   The   comptroller   of   the  city  or  his  legally  authorized representative from time to time may examine the books and  accounts  of the  fund,  including  its receipts, disbursements, contracts, reserves, investments, and any other matters relating to its  financial  standing. Such an examination shall be conducted by the comptroller of the city at least  once  every  five  years  or, in lieu of such an examination, the comptroller of the city may accept from the fund an external examination of the fund's books and accounts made at the request of the trustees  of the fund.
NY Pub Auth L § 1225-J (2021)
2021 New York Laws PBA - Public Authorities Article 5 - Public Utility Authorities Title 9-A - Transit Construction Fund 1225-J - Federal, State and Other Aid.

§  1225-j.  Federal, state and other aid. Subject to the provisions of   chapter ten hundred  seventy-three  of  the  laws  of  nineteen  hundred   sixty-nine  as  amended  by  a  chapter  of the laws of nineteen hundred   seventy-two, in the event that  the  transportation  authority  receives   state  or  federal  or other aid for a transit facility which defrays or   reimburses expenditures paid for by the city or the fund or made out  of   the  proceeds  of bonds or notes of the transportation authority secured   by and payable from rental or other payments receivable from  the  fund,   the  transportation  authority  shall forthwith pay over to the city the   entire amount of such aid unless a lease or other agreement between  the   fund and the transportation authority shall provide otherwise.For  the purposes of any law conditioning the receipt of state aid for   a transit facility on the appropriation, payment or expenditures by  the   city of a local share of the cost of such transit facility, the proceeds   of  bonds or notes issued by the transportation authority and secured by   and payable from a pledge of payments or  rentals  receivable  from  the   fund  pursuant  to any lease or other agreement between the fund and the   transportation authority shall be counted toward the fulfillment of such   local share.
NY Pub Auth L § 1225-K (2021)
2021 New York Laws PBA - Public Authorities Article 5 - Public Utility Authorities Title 9-A - Transit Construction Fund 1225-K - Title to Property.

§  1225-k.  Title to property. Title to any transit facility leased to   the fund by the transportation authority pursuant to this  title  shall,   on the expiration or termination of such lease, vest in the city.
NY Pub Auth L § 1225-L (2021)
2021 New York Laws PBA - Public Authorities Article 5 - Public Utility Authorities Title 9-A - Transit Construction Fund 1225-L - Employees of the Fund.

§  1225-l.  Employees of the fund. 1. Notwithstanding any inconsistent   provisions of this title, the appointment and promotion of all employees   of and for the fund shall be made in accordance with the  provisions  of   the  civil  service law under the jurisdiction of the city civil service   commission and the compensation for such employees shall be fixed by the   fund.2. The city and the fund shall have  the  power  to  provide  for  the   transfer  to the fund of agents, employees and facilities of the city to   enable the fund to fulfill its corporate purposes. Employees of the city   to be transferred to the fund pursuant to this title shall  be  eligible   for  such  transfer and appointment to offices and positions of the fund   without further examination,  and  all  such  employees  who  have  been   appointed to positions in city service in accordance with the provisions   of  the  civil  service  law  under  the rules of the city civil service   commission shall have the  same  status  with  respect  thereto  in  the   service  of  the  fund  as  they  had in city service. Employees who are   members or beneficiaries of any existing pension  or  retirement  system   shall  continue  to  have such rights, privileges, obligations or status   with respect to such system or systems as are prescribed by law  on  the   date  this  title  takes  effect,  and  all such employees who have been   appointed to positions in city service in accordance with the provisions   of the civil service law under the  rules  of  the  city  civil  service   commission  shall  have  the  same  status  with  respect thereto in the   service of the fund as they had in city service.
NY Pub Auth L § 1225-M (2021)
2021 New York Laws PBA - Public Authorities Article 5 - Public Utility Authorities Title 9-A - Transit Construction Fund 1225-M - Actions Against Fund.

§  1225-m.  Actions  against  fund. (a) An action against the fund for personal injury or property damage or founded on tort, except an  action for wrongful death, shall not be commenced more than one year and ninety days  after  the cause of action thereof shall have accrued nor unless a notice of claim shall have been served on  a  trustee  of  the  fund  or officer  or  employee  thereof  designated by the fund for such purpose, within the time limited by, and in compliance with the  requirements  of section fifty-e of the general municipal law. An action against the fund 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.  (b)  The  venue  of  every  action, suit or special proceeding brought against the fund shall be laid in the county of New York.  (c) Neither any trustee of the fund  nor  any  officer,  employee,  or agent  of  the  fund,  while acting within the scope of their authority, shall be subject to any personal liability resulting from exercising  or carrying out of any of the fund's purposes or powers.
NY Pub Auth L § 1225-N (2021)
2021 New York Laws PBA - Public Authorities Article 5 - Public Utility Authorities Title 9-A - Transit Construction Fund 1225-N - Assistance to the Fund.

§ 1225-n. Assistance to the fund. The city may make grants of money or   property  to  the  fund  for the purpose of enabling it to carry out its   public purposes and for the exercise of its powers. This  section  shall   not be construed to limit any other power the city may have to make such   grants to the fund.
NY Pub Auth L § 1225-O (2021)
2021 New York Laws PBA - Public Authorities Article 5 - Public Utility Authorities Title 9-A - Transit Construction Fund 1225-O - Corporation Counsel to Be Attorney.

§  1225-o. Corporation counsel to be attorney. The corporation counsel   of the city shall be attorney and counsel for the fund.
NY Pub Auth L § 1225-P (2021)
2021 New York Laws PBA - Public Authorities Article 5 - Public Utility Authorities Title 9-A - Transit Construction Fund 1225-P - Exemption From Taxation.

§ 1225-p. Exemption from taxation. The monies and property of the fund   and its operation shall be exempt from taxation.
NY Pub Auth L § 1225-Q (2021)
2021 New York Laws PBA - Public Authorities Article 5 - Public Utility Authorities Title 9-A - Transit Construction Fund 1225-Q - Construction.

§  1225-q. Construction. It is the intent of the Legislature that this   title be  construed  liberally  so  as  to  effectuate  the  public  and   governmental purpose thereof.
NY Pub Auth L § 1226-A (2021)
2021 New York Laws PBA - Public Authorities Article 5 - Public Utility Authorities Title 10 - Upper Mohawk Valley Regional Water Finance Authority 1226-A - Short Title.

§  1226-a.  Short title. This title shall be known and may be cited as   the "upper Mohawk valley regional water finance authority act."
NY Pub Auth L § 1226-K (2021)
2021 New York Laws PBA - Public Authorities Article 5 - Public Utility Authorities Title 10 - Upper Mohawk Valley Regional Water Finance Authority 1226-K - Transfer of Officers and Employees.

§  1226-k.  Transfer  of officers and employees. 1. In accordance with   the provisions of section seventy of the civil service law, any  officer   or  employee  of  the  board of water supply, may, at the request of the   authority and with the consent of such  board,  be  transferred  to  the   authority  and  shall  be  eligible  for  such transfer and appointment,   without  further  examination,  to  applicable  offices,  positions  and   employment  under  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.2.  A  transferred  employee  shall  remain  in  the  same  collective   bargaining  unit as was the case prior to his or her transfer; successor   employees to the positions held by  such  transferred  employees  shall,   consistent  with the provisions of article fourteen of the civil service   law, be included in the  same  unit  as  their  predecessors.  Employees   serving  in  positions  in newly created titles shall be assigned to the   same collective bargaining unit as they would have been assigned to such   unit were  such  titles  created  prior  to  the  establishment  of  the   authority.  Nothing  contained  in  this title shall be construed (a) to   diminish the rights of employees pursuant  to  a  collective  bargaining   agreement  or  (b) to affect existing law with respect to an application   to the public employment relations board seeking a  designation  by  the   board that certain persons are managerial or confidential.
NY Pub Auth L § 1226-N (2021)
2021 New York Laws PBA - Public Authorities Article 5 - Public Utility Authorities Title 10 - Upper Mohawk Valley Regional Water Finance Authority 1226-N - State, Water Board or Municipality, Other Than the Authority, Not Liable on Authority Bonds.

§   1226-n.  State,  water  board  or  municipality,  other  than  the   authority, not liable on authority bonds. Neither the state,  the  water   board nor any municipality, other than the authority, shall be liable on   the  bonds of the authority and such bonds shall not be a debt of either   the state, the water board or any municipality, and each such bond shall   contain, on the face thereof, a statement to such effect.