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NY Pub Auth L § 1020-L-2 (2021)
2021 New York Laws PBA - Public Authorities Article 5 - Public Utility Authorities Title 1-A* - Green Island Power Authority 1020-L*2 - Bonds Legal Investments for Fiduciaries.

* §  1020-l.  Bonds  legal  investments for fiduciaries. The bonds 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, and 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 are also hereby made securities   which may be deposited with and may 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.* NB There are 2 § 1020-l's
NY Pub Auth L § 1020-M-2 (2021)
2021 New York Laws PBA - Public Authorities Article 5 - Public Utility Authorities Title 1-A* - Green Island Power Authority 1020-M*2 - Exemption From Taxes.

* §  1020-m. Exemption from taxes. 1. It is hereby determined that the   creation of the authority and the carrying out of its corporate purposes   is in all respects for the benefit of the people of the village and  its   environs,  and  is a public purpose, and the authority shall be regarded   as performing a governmental function in  the  exercise  of  the  powers   conferred  upon  it  by  this title and shall not be required to pay any   taxes, special ad valorem levies or special assessments upon any of  the   properties  acquired  by  it  or  under  its  jurisdiction or control or   supervision or upon its activities or any filing, recording or  transfer   fees  or taxes in relation to instruments filed, recorded or transferred   by it or on its behalf.2. Any bonds issued pursuant to this title, together with  the  income   therefrom,  shall be exempt from taxation except for estate and transfer   taxes. The revenues, moneys and all other properties  of  the  authority   shall be exempt from all taxes and governmental fees or charges, whether   imposed  by  the state or any municipality, including without limitation   real estate taxes, franchise taxes, sales taxes or other excise taxes.* NB There are 2 § 1020-m's
NY Pub Auth L § 1020-N-2 (2021)
2021 New York Laws PBA - Public Authorities Article 5 - Public Utility Authorities Title 1-A* - Green Island Power Authority 1020-N*2 - Tax Contract by the State.

* §  1020-n.  Tax  contract by the state. The state covenants with the   purchasers and with all subsequent holders and transferees of  bonds  or   notes  issued  by the authority pursuant to this title, in consideration   of the acceptance of and payment for the bonds that  the  bonds  of  the   authority  issued  pursuant to this title and the income therefrom shall   be exempt from such taxation,  as  aforestated  in  subdivision  two  of   section  one  thousand  twenty-m  of  this article, and that all moneys,   funds and revenues pledged to pay or secure the payment  of  such  bonds   shall  at  all  times  be free from such taxation as aforestated in such   subdivision.* NB There are 2 § 1020-n's
NY Pub Auth L § 1020-O-2 (2021)
2021 New York Laws PBA - Public Authorities Article 5 - Public Utility Authorities Title 1-A* - Green Island Power Authority 1020-O*2 - Payments by Municipalities.

* §  1020-o.  Payments by municipalities. The board of trustees of the   village and the governing body of any municipality in which  surplus  of   the  authority is sold pursuant to section one thousand twenty-f of this   title are authorized to make payments to the authority for its  support.   It  is hereby determined that such payments are for a public purpose for   the benefit of the people of such village and such municipalities.* NB There are 2 § 1020-o's
NY Pub Auth L § 1020-P-2 (2021)
2021 New York Laws PBA - Public Authorities Article 5 - Public Utility Authorities Title 1-A* - Green Island Power Authority 1020-P*2 - Duty of Authority to Maintain and Operate.

* § 1020-p. Duty of authority to maintain and operate. It shall be the   duty  of  the  authority,  subject  to  any  limitation on the amount of   revenues to be expended for such purpose, to maintain  and  operate  and   where necessary to reconstruct its properties.* NB There are 2 § 1020-p's
NY Pub Auth L § 1020-Q-2 (2021)
2021 New York Laws PBA - Public Authorities Article 5 - Public Utility Authorities Title 1-A* - Green Island Power Authority 1020-Q*2 - Transfer of Officers and Employees.

* §  1020-q. Transfer of officers and employees. Any public officer or   employee under civil service, selected by the authority  may,  with  the   consent  of  the  commission, board or department by which he or she has   been employed, be transferred to the authority and shall be eligible for   such transfer and appointment without examination to comparable offices,   positions and employment under the authority. The salary or compensation   of any such officer or employee shall after such transfer be paid by the   authority. But notwithstanding the provisions of this  title,  any  such   officers  or  employees so transferred to the authority, pursuant to the   provisions of this section, who are members of  or  beneficiaries  under   any  existing  pension  or retirement system, shall continue to have all   rights, privileges, obligations and status with respect  to  such  fund,   system or systems as are now prescribed by law, but during the period of   their  employment  by the authority, all contributions to any pension or   retirement fund or system to be paid by the employer on account of  such   officers  or  employees,  shall  be  paid by the authority; and all such   officers and employees who have been appointed to  positions  under  the   rules  and classifications of the civil service commission of the county   of Albany shall have the same status with respect thereto after transfer   to the authority as they had under their original  appointments.  It  is   hereby declared that in the interest of efficiency and insofar as may be   practicable,  all  employees engaged in the operation of any property or   properties, except in an executive capacity, at the time  such  property   or properties shall have been acquired by the authority, pursuant to the   provisions  of  this title, shall become the employees of the authority.   The appointment and promotion of all employees of the authority shall be   made in accordance with the provisions of the civil service law and such   rules as the civil service commission of the county of Albany may  adopt   and make applicable to such authority.* NB There are 2 § 1020-q's
NY Pub Auth L § 1020-R-2 (2021)
2021 New York Laws PBA - Public Authorities Article 5 - Public Utility Authorities Title 1-A* - Green Island Power Authority 1020-R*2 - Officers and Employees Not to Be Interested in Transactions.

* §   1020-r.   Officers   and  employees  not  to  be  interested  in   transactions.  It shall be a misdemeanor for any of the members  of  the   authority,  or any officer, agent, servant or employee thereof, employed   or appointed by them to be in any way or manner interested  directly  or   indirectly  in  the furnishing of work, materials, supplies or labor, or   in any contract therefor which the authority is empowered by this  title   to make.* NB There are 2 § 1020-r's
NY Pub Auth L § 1020-T-2 (2021)
2021 New York Laws PBA - Public Authorities Article 5 - Public Utility Authorities Title 1-A* - Green Island Power Authority 1020-T*2 - Audit.

* §  1020-t.  Audit. The accounts of the authority shall be subject to   the supervision of the comptroller.* NB There are 2 § 1020-t's
NY Pub Auth L § 1020-U-2 (2021)
2021 New York Laws PBA - Public Authorities Article 5 - Public Utility Authorities Title 1-A* - Green Island Power Authority 1020-U*2 - Actions Against Authority.

* §  1020-u.  Actions against authority. 1. In any action founded upon   tort a notice of claim shall be required as a condition precedent to the   commencement of an action or special proceeding against the authority or   any officer, appointee, agent or employee thereof, and the provisions of   section fifty-e of the general municipal law shall govern the giving  of   such  notice.  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.2.  Except  in  an  action  for  wrongful death, an action against the   authority founded on tort shall not be commenced more than one year  and   ninety  days  after  the cause of action therefor shall have accrued. 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.* NB There are 2 § 1020-u's
NY Pub Auth L § 1020-V-2 (2021)
2021 New York Laws PBA - Public Authorities Article 5 - Public Utility Authorities Title 1-A* - Green Island Power Authority 1020-V*2 - Separability Clause.

* §  1020-v.  Separability clause. If any section, clause or provision   of this title shall be held by a competent court to be  unconstitutional   or ineffective in whole or in part, in its terms or in its operation, 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.* NB There are 2 § 1020-v's
NY Pub Auth L § 1020-W-2 (2021)
2021 New York Laws PBA - Public Authorities Article 5 - Public Utility Authorities Title 1-A* - Green Island Power Authority 1020-W*2 - Inconsistent Provisions in Other Acts Superseded.

* §  1020-w. 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.* NB There are 2 § 1020-w's
NY Pub Auth L § 1021 (2021)
2021 New York Laws PBA - Public Authorities Article 5 - Public Utility Authorities Title 1-B - North Country Power Authority 1021 - Short Title.

§ 1021. Short title. This title shall be known and may be cited as the   "North Country power authority act".
NY Pub Auth L § 1021-F (2021)
2021 New York Laws PBA - Public Authorities Article 5 - Public Utility Authorities Title 1-B - North Country Power Authority 1021-F - Conflicts of Interest.

§  1021-f.  Conflicts  of  interest.  Eligibility for appointment as a   director, officer or employee of the authority shall be subject  to  the   provisions  of section twenty-eight hundred twenty-five of this chapter.   In addition to the requirements of such section:1. If any director, officer or employee of the authority shall have an   interest, either direct or  indirect,  in  any  contract  to  which  the   authority  is  or  is to be a party, such interest shall be disclosed to   the authority in writing and shall be set forth in the  minutes  of  the   authority.  The director, officer or employee having such interest shall   not participate in any action by the  authority  with  respect  to  such   contract.2.  No  director, officer or employee of the authority shall be deemed   to have such an interest solely  by  reason  of  the  ownership  of  two   percent  or less of the securities of a corporation which is or is to be   a party to a contract with the authority, including  without  limitation   the holding company of any banking institution in which the funds of the   authority are, or are to be deposited, or which is or is to be acting as   trustee  or  paying  agent  under  any  bond  or  note resolution, trust   indenture or similar instrument to which the authority is a party.3. Nothing in this section shall be deemed or construed to  limit  the   right  of  any director, officer or employee of the authority to acquire   an interest in the securities of the authority.
NY Pub Auth L § 1021-G (2021)
2021 New York Laws PBA - Public Authorities Article 5 - Public Utility Authorities Title 1-B - North Country Power Authority 1021-G - Sale of Surplus Power.

§ 1021-g. Sale of surplus power. Whenever any electric power which the   authority  may  acquire  creates  a  surplus over the amount of electric   power required by the residents of the service area, the  authority  may   sell  such  surplus in territory outside the service area to persons, or   public or private corporations. In acquiring any  facility  or  property   which  also  serves  any  municipality  or territory outside the service   area, the authority, if it deems it advantageous and  economical  so  to   do,  may, with the consent of the directors, serve any such municipality   or territory or sell electric power to persons,  or  public  or  private   corporations in such territory or to such municipality.
NY Pub Auth L § 1021-H (2021)
2021 New York Laws PBA - Public Authorities Article 5 - Public Utility Authorities Title 1-B - North Country Power Authority 1021-H - Audit and Annual Reports.

§  1021-h.  Audit and annual reports. 1. The accounts of the authority   shall be subject to the supervision of the  comptroller  and  an  annual   audit  shall  be performed by an independent certified public accountant   selected  by  the  directors  and  shall  be  made  available   to   the   municipalities served by the NCPA and to the public.2. The authority shall submit a detailed annual report pursuant to and   as specified in section twenty-eight hundred of this chapter, and a copy   of such report shall be filed with the county executives of the counties   of Franklin and St. Lawrence, and with the mayors and supervisors of the   municipalities  within  the  service area and shall be made available to   the municipalities served by the NCPA and to the public. Nothing in this   section shall be deemed  to  exempt  the  authority  from  any  rule  or   regulation, including public authorities law.
NY Pub Auth L § 1021-J (2021)
2021 New York Laws PBA - Public Authorities Article 5 - Public Utility Authorities Title 1-B - North Country Power Authority 1021-J - State and Municipalities Not Liable on Bonds or Notes or Other Obligations.

§  1021-j.  State  and  municipalities not liable on bonds or notes or   other obligations. The securities of the authority shall not be  a  debt   of  the  state  or  of  any  municipality, and neither the state nor any   municipality shall be liable thereon. The authority shall not  have  the   power to pledge or restrict the credit, the revenues or the taxing power   of  the  state  or  of  any  municipality,  and  neither the credit, the   revenues nor the taxing power of the state or of any municipality  shall   be  or shall be deemed to be pledged to the payment of any securities of   the authority. Each evidence of indebtedness of the authority, including   the securities of the authority, shall  contain  a  clear  and  explicit   statement  of  the  provisions  of this section. Nothing in this article   shall be deemed to obligate the state or any municipality  to  make  any   payments  or impose any taxes to satisfy the debt service obligations of   the authority.
NY Pub Auth L § 1021-K (2021)
2021 New York Laws PBA - Public Authorities Article 5 - Public Utility Authorities Title 1-B - North Country Power Authority 1021-K - Agreement of the State.

§  1021-k. Agreement of the state. The state does hereby pledge to and   agree with the holders of any bonds, notes or other  obligations  issued   by  the  authority  under  this  title, that the state will not limit or   alter the rights hereby vested in the authority to establish and collect   the revenues and other charges referred to in this title and to  fulfill   the  terms of any agreements made with or for the benefit of the holders   of the securities, or in any way impair the rights and remedies  of  the   bondholders  until  such  securities  are  fully met and discharged. The   authority is authorized to include this  pledge  of  the  state  in  all   agreements  by the authority with the holders of its securities. Nothing   contained in this article shall be deemed to restrict any right  of  the   state  or  municipality  to  amend,  modify,  repeal  or otherwise alter   statutes imposing or  relating  to  taxes  or  fees,  or  appropriations   relating thereto. The authority shall not include within any resolution,   contract  or  agreement  with  holders  of  the  bonds,  notes  or other   obligations issued under this article any provision which provides  that   a  default  occurs  as  a  result  of  the  state  or  of a municipality   exercising its right to amend, modify, or repeal or otherwise alter  any   statute  imposing or relating to taxes, fees, or appropriations relating   thereto.
NY Pub Auth L § 1021-L (2021)
2021 New York Laws PBA - Public Authorities Article 5 - Public Utility Authorities Title 1-B - North Country Power Authority 1021-L - Exemption of the Authority From Taxation.

§  1021-l.  Exemption  of the authority from taxation. 1. It is hereby   found and declared that the operation of the authority is primarily  for   the  benefit of the people of the participating municipalities, counties   and the  state,  for  the  improvement  of  their  health,  welfare  and   prosperity, and is a public purpose, and the authority shall be regarded   as  performing  an  essential  governmental function in carrying out the   provisions of this title.2. The authority shall be required to pay  no  taxes  nor  assessments   upon  any  of  the  property  acquired  or  controlled by it or upon its   activities in the operation  and  maintenance  thereof  or  upon  income   derived  therefrom,  provided  that  nothing  herein  shall  prevent the   authority from entering into agreements to  make  payments  in  lieu  of   taxes.3.   The   authority   shall   make  payments  in  lieu  of  taxes  to   municipalities and school districts equal to the taxes  and  assessments   which would have been received from year to year by such jurisdiction.4.  The  authority shall also make payments in lieu of taxes for those   taxes which would  otherwise  be  imposed  upon  a  utility  corporation   pursuant to: (a) section one hundred eighty-six-a and former section one   hundred  eighty-six  of  the  tax law as such sections were in effect on   December thirty-first,  nineteen  hundred  ninety-nine;  (b)  any  taxes   imposed  by  a  city within the authority's service area pursuant to the   authorization granted by section twenty-b of the general city  law;  and   (c)  any  taxes imposed by a village within the authority's service area   pursuant to authorization granted by section 5-530 of the village law.5. Notwithstanding the exemption in subdivision two of  this  section,   the  authority shall also be subject to the assessments imposed pursuant   to section eighteen-a of the public service law.6. The securities issued by the authority, and  the  income  therefrom   shall,  at  all times, be free from taxation, except for estate and gift   taxes.7. Nothing in this  article  shall  relieve  the  authority  from  its   obligations  to  register for sales tax purposes, collect state or local   sales and compensating use taxes imposed by or pursuant to the authority   of articles twenty-eight and twenty-nine of the tax law,  and  otherwise   comply with those articles on its sale of property or services.
NY Pub Auth L § 1021-M (2021)
2021 New York Laws PBA - Public Authorities Article 5 - Public Utility Authorities Title 1-B - North Country Power Authority 1021-M - Actions Against the Authority.

§  1021-m.  Actions  against  the  authority.  1.  Any action, suit or   proceeding to which the authority may be a party in which  any  question   arises  as  to  the  validity of this title or the valuation of stock or   assets acquired by the authority by the exercise of the power of eminent   domain shall be preferred over all other civil causes in all  courts  of   the state, except election matters, and shall be heard and determined in   preference  to all other civil business pending therein, except election   matters, irrespective of position on the calendar. The  same  preference   shall  be  granted  upon  application of counsel to the authority in any   action or proceeding questioning the  validity  of  this  title  or  the   valuation  of  stock or assets acquired by the authority by the exercise   of the power of eminent domain in which such counsel may be  allowed  to   intervene.  The  venue of any such action or proceeding shall be laid in   the supreme court pursuant to article five of the civil practice law and   rules.2. In the event any party shall appeal an award  of  compensation  for   the  taking by the authority of stock or assets, such party shall post a   bond in such amount, if any, as the supreme court shall deem appropriate   to adequately protect the interests of the other  party  under  all  the   circumstances.3.  An action against the authority founded on tort shall be commenced   in compliance with all  the  requirements  of  section  fifty-e  of  the   general  municipal  law, except that an action against the authority for   wrongful death shall be commenced in accordance with the  provisions  of   title  eleven  of  article nine of this chapter. 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.
NY Pub Auth L § 1021-N (2021)
2021 New York Laws PBA - Public Authorities Article 5 - Public Utility Authorities Title 1-B - North Country Power Authority 1021-N - Equal Employment Opportunity.

§  1021-n. Equal employment opportunity. All contracts entered into by   the authority  pursuant  to  this  title  of  whatever  nature  and  all   documents  soliciting  bids  or proposals therefor shall contain or make   reference to the following provision:The contractor shall not discriminate against employees or  applicants   for employment because of race, creed, color, national origin, sex, age,   disability  or  marital  status, and will undertake or continue existing   programs of affirmative action to ensure that minority group persons and   women  are  afforded  equal  opportunity  without  discrimination.  Such   programs  shall include, but not be limited to, recruitment, employment,   job  assignment,  promotion,  upgrading,  demotion,  transfer,   layoff,   termination,  rates of pay or other forms of compensation, and selection   for training and retraining,  including  apprenticeship  and  on-the-job   training.