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NY Pub Auth L § 2050-FF (2021)
2021 New York Laws PBA - Public Authorities Article 8 - Miscellaneous Authorities Title 13-H - Eastern Rensselaer County Solid Waste Management Authority 2050-FF - Governmental Capacity of the Authority and Municipalities.

§  2050-ff. Governmental capacity of the authority and municipalities.   The towns, other municipalities within the area  of  operation  and  the   authority, in carrying out their respective powers and duties under this   title,  shall  be  deemed  to  be acting in a governmental capacity. The   construction, operation and maintenance of any project financed in whole   or in part by the authority shall be deemed to be the performance of  an   essential   governmental   function  by  the  authority  acting  in  its   governmental capacity, whether such project shall be owned  or  operated   by the authority or by any person or other public corporation.
NY Pub Auth L § 2050-GG (2021)
2021 New York Laws PBA - Public Authorities Article 8 - Miscellaneous Authorities Title 13-H - Eastern Rensselaer County Solid Waste Management Authority 2050-GG - Transfer of Officers and Employees.

§  2050-gg.  Transfer  of  officers  and employees. In accordance with   section seventy of the civil service law, any officer or employee  of  a   participating  municipality  under  civil service who is selected by the   authority may, with the consent of the chief elected  official  of  such   municipality,  be transferred to the authority and shall be eligible for   such  transfer  and  appointment,  without  examination,  to  applicable   offices,  positions  and  employment  under the authority. The salary or   compensation of any such officer or employee, after such transfer, shall   be paid by 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 fund or   system shall be paid by the authority. All such officers or employees so   transferred to the authority who have been appointed to positions  under   the rules and classifications of the personnel officer of the applicable   participating  municipality  shall  have  the  same  status with respect   thereto after transfer to the authority as they had under their original   appointment.
NY Pub Auth L § 2050-JJ (2021)
2021 New York Laws PBA - Public Authorities Article 8 - Miscellaneous Authorities Title 13-H - Eastern Rensselaer County Solid Waste Management Authority 2050-JJ - State, Towns and Municipalities Not Liable on Authority Bonds.

§  2050-jj.  State,  towns  and municipalities not liable on authority   bonds. Neither the state, the towns nor any other municipality or public   corporation shall be liable on the bonds of the authority and such bonds   shall not be a debt of the state, the towns or any other municipality or   public corporation, and such bond shall contain on the face  thereof,  a   statement to such effect.
NY Pub Auth L § 2050-KK (2021)
2021 New York Laws PBA - Public Authorities Article 8 - Miscellaneous Authorities Title 13-H - Eastern Rensselaer County Solid Waste Management Authority 2050-KK - Moneys of the Authority.

§  2050-kk.  Moneys of the authority. All moneys of the authority from   whatever source derived shall be paid to the treasurer of the  authority   and  shall be deposited forthwith in interest bearing accounts in a bank   or banks in the state designated by the governing body.  The  moneys  in   such  accounts  shall  be  paid  out  on  check  of  the  treasurer upon   requisition by the governing body or of such other person or persons  as   the governing body may authorize to make such requisitions. All deposits   of such moneys shall be secured by obligations of the United States, the   state or of the towns of a market value equal at all times to the amount   on deposit and all banks and trust companies are authorized to give such   security   for   such  deposits.     The  authority  shall  have  power,   notwithstanding the provisions of this section,  to  contract  with  the   holders of any bonds as to the custody, collection, security, investment   and  payment  of any moneys of the authority or any moneys held in trust   or otherwise for the payment of bonds or in any way to secure bonds, and   carry out any such contract.  Moneys held in trust or otherwise for  the   payment  of  bonds  or  in  any way to secure bonds 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. Any moneys of the authority not  required  for  immediate   use or disbursement may, at the discretion of the authority, be invested   in  those  obligations  specified  pursuant to the provisions of section   ninety-eight-a of the state finance law. Subject to  the  provisions  of   any  contract with bondholders and with the approval of the comptroller,   the authority shall prescribe a system of accounts.
NY Pub Auth L § 2050-LL (2021)
2021 New York Laws PBA - Public Authorities Article 8 - Miscellaneous Authorities Title 13-H - Eastern Rensselaer County Solid Waste Management Authority 2050-LL - Bonds Legal Investment for Fiduciaries.

§  2050-ll.  Bonds  legal investment for fiduciaries. The bonds of the   authority are hereby made securities in which all public  officials  and   bodies  of the state and all municipalities, 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, 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 for any purposes for which the deposit of bonds or  other   obligations of this state is now or hereafter may be authorized.
NY Pub Auth L § 2050-MM (2021)
2021 New York Laws PBA - Public Authorities Article 8 - Miscellaneous Authorities Title 13-H - Eastern Rensselaer County Solid Waste Management Authority 2050-MM - Agreement With the State.

§  2050-mm.  Agreement with the state. The state does hereby pledge to   and agree with the holders of any bonds issued by the authority pursuant   to this title that the state will not alter or limit the  rights  hereby   vested  in  the  authority  to  purchase,  construct,  own  and operate,   maintain,  repair,  improve,  increase,  enlarge,  extend,  reconstruct,   renovate,  rehabilitate  or dispose of any project, or any part or parts   thereof, for which bonds of the authority shall  have  been  issued,  to   establish  and  collect rates, rents, fees and other charges referred to   in this title, to fulfill the terms of any agreement made  with  or  for   the  benefit  of  the holders of bonds or with any public corporation or   person with reference to such project or part thereof,  or  in  any  way   impair the rights and remedies of bondholders, until the bonds, together   with the interest thereon, including interest on any unpaid installments   of interest, and all costs and expenses in connection with any action or   proceeding  by  or  on  behalf  of  such  holders,  are  fully  met  and   discharged; provided, however, that this section shall not be  construed   to  limit  in  any  manner  the ability of the state to alter, amend, or   enforce  laws  or  regulations  to  protect  public   health   and   the   environment.  The  authority  is  authorized  to include this pledge and   agreement of the state in any agreement with bondholders.
NY Pub Auth L § 2050-NN (2021)
2021 New York Laws PBA - Public Authorities Article 8 - Miscellaneous Authorities Title 13-H - Eastern Rensselaer County Solid Waste Management Authority 2050-NN - Exemption From Taxes, Assessments and Certain Fees.

§  2050-nn.  Exemption from taxes, assessments and certain fees. 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  towns  and  the  state  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 or assessments upon any property owned by it   or  under  its  jurisdiction,  control  or  supervision  or   upon   its   activities,  income and operations, or any filing, recording or transfer   fees or taxes in relation to instruments filed, recorded or  transferred   by  it  or  on  its  behalf  provided, however, that the authority shall   annually pay a sum in lieu of taxes to each  of  the  municipalities  in   which  any  real property owned by or under its jurisdiction, control or   supervision of the authority are located in an amount equal to the taxes   and assessments which would have been levied upon such real property  in   an  unimproved state had such real property been owned by a person whose   real property is subject to taxation. The construction, use,  occupation   or  possession  of  any  property  owned  by the authority or the towns,   including improvements thereon, by  any  person  or  public  corporation   under  a  lease,  lease  and  sublease  or any other agreement shall not   operate to abrogate or limit the  foregoing  exemption,  notwithstanding   that  the  lessee,  user,  occupant  or person in possession shall claim   ownership for federal income tax purposes.  Mortgages made or  financed,   directly  or  indirectly,  by  the  authority  shall  be exempt from the   mortgage recording taxes imposed by article eleven of the tax law.2. Any bonds issued pursuant to this title together  with  the  income   therefrom  as well as the property of the authority shall be exempt from   taxes, except for transfer, and estate and gift taxes. The state  hereby   covenants  with  the  purchasers  and  with  all  subsequent holders and   transferees of bonds issued by the authority pursuant to this title,  in   consideration  of  the acceptance of any payment for the bonds, that the   bonds of the authority issued pursuant to  this  title  and  the  income   therefrom and all revenues, moneys, and other property pledged to secure   the  payment  of  such  bonds  shall at all times be free from taxation,   except for transfer, and estate and gift taxes.
NY Pub Auth L § 2050-OO (2021)
2021 New York Laws PBA - Public Authorities Article 8 - Miscellaneous Authorities Title 13-H - Eastern Rensselaer County Solid Waste Management Authority 2050-OO - Actions Against Authority.

§  2050-oo.  Actions  against  authority.  1.  Except in an action for   wrongful death, no action or special proceeding shall be  prosecuted  or   maintained  against  the authority for personal injury or damage to real   or personal property alleged to have been sustained  by  reason  of  the   negligence  or  wrongful act of the authority or of any member, officer,   agent or employee thereof, unless (a) a notice of claim shall have  been   made  and  served  upon  the  authority  within the time limit by and in   compliance with section fifty-e of the general  municipal  law,  (b)  it   shall  appear  by and as an allegation in the complaint or moving papers   that at least thirty days have elapsed since the service of such  notice   and  that  adjustment  or payment thereof has been neglected or refused,   and (c) the action or special proceeding shall be commenced  within  one   year  and  ninety  days  after the happening of the event upon which the   claim is based. 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.  Actions to   recover damages for personal injury or injury to property caused by  the   latent   effects   of  exposure  to  any  substance  or  combination  of   substances, in any form, upon or within the  body,  or  upon  or  within   property,  shall  be  governed  by section two hundred fourteen-c of the   civil practice law and rules.2. Wherever a notice of claim is served upon the authority,  it  shall   have  the right to demand an examination of the claimant relative to the   occurrence and extent of the injuries or  damages  for  which  claim  is   made,  in  accordance  with  the  provisions  of  section fifty-h of the   general municipal law.3. The authority may require any person, presenting for settlement  an   account  or  claim  for  any  cause whatever against the authority to be   sworn before a member, counsel or an attorney, officer  or  employee  of   the  authority  designated  for such purpose, concerning such account or   claim and when so sworn, to answer orally as to any  facts  relative  to   such  account  or  claim.  The  authority  shall have power to settle or   adjust all claims in favor of or against the authority.4. The rate of interest to be paid by the authority upon any  judgment   for which it is liable, other than a judgment on its bonds, shall be the   rate  prescribed  by  section  three-a  of  the  general  municipal law.   Interest on payments of principal or interest on any  bonds  in  default   shall  accrue  at the rate borne by such bonds from the due date thereof   until paid or otherwise satisfied.
NY Pub Auth L § 2050-PP (2021)
2021 New York Laws PBA - Public Authorities Article 8 - Miscellaneous Authorities Title 13-H - Eastern Rensselaer County Solid Waste Management Authority 2050-PP - Contracts.

§  2050-pp. Contracts. All contracts or orders, for work, material and   supplies performed or furnished in connection with  construction,  shall   be  awarded,  when  applicable, pursuant to paragraph (e) of subdivision   four of section one hundred twenty-w of the general  municipal  law  and   such  award shall be made by the authority pursuant to resolution of the   governing body except  as  hereinafter  provided.  In  any  construction   contract, the authority may provide a program for the payment of damages   for  delays  and  incentive  awards in order to encourage timely project   completion. An action, suit or proceeding contesting the validity  of  a   contract  awarded  pursuant  to  this  section,  or  the validity of the   procedures relating to such award, shall be governed by  the  provisions   of  subdivision  six  of  section  one  hundred  twenty-w of the general   municipal law and the term "municipality" as used  in  such  subdivision   six  shall mean the authority. Every contract when made and entered into   as herein provided for shall be executed in duplicate, one copy of which   shall be held by the authority and one copy of which shall be  delivered   to  the contractor. The authority may adopt, utilize, ratify and confirm   any  request  for  proposals,  invitation  for   sealed   bids,   plans,   specifications  and  notices heretofore or hereafter published by either   of the towns with respect to any proposed project, and the authority may   adopt, utilize, accept and confirm any bids or  proposals  submitted  to   either  of  the towns and heretofore and hereafter received and publicly   opened by such town. The provisions of this section shall supersede  any   inconsistent provisions of the general municipal law, any other general,   special or local law, or the charter of either town.
NY Pub Auth L § 2050-QQ (2021)
2021 New York Laws PBA - Public Authorities Article 8 - Miscellaneous Authorities Title 13-H - Eastern Rensselaer County Solid Waste Management Authority 2050-QQ - Interest in Contracts Prohibited.

§ 2050-qq. Interest in contracts prohibited. It shall be a misdemeanor   for  any  member of the governing body or any officer, agent, servant or   employee of the authority  to  be  in  any  way  of  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.
NY Pub Auth L § 2050-RR (2021)
2021 New York Laws PBA - Public Authorities Article 8 - Miscellaneous Authorities Title 13-H - Eastern Rensselaer County Solid Waste Management Authority 2050-RR - Audit and Annual Report.

§  2050-rr. Audit and annual report. In conformity with the provisions   of section five of article ten of the state constitution,  the  accounts   of  the  authority  shall  be  subject  to  the supervision of the state   comptroller. The authority shall annually submit  to  the  governor  and   state  comptroller  and  to  the  state  legislature  a  detailed report   pursuant to the provisions of section  two  thousand  eight  hundred  of   title  one  of  article  nine of this chapter, and a copy of such report   shall be filed with each legislative body. The  authority  shall  comply   with  the  provisions  of  sections  two thousand eight hundred one, two   thousand eight hundred two and two thousand eight hundred three of title   one of article nine of this chapter.
NY Pub Auth L § 2050-SS (2021)
2021 New York Laws PBA - Public Authorities Article 8 - Miscellaneous Authorities Title 13-H - Eastern Rensselaer County Solid Waste Management Authority 2050-SS - Limited Liability.

§  2050-ss.  Limited  liability.  Neither the members of the governing   body, nor any municipality, officer or employee acting  in  its  behalf,   while  acting  within  the scope of their authority, shall be subject to   any personal liability resulting from the construction,  maintenance  or   operation of any of the properties of the authority or from carrying out   any of the powers expressly given in this title; provided, however, that   this section shall not be held to apply to any independent contractor.
NY Pub Auth L § 2050-UU (2021)
2021 New York Laws PBA - Public Authorities Article 8 - Miscellaneous Authorities Title 13-H - Eastern Rensselaer County Solid Waste Management Authority 2050-UU - Solid Waste Facility Reserve Fund.

§  2050-uu.  Solid waste facility reserve fund. The legislative bodies   of the towns may establish a special fund, to be known  as  solid  waste   facility  reserve  fund  of  such  town. There shall be credited to such   reserve fund all amounts paid to such town and  specifically  designated   by  the  payor for deposit in such reserve fund, together with such town   moneys as may be appropriated thereto from time to time. Moneys in  such   reserve funds may be appropriated only for the purpose of paying amounts   due  from the town under the terms of any contract entered into pursuant   to this title or for the construction, operation  or  closure  of  solid   waste  management  facilities within the town, for which an insufficient   or no provision has otherwise been made, except that upon  the  adoption   of  a  resolution by at least a two-third vote of the voting strength of   such towns legislative body, all or any portion of the  moneys  in  such   reserve fund may be transferred to any other reserve fund established by   the  town  pursuant  to  the  general  municipal  law. To the extent not   inconsistent with the provisions of this section, the management of such   reserve fund and the investment of moneys therein shall  be  subject  to   the provisions of section six-h of the general municipal law.
NY Pub Auth L § 2050-VV (2021)
2021 New York Laws PBA - Public Authorities Article 8 - Miscellaneous Authorities Title 13-H - Eastern Rensselaer County Solid Waste Management Authority 2050-VV - Transfer of Environmental Applications, Proceedings, Approvals and Permits.

§   2050-vv.  Transfer  of  environmental  applications,  proceedings,   approvals and permits. Any application in relation to the purposes of or   contemplated  by  this  title  or  any  proceeding  commenced   by   any   participating  municipality  with  the state department of environmental   conservation, the department of transportation or any other state agency   or instrumentality or with the United  States  environmental  protection   agency or any other federal agency or instrumentality shall inure to and   for  the  benefit  of  the  authority to the same extent and in the same   manner as if the authority has been  a  party  to  such  application  or   proceeding  and  the  authority  shall be deemed a party thereto, to the   extent not prohibited by any federal law. Any license, approval,  permit   or  decision  issued  or  granted pursuant to or as a result of any such   application or proceeding shall inure to the benefit of and  be  binding   upon  the  authority  and  shall  be  assigned  and  transferred  by the   participating municipality to the authority, unless such assignment  and   transfer is prohibited by federal law.
NY Pub Auth L § 2050-WW (2021)
2021 New York Laws PBA - Public Authorities Article 8 - Miscellaneous Authorities Title 13-H - Eastern Rensselaer County Solid Waste Management Authority 2050-WW - Preference for Actions or Proceedings Against Authority.

§  2050-ww.  Preference  for actions or proceedings against authority.   Any action or proceeding to which the authority or  the  people  of  the   state may be parties, in which any question arises as to the validity of   this  title, shall be preferred over all other civil causes of action or   cases, except election causes of action or cases, in all courts  of  the   state and shall be heard and determined in preference to all other civil   business  pending  therein,  except  election  causes,  irrespective  of   position on the calendar. The same  preference  shall  be  granted  upon   application  of the authority or its counsel in any action or proceeding   questioning the validity of this title in which  the  authority  may  be   allowed  to  intervene. The venue of any such action or proceeding shall   be laid in the supreme court of the county in which the principal office   of the authority is located.
NY Pub Auth L § 2050-XX (2021)
2021 New York Laws PBA - Public Authorities Article 8 - Miscellaneous Authorities Title 13-H - Eastern Rensselaer County Solid Waste Management Authority 2050-XX - Separability.

§  2050-xx.  Separability. If any section, clause or provision in this   title shall  be  held  by  a  court  of  competent  jurisdiction  to  be   unconstitutional  or 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 § 2050-YY (2021)
2021 New York Laws PBA - Public Authorities Article 8 - Miscellaneous Authorities Title 13-H - Eastern Rensselaer County Solid Waste Management Authority 2050-YY - Effect of Inconsistent Provisions.

§   2050-yy.   Effect  of  inconsistent  provisions.  Insofar  as  the   provisions of this title are inconsistent with  the  provisions  of  any   other  act, general or special, or of any town charter or any local law,   ordinance or resolution of the towns  or  any  other  municipality,  the   provisions of this title shall be controlling. Nothing contained in this   section  shall  be  held to supplement or otherwise expand the powers or   duties of the authority otherwise  set  forth  in  this  title.  Nothing   contained in this title shall be held to alter or abridge the powers and   duties of the department of environmental conservation or the department   of health.