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NY Gen Mun L § 401 (2021)
2021 New York Laws GMU - General Municipal Article 14-C - Revenue-Producing Undertakings 401 - Definitions.

§  401. Definitions. Whenever used in this article, unless a different meaning clearly appears from the context:  (a)   The   term   "undertaking"   shall   include    the    following revenue-producing   undertakings,  whether  now  existing  or  hereafter acquired or constructed: Causeways, tunnels, viaducts, bridges and other crossings; highways,  parkways,  airports,  docks,  piers  and  wharves; systems,  plants, works, instrumentalities and properties used or useful in connection  with  (i)  the  obtaining  of  a  water  supply  and  the collection, treatment and disposal of water for public and private uses, (ii)  the  collection, treatment and disposal of sewage, waste and storm water, and (iii) resource recovery from municipal  solid  waste  through the  use  of  structures, machinery or devices involving the separation, extraction and recovery of useable materials, energy or  heat;  together with  all  parts  of  any such undertaking and all appurtenances thereto including lands, easements, rights of way, contract rights,  franchises, approaches,  connections,  dams,  reservoirs,  sewage  disposal  plants, intercepting sewers, trunk, connecting and other sewer and water  mains, filtration works, pumping stations and equipment.  (b)  The  term  "municipality"  shall  mean  a  county,  town, city or village.  (c) The term "governing body" shall mean the board of supervisors of a county,  the  town  board  of  a  town,  the  board  of   estimate   and apportionment  or  other  board performing similar functions in any city now or  hereafter  having  a  population  of  more  than  eight  hundred thousand,  except  that  in the city of New York the term governing body shall mean the officer or agency vested with power under the charter  of such  city  or  by  other law, to act pursuant to this chapter; the city council, the common council, the municipal assembly or other legislative body of any other city, and the board of trustees of a village.
NY Gen Mun L § 402 (2021)
2021 New York Laws GMU - General Municipal Article 14-C - Revenue-Producing Undertakings 402 - Declaration of Policy.

§  402.  Declaration of policy. It is hereby declared to be the policy   of  this  state   that   any   municipality   acquiring,   constructing,   reconstructing,   improving,   bettering  or  extending  an  undertaking   pursuant to this article shall  manage  such  undertaking  in  the  most   efficient  manner  consistent with sound economy and public advantage to   the end that the services of the undertaking shall be furnished  at  the   lowest  possible  cost.   No municipality shall operate such undertaking   primarily as a source of revenue to the municipality, but shall  operate   such  undertaking  for  the  use  and  benefit  of  those served by such   undertaking and for the promotion of the welfare and for the improvement   of the health, safety, comfort and convenience of the inhabitants of the   municipality.
NY Gen Mun L § 403 (2021)
2021 New York Laws GMU - General Municipal Article 14-C - Revenue-Producing Undertakings 403 - Additional Powers of Municipality.

§  403.  Additional  powers of municipality. In addition to the powers   which it may now have, any municipality  shall  have  power  under  this   article;  (a) to acquire by gift, purchase, or the exercise of the right   of eminent domain, to construct, reconstruct, improve, better or  extend   any undertaking, within or without the municipality, or partially within   or partially without the municipality, and to acquire by gift, purchase,   or the exercise of the right of eminent domain, lands or rights in lands   or water rights in connection therewith, (b) to operate and maintain any   undertaking   within  or  without  the  territorial  boundaries  of  the   municipality, (c) to prescribe and collect rates, fees,  tolls,  charges   for   the   services,  facilities  and  commodities  furnished  by  such   undertaking and (d) to pledge to  the  punctual  payment  of  any  bonds   issued  to carry out any of the purposes of this article and interest on   such  bonds  an  amount  of  revenues  of  such  undertaking  (including   improvements, betterments, or extensions thereto, thereafter constructed   or  acquired) or of any part of such undertaking, sufficient to pay said   bonds and interest as the same  shall  become  due  and  to  create  and   maintain reasonable reserves therefor. Such amount may consist of all or   any part or portion of such revenues.
NY Gen Mun L § 403-A (2021)
2021 New York Laws GMU - General Municipal Article 14-C - Revenue-Producing Undertakings 403-A - Future Acquisition or Construction of Undertakings by Towns Prohibited.

§  403-a.  Future acquisition or construction of undertakings by towns   prohibited.  Any   provision   of   this   article   to   the   contrary   notwithstanding,  no  town,  on  and  after  the  effective date of this   section, shall have the power to acquire or  construct  any  undertaking   pursuant to the provisions of this article.
NY Gen Mun L § 404 (2021)
2021 New York Laws GMU - General Municipal Article 14-C - Revenue-Producing Undertakings 404 - Authorization of Undertaking.

§  404.  Authorization  of undertaking. The acquisition, construction,   reconstruction, improvement, betterment or extension of any  undertaking   may be authorized under this article by resolution or resolutions of the   governing  body of the municipality which may be adopted at a regular or   special meeting and at the same meeting at which they are introduced  by   a  majority  of  all  the members thereof then in office and which shall   take effect immediately upon adoption.
NY Gen Mun L § 407 (2021)
2021 New York Laws GMU - General Municipal Article 14-C - Revenue-Producing Undertakings 407 - Lien of Bonds.

§  407.  Lien  of  bonds.  If bonds are issued to carry out any of the   purposes of this article, bonds of the same issue shall, subject to  the   prior  and  superior rights of outstanding bonds, claims or obligations,   have a prior and paramount lien on the revenue of  the  undertaking  for   which  said  bonds  have  been issued over and ahead of all bonds of any   issue payable from said revenue which may  be  subsequently  issued  and   over  and  ahead  of  any  claims  or  obligations  against said revenue   subsequently incurred. All bonds of the same issue shall be equally  and   ratably  secured without priority by reason of number, date of bonds, of   sale, of execution or  of  delivery,  by  a  lien  on  said  revenue  in   accordance  with  the  provisions  of this article and the resolution or   resolutions authorizing said bonds.
NY Gen Mun L § 410 (2021)
2021 New York Laws GMU - General Municipal Article 14-C - Revenue-Producing Undertakings 410 - Undertakings to Be Self-Supporting.

§  410.  Undertakings  to  be self-supporting. The governing body of a   municipality issuing bonds to carry out any  of  the  purposes  of  this   article  shall  prescribe  and  collect reasonable rates, fees, tolls or   charges  for  the  services,  facilities   and   commodities   of   such   undertaking,  and  shall  revise such rates, fees, tolls or charges from   time to time whenever necessary so that such undertaking  shall  be  and   always  remain  self-supporting.  The  rates,  fees,  tolls  or  charges   prescribed shall be such as will produce revenue at least sufficient (a)   to pay when due all bonds and interest thereon for the payment of  which   such  revenue  is  or  shall  have  been  pledged,  charged or otherwise   encumbered, including reserves therefor, and  (b)  to  provide  for  all   expenses  of  operation  and  maintenance of such undertaking, including   reserves therefor.
NY Gen Mun L § 411 (2021)
2021 New York Laws GMU - General Municipal Article 14-C - Revenue-Producing Undertakings 411 - Undertaking Exempt From Taxation.

§  411.  Undertaking  exempt  from taxation. So long as a municipality   shall own any undertaking, the property, within  the  municipality,  and   all revenue of such undertaking shall be exempt from taxation.
NY Gen Mun L § 412 (2021)
2021 New York Laws GMU - General Municipal Article 14-C - Revenue-Producing Undertakings 412 - Use of Revenue of Undertaking.

§  412.  Use of revenue of undertaking. Any municipality issuing bonds   for  the   acquisition,   construction,   reconstruction,   improvement,   betterment  or  extension  of  an  undertaking  shall  have the right to   appropriate, apply or expend the revenue of  such  undertaking  for  the   following  purposes: (a) to pay when due all bonds and interest thereon,   for the payment of which such revenue is or  shall  have  been  pledged,   charged  or  otherwise  encumbered,  including reserves therefor, (b) to   provide  for  all  expenses  of  operation  and  maintenance   of   such   undertaking,  including  reserves  therefor,  (c)  to  pay and discharge   notes, bonds or other obligations and interest thereon, not issued under   this article for the payment of which the revenue  of  such  undertaking   may  have  been pledged, charged or encumbered, (d) to pay and discharge   notes, bonds or other obligations and interest  thereon,  which  do  not   constitute  a  lien,  charge  or  encumbrance  on  the  revenue  of such   undertaking, which may have been issued for the purpose of financing the   acquisition, construction, reconstruction,  improvement,  betterment  or   extension   of   such   undertaking,  and  (e)  provide  a  reserve  for   improvements to such undertaking. Unless and  until  full  and  adequate   provision  has  been  made  for  the foregoing purposes, no municipality   shall have the right to transfer the revenue of such undertaking to  its   general fund.
NY Gen Mun L § 413 (2021)
2021 New York Laws GMU - General Municipal Article 14-C - Revenue-Producing Undertakings 413 - Consent and Jurisdiction of State and Municipal Agencies.

§  413. Consent and jurisdiction of state and municipal agencies.  The   provisions of this article  shall  not  operate  to  dispense  with  the   approval  by  or  to  affect  the  jurisdiction of any state, county, or   municipal board, officer, commission, department or agency  of  or  over   the  acquisition, construction, reconstruction, improvement, betterment,   extension, maintenance  or  operation  of  the  undertaking  where  such   approval  is necessary under or where such jurisdiction is vested by the   provisions of any other general, special  or  local  law,  or  with  the   filing  of plans or specifications in connection with the undertaking in   the  office  of  any  state,  county,  or  municipal   board,   officer,   commission, department or agency where such filing is required under any   other general, special or local law.
NY Gen Mun L § 414 (2021)
2021 New York Laws GMU - General Municipal Article 14-C - Revenue-Producing Undertakings 414 - Competing Undertakings Not Authorized.

§  414.  Competing  undertakings not authorized. No municipality shall   have  power  under  this  article  to  construct  any   undertaking   in   contravention  of  any  act  of the legislature of the state of New York   whereby the state of New York pledges to or agrees with the  holders  of   any  bonds  issued  or  to be issued pursuant to said act that the state   will not authorize the construction of  an  undertaking  which  will  be   competitive with the project authorized by said act.
NY Gen Mun L § 415 (2021)
2021 New York Laws GMU - General Municipal Article 14-C - Revenue-Producing Undertakings 415 - Construction of Article.

§  415.  Construction of article. The powers conferred by this article   shall be in addition and supplemental to and not  in  substitution  for,   and  the limitations imposed by this article shall not affect the powers   conferred by any  other  general,  special  or  local  law.  The  powers   conferred  by  this  article  shall  not  be  affected by the provisions   contained in  any  other  general,  special  or  local  law,  except  as   otherwise herein provided.
NY Gen Mun L § 416 (2021)
2021 New York Laws GMU - General Municipal Article 14-C - Revenue-Producing Undertakings 416 - Separability of Provisions.

§ 416. Separability of provisions. If any provision of this article or   the  application  of such provision to any person, body, or circumstance   shall be held invalid, the remainder of this article or the  application   of  such provision to persons, bodies, or circumstances other than those   as to which it shall have been  held  invalid,  shall  not  be  affected   thereby.
NY Gen Mun L § 430 (2021)
2021 New York Laws GMU - General Municipal Article 14-D - Jails 430 - Application of Article.

§  430.  Application  of  article.  This  article  shall  apply to all   counties outside the city of New  York  and  to  the  several  municipal   corporations within such counties.
NY Gen Mun L § 431 (2021)
2021 New York Laws GMU - General Municipal Article 14-D - Jails 431 - Authorization.

§  431.  Authorization.  It  shall  be  lawful  in  the  interests  of   efficiency and economy for any county and  any  one  or  more  municipal   corporations within such county or for any two or more such corporations   within the county to jointly acquire real property by purchase, lease or   condemnation  for  the  purposes hereinafter specified and to establish,   construct, equip, operate, maintain, control and supervise for the joint   use and benefit of such corporations one or more jails at such place  or   places  as may be equally accessible for each of such corporations to be   specified in the agreement providing therefor or to utilize one or  more   existing  jails,  lock-ups,  or  workhouses  therefor.  The ordinance or   resolution providing for such joint  action  shall  be  adopted  by  the   governing  boards  of  each  of  the several corporations affected and a   committee, composed of at least one member of each of such boards, shall   be created to acquire necessary  real  property,  in  the  name  of  the   municipal  corporations  affected  and,  as  the  joint  agent  of  such   corporations such committee  shall  have  charge  of  the  construction,   equipment,  maintenance,  and  operation of such jail or jails and shall   supervise and control the same. The ordinance or resolution may  specify   matters  as to which the action of the committee shall require the joint   approval of such boards and shall prescribe the proportions of the  cost   of  the  construction and operation of such jail or jails to be borne by   the several corporations affected. The moneys to pay  the  share  to  be   borne by each corporation affected shall be provided by appropriation in   such  amounts  and  at  such  time  as  may  be agreed upon.   Any jail,   penitentiary, workhouse, or lock-up, abandoned or  rendered  useless  by   reason of action taken pursuant to this section may be sold or otherwise   disposed  of  or  utilized  by the corporation controlling the same. The   ordinance or resolution  may  also  provide  for  the  transfer  to  and   utilization in the proposed joint jail or jails of the books, papers and   records  and  the  vans, wagons, automobiles, equipment and personnel of   any existing jail, penitentiary, workhouse, or lock-up  whose  continued   operation  will  be  rendered  unnecessary  by  reason  of  action taken   pursuant to this section. All of the provisions of  the  correction  law   and  of  every  other  general,  special  or  local  law shall so far as   practicable, continue to apply with full force and effect to every  jail   established  and  maintained  pursuant to this section as if the several   constituent institutions consolidated by  such  jail  had  continued  in   operation as single units.
NY Gen Mun L § 440 (2021)
2021 New York Laws GMU - General Municipal Article 14-E - Display of Flag at Public Meetings 440 - Display of American Flag at Public Meetings.

§ 440. Display of American flag at public meetings. The board, body or   officer  having supervision shall cause the flag of the United States to   be appropriately displayed upon the walls of any hall or  other  meeting   place  in a public building owned by the municipality during any meeting   or gathering of persons to which the public is invited.
NY Gen Mun L § 445 (2021)
2021 New York Laws GMU - General Municipal Article 14-EE - Display of Flag on Uniforms 445 - Display of American Flag on Uniforms of Public Employees.

§  445.  Display  of  American  flag  on uniforms of public employees.   Notwithstanding any other law, any public employee required  to  wear  a   uniform  during  the  course of public employment shall not be deemed to   violate any law, rule,  code  or  regulation  regulating  the  style  or   appearance  of  uniform  solely by virtue of the display on the shoulder   area of the sleeve of such uniform of an American flag not  larger  than   three  inches  by  five  inches.  The  exact location of the flag on the   sleeve may be specified by the appropriate executive officer.
NY Gen Mun L § 450 (2021)
2021 New York Laws GMU - General Municipal Article 14-F - Sewer Rent Law 450 - Short Title.

§  450.  Short title. This article shall be known and may be cited and   referred to as the "Sewer Rent Law. "
NY Gen Mun L § 451 (2021)
2021 New York Laws GMU - General Municipal Article 14-F - Sewer Rent Law 451 - Definitions.

§ 451. Definitions. As used in this article, the following terms shall   mean and include:1. "Sewer rents." A scale of annual charges established and imposed in   a  city  or  village  or in a sewer or wastewater disposal district in a   county or town pursuant to this article for the use of a sewer system or   any part or parts thereof. Such charges may be based on either  (a)  the   consumption  of  water  on the premises connected with and served by the   sewer system or such part or parts thereof, (b) the number and  kind  of   plumbing fixtures on the premises connected with and served by the sewer   system  or  such part or parts thereof, (c) the number of persons served   on the premises connected with and served by the sewer  system  or  such   part  or  parts  thereof,  (d)  the  volume  and  character  of  sewage,   industrial waste and other wastes discharged into the  sewer  system  or   such  part  or  parts  thereof,  or  (e)  upon any other equitable basis   determined by the local legislative body, including but not  limited  to   any combination of the foregoing.2.  "Sewer  System." All sewer pipes and other appurtenances which are   used or useful in whole or in part in connection  with  the  collection,   treatment  or  disposal of sewage, industrial waste and other wastes and   which are owned, operated or maintained by a city or village or a  sewer   district  in  a  county  or  town, including sewage pumping stations and   sewage treatment and  disposal  works  and  private  on-site  wastewater   disposal systems, if any.3.  "Part."  As  used  in  relation  to the term "sewer system":   all   lateral sewers, or all branch sewers, or all interceptor sewers, or  all   trunk  sewers,  and any sewage treatment and disposal works, and private   on-site  wastewater  disposal  systems,   each   part   with   necessary   appurtenances including sewage pumping stations.4. "Sewage." The water-carried human or animal wastes from residences,   buildings,  industrial  establishments,  or  other places, together with   such ground water infiltration and surface water as may be present.  The   admixture  with  sewage  as  above  defined of industrial waste or other   wastes as hereafter defined, also shall be  considered  "sewage"  within   the meaning of this article.5.  "Industrial  waste."  Any  liquid,  gaseous,  solid or other waste   substance or  a  combination  thereof  resulting  from  any  process  of   industry,  manufacturing,  trade  or business or from the development or   recovery of any natural resources.6. "Other wastes." Garbage, refuse, decayed wood,  sawdust,  shavings,   bark,  sand,  lime,  cinders, ashes, offal, oil, tar, dye stuffs, acids,   chemicals, and all other  discarded  matter  not  sewage  or  industrial   waste.7.  "Local  legislative  body."  In  cities  and  villages,  the  body   authorized to adopt local laws pursuant to the municipal home rule  law;   in counties, the board of supervisors and in towns, the town board.
NY Gen Mun L § 453 (2021)
2021 New York Laws GMU - General Municipal Article 14-F - Sewer Rent Law 453 - Sewer Rent Fund.

§  453.  Sewer rent fund. Revenues derived from sewer rents, including   penalties and interest, shall be credited to a special fund, to be known   as the "sewer rent fund." Moneys in such  fund  shall  be  used  in  the   following order:1.  For the payment of the costs of operation, maintenance and repairs   of the sewer system or such part or parts thereof for which sewer  rents   have been established and imposed.2.  For the payment of the interest on and amortization of, or payment   of,  indebtedness  which  has  been  or  shall  be  incurred   for   the   construction of the sewer system or such part or parts thereof for which   sewer  rents have been established and imposed (other than indebtedness,   and the interest thereon, which is to be paid in the first instance from   assessments upon benefited real property).3. For the construction of sewage treatment and  disposal  works  with   necessary   appurtenances   including   pumping  stations,  or  for  the   extension, enlargement, or replacement of, or additions to,  such  sewer   systems, or part or parts thereof.Such  revenues  from  sewer rents shall not be used (1) to finance the   cost of any extension of any part of a  sewer  system  (other  than  any   sewage   treatment  and  disposal  works  with  necessary  appurtenances   including pumping stations) to serve unsewered areas if  such  part  has   been  constructed  wholly  or  partly  at  the  expense of real property   especially benefited, or (2) for the payment of the interest on, and the   amortization of, or payment of, indebtedness which is to be paid in  the   first instance from assessments upon benefited real property.
NY Gen Mun L § 454 (2021)
2021 New York Laws GMU - General Municipal Article 14-F - Sewer Rent Law 454 - Power to Impose Other Charges.

§  454.  Power  to  impose other charges. Subject to the provisions of   section eight of this chapter, the establishment and imposition of sewer   rents shall not prevent the use of other revenues of the  city,  village   or county or town sewer district for the payment of a part of the costs,   for  any fiscal year, of operation, maintenance and repairs of the sewer   system or any part or parts thereof for  which  sewer  rents  have  been   established   and  imposed  or  for  the  payment  of  interest  on  and   amortization of, or payment of, indebtedness therefor.
NY Gen Mun L § 460 (2021)
2021 New York Laws GMU - General Municipal Article 14-G - Interlocal Agreements With Governmental Units of Other States 460 - Purpose.

§  460.  Purpose.  It  is  the purpose of this article to permit local   governmental units to make the most efficient use  of  their  powers  by   enabling  them to cooperate with governmental units of other states on a   basis of mutual advantage and thereby to provide services and facilities   in a manner that will accord best with geographic, economic,  population   and  other  factors  influencing  the  needs  and  development  of local   communities.