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NY Pub Auth L § 1158 (2021)
2021 New York Laws PBA - Public Authorities Article 5 - Public Utility Authorities Title 7 - Onondaga County Water Authority 1158 - Duty of Authority to Maintain and Operate.

§  1158.  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.
NY Pub Auth L § 1159 (2021)
2021 New York Laws PBA - Public Authorities Article 5 - Public Utility Authorities Title 7 - Onondaga County Water Authority 1159 - Transfer of Officers and Employees.

§  1159.  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 tranfer be paid by  the   authority.  But  notwithstanding  the  provisions  of this act, 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 employee, 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  Onondaga  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   it  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 act, 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  (constituting  chapter seven of the consolidated laws) and   such rules as the civil service commission of the county of Onondaga may   adopt and make applicable to such authority.
NY Pub Auth L § 1160 (2021)
2021 New York Laws PBA - Public Authorities Article 5 - Public Utility Authorities Title 7 - Onondaga County Water Authority 1160 - Agreements of the State.

§  1160. Agreements of the state. The state of New York does pledge to   and agree with the holders of the bonds or notes that the state will not   limit or alter the rights hereby vested in  the  authority  to  acquire,   construct, maintain, operate, reconstruct and improve the properties, to   establish  and  collect  the  revenues,  rates,  rentals, fees and other   charges referred to in this title  and  to  fulfill  the  terms  of  any   agreements  made  with  the holders of the bonds or notes, or in any way   impair the rights and remedies of such bondholders or noteholders, until   the bonds or notes together  with  interest  thereon,  interest  on  any   unpaid   installments  of  interest,  and  all  costs  and  expenses  in   connection with any action  or  proceedings  by  or  on  behalf  of  the   bondholders or noteholders are fully met and discharged.
NY Pub Auth L § 1161 (2021)
2021 New York Laws PBA - Public Authorities Article 5 - Public Utility Authorities Title 7 - Onondaga County Water Authority 1161 - State, County and Municipalities Not Liable on Bonds or Notes.

§ 1161. State, county and municipalities not liable on bonds or notes.   The  bonds or notes of the authority shall not be a debt of the state of   New York or of the county or of any  municipality  in  the  county,  and   neither  the  state  nor  the  county nor any municipality in the county   shall be liable thereon, nor shall they be  payable  out  of  any  funds   other than those of the authority.
NY Pub Auth L § 1162 (2021)
2021 New York Laws PBA - Public Authorities Article 5 - Public Utility Authorities Title 7 - Onondaga County Water Authority 1162 - Bonds and Notes Legal Investments for Fiduciaries.

§  1162. Bonds and notes legal investments for fiduciaries. The bonds,   or notes, 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 all other persons whatsoever, except   as  hereinafter  provided, 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; provided that, notwithstanding the provisions of any other general   or special law to the  contrary,  such  bonds  or  notes  shall  not  be   eligible  for  the  investment  of  funds  including capital, of trusts,   estates or guardianships under the control of individual administrators,   guardians, executors, trustees and  other  individual  fiduciaries.  The   bonds  or  notes  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.
NY Pub Auth L § 1163 (2021)
2021 New York Laws PBA - Public Authorities Article 5 - Public Utility Authorities Title 7 - Onondaga County Water Authority 1163 - Exemption From Taxes.

§  1163.  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  state  of  New   York  and  is  a  public  purpose.   Accordingly, the authority shall be   regarded  as  performing  an  essential  governmental  function  in  the   exercise  of  the  powers  conferred  upon  it  by  this  title, and the   authority shall not be required to  pay  any  fees,  taxes,  special  ad   valorem  levies  or  assessments  of  any  kind, whether state or local,   including but not limited to fees, taxes, special ad valorem  levies  or   assessments  on  real  property,  franchise  taxes, sales taxes or other   taxes, upon or with respect to any property owned by  it  or  under  its   jurisdiction,  control or supervision, or upon the uses thereof, or upon   or with respect to its activities or operations in  furtherance  of  the   powers  conferred  upon  it by the title, or upon or with respect to any   fares, tolls, rentals, rates, charges, fees, revenues  or  other  income   received by the authority.2. Any bonds or notes issued pursuant to this title, together with the   income  therefrom,  as  well  as the property of the authority, shall be   exempt from taxation, except for transfer and estate taxes.
NY Pub Auth L § 1164 (2021)
2021 New York Laws PBA - Public Authorities Article 5 - Public Utility Authorities Title 7 - Onondaga County Water Authority 1164 - Tax Contract by the State.

§  1164.  Tax  contract  by the state. The state of New York 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  or  notes   that  the bonds and notes of the authority issued pursuant to this title   and the income therefrom, and all moneys, funds and revenues pledged  to   pay  or secure the payment of such bonds or notes, shall at all times be   free from taxation except for transfer and estate taxes.
NY Pub Auth L § 1165 (2021)
2021 New York Laws PBA - Public Authorities Article 5 - Public Utility Authorities Title 7 - Onondaga County Water Authority 1165 - Officers and Employees Not to Be Interested in Transactions.

§  1165.  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.
NY Pub Auth L § 1167 (2021)
2021 New York Laws PBA - Public Authorities Article 5 - Public Utility Authorities Title 7 - Onondaga County Water Authority 1167 - Restriction of Jurisdiction.

§  1167.  Restriction  of  jurisdiction.  Anything  contained  in this   chapter to the contrary notwithstanding, the  authority  shall  have  no   power  to  purchase  or otherwise acquire any source of supply, or water   supply system, or any part thereof, situated wholly  or  partly  in  the   county  of  Seneca  or  in  the  town  of  Skaneateles  in the county of   Onondaga.
NY Pub Auth L § 1169 (2021)
2021 New York Laws PBA - Public Authorities Article 5 - Public Utility Authorities Title 7 - Onondaga County Water Authority 1169 - Actions.

§  1169.  Actions.  1. In any case 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 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.  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.
NY Pub Auth L § 1170 (2021)
2021 New York Laws PBA - Public Authorities Article 5 - Public Utility Authorities Title 7 - Onondaga County Water Authority 1170 - Audit of Authority; Annual Report.

§  1170.  Audit  of  authority;  annual report. In conformity with the   provisions of section five of  article  ten  of  the  constitution,  the   accounts  of  the  authority  shall be subject to the supervision of the   state comptroller and such state comptroller and his legally  authorized   representatives are hereby authorized and empowered from time to time to   examine  the  accounts  and  the  books  of the authority, including its   receipts, disbursements, contracts, leases, sinking  funds,  investments   and  any other matters relating to its financial standing. The authority   shall annually submit to the governor and the  comptroller  and  to  the   legislature  a  detailed  report  pursuant  to the provisions of section   twenty-eight hundred of this chapter, and a copy of such report shall be   filed with the chief fiscal officer of the county.
NY Pub Auth L § 1171 (2021)
2021 New York Laws PBA - Public Authorities Article 5 - Public Utility Authorities Title 7 - Onondaga County Water Authority 1171 - Limitation of Liability.

§ 1171. Limitation of liability. Neither the members of the authority,   nor  any person or persons acting in its behalf, while acting within the   scope of their authority, shall be subject  to  any  personal  liability   resulting  from  the erection, construction, reconstruction, maintenance   or operation of the properties  or  any  of  the  improvements  or  from   carrying out any of the powers expressly given in this title.
NY Pub Auth L § 1172 (2021)
2021 New York Laws PBA - Public Authorities Article 5 - Public Utility Authorities Title 7 - Onondaga County Water Authority 1172 - Title Not Affected if in Part Unconstitutional or Ineffective.

§ 1172. Title not affected if in part unconstitutional or ineffective.   If  any  section,  clause  or  provision  of  this  title  shall be held   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 § 1173 (2021)
2021 New York Laws PBA - Public Authorities Article 5 - Public Utility Authorities Title 7 - Onondaga County Water Authority 1173 - Effect of Inconsistent Provisions.

§ 1173. Effect of inconsistent provisions. 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 any city, the  provisions  of   this  title  shall be controlling. Nothing contained in this title shall   be held to  alter  or  abridge  the  powers  and  duties  of  the  state   department  of  health or of the water power and control commission over   water supply matters.
NY Pub Auth L § 1174-A (2021)
2021 New York Laws PBA - Public Authorities Article 5 - Public Utility Authorities Title 7-A - Water Authority of Southeastern Nassau County 1174-A - Title.

§  1174-a.  Title.  This title may be cited as the "water authority of   Southeastern Nassau county act".
NY Pub Auth L § 1174-C (2021)
2021 New York Laws PBA - Public Authorities Article 5 - Public Utility Authorities Title 7-A - Water Authority of Southeastern Nassau County 1174-C - Water Authority of Southeastern Nassau County District.

§  1174-c. Water authority of Southeastern Nassau county district.  1.   There is hereby created a district to be known as the  "water  authority   of  Southeastern  Nassau  county district" which shall be defined as all   that portion of Nassau county serviced by the  New  York  Water  service   corporation as of January first, nineteen hundred ninety-one.2.  If  the  authority decides to enter into a contract to purchase or   otherwise acquire an interest in the New York Water Service  Corporation   or  to initiate a condemnation proceeding pursuant to the eminent domain   procedure law, prior to  entering  into  any  contract  to  purchase  or   otherwise  acquire an interest in the New York Water Service Corporation   or the initiation  of  any  condemnation  proceeding  by  the  authority   pursuant to the eminent domain procedure law the authority shall provide   ratepayers  within  the  area  serviced  by  the  New York Water Service   Corporation and the public with public forums  for  the  expression  and   discussion of views regarding such purchase, acquisition or condemnation   of  the  New York Water Service Corporation. The authority shall hold at   least one forum in each of the towns of Hempstead and Oyster Bay  within   the  portions  of  the towns of Hempstead and Oyster Bay serviced by the   New York Water Service Corporation.3. If the authority decides to enter into a contract  to  purchase  or   otherwise  acquire an interest in the New York Water Service Corporation   or to initiate a condemnation proceeding pursuant to the eminent  domain   procedure  law, the authority is authorized to provide registered voters   within the area serviced by the New York Water Service Corporation prior   to entering into such contract  to  purchase  or  otherwise  acquire  an   interest  in the New York Water Service Corporation or the initiation of   any condemnation proceeding by the authority  pursuant  to  the  eminent   domain  procedure  law,  with a nonbinding referendum, regarding whether   the authority should enter into a  contract  to  purchase  or  otherwise   acquire  an  interest  in  the  New  York  Water  Service Corporation or   initiate  condemnation  proceeding  pursuant  to  the   eminent   domain   procedure  law.  The proposition shall be placed on the ballot and voted   upon at a special election or a date to  be  determined  by  the  Nassau   county board of elections.
NY Pub Auth L § 1174-E (2021)
2021 New York Laws PBA - Public Authorities Article 5 - Public Utility Authorities Title 7-A - Water Authority of Southeastern Nassau County 1174-E - Responsibilities of the Authority.

§  1174-e. Responsibilities of the authority. The authority shall have the responsibility to: 1.  investigate,  analyse  and  evaluate  various options  for  the  distribution of water to the district, including, but not limited to, the following:  (a) The purchase, in the name of the authority, or in the name of  any municipality  or  municipalities,  of any water facility or distribution system or parts thereof involved in the supply of water to the district;  (b) The operation of any water  facility  or  distribution  system  or parts  thereof by any public water suppliers which operate in geographic areas adjacent to the district;  (c) The creation of additional water authorities to  supply  water  to portions  of  the  district  as  described  in  section  eleven  hundred seventy-four-c of this article; and  (d) The retention of the water supply system within the district which is in existence as of the effective date of this title.   2. Following any purchase pursuant to paragraph (a) of subdivision one of this section:  (a) Meter service to its customers; and  (b) Repair and maintain that portion of a water supply pipe  extending from  the water mains to the water meter. For purposes of this paragraph "water supply pipe" shall mean a pipe or line which connects  the  water mains directly to a customer's water meter.
NY Pub Auth L § 1174-G (2021)
2021 New York Laws PBA - Public Authorities Article 5 - Public Utility Authorities Title 7-A - Water Authority of Southeastern Nassau County 1174-G - Transfer of Officers and Employees.

§  1174-g.  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, department or municipality 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 and 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 shall have the same status with respect thereto after   transfer to the authority as they had under their original appointments.   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 may adopt and make  applicable  to   the authority.
NY Pub Auth L § 1174-I (2021)
2021 New York Laws PBA - Public Authorities Article 5 - Public Utility Authorities Title 7-A - Water Authority of Southeastern Nassau County 1174-I - Remedies of Bondholders.

§  1174-i. Remedies of bondholders. 1. In the event that the authority shall default in the payment of principal of or interest on any issue of the bonds after the same shall become due, whether at maturity  or  upon call  for  redemption,  and  such default shall continue for a period of thirty days, or in the event that the authority shall fail or refuse  to comply  with  the  provisions  of  this  title,  or shall default in any agreement made with the holders of any issue of the bonds,  the  holders of  twenty-five per centum in aggregate principal amount of the bonds of such issue then outstanding, by instrument or instruments filed  in  the office  of the clerk of the applicable county and proved or acknowledged in the same manner as a deed to be recorded, may appoint  a  trustee  to represent the holders of such bonds for the purposes herein provided.   2.  Such  trustee  may,  and  upon  written  request of the holders of twenty-five per centum in principal amount  of  such  bonds  outstanding shall, in his or her own name:  (a)  by action or proceeding in accordance with the civil practice law and rules, enforce  all  rights  of  the  bondholders  and  require  the authority  to  carry  out  any other agreements with the holders of such bonds and to perform its duties under this title;  (b) bring an action or proceeding upon such bonds;  (c) by action or proceeding, require the authority to account as if it were the trustee of an express trust for the holders of such bonds;  (d) by action or proceeding, enjoin any acts or things  which  may  be unlawful or in violation of the rights of the holders of such bonds; and  (e)  declare all such bonds due and payable, and if all defaults shall be made good, then with the consent of the holders  of  twenty-five  per centum  of  the  principal  amount of such bonds then outstanding, annul such declaration and its consequences.   3. Such trustee shall in addition to the foregoing  have  and  possess all  of  the  powers  necessary  or  appropriate for the exercise of any functions specifically set forth herein or  incidental  to  the  general representation of bondholders in the enforcement and protection of their rights.   4.  The  state  supreme court shall have jurisdiction of any action or proceeding by the trustee on behalf of such bondholders.   5. Before declaring the  principal  of  bonds  due  and  payable,  the trustee  shall  first  give  thirty  days'  notice  in  writing  to  the authority.
NY Pub Auth L § 1174-J (2021)
2021 New York Laws PBA - Public Authorities Article 5 - Public Utility Authorities Title 7-A - Water Authority of Southeastern Nassau County 1174-J - State and Municipalities Not Liable on Authority Bonds.

§  1174-j.  State  and  municipalities  not liable on authority bonds.   Neither the state nor any municipality shall be liable on the  bonds  of   the  authority and such bonds shall not be a debt of the state or of any   municipality.