NY Pub Auth L § 1125 (2021)
2021 New York Laws PBA - Public Authorities Article 5 - Public Utility Authorities Title 6-C - Town of Wilton Water and Sewer Authority 1125 - Powers of the Authority.

* § 1125. Powers of the authority. The authority shall have the power:1. To sue and be sued;2. To have a seal and alter the same at pleasure;3. To borrow money and issue bonds or other obligations and to provide   for the rights of the holders thereof;4.  To  enter  into contracts and execute all instruments necessary or   convenient or desirable for the purposes of the authority to  carry  out   any powers expressly given it in this title;5.  To  acquire, by purchase, gift, grant, transfer, contract or lease   or by condemnation pursuant to the eminent domain procedure  law,  lease   as  lessee,  hold, and use any real or personal property or any interest   therein, as the authority may deem necessary, convenient or desirable to   carry out  the  purpose  of  this  title;  provided  however,  that  the   authority  may  not  condemn real property of a municipality without the   consent of the governing body of such municipality;6. To purchase, in the name of the authority, any  water  facility  or   sewerage  facility,  and  any  improvements, extensions and betterments,   situated  wholly  within  the  district,  provided,  however,  that  the   authority  shall have the power to purchase any source of supply, supply   facility, water supply system, transmission facility, sewerage system or   sewerage facility or any part thereof situated wholly or partly  without   the  territorial  limits  of  the  district,  provided the same shall be   necessary  in  order  to  supply  water  within  the  district;  and  in   connection  with  the  purchase  of  such  properties, the authority may   assume any obligations of the owner  of  such  properties  and,  to  the   extent  required  by  the  terms  of any indentures or other instruments   under which such obligations were issued, the authority may  assume  and   agree  to  perform  covenants  and observe the restrictions contained in   such instruments; and furthermore, the owner of  any  properties,  which   the  authority is authorized to acquire, is hereby authorized to sell or   otherwise transfer the same to the authority,  whereupon  the  authority   shall have become charged with the performance of all public duties with   respect  to  such  properties with which such owner was charged and such   owner shall have become discharged from the performance thereof, and  as   a means of so acquiring for such purpose, the authority may purchase all   of  the  stock  of  any  existing  privately  owned water corporation or   company and in the case of a sale or other transfer of properties  of  a   public utility corporation pursuant to this provision, upon the purchase   of  the  stock  of  such  corporation  or  company it shall be lawful to   dissolve such corporation within a reasonable time;7. To construct, improve, maintain, develop,  expand  or  rehabilitate   water facilities or sewerage facilities and to pay the costs thereof;8.  To  operate  and  manage  and  to  contract  for the operation and   management of properties of the authority;9. To enter into contracts, and carry out the terms thereof,  for  the   wholesale  provision of water produced by supply facilities constructed,   owned or operated by the authority, to municipalities and private  water   companies  and  to  carry out the terms thereof, for the transmission of   water from new or existing supply facilities;10. To enter into contracts with municipalities  for  the  collection,   treatment and disposal of sewerage;11.  To  take all necessary and reasonable actions within the district   to conserve, preserve and protect the  water  supply  to  the  district,   including  the  making  of  plans and studies, the adoption of watershed   rules and regulations, the enforcing of compliance with all current  and   future  rules  and regulations of the state sanitary code with regard to   water supply and usage, the requiring of cross-connection controls,  the   providing  of  educational  material and programs to the public, and the    cooperating with water  suppliers  outside  the  district  to  conserve,   preserve  and  protect the entire water reserve as it is affected within   and outside the authority's supply area;12. To apply to the appropriate agencies and officials of the federal,   state  and  local governments for such licenses, permits or approvals of   its plans or projects as it may deem necessary or  advisable,  and  upon   such  terms and conditions as it may deem appropriate, and to accept, in   its discretion, such licenses, permits or approvals as may  be  tendered   to it by such agencies and officials;13.  To  appoint  such  officers and employees as are required for the   performance of its duties, to fix and  determine  their  qualifications,   duties  and  compensation,  and  to  retain or employ counsel, auditors,   engineers, and private consultants on a contract basis or otherwise  for   rendering professional or technical services and advice;14.  To  make plans and studies necessary, convenient or desirable for   the effectuation of the purposes and powers  of  the  authority  and  to   prepare recommendations in regard thereto;15. To enter upon such lands, waters or premises as in the judgment of   the  authority  shall  be  necessary  for the purpose of making surveys,   soundings,  borings  and  examinations  to   accomplish   any   purposes   authorized  by  this  title,  the authority being liable only for actual   damage done;16. To apply for and to accept any gifts or grants or loans  of  funds   or  property  or  financial  or  other  aid in any form from the federal   government or any agency or instrumentality thereof, or from  the  state   or  any  agency or instrumentality thereof or from any other source, for   any or all of the purposes specified  in  this  title,  and  to  comply,   subject  to  the provisions of this title, with the terms and conditions   thereof;17. To obtain, store, treat, distribute, supply  and  sell  water  for   domestic,  commercial  and  public  purposes  at  retail  to  individual   consumers within the district,  and  to  collect,  treat  and  discharge   sewerage for such purposes by such generators;18.  To  purchase  water in bulk from any person, private corporation,   public corporation or municipality when necessary or convenient for  the   operation of such water system;19.  To  produce,  develop,  distribute  and  sell  water  or sewerage   services within or without the territorial limits of the  district;  and   to  purchase  water  from  any  public corporation, town water district,   municipality, person, association  or  corporation;  provided,  however,   that  water  and  sewerage  services may be sold at retail to individual   consumers  only  within  the  district  and  further  provided  that  in   exercising  the  powers  granted  by this title, the authority shall not   sell water or sewerage services in any area  outside  of  the  town  (a)   without  town  board  approval  and (b) in any area which is served by a   water, sewerage or water and sewerage system  owned  or  operated  by  a   municipality  or  special improvement district unless the governing body   of such municipality or district shall adopt a resolution requesting the   authority to sell water or sewerage services, as the  case  may  be,  in   such served area;20. To make and amend from time to time by-laws for the management and   regulation   of   its   affairs   and  rules  and  regulations  for  the   construction, preservation  and  protection  of  the  authority's  water   supply  and,  subject to agreements with bondholders, rules for the sale   of water or collection of sewerage  and  the  collection  of  rents  and   charges therefor. A copy of such rules, regulations and by-laws, and any   rules  and  regulations  adopted  pursuant to subdivision twelve of this   section, and all amendments thereto, duly certified by the secretary  of    the  authority shall be filed in the office of the clerk of the town. In   addition, the town board by local law shall have power to prescribe that   violation of specific by-laws, rules and regulations of  the  authority,   published  once in a newspaper having a general circulation in the town,   shall be  punishable  by  fine,  not  exceeding  fifty  dollars,  or  by   imprisonment for not longer than thirty days, or both;21. To fix rates and collect charges for the use of the facilities of,   or  services  rendered by, or any commodities furnished by the authority   such as to provide revenues sufficient at all times to pay, as the  same   shall  become  due,  the  principal  and  interest on the bonds or other   obligations of the authority together with  the  maintenance  of  proper   reserves  therefor,  in  addition to paying as the same shall become due   the expense of operating and maintaining the properties of the authority   together with proper  maintenance  reserves,  capital  reserves,  repair   reserves,  tax stabilization reserves and other contingency reserves and   all other obligations and indebtedness of the authority;22. To enter  into  cooperative  agreements  with  other  authorities,   municipalities,  water  districts, utility companies, individuals, firms   or corporations,  within  or  without  the  territorial  limits  of  the   district,  for  the  interconnection  of  facilities,  the  exchange  or   interchange of services and  commodities,  and  within  the  territorial   limits of the district to enter into a contract for the construction and   operation and maintenance of a water or sewerage system by the authority   for  any  municipality,  public  corporation  or water or sewer district   having power to construct and develop a water or sewer  system,  as  the   case may be, upon such terms and conditions as shall be determined to be   reasonable  including  but not limited to the reimbursement of all costs   of such construction, or for  any  other  lawful  purpose  necessary  or   desirable to effect the purposes of this title;23.  To  provide  for  the discontinuance or disconnection of water or   sewerage service, or both, as the case may be, for non-payment of  fees,   rates,  rents  or  other  charges  therefor  imposed  by  the authority,   provided such discontinuance or  disconnection  of  any  water  service,   shall  not be carried out except in the manner and upon the notice as is   required of a waterworks corporation pursuant to  subdivisions  three-a,   three-b  and  three-c  of  section eighty-nine-b and section one hundred   sixteen of the public service law;24. With the consent of the governing body of a municipality,  to  use   officers  and  employees  of  such  municipality  and  to  pay  a proper   proportion of the compensation  or  costs  for  the  services  for  such   officers or employees; and25.  To  do all things necessary, convenient or desirable to carry out   its purposes and for the exercise of the powers granted in this title.* NB There are 2 § 1125's