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2023 New York Laws › PBA - Public Authorities › Article 5 - Public Utility Authorities › Title 8-B - Water Authority of Great Neck North › 1197-N - Actions Against the Authority.

§  1197-n.  Actions  against the authority. 1. Except in an action for
wrongful  death,  no  action  or  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 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,
(c) the action or proceeding shall be commenced within  one  year  and
ninety  days  after  the  happening of the event upon which the claim is
based, and
(d) 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.
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
thereof  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 against the  authority  on
bonds,  shall  not exceed six per centum per annum. Interest on payments
of principal or interest on any bonds in default  shall  accrue  at  the
rate  borne  by such bonds from the date thereof until paid or otherwise
satisfied.
2023 New York Laws › PBA - Public Authorities › Article 5 - Public Utility Authorities › Title 8-B - Water Authority of Great Neck North › 1197-O - Conflicts of Interest of Members of the Board of Directors and Officers and Employees of the Authority.

§  1197-o.  Conflicts of interest of members of the board of directors
  and officers and employees of the authority. No member of the  board  of
  directors  or  officer  or  employee  of  the  authority  shall have any
  interest in any contract,  or  take  any  action  or  otherwise  involve
  himself  or  herself in any activity which, pursuant to article eighteen
  of the general municipal law, would be deemed a conflict of interest for
  a municipal officer or employee holding a position with  a  municipality
  similar to the position held by the member, officer or employee with the
  authority.
It  shall  not  be  deemed  a  conflict  of  interest  for a person to
  simultaneously hold positions as a member  and  as  an  officer  of  the
  authority.
2023 New York Laws › PBA - Public Authorities › Article 5 - Public Utility Authorities › Title 8-B - Water Authority of Great Neck North › 1197-P - Construction and Purchase Contracts.

§ 1197-p. Construction and purchase contracts. The authority shall let
  contracts  for  construction  or  purchase  of  supplies,  materials, or
  equipment pursuant to section one hundred three of the general municipal
  law. Nothing in this section shall be construed to limit  the  power  of
  the  authority  to  do any construction directly by the officers, agents
  and employees of the authority or to contract with a public utility, for
  a term not to exceed five years, for the operation and maintenance of  a
  water supply system acquired from said public utility.
2023 New York Laws › PBA - Public Authorities › Article 5 - Public Utility Authorities › Title 8-B - Water Authority of Great Neck North › 1197-R - Charges by Authority; Method of Collection.

§  1197-r. Charges by authority; method of collection. All rates, fees
  and other charges for the use  or  availability  of  the  facilities  or
  services  or commodities provided or made available by the authority and
  billed directly by the  authority  to  the  user  or  service  recipient
  pursuant  to  the  rate  schedules  adopted  by  the authority as herein
  provided shall be a lien upon  the  real  property  upon  which,  or  in
  connection  with  which, services are provided or are made available, as
  and from the first date fixed for a payment  of  such  rates,  fees  and
  other charges. Any such lien shall take precedence over all other liens,
  or  encumbrances,  except  taxes  or  assessments.  The  chief financial
  officer of the authority shall prepare and transmit to the Nassau county
  legislature, on or before the first day of November in each year, a list
  of those properties using such facilities or for which such  facilities,
  services  or  commodities were provided or made available and from which
  the payment of rates, fees and other charges are in arrears for a period
  of ninety days or more after the last day  fixed  for  payment  of  such
  rates,  fees and other charges without penalty. The list shall contain a
  brief description of such  properties,  the  names  of  the  persons  or
  corporations  liable  to  pay for the same, and the amount chargeable to
  each, including penalties  and  interest,  as  applicable,  computed  to
  December  thirty-first of that year. The Nassau county legislature shall
  levy such sums against the properties liable and shall state the  amount
  thereof in a separate column in the annual tax rolls of the county under
  the  heading  "water  charge".  Such  amounts,  excluding  penalties and
  interest imposed by the county when collected by the county collector or
  receivers of taxes, shall be paid over to the chief financial officer of
  the authority. County imposed penalties and interest shall  be  retained
  by  the  county collector or receiver of taxes which shall become a part
  of the general funds of the county. All of the provisions of the tax law
  of the state governing enforcement and collection  of  unpaid  taxes  or
  assessments  for  special  improvements  not inconsistent herewith shall
  apply to the collection of such unpaid rates, rentals,  fees  and  other
  charges.
2023 New York Laws › PBA - Public Authorities › Article 5 - Public Utility Authorities › Title 8-B - Water Authority of Great Neck North › 1197-Y - Separability Clause.

§  1197-y. Separability clause. If any section, clause or provision in
  this title shall be held by a competent court 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.
2023 New York Laws › PBA - Public Authorities › Article 5 - Public Utility Authorities › Title 8-B - Water Authority of Great Neck North › 1197-Z - Effect of Inconsistent Provisions.

§ 1197-z. Effect of inconsistent provisions. Insofar as the provisions
  of  this  title  are  inconsistent with the provisions of any other law,
  general, special or local or of any charter or any  local  ordinance  or
  resolution  of  any  municipality  the provisions of this title shall be
  controlling, provided that 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.
2023 New York Laws › PBA - Public Authorities › Article 5 - Public Utility Authorities › Title 8-B - Water Authority of Great Neck North › 1197-T - Acquisition by Eminent Domain.

§ 1197-t. Acquisition by eminent domain. Notwithstanding any provision
  of  the  eminent domain procedure law to the contrary, in any proceeding
  brought by the authority pursuant to said law, title shall vest  in  the
  authority and compensation shall be paid only (a) upon a decision by the
  supreme  court  that compensation for the property so condemned shall be
  determined solely by the  income  capitalization  method  of  valuation,
  based  on  the  actual  net  income  as  allowed  by  the public service
  commission, and (b) upon such court's determination  of  the  amount  of
  such compensation, based upon the income capitalization method, entry of
  the  final  judgment, the filing of the final decree, and the conclusion
  of any appeal or expiration of the time to file an appeal related to the
  condemnation proceeding. Should any court determine  that  a  method  of
  compensation other than the income capitalization method be utilized, or
  if  the proposed award is more than the rate base of the assets taken in
  condemnation as utilized by the public  service  commission  in  setting
  rates  and  as certified by the public service commission, the authority
  may withdraw the condemnation proceeding without prejudice or  costs  to
  any party.
2023 New York Laws › PBA - Public Authorities › Article 5 - Public Utility Authorities › Title 8-C - Water Authority of Western Nassau County › 1198-E - Responsibilities of the Authority.

§  1198-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
ninety-eight-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.
2023 New York Laws › PBA - Public Authorities › Article 5 - Public Utility Authorities › Title 8-C - Water Authority of Western Nassau County › 1198-G - Transfer of Officers and Employees.

§  1198-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.
2023 New York Laws › PBA - Public Authorities › Article 5 - Public Utility Authorities › Title 8-C - Water Authority of Western Nassau County › 1198-I - Remedies of Bondholders.

§  1198-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.
2023 New York Laws › PBA - Public Authorities › Article 5 - Public Utility Authorities › Title 8-C - Water Authority of Western Nassau County › 1198-J - State and Municipalities Not Liable on Authority Bonds.

§  1198-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.
2023 New York Laws › PBA - Public Authorities › Article 5 - Public Utility Authorities › Title 8-C - Water Authority of Western Nassau County › 1198-K - Moneys of the Authority.

§  1198-k.  Moneys  of the authority. All moneys of the authority from
  whatever source derived shall be paid to  the  treasurer  and  shall  be
  deposited  forthwith  in one or more banks and/or trust companies in the
  state designated by the authority. The moneys in such accounts shall  be
  paid  out on checks of the treasurer upon requisition by the chairperson
  of the authority or of such other officer or officers as  the  authority
  may  authorize  to  make  such requisitions. All deposits of such moneys
  shall be secured by obligations of or guaranteed by the United States of
  America or of the state 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. 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.  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. 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.
2023 New York Laws › PBA - Public Authorities › Article 5 - Public Utility Authorities › Title 8-C - Water Authority of Western Nassau County › 1198-L - Bonds Legal Investments for Fiduciaries.

§  1198-l.  Bonds  legal investments 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  the  state  and  all
  municipalities  for any purposes for which the deposit of bonds or other
  obligations of the state is now or hereafter may be authorized.
2023 New York Laws › PBA - Public Authorities › Article 5 - Public Utility Authorities › Title 8-C - Water Authority of Western Nassau County › 1198-M - Agreement With the State.

§  1198-m.  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 fulfill the terms of any agreement made with
  or for the benefit of the holders of bonds or  in  any  way  impair  the
  rights  and  remedies  of  bondholders until the bonds together with the
  interest thereon, with 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.  The
  authority  is  authorized  to  include  this pledge and agreement of the
  state in any agreement with bondholders.
2023 New York Laws › PBA - Public Authorities › Article 5 - Public Utility Authorities › Title 8-C - Water Authority of Western Nassau County › 1198-N - Exemption From Taxes, Assessments and Certain Fees; Payments in Lieu of Taxes.

§ 1198-n. Exemption from taxes, assessments and certain fees; payments
  in  lieu  of  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 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 real property owned by it
  or any filing, recording or  transfer  fees  or  taxes  in  relation  to
  instruments filed, recorded or transferred by it or on its behalf.
2.  The  authority  may  pay,  or  may  enter into agreements with any
  municipality to pay, a sum or sums annually or otherwise or  to  provide
  other  considerations to such municipality with respect to real property
  owned by the authority located within such municipality and constituting
  a part of its water system.
3. Any bonds issued pursuant to this title together  with  the  income
  therefrom  shall  be exempt from taxation except for transfer and estate
  taxes. The revenues, moneys and all other property and all activities 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.
4.  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 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 three of this section, and  that
  all  revenues,  moneys, and other property pledged to secure the payment
  of such bonds shall at all times be free from such taxes as  aforestated
  in such subdivision.
5.  Notwithstanding  the above, nothing herein shall prevent the state
  from assessing a tax or surcharge against the water customers  based  on
  their  water  consumption,  provided,  however,  that all such taxes and
  surcharges and the authority's obligation to collect and pay such  taxes
  and  surcharges  shall be subordinate to the rights of holders of all of
  the authority's bonds  and  notes  and  to  the  payment  of  principal,
  premiums if any, and interest thereon.
2023 New York Laws › PBA - Public Authorities › Article 5 - Public Utility Authorities › Title 8-C - Water Authority of Western Nassau County › 1198-O - Actions Against the Authority.

§  1198-o.  Actions  against the authority. 1. No action or 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 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 proceeding shall be commenced within one year and
ninety days after the happening of the event upon  which  the  claim  is
based.
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
thereof 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 against the authority on
bonds, shall not exceed six per centum per annum. Interest  on  payments
of  principal  or  interest  on any bonds in default shall accrue at the
rate borne by such bonds from the date thereof until paid  or  otherwise
satisfied.
2023 New York Laws › PBA - Public Authorities › Article 5 - Public Utility Authorities › Title 8-C - Water Authority of Western Nassau County › 1198-P - Conflicts of Interest of Members of the Board of Directors and Officers and Employees of the Authority.

§  1198-p.  Conflicts of interest of members of the board of directors
  and officers and employees of the authority. No member of the  board  of
  directors  or  officer  or  employee  of  the  authority  shall have any
  interest in any contract,  or  take  any  action  or  otherwise  involve
  himself  or  herself in any activity which, pursuant to article eighteen
  of the general municipal law, would be deemed a conflict of interest for
  a municipal officer or employee holding a position with  a  municipality
  similar to the position held by the member, officer or employee with the
  authority.
It  shall  not  be  deemed  a  conflict  of  interest  for a person to
  simultaneously hold positions as a member  and  as  an  officer  of  the
  authority.
2023 New York Laws › PBA - Public Authorities › Article 5 - Public Utility Authorities › Title 8-C - Water Authority of Western Nassau County › 1198-Q - Construction and Purchase Contracts.

§ 1198-q. Construction and purchase contracts. The authority shall let
  contracts  for  construction  or  purchase  of  supplies,  materials, or
  equipment pursuant to sections one hundred one and one hundred three  of
  the general municipal law. Nothing in this section shall be construed to
  limit  the power of the authority to do any construction directly by the
  officers, agents and employees of the authority or to  contract  with  a
  public  utility,  for a term not to exceed five years, for the operation
  and maintenance of a water  supply  system  acquired  from  said  public
  utility.
2023 New York Laws › PBA - Public Authorities › Article 5 - Public Utility Authorities › Title 8-C - Water Authority of Western Nassau County › 1198-R - Acquisition by Eminent Domain.

§ 1198-r. Acquisition by eminent domain. Notwithstanding any provision
  of  the  eminent domain procedure law to the contrary, in any proceeding
  brought by the authority pursuant to such law, title shall vest  in  the
  authority and compensation shall be paid only (a) upon a decision by the
  supreme  court  that compensation for the property so condemned shall be
  determined solely by the  income  capitalization  method  of  valuation,
  based  on  the  actual  net  income  as  allowed  by  the public service
  commission, and (b) upon such court's determination  of  the  amount  of
  such compensation, based upon the income capitalization method, entry of
  the  final  judgment, the filing of the final decree, and the conclusion
  of any appeal or expiration of the time to file an appeal related to the
  condemnation proceeding. Should any court determine  that  a  method  of
  compensation other than the income capitalization method be utilized, or
  if  the proposed award is more than the rate base of the assets taken in
  condemnation as utilized by the public  service  commission  in  setting
  rates  and  as certified by the public service commission, the authority
  may withdraw the condemnation proceeding without prejudice or  costs  to
  any party.
2023 New York Laws › PBA - Public Authorities › Article 5 - Public Utility Authorities › Title 8-C - Water Authority of Western Nassau County › 1198-S - Separability Clause.

§  1198-s. Separability clause. If any section, clause or provision in
  this title shall be held by a competent court 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.
2023 New York Laws › PBA - Public Authorities › Article 5 - Public Utility Authorities › Title 8-C - Water Authority of Western Nassau County › 1198-T - Effect of Inconsistent Provisions.

§ 1198-t. Effect of inconsistent provisions. Insofar as the provisions
  of  this  title  are  inconsistent with the provisions of any other law,
  general, special or local or of any charter or any  local  ordinance  or
  resolution  of  any  municipality  the provisions of this title shall be
  controlling, provided that 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.
2023 New York Laws › PBA - Public Authorities › Article 5 - Public Utility Authorities › Title 8-D - Rensselaer County Water and Sewer Authority › 1199-B - Rensselaer County Water and Sewer District.

§  1199-b. Rensselaer county water and sewer district. There is hereby
  defined and established an area to be known as  the  "Rensselaer  county
  water  and sewer district" which shall embrace all the territory located
  within the county of Rensselaer that is not, as of the effective date of
  this title, located within the incorporated limits of a city.
2023 New York Laws › PBA - Public Authorities › Article 5 - Public Utility Authorities › Title 8-D - Rensselaer County Water and Sewer Authority › 1199-E - Advances on Behalf of the Authority; Transfer of Property to Authority; Acquisition of Property by County for Authority.

§ 1199-e. Advances on behalf of the authority; transfer of property to
  authority;  acquisition  of  property  by  county  for  authority. 1. In
  addition to any powers granted to it by law, the  county  from  time  to
  time  may  appropriate sums of money to or on behalf of the authority to
  defray project costs or any other costs and expenses of  the  authority.
  Subject  to  the  rights of bondholders, the county may determine if the
  moneys so appropriated shall be subject to repayment by the authority to
  the county and, in such event, the manner and time  or  times  for  such
  repayment.
2. The county or any other municipality may give, grant, sell, convey,
  loan,  license  the  use  of  or  lease to the authority any property or
  facility which is useful to the authority in  order  to  carry  out  its
  powers  under  this  title.  Any such transfer of property shall be upon
  such terms and conditions, subject to the rights of the holders  of  any
  bonds, as the authority and the county or other municipality may agree.
3.  The  county may acquire by purchase or by exercise of the power of
  eminent domain real property in the name of the county for any corporate
  purpose of the authority.
4. Notwithstanding the provisions of any other law,  general,  special
  or local to the contrary, real property acquired by the authority or the
  county  from  the  state  may  be  used for any corporate purpose of the
  authority.
2023 New York Laws › PBA - Public Authorities › Article 5 - Public Utility Authorities › Title 8-D - Rensselaer County Water and Sewer Authority › 1199-F - Governmental Capacity of the Authority and Municipalities.

§  1199-f.  Governmental capacity of the authority and municipalities.
  The authority, the county and the other municipalities, in carrying  out
  their  respective powers and duties under this title, shall be deemed to
  be acting in a governmental  capacity  and  in  the  performance  of  an
  essential governmental function.
2023 New York Laws › PBA - Public Authorities › Article 5 - Public Utility Authorities › Title 8-D - Rensselaer County Water and Sewer Authority › 1199-G - Transfer of Officers and Employees.

§  1199-g.  Transfer  of officers and employees. Any public officer or
  employee in the public service who is selected  by  the  authority  may,
  with the consent of the commission, board, or chief executive officer of
  the 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, 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 funds or systems to be  paid
  by  the  employer on account of such officers or employees 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 civil service  commission  shall  have  the  same
  status  with respect thereto after transfer to the authority as they had
  under their original appointment.
2023 New York Laws › PBA - Public Authorities › Article 5 - Public Utility Authorities › Title 8-D - Rensselaer County Water and Sewer Authority › 1199-J - State and County Not Liable on Authority Bonds.

§  1199-j. State and county not liable on authority bonds. Neither the
  state nor the county shall be liable on the bonds of the  authority  and
  such  bonds  shall  not  be a debt of the state, or the county, and such
  bonds shall contain, on the face thereof, a statement to such effect.
2023 New York Laws › PBA - Public Authorities › Article 5 - Public Utility Authorities › Title 8-D - Rensselaer County Water and Sewer Authority › 1199-K - Moneys of the Authority.

§  1199-k.  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  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 or of the state or of the
  county 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 to carry out any
  such contract notwithstanding that such  contract  may  be  inconsistent
  with  the provisions of this section.  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.
2023 New York Laws › PBA - Public Authorities › Article 5 - Public Utility Authorities › Title 8-D - Rensselaer County Water and Sewer Authority › 1199-L - Bonds Legal Investments for Fiduciaries.

§  1199-l.  Bonds  legal investments 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.
2023 New York Laws › PBA - Public Authorities › Article 5 - Public Utility Authorities › Title 8-D - Rensselaer County Water and Sewer Authority › 1199-M - Agreement of the State.

§  1199-m. Agreement of 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,  maintain,  operate,
  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  and  to  fulfill  the terms of any agreement made with or for the
  benefit of the holders of the 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  the  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. The authority is authorized to include this  pledge  and
  agreement of the state in any agreement with bondholders.
2023 New York Laws › PBA - Public Authorities › Article 5 - Public Utility Authorities › Title 8-D - Rensselaer County Water and Sewer Authority › 1199-N - Exemption From Taxes, Assessments and Certain Fees.

§ 1199-n. 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  county  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,  special  ad  valorem  levies  or special
  assessments upon any property owned by it  or  under  its  jurisdiction,
  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. The construction, use, occupation or
  possession  of  any  property  owned  by  the  authority  or the county,
  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.
2. Any bonds issued pursuant to this title together  with  the  income
  therefrom  shall  be exempt from taxation except for transfer and estate
  taxes. The revenues, moneys and other properties and activities  of  the
  authority  shall  be exempt from taxes and governmental fees or charges,
  whether imposed by the state or any municipality, including real  estate
  taxes, franchise taxes, sales taxes or other excise taxes.
3.  The  state  hereby  covenants  with  the  purchaser  and  with all
  subsequent holders and transferees of  bonds  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 taxation, as
  aforestated  in  subdivision two of this section, and that all revenues,
  moneys, and other property pledged to secure the payment of  such  bonds
  shall  at  all  times  be free from such taxation as aforestated in such
  subdivision.
2023 New York Laws › PBA - Public Authorities › Article 5 - Public Utility Authorities › Title 8-D - Rensselaer County Water and Sewer Authority › 1199-O - Actions Against Authority.

§  1199-o.  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 prescribed 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.
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, 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 or rates set forth in such bonds from the due
  date thereof until paid or otherwise satisfied.
2023 New York Laws › PBA - Public Authorities › Article 5 - Public Utility Authorities › Title 8-D - Rensselaer County Water and Sewer Authority › 1199-Q - Interest in Contracts Prohibited.

§  1199-q. 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 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.
2023 New York Laws › PBA - Public Authorities › Article 5 - Public Utility Authorities › Title 8-D - Rensselaer County Water and Sewer Authority › 1199-R - Audit and Annual Report.

§  1199-r.  Audit and 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 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 five hundred of title one of  article
  nine  of this chapter, and a copy of such report shall be filed with the
  county executive. The authority shall  comply  with  the  provisions  of
  sections  two  thousand five hundred one, two thousand five hundred two,
  and two thousand five hundred three of title one of article nine of this
  chapter.
2023 New York Laws › PBA - Public Authorities › Article 5 - Public Utility Authorities › Title 8-D - Rensselaer County Water and Sewer Authority › 1199-S - Limited Liability.

§  1199-s.  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.