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2023 New York Laws › PBA - Public Authorities › Article 5 - Public Utility Authorities › Title 6-D - Alfred, Almond, Hornellsville Sewer Authority › 1147-P - Agreement With the State.

§  1147-p.  Agreement  with the state. The state does hereby pledge to
  and agree with the holders of any bonds or notes 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 to fulfill the terms of any agreement made with or for the
  benefit  of the holders of bonds or notes or with any public corporation
  or person with reference to such project or part thereof, or in any  way
  to  impair  the  rights  and  remedies of bondholders until the bonds or
  notes, together with the interest thereon,  including  interest  on  any
  unpaid installments of interest and all costs and expenses in connection
  with any action or proceeding by or on behalf of such holders, are fully
  met  and  discharged,  provided, however, that this section shall not be
  construed to limit in any manner, the ability of  the  state  to  alter,
  amend  or  enforce  laws or regulations to protect public health and the
  environment. The authority is authorized  to  include  this  pledge  and
  agreement of the state in any agreement with bondholders.
2023 New York Laws › PBA - Public Authorities › Article 5 - Public Utility Authorities › Title 6-D - Alfred, Almond, Hornellsville Sewer Authority › 1147-Q - Exemption From Taxes, Assessments and Certain Fees.

§ 1147-q. 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 village of Almond and the people of the towns of Almond,
  Alfred and  that  portion  of  the  town  of  Hornellsville  within  the
  boundaries  of  the  authority 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 including improvements
  thereon, by any person or public corporation under a  lease,  lease  and
  sublease  or  any other agreement shall not operate to abrogate or limit
  the foregoing exemption, notwithstanding that the lessee, user, occupant
  or person in possession shall claim ownership  for  federal  income  tax
  purposes.    Mortgages  made or financed, directly or indirectly, by the
  authority shall be exempt from the mortgage recording taxes  imposed  by
  article  eleven  of  the tax law. The authority shall be deemed a public
  authority for the purposes of section four hundred twelve  of  the  real
  property tax law.
2.  Any  bonds  issued pursuant to this title together with the income
  therefrom as well as the property of the authority shall be exempt  from
  taxes,  except  for  transfer and estate taxes. The revenues, moneys and
  all other property and all transactions and 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.
  The  state  hereby covenants with the purchasers and with all subsequent
  holders and transferees of bonds issued by  the  authority  pursuant  to
  this  title,  in  consideration  of the acceptance of any payment of the
  bonds, that the bonds of the authority issued pursuant to this title and
  the income therefrom  and  all  revenues,  moneys,  and  other  property
  pledged  to  secure the payment of such bonds shall at all times be free
  from taxation except for transfer and estate taxes.
2023 New York Laws › PBA - Public Authorities › Article 5 - Public Utility Authorities › Title 6-D - Alfred, Almond, Hornellsville Sewer Authority › 1147-T - Arbitration of Disputes.

§  1147-t.  Arbitration  of  disputes. In the event any dispute arises
  relating to the construction, improvement, extension, operation, funding
  or any other matter pertaining to the providing of sewer  facilities  or
  the  operation  of the sewer system and which any village or town wholly
  or partially within the boundaries of the authority  has  the  right  to
  participate  in  determining  if,  when and how the carrying out of that
  construction, improvement, extension, operation, funding  or  any  other
  matter  pertaining to the providing of sewer facilities or the operation
  of the sewer system shall be  undertaken  then  such  dispute  shall  be
  resolved  by  arbitration in the manner provided in article seventy-five
  of the civil practice law and rules.
2023 New York Laws › PBA - Public Authorities › Article 5 - Public Utility Authorities › Title 6-D - Alfred, Almond, Hornellsville Sewer Authority › 1147-U - Construction and Purchase Contracts.

§ 1147-u. 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  and  shall  be  let in accordance with the
  provisions of state law pertaining to prevailing wages, labor standards,
  and working hours. 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.
2023 New York Laws › PBA - Public Authorities › Article 5 - Public Utility Authorities › Title 6-D - Alfred, Almond, Hornellsville Sewer Authority › 1147-W - Equal Employment Opportunity.

§  1147-w.  Equal  employment  opportunity. The authority shall ensure
  that all employees or  applicants  for  employment  are  afforded  equal
  employment opportunity without discrimination.
2023 New York Laws › PBA - Public Authorities › Article 5 - Public Utility Authorities › Title 6-D - Alfred, Almond, Hornellsville Sewer Authority › 1147-X - Audit and Annual Report.

§  1147-x.  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 and an
  annual audit shall be performed by an independent certified  accountant.
  The  authority shall annually submit to the governor and comptroller and
  to the chairs  of  the  senate  finance  and  assembly  ways  and  means
  committees  a  detailed report pursuant to the provisions of section two
  thousand eight hundred of this chapter, and a copy of such report  shall
  be filed with the clerk of each town and village in the service area.
2023 New York Laws › PBA - Public Authorities › Article 5 - Public Utility Authorities › Title 6-D - Alfred, Almond, Hornellsville Sewer Authority › 1147-Y - Separability Clause.

§  1147-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 6-D - Alfred, Almond, Hornellsville Sewer Authority › 1147-Z - Effect of Inconsistent Provisions.

§  1147-z.  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 charter, local law, ordinance
  or resolution of any municipality, the provisions of this title shall be
  controlling.  Nothing  contained  in  this  section  shall  be  held  to
  supplement  or  otherwise  expand  the powers or duties of the authority
  otherwise set forth in this title. Except as specifically  provided  for
  in  this  title,  in the performance of any of its functions, powers and
  duties, the authority shall be subject  to  all  applicable  general  or
  special  laws  of  the  state,  the  county  charter, and any local law,
  ordinance or resolution of the county.
2023 New York Laws › PBA - Public Authorities › Article 5 - Public Utility Authorities › Title 7 - Onondaga County Water Authority › 1151 - Definitions.

§  1151.  Definitions.  As used or referred to in this title, unless a
  different meaning clearly appears from the context.
1. The term "authority" shall mean the corporation created by  section
  eleven hundred twenty-eight of this title;
2. The term "county" shall mean the county of Onondaga;
3. The term "treasurer" shall mean the treasurer of the authority;
4.  The  term "comptroller" shall mean the comptroller of the state of
  New York;
5. The term "civil service commission" shall mean  the  civil  service
  commission of the county of Onondaga;
6.  The term "properties" shall mean the water supply and distribution
  system or systems of the authority, whether situated within  or  without
  the  territorial  limits  of  the district, including the plants, works,
  instrumentalities or part  thereof  and  appurtenances  thereto,  lands,
  easements,  rights  in  land  and  water rights, rights-of-way, contract
  rights, franchises, approaches,  connections,  dams,  reservoirs,  water
  mains  and  pipe  lines,  pumping  stations  and equipment, or any other
  property incidental to and included in such system or part thereof,  and
  any improvements, extensions and betterments;
7.  The  term  "bonds"  shall  mean  the bonds, notes and obligations,
  issued by the authority, pursuant to this act;
8. The term "revenues" shall mean all rents, charges and other  income
  derived from the operation of the properties of the authority;
9. The term "municipality" shall mean any county, city, town, village,
  town water district, fire district, fire protection district, fire alarm
  district,  school  district,  and any other political subdivision of the
  state.
10. The term "district" shall mean the Onondaga county water authority
  district created by section eleven hundred twenty-seven of this title.
2023 New York Laws › PBA - Public Authorities › Article 5 - Public Utility Authorities › Title 7 - Onondaga County Water Authority › 1152 - Onondaga County Water Authority District.

§  1152.  Onondaga  county  water  authority district. There is hereby
  created a district to be known as the "Onondaga County  Water  Authority
  District"  which  shall  embrace  the  towns  of Camillus, Clay, Cicero,
  DeWitt, Elbridge, Geddes, Lysander, Manlius, Marcellus, Onondaga, Salina
  and Van Buren, in the county of Onondaga, state of New York.
2023 New York Laws › PBA - Public Authorities › Article 5 - Public Utility Authorities › Title 7 - Onondaga County Water Authority › 1155 - Moneys of the Authority.

§  1155.  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 of New
  York designated by the authority. The moneys in such accounts  shall  be
  paid out on check of the treasurer on requisition by the authority or of
  such other person or persons as the authority may authorize to make such
  requisitions.  All  deposits  of  such  moneys shall, if required by the
  comptroller or the authority, be secured by obligations  of  the  United
  States  or  of  the state of New York or of the county of a market value
  equal at all times to the amount of deposit  and  all  banks  and  trust
  companies  are  authorized  to give such security for such deposits. The
  auditor and his legally authorized  representatives  of  the  county  of
  Onondaga,  and  the  comptroller if they so elect, are hereby authorized
  and empowered from time to time to examine the accounts and 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 have power, notwithstanding  the
  provisions  of  this section, to contract with the holders of any of its
  bonds as to the custody, collection, security, investment and payment of
  any moneys of the authority, or any moneys held in  trust  or  otherwise
  for  the  payment  of bonds or in any way to secure bonds, and carry out
  any such contract 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.
2023 New York Laws › PBA - Public Authorities › Article 5 - Public Utility Authorities › Title 7 - Onondaga County Water Authority › 1157 - Notes of the Authority.

§  1157. Notes of the authority. The authority shall have power and is
  hereby  authorized  to  issue  negotiable  bond  anticipation  notes  in
  conformity with applicable provisions of the uniform commercial code and
  may  renew  the  same  from time to time but the maximum maturity of any
  such note, including renewals thereof, shall not exceed five years  from
  the  date  of issue of such original note. Such notes shall be paid from
  any moneys of the authority available therefor and not otherwise pledged
  or from  the  proceeds  of  sale  of  the  bonds  of  the  authority  in
  anticipation of which they were issued. The notes shall be issued in the
  same  manner  as  the  bonds  and  such  notes  and  the  resolution  or
  resolutions authorizing the same may contain any provisions,  conditions
  or limitations which the bonds or a bond resolution of the authority may
  contain.  Such  notes  may be sold at public or private sale at not less
  than par and shall bear interest at a rate not exceeding five per centum
  per annum. Such note shall be as fully negotiable as the  bonds  of  the
  authority.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 New York Laws › PBA - Public Authorities › Article 5 - Public Utility Authorities › Title 7-A - Water Authority of Southeastern Nassau County › 1174-K - Moneys of the Authority.

§  1174-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 7-A - Water Authority of Southeastern Nassau County › 1174-L - Bonds Legal Investments for Fiduciaries.

§  1174-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 7-A - Water Authority of Southeastern Nassau County › 1174-M - Agreement With the State.

§  1174-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 7-A - Water Authority of Southeastern Nassau County › 1174-O - Actions Against the Authority.

§  1174-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 cause of action therefor shall have accrued.
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 7-A - Water Authority of Southeastern Nassau County › 1174-P - Conflicts of Interest of Members of the Board of Directors and Officers and Employees of the Authority.

§  1174-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 7-A - Water Authority of Southeastern Nassau County › 1174-Q - Construction and Purchase Contracts.

§ 1174-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 7-A - Water Authority of Southeastern Nassau County › 1174-R - Separability Clause.

§  1174-r. 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 7-A - Water Authority of Southeastern Nassau County › 1174-S - Effect of Inconsistent Provisions.

§ 1174-s. 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.