2023 New York Laws › PBA - Public Authorities › Article 8 - Miscellaneous Authorities › Title 13-L - Oneida County Sports Facility Authority Act › 2052-D - Powers of the Authority.

§ 2052-d. Powers of the authority. The authority shall have the power:
1. To sue and be sued;
2. To have a seal and alter the same at pleasure;
3. To enter into contracts and to execute all instruments necessary or
  convenient  or  desirable for the purposes of the authority to carry out
  any powers expressly given it in this title;
4. To acquire, lease as lessee, hold and use by purchase, gift, grant,
  transfer, contract or  lease  any  real  or  personal  property  or  any
  interest  therein,  as  the  authority may deem necessary, convenient or
  desirable to carry out the purpose of this title. In connection with the
  acquisition  of  any  such  property,  the  authority  may  assume   any
  obligations of the owner of such property and, to the extent required by
  the  terms  of  any  indentures  or  other  instruments under which such
  obligations were issued, the authority may assume and agree  to  perform
  covenants  and  observe  the restrictions contained in such instruments;
  and furthermore the  owner  of  any  property  which  the  authority  is
  authorized to acquire is hereby authorized to sell or otherwise transfer
  the  same to the authority, whereupon the authority shall become charged
  with the performance of all public duties with respect to such  property
  with which such owner was charged and such owner shall become discharged
  from the performance thereof;
5.  To  develop,  construct, operate, maintain, manage or contract for
  the operation, maintenance or management of Murnane Field; to allow  the
  use  of  Murnane Field by professional athletic teams for the conduct of
  professional and amateur athletic events and activities related  thereto
  and,  in its discretion, other organized public use and to allow the use
  of Murnane Field by the Utica city school district for the organized use
  of its students, subject only to general  rules  for  the  use  of  such
  sports  facility and reasonable scheduling requirements; to contract for
  the  operation  and  maintenance  of  the  sports  facility  under   its
  jurisdiction or for services to be performed in connection therewith; to
  rent  parts  thereof  and  to  grant  concessions, all on such terms and
  conditions as it may determine;
6. To lease the project of the authority to the county  or  any  other
  municipality  in  the  county, or any instrumentality thereof, upon such
  terms and conditions as  shall  be  determined  by  the  authority,  the
  county, the municipality or such instrumentality, as the case may be;
7.  To apply to the appropriate agencies and officials of the federal,
  state and local governments for such licenses, permits or  approvals  of
  its  plans  or  projects as it may deem necessary or advisable, and upon
  such terms and conditions as it may deem appropriate, and to accept,  in
  its  discretion,  such licenses, permits or approvals as may be tendered
  to it by such agencies and officials;
8. To make plans and studies necessary, convenient  or  desirable  for
  the  effectuation  of  the  purposes  and powers of the authority and to
  prepare recommendations in regard thereto;
9. To enter upon such lands or premises as  in  the  judgment  of  the
  authority  shall  be  necessary  for  the  purpose  of  making  surveys,
  soundings, borings and examinations to accomplish any purpose authorized
  by this title, the authority being liable only for actual damage done;
10. To apply for and to accept any gifts or grants or loans  of  funds
  or  property  or  financial  or  other  aid in any form from the federal
  government or any agency or instrumentality thereof, or from  the  state
  or  any agency or instrumentality thereof, or from any other source, for
  any or all of the purposes specified  in  this  title,  and  to  comply,
  subject  to  the provisions of this title, with the terms and conditions
  thereof;
11. To enter  into  cooperative  agreements  with  other  authorities,
  municipalities,  district  corporations,  individuals  or  corporations,
  within or without the county,  for  any  lawful  purposes  necessary  or
  desirable  to  effect  the  purposes  of  this title upon such terms and
  conditions as shall be determined to be reasonable;
12.  To make bylaws and rules for the management and regulation of its
  affairs and for the regulation of any project. A copy of such bylaws and
  rules, and all amendments thereto, duly certified by  the  secretary  of
  the  authority  shall  be filed in the office of the county clerk of the
  county and shall be published thereafter once in each of two  newspapers
  having  a  general  circulation  in the county. Violations of such rules
  shall be  punishable  by  fine,  not  exceeding  fifty  dollars,  or  by
  imprisonment for not longer than thirty days, or both;
13.  To fix rates and collect charges for the use of the project so as
  to provide revenues sufficient at all times to pay, as  the  same  shall
  become  due, the expense of operating and maintaining the project of the
  authority together with proper reserves for  maintenance,  contingencies
  and all other obligations and indebtedness of the authority;
14.  With  the  consent  of  the  county  board of legislators, to use
  officers and employees of the county, including  the  county  attorney's
  office,  and  to  pay  a proper portion of compensation or costs for the
  services of such officers or employees; and
15. To do all things necessary, convenient or desirable to  carry  out
  its purposes and for the exercise of the powers granted in this title.