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2023 New York Laws › PBA - Public Authorities › Article 8 - Miscellaneous Authorities › Title 13-H - Eastern Rensselaer County Solid Waste Management Authority › 2050-NN - Exemption From Taxes, Assessments and Certain Fees.

§  2050-nn.  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  towns  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 or assessments upon any property owned by it
  or  under  its  jurisdiction,  control  or  supervision  or   upon   its
  activities,  income and operations, or any filing, recording or transfer
  fees or taxes in relation to instruments filed, recorded or  transferred
  by  it  or  on  its  behalf  provided, however, that the authority shall
  annually pay a sum in lieu of taxes to each  of  the  municipalities  in
  which  any  real property owned by or under its jurisdiction, control or
  supervision of the authority are located in an amount equal to the taxes
  and assessments which would have been levied upon such real property  in
  an  unimproved state had such real property been owned by a person whose
  real property is subject to taxation. The construction, use,  occupation
  or  possession  of  any  property  owned  by the authority or the towns,
  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.
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 and gift 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 for 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 and gift taxes.
2023 New York Laws › PBA - Public Authorities › Article 8 - Miscellaneous Authorities › Title 13-H - Eastern Rensselaer County Solid Waste Management Authority › 2050-OO - Actions Against Authority.

§  2050-oo.  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 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.  Actions to
  recover damages for personal injury or injury to property caused by  the
  latent   effects   of  exposure  to  any  substance  or  combination  of
  substances, in any form, upon or within the  body,  or  upon  or  within
  property,  shall  be  governed  by section two hundred fourteen-c of the
  civil practice law and rules.
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  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 borne by such bonds from the due date thereof
  until paid or otherwise satisfied.
2023 New York Laws › PBA - Public Authorities › Article 8 - Miscellaneous Authorities › Title 13-H - Eastern Rensselaer County Solid Waste Management Authority › 2050-PP - Contracts.

§  2050-pp. Contracts. All contracts or orders, for work, material and
  supplies performed or furnished in connection with  construction,  shall
  be  awarded,  when  applicable, pursuant to paragraph (e) of subdivision
  four of section one hundred twenty-w of the general  municipal  law  and
  such  award shall be made by the authority pursuant to resolution of the
  governing body except  as  hereinafter  provided.  In  any  construction
  contract, the authority may provide a program for the payment of damages
  for  delays  and  incentive  awards in order to encourage timely project
  completion. An action, suit or proceeding contesting the validity  of  a
  contract  awarded  pursuant  to  this  section,  or  the validity of the
  procedures relating to such award, shall be governed by  the  provisions
  of  subdivision  six  of  section  one  hundred  twenty-w of the general
  municipal law and the term "municipality" as used  in  such  subdivision
  six  shall mean the authority. Every contract when made and entered into
  as herein provided for shall be executed in duplicate, one copy of which
  shall be held by the authority and one copy of which shall be  delivered
  to  the contractor. The authority may adopt, utilize, ratify and confirm
  any  request  for  proposals,  invitation  for   sealed   bids,   plans,
  specifications  and  notices heretofore or hereafter published by either
  of the towns with respect to any proposed project, and the authority may
  adopt, utilize, accept and confirm any bids or  proposals  submitted  to
  either  of  the towns and heretofore and hereafter received and publicly
  opened by such town. The provisions of this section shall supersede  any
  inconsistent provisions of the general municipal law, any other general,
  special or local law, or the charter of either town.
2023 New York Laws › PBA - Public Authorities › Article 8 - Miscellaneous Authorities › Title 13-H - Eastern Rensselaer County Solid Waste Management Authority › 2050-QQ - Interest in Contracts Prohibited.

§ 2050-qq. 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  of  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 8 - Miscellaneous Authorities › Title 13-H - Eastern Rensselaer County Solid Waste Management Authority › 2050-RR - Audit and Annual Report.

§  2050-rr. Audit and annual report. In conformity with the provisions
  of section five of article ten of the state constitution,  the  accounts
  of  the  authority  shall  be  subject  to  the supervision of the state
  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  eight  hundred  of
  title  one  of  article  nine of this chapter, and a copy of such report
  shall be filed with each legislative body. The  authority  shall  comply
  with  the  provisions  of  sections  two thousand eight hundred one, two
  thousand eight hundred two and two thousand eight hundred three of title
  one of article nine of this chapter.
2023 New York Laws › PBA - Public Authorities › Article 8 - Miscellaneous Authorities › Title 13-H - Eastern Rensselaer County Solid Waste Management Authority › 2050-SS - Limited Liability.

§  2050-ss.  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.
2023 New York Laws › PBA - Public Authorities › Article 8 - Miscellaneous Authorities › Title 13-H - Eastern Rensselaer County Solid Waste Management Authority › 2050-UU - Solid Waste Facility Reserve Fund.

§  2050-uu.  Solid waste facility reserve fund. The legislative bodies
  of the towns may establish a special fund, to be known  as  solid  waste
  facility  reserve  fund  of  such  town. There shall be credited to such
  reserve fund all amounts paid to such town and  specifically  designated
  by  the  payor for deposit in such reserve fund, together with such town
  moneys as may be appropriated thereto from time to time. Moneys in  such
  reserve funds may be appropriated only for the purpose of paying amounts
  due  from the town under the terms of any contract entered into pursuant
  to this title or for the construction, operation  or  closure  of  solid
  waste  management  facilities within the town, for which an insufficient
  or no provision has otherwise been made, except that upon  the  adoption
  of  a  resolution by at least a two-third vote of the voting strength of
  such towns legislative body, all or any portion of the  moneys  in  such
  reserve fund may be transferred to any other reserve fund established by
  the  town  pursuant  to  the  general  municipal  law. To the extent not
  inconsistent with the provisions of this section, the management of such
  reserve fund and the investment of moneys therein shall  be  subject  to
  the provisions of section six-h of the general municipal law.
2023 New York Laws › PBA - Public Authorities › Article 8 - Miscellaneous Authorities › Title 13-H - Eastern Rensselaer County Solid Waste Management Authority › 2050-VV - Transfer of Environmental Applications, Proceedings, Approvals and Permits.

§   2050-vv.  Transfer  of  environmental  applications,  proceedings,
  approvals and permits. Any application in relation to the purposes of or
  contemplated  by  this  title  or  any  proceeding  commenced   by   any
  participating  municipality  with  the state department of environmental
  conservation, the department of transportation or any other state agency
  or instrumentality or with the United  States  environmental  protection
  agency or any other federal agency or instrumentality shall inure to and
  for  the  benefit  of  the  authority to the same extent and in the same
  manner as if the authority has been  a  party  to  such  application  or
  proceeding  and  the  authority  shall be deemed a party thereto, to the
  extent not prohibited by any federal law. Any license, approval,  permit
  or  decision  issued  or  granted pursuant to or as a result of any such
  application or proceeding shall inure to the benefit of and  be  binding
  upon  the  authority  and  shall  be  assigned  and  transferred  by the
  participating municipality to the authority, unless such assignment  and
  transfer is prohibited by federal law.
2023 New York Laws › PBA - Public Authorities › Article 8 - Miscellaneous Authorities › Title 13-H - Eastern Rensselaer County Solid Waste Management Authority › 2050-WW - Preference for Actions or Proceedings Against Authority.

§  2050-ww.  Preference  for actions or proceedings against authority.
  Any action or proceeding to which the authority or  the  people  of  the
  state may be parties, in which any question arises as to the validity of
  this  title, shall be preferred over all other civil causes of action or
  cases, except election causes of action or cases, in all courts  of  the
  state and shall be heard and determined in preference to all other civil
  business  pending  therein,  except  election  causes,  irrespective  of
  position on the calendar. The same  preference  shall  be  granted  upon
  application  of the authority or its counsel in any action or proceeding
  questioning the validity of this title in which  the  authority  may  be
  allowed  to  intervene. The venue of any such action or proceeding shall
  be laid in the supreme court of the county in which the principal office
  of the authority is located.
2023 New York Laws › PBA - Public Authorities › Article 8 - Miscellaneous Authorities › Title 13-H - Eastern Rensselaer County Solid Waste Management Authority › 2050-XX - Separability.

§  2050-xx.  Separability. If any section, clause or provision in this
  title shall  be  held  by  a  court  of  competent  jurisdiction  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 8 - Miscellaneous Authorities › Title 13-H - Eastern Rensselaer County Solid Waste Management Authority › 2050-YY - Effect of Inconsistent Provisions.

§   2050-yy.   Effect  of  inconsistent  provisions.  Insofar  as  the
  provisions of this title are inconsistent with  the  provisions  of  any
  other  act, general or special, or of any town charter or any local law,
  ordinance or resolution of the towns  or  any  other  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.  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 8 - Miscellaneous Authorities › Title 13-I - County of Franklin Solid Waste Management Authority › 2051-D - Transfer of Property to Authority; Acquisition of Property by County for Authority.

§  2051-d.  Transfer of property to authority; acquisition of property
  by county for authority. 1. 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.
2. Notwithstanding the provisions of any other law,  general,  special
  or local, 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 8 - Miscellaneous Authorities › Title 13-I - County of Franklin Solid Waste Management Authority › 2051-F - Governmental Capacity of the Authority and Municipalities.

§  2051-f.  Governmental capacity of the authority and municipalities.
  The county, other municipalities within the county and the authority  in
  carrying  out the respective powers and duties under this title shall be
  deemed to be  acting  in  a  governmental  capacity.  The  construction,
  operation and maintenance of any project financed in whole or in part by
  the  authority  shall  be  deemed  to be the performance of an essential
  governmental function  by  the  authority  acting  in  its  governmental
  capacity,  whether  such  project  shall  be  owned  or  operated by the
  authority or by any person or other public corporation.
2023 New York Laws › PBA - Public Authorities › Article 8 - Miscellaneous Authorities › Title 13-I - County of Franklin Solid Waste Management Authority › 2051-G - Transfer of Officers and Employees.

§  2051-g. Transfer of officers and employees. Any officer or employee
  of the county under civil service, selected by the authority  may,  with
  the consent of the chairman of the county legislature, be transferred to
  the  authority  and shall be eligible for such transfer and appointment,
  without examination, to applicable  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 system 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 personnel officer of the county  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 8 - Miscellaneous Authorities › Title 13-I - County of Franklin Solid Waste Management Authority › 2051-J - State, County and Municipalities Not Liable on Bonds.

§  2051-j.  State,  county  and  municipalities  not  liable on bonds.
  Neither  the  state,  county  nor  any  other  municipality  or   public
  corporation shall be liable on the bonds of the authority and such bonds
  shall  not  be  a debt of the state, county or any other municipality or
  public corporation, and such bonds shall contain, on the face thereof, a
  statement to such effect.
2023 New York Laws › PBA - Public Authorities › Article 8 - Miscellaneous Authorities › Title 13-I - County of Franklin Solid Waste Management Authority › 2051-K - Moneys of the Authority.

§  2051-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 interest bearing accounts 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, the
  state  or  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 8 - Miscellaneous Authorities › Title 13-I - County of Franklin Solid Waste Management Authority › 2051-L - Bonds and Notes as Legal Investment.

§  2051-l.  Bonds  and  notes  as  legal  investment. 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  notes,  or  other  obligations of the state, may properly and
  legally invest funds including capital in their control or belonging  to
  them.  The  bonds and 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 for any purposes for which the deposit
  of bonds or notes or other obligations of this state is now or hereafter
  may be authorized.
2023 New York Laws › PBA - Public Authorities › Article 8 - Miscellaneous Authorities › Title 13-I - County of Franklin Solid Waste Management Authority › 2051-M - Agreement With the State.

§  2051-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  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 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,  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 8 - Miscellaneous Authorities › Title 13-I - County of Franklin Solid Waste Management Authority › 2051-N - Exemption From Taxes, Assessments and Certain Fees.

§ 2051-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 or 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.
  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 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 for 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 8 - Miscellaneous Authorities › Title 13-I - County of Franklin Solid Waste Management Authority › 2051-O - Actions Against the Authority.

§  2051-o.  Actions  against the 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 by and in
  compliance with section fifty-e of the general municipal law, or (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. Actions to
  recover damages for personal injury or injury to property caused by  the
  latent   effects   of  exposure  to  any  substance  or  combination  of
  substances, in any form, upon or within  the  body  or  upon  or  within
  property  shall  be  governed  by  section two hundred fourteen-c of the
  civil practice law and rules.
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  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 borne by such bonds from the due date thereof
  until paid or otherwise satisfied.
2023 New York Laws › PBA - Public Authorities › Article 8 - Miscellaneous Authorities › Title 13-I - County of Franklin Solid Waste Management Authority › 2051-Q - Interest in Contracts Prohibited.

§  2051-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 8 - Miscellaneous Authorities › Title 13-I - County of Franklin Solid Waste Management Authority › 2051-R - Audit and Annual Report.

§  2051-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 state comptroller
  and an annual audit shall  be  performed  by  an  independent  certified
  accountant.  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 eight hundred of
  title one of article nine of this chapter, and a  copy  of  such  report
  shall be filed with the chairman of the Franklin county legislature. The
  authority  shall  comply  with  the  provisions of sections two thousand
  eight hundred one, two thousand eight  hundred  two,  and  two  thousand
  eight hundred three of title one of article nine of this chapter.
2023 New York Laws › PBA - Public Authorities › Article 8 - Miscellaneous Authorities › Title 13-I - County of Franklin Solid Waste Management Authority › 2051-S - Limited Liability.

§  2051-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.
2023 New York Laws › PBA - Public Authorities › Article 8 - Miscellaneous Authorities › Title 13-I - County of Franklin Solid Waste Management Authority › 2051-U - Solid Waste Reserve Fund.

§  2051-u.  Solid  waste  reserve  fund.  The  county  legislature may
  establish a special fund, to be known as the solid waste reserve fund of
  the county. There shall be credited to such  reserve  fund  all  amounts
  paid  to the county and specifically designated by the payor for deposit
  in such reserve fund,  together  with  such  county  moneys  as  may  be
  appropriated  thereto from time to time. Moneys in such reserve fund may
  be appropriated only for the purpose of  paying  amounts  due  from  the
  county  under  the  terms  of any contract entered into pursuant to this
  title, for which an insufficient or  no  provision  has  otherwise  been
  made,  except  that  upon  the  adoption  of  a resolution by at least a
  two-thirds vote of the voting strength of the county legislature, all or
  any portion of the moneys in such reserve fund may be transferred to any
  other reserve fund established by the county  pursuant  to  the  general
  municipal  law.  To  the  extent not inconsistent with the provisions of
  this section, the management of such reserve fund and the investment  of
  moneys  therein  shall  be subject to the provisions of section six-h of
  the general municipal law.
2023 New York Laws › PBA - Public Authorities › Article 8 - Miscellaneous Authorities › Title 13-I - County of Franklin Solid Waste Management Authority › 2051-V - Environmental Applications, Proceedings, Approvals and Permits.

§  2051-v.  Environmental  applications,  proceedings,  approvals  and
  permits.  1.  Any  application  in  relation  to  the  purposes  of   or
  contemplated  by  this title, or any proceeding commenced, by the county
  with the state department of environmental conservation, the  department
  of  transportation  or  any  other state agency or instrumentality shall
  inure to and for the benefit of the authority to the same extent and  in
  the same manner as if the authority had been a party to such application
  or proceeding, and the authority shall be deemed a party thereto, to the
  extent  not prohibited by any federal law. Any license, approval, permit
  or decision issued or granted pursuant to or as a  result  of  any  such
  application  or  proceeding shall inure to the benefit of and be binding
  upon the authority and shall be assigned and transferred by  the  county
  to  the  authority  unless such assignment and transfer is prohibited by
  federal law.
2. All such applications, proceedings,  licenses,  approvals,  permits
  and  decisions  shall  further  inure  to  and for the benefit of and be
  binding upon any person leasing, acquiring,  constructing,  maintaining,
  using  or  occupying  any  facility  financed in whole or in part by the
  authority.
2023 New York Laws › PBA - Public Authorities › Article 8 - Miscellaneous Authorities › Title 13-I - County of Franklin Solid Waste Management Authority › 2051-W - Separability.

§  2051-w.  Separability.  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 8 - Miscellaneous Authorities › Title 13-I - County of Franklin Solid Waste Management Authority › 2051-X - Effect of Inconsistent Provisions.

§  2051-x.  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 the county charter or any local
  law, ordinance or resolution of the county or  any  other  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. 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 8 - Miscellaneous Authorities › Title 13-L - Oneida County Sports Facility Authority Act › 2052-F - Governmental Capacity of the Authority and Municipalities.

§  2052-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 8 - Miscellaneous Authorities › Title 13-L - Oneida County Sports Facility Authority Act › 2052-G - Transfer of Officers and Employees.

§  2052-g.  Transfer  of officers and employees. Any public officer or
  employee under civil 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 8 - Miscellaneous Authorities › Title 13-L - Oneida County Sports Facility Authority Act › 2052-H - Moneys of the Authority.

§  2052-h.  Moneys  of the authority. All moneys of the authority from
  whatever source derived shall be paid to the treasurer of the authority,
  or to the county commissioner of finance as agent of  the  authority  if
  the board shall so determine, and shall be deposited forthwith in a bank
  or  banks  in  the  state  designated  by  the board. The moneys in such
  accounts shall  be  paid  out  on  check  of  the  treasurer  or  county
  commissioner  of  finance,  as  the case may be, upon requisition by the
  board or of such other person or persons as the board 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 or  of
  any  other municipality within 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. 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.  With the approval of the comptroller, the authority shall
  prescribe a system of accounts.
2023 New York Laws › PBA - Public Authorities › Article 8 - Miscellaneous Authorities › Title 13-L - Oneida County Sports Facility Authority Act › 2052-I - Exemption From Taxes, Assessments and Certain Fees.

§  2052-i.  Exemption  from taxes, assessments and certain fees. 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.
2023 New York Laws › PBA - Public Authorities › Article 8 - Miscellaneous Authorities › Title 13-L - Oneida County Sports Facility Authority Act › 2052-J - Actions Against Authority.

§   2052-j.  Actions  against  authority.  1.  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.
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 shall be the rate prescribed by section three-a
  of the general municipal law.
2023 New York Laws › PBA - Public Authorities › Article 8 - Miscellaneous Authorities › Title 13-L - Oneida County Sports Facility Authority Act › 2052-K - Construction and Purchase Contracts.

§ 2052-k. 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 powers 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 8 - Miscellaneous Authorities › Title 13-L - Oneida County Sports Facility Authority Act › 2052-L - Interest in Contracts Prohibited.

§  2052-l. Interest in contracts prohibited. It shall be a misdemeanor
  for any member of the board 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 8 - Miscellaneous Authorities › Title 13-L - Oneida County Sports Facility Authority Act › 2052-M - Authority Shall Be Deemed State Agency.

§  2052-m. Authority shall be deemed state agency. For the purposes of
  article fifteen-A of the executive law  only,  the  authority  shall  be
  deemed  a  state  agency  as  that term is used in such article, and its
  contracts for design, construction,  services  and  materials  shall  be
  deemed  state  contracts within the meaning of that term as set forth in
  such article.
2023 New York Laws › PBA - Public Authorities › Article 8 - Miscellaneous Authorities › Title 13-L - Oneida County Sports Facility Authority Act › 2052-N - Audit and Annual Report.

§  2052-n.  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 comptroller  and  to
  the  state  legislature  a detailed report pursuant to the provisions of
  section two thousand eight hundred of title one of article nine of  this
  chapter,  and  a  copy  of  such  report  shall be filed with the county
  executive and with the county board of legislators. The authority  shall
  comply  with  the provisions of sections two thousand eight hundred one,
  two thousand eight hundred two and two thousand eight hundred  three  of
  title one of article nine of this chapter.
2023 New York Laws › PBA - Public Authorities › Article 8 - Miscellaneous Authorities › Title 13-L - Oneida County Sports Facility Authority Act › 2052-O - Books and Records.

§  2052-o.  Books  and records. The county comptroller and his legally
  authorized representatives are 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 records and papers relating to its financial standing.
2023 New York Laws › PBA - Public Authorities › Article 8 - Miscellaneous Authorities › Title 13-L - Oneida County Sports Facility Authority Act › 2052-P - Limited Liability.

§ 2052-p. Limited liability. Neither the members of the board, 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 projects 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.