reglab/statecodes huggingface dataset:
2023 New York Laws › PBA - Public Authorities › Article 2 - Park, Parkway and Highway Authorities › Title 3 - Jones Beach State Parkway Authority › 158-C - Relocation of Dwellings.

*  § 158-c. Relocation of dwellings. 1. It is hereby declared that any
  reduction in housing accommodations on Long Island would be  detrimental
  to  the  community;  that this condition requires that provision be made
  for the relocation and rehabilitation of dwellings affected by  projects
  undertaken  by the authority; that the necessity, in the public interest
  for the provisions of this section, is hereby declared as  a  matter  of
  legislative determination.
2.  Notwithstanding  any  other  provision of law, the authority shall
  have power whenever  it  shall  acquire  real  property  with  dwellings
  thereon  (a)  to  acquire real property for the purpose of providing new
  sites on which such dwellings may be relocated by purchase, gift, devise
  or condemnation in the manner provided  in  this  title,  or,  with  the
  approval  of  the director of the budget, to use real property under the
  jurisdiction of the  authority  for  such  purpose;  (b)  to  sell  such
  dwellings  or  to  provide  for  the  removal and rehabilitation of such
  dwellings on new foundations at such new sites by contract or by its own
  labor force or by combination of such methods; (c) to contract  for  the
  installation  of  services  and  facilities including water, sewer, gas,
  electricity and other necessary appurtenances required for the  complete
  restoration  of  such  dwellings;  (d)  to  landscape such sites; (e) to
  contract with any person, firm or corporation or with a municipality for
  the improvement or installation of streets, sewers, water lines or other
  facilities in connection with the relocation of such  dwellings  and  to
  pay  the cost thereof and any municipality is hereby authorized to enter
  into any such contract; (f) to contract with the several owners of  such
  property  for  the conveyance of the new sites with improvements thereon
  to such owner in settlement in part or in whole of the compensation  and
  damage  to  which  they are entitled; and (g) to sell such sites with or
  without dwellings and improvements thereon.
3. The authority may agree with the owners of  property  acquired,  in
  settlement  in  part  or  in  whole  of  the  damages  to which they are
  entitled, to compensate such owners for the cost of acquiring new sites,
  removing dwellings thereto  on  new  foundations,  the  installation  of
  services and facilities including water, sewerage, gas, electricity, and
  other  necessary  appurtenances required for the complete restoration of
  such dwellings; and landscaping of the new site.
4. This section shall be effective only until January first,  nineteen
  hundred fifty-six.
* NB Expired January 1, 1956
* NB (Authority abolished June 30, 1978)
2023 New York Laws › PBA - Public Authorities › Article 2 - Park, Parkway and Highway Authorities › Title 3 - Jones Beach State Parkway Authority › 159 - State Not Liable on Bonds.

* § 159. State not liable on bonds. The bonds and other obligations of
  the  authority  shall not be a debt of the state and the state shall not
  be liable thereon nor shall they be payable out of any funds other  than
  those of the authority.
* NB (Authority abolished June 30, 1978)
2023 New York Laws › PBA - Public Authorities › Article 2 - Park, Parkway and Highway Authorities › Title 3 - Jones Beach State Parkway Authority › 160 - Bonds Legal Investments for Public Officers and Fiduciaries.

*  § 160. Bonds legal investments for public officers and fiduciaries.
  The bonds 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 institutions, including savings and loan associations,
  building and loan associations, investment companies and  other  persons
  carrying  on  a  banking business, 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  shall  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.
* NB (Authority abolished June 30, 1978)
2023 New York Laws › PBA - Public Authorities › Article 2 - Park, Parkway and Highway Authorities › Title 3 - Jones Beach State Parkway Authority › 161 - Bonds to Be Tax Exempt.

*  §  161.  Bonds  to  be  tax  exempt. The bonds shall be exempt from
  taxation except for transfer and estate taxes. This section shall  apply
  only to bonds issued before January first, nineteen hundred thirty-nine.
  Nothing  in  this section shall be construed to repeal any tax exemption
  granted by general law.
* NB (Authority abolished June 30, 1978)
2023 New York Laws › PBA - Public Authorities › Article 2 - Park, Parkway and Highway Authorities › Title 3 - Jones Beach State Parkway Authority › 161-A - Tax Contract by the State.

*  §  161-a.  Tax  contract  by  the  state.  1.  It  is hereby found,
  determined and declared that the authority and the carrying out  of  its
  corporate  purposes are in all respects for the benefit of the people of
  the state, for the improvement of their health, welfare and  prosperity,
  and  for  the  promotion  of  their  traffic, and that said purposes are
  public  purposes  and  that  the  bridges,  parkways  and   improvements
  constructed  or  operated  by the authority are an essential part of the
  public park and parkway system and that the authority  is  and  will  be
  performing  an  essential  governmental  function in the exercise of the
  powers conferred upon it by law, and the state  of  New  York  covenants
  with  the  purchasers and with all subsequent holders and transferees of
  the bonds issued after January first, nineteen  hundred  thirty-nine  by
  the  parkway  authority  pursuant to this title, in consideration of the
  acceptance of and payment for the bonds that the bonds of the  authority
  issued  after  January  first,  nineteen hundred thirty-nine pursuant to
  this title and the income therefrom and all  moneys,  funds,  tolls  and
  other  revenues pledged to pay or secure the payment of such bonds shall
  at all times be free from taxation except for estate taxes and taxes  on
  transfers by or in contemplation of death.
2.  Nothing  herein  shall  be  construed to repeal any tax exemptions
  granted by general law.
* NB (Authority abolished June 30, 1978)
2023 New York Laws › PBA - Public Authorities › Article 2 - Park, Parkway and Highway Authorities › Title 3 - Jones Beach State Parkway Authority › 163 - Rules and Regulations.

*  §  163. Rules and regulations. The use by the public of Jones Beach
  parkway, Captree bridge,  Captree  parkway  and  any  other  improvement
  operated  by  the  parkway  authority  shall be subject to the rules and
  regulations  of  the  commissioner  of  parks  and  recreation  and  the
  commission,  as  provided  in  the parks and recreation law, in the same
  manner as if such property were a park or  parkway  in  the  ninth  park
  region   under  the  jurisdiction  of  the  commissioner  of  parks  and
  recreation;  provided,  however  that  the  commissioner  of  parks  and
  recreation and the commission shall have no authority to alter or change
  any  of  the facilities hereby placed under the authority or do anything
  which will impair the security of the bondholders or violate limitations
  contained in any agreement with bondholders.
* NB (Authority abolished June 30, 1978)
2023 New York Laws › PBA - Public Authorities › Article 2 - Park, Parkway and Highway Authorities › Title 3 - Jones Beach State Parkway Authority › 163-A - Jurisdiction in Certain Suits Against the Authority.

*  §  163-a.  Jurisdiction  in  certain  suits  against the authority.
  Exclusive jurisdiction is hereby conferred upon the court of  claims  to
  hear  and  determine  the claims of any person against the authority (a)
  for its tortious acts and those of its agents, and (b) for breach  of  a
  contract   relating   to   construction,   reconstruction,  improvement,
  maintenance or operation, in the same manner and to the extent  provided
  by and subject to the provisions of the court of claims act with respect
  to  claims  against  the  state, and to make awards and render judgments
  therefor. All awards and judgments arising from  such  claims  shall  be
  paid out of monies of the authority.
* NB (Authority abolished June 30, 1978)
2023 New York Laws › PBA - Public Authorities › Article 2 - Park, Parkway and Highway Authorities › Title 3 - Jones Beach State Parkway Authority › 164 - Title Not Affected if in Part Unconstitutional or Ineffective.

*   §   164.  Title  not  affected  if  in  part  unconstitutional  or
  ineffective.  If any section, clause or provision of this title shall be
  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.
* NB (Authority abolished June 30, 1978)
2023 New York Laws › PBA - Public Authorities › Article 2 - Park, Parkway and Highway Authorities › Title 3 - Jones Beach State Parkway Authority › 165 - Inconsistent Provisions in Other Acts Superseded.

*  § 165. Inconsistent provisions in other acts superseded. Insofar as
  the provisions of this title are inconsistent with the provisions of any
  other act, general or special, the provisions of  this  title  shall  be
  controlling.
* NB (Authority abolished June 30, 1978)
2023 New York Laws › PBA - Public Authorities › Article 2 - Park, Parkway and Highway Authorities › Title 4 - Bethpage Park Authority › 201 - Definitions.

*  §  201. 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
  two hundred two of this chapter;
2.  The  term  "commission"  shall  mean  the  Long  Island state park
  commission;
3. The term "Bethpage Park" shall mean the lands which  the  authority
  is authorized to acquire as hereinafter provided;
4.  The term "bonds" shall mean bonds issued by the authority pursuant
  to this title;
5. The term "board" shall mean the members of the authority;
6. The term "comptroller" shall mean the comptroller of the  state  of
  New York.
* NB (Abolished in 1975)
2023 New York Laws › PBA - Public Authorities › Article 2 - Park, Parkway and Highway Authorities › Title 4 - Bethpage Park Authority › 202 - Bethpage Park Authority.

* §  202.  Bethpage  park authority. A board, to be known as "Bethpage
  Park Authority, "  is  hereby  created.  Such  board  shall  be  a  body
  corporate  and  politic  constituting  a  public benefit corporation. It
  shall consist of  the  commissioners  of  the  Long  Island  state  park
  commission  and their successors. In case such commission shall cease to
  exist the board shall consist of three members who shall be appointed by
  the governor, by and with the consent of the senate; the term of  office
  of  the  first  members  so  appointed shall be two, four and six years,
  respectively, and thereafter the terms of office of members so appointed
  shall be six years. The president of the board shall be the president of
  the Long Island state park commission or if the commission  shall  cease
  to  exist  shall  be appointed by the governor. The members of the board
  shall be entitled to no compensation for their services,  but  shall  be
  entitled  to  reimbursement for all expenses incurred or to be incurred,
  in connection with Bethpage park. The power of such corporation shall be
  vested in and exercised by the board and a majority of  the  members  of
  the  board  then  in  office  shall  constitute  a quorum. The board may
  delegate to one or more of its members, or to its agents and  employees,
  such  powers  and  duties  as  it  may  deem  proper.  The board and its
  corporate existence shall continue only for a period of five  years  and
  thereafter  until  all  its liabilities have been met and its bonds have
  been paid in full or such  liabilities  or  bonds  have  otherwise  been
  discharged.  Upon  its  ceasing  to  exist all its rights and properties
  shall pass to the state and become subject to the  jurisdiction  of  the
  commission.  The board shall execute such instruments as may be required
  by the commission to accomplish transfer of title to the state.
* NB (Abolished in 1975)
2023 New York Laws › PBA - Public Authorities › Article 2 - Park, Parkway and Highway Authorities › Title 4 - Bethpage Park Authority › 203 - Purpose and Duty of the Authority.

* §  203.  Purpose and duty of the authority.  The purpose and duty of
  the authority is to acquire land in  the  town  of  Oyster  Bay,  Nassau
  county,  and in the towns of Huntington and Babylon, Suffolk county, and
  to develop, improve, embellish, maintain and  operate  such  land  as  a
  public  park  and  public  recreation  center,  and  to  charge fees for
  admission thereto and the use thereof sufficient with other revenues  to
  meet  its expenses and pay all debts contracted by it, and the authority
  shall have power to do all things necessary or convenient to  carry  out
  such  purpose  and  duty  in addition to the express powers conferred in
  this title.
* NB (Abolished in 1975)
2023 New York Laws › PBA - Public Authorities › Article 2 - Park, Parkway and Highway Authorities › Title 4 - Bethpage Park Authority › 204 - Powers of the Authority.

* § 204. Powers of the authority. The authority shall have power
1. To sue and be sued;
2. To have a seal and alter the same at pleasure;
3.  To  acquire,  hold  and  dispose  of real and personal property or
  interests therein in its own name, subject to mortgages or  other  liens
  or  otherwise  and  to  pay  therefor  in cash or on credit, and to give
  mortgages thereon in full or  part  payment  therefor  or  otherwise  to
  secure  or  procure  payment  of  all  or any part of the purchase price
  thereof, on such terms and conditions as it shall determine;
4. To make by-laws for the management and regulation of its affairs;
5. With the consent of the commission to use the agents, employees and
  facilities of the commission and to authorize the making of improvements
  or the  acquisition  of  property  by  the  commission  when  funds  are
  available  therefor and funds of the authority are insufficient for such
  purposes;
6.  To  appoint  officers,  agents  and  employees   and   fix   their
  compensation;  subject,  however, to the provisions of the civil service
  law, which shall apply to the  authority  as  a  municipal  corporation,
  other than a city;
7.  To  make  contracts and incur debts and to execute all instruments
  necessary or convenient;
8. To charge fees for admission to the park and for  the  use  of  the
  facilities  therein  subject  to  and in accordance with such agreements
  with holders of bonds as may be made as hereinafter provided;
9. To rent, buy, sell and deal in, goods, wares and merchandise in any
  way connected with the recreational facilities furnished,  or  to  lease
  the right to exercise such powers;
10.  To give instruction in sports, games and recreations and to lease
  the right to exercise such power;
11. To operate restaurants, cafes and other places  for  serving  food
  and refreshments and to lease the right to exercise such power;
12.  To  lease  the  right  to construct and/or use such facilities in
  Bethpage park on such terms and for  such  considerations  as  it  shall
  determine,  provided,  however, that no lease shall be made for a period
  of more than ten years from the date when it is made;
13. To issue negotiable bonds and to provide for  the  rights  of  the
  holders  thereof,  and to secure the same by a mortgage or deed of trust
  on its property;
14. To enter on any lands, waters and  premises  for  the  purpose  of
  making surveys, soundings and examinations;
15.  To  do all things necessary or convenient to carry out the powers
  expressly given in this title.
* NB (Abolished in 1975)
2023 New York Laws › PBA - Public Authorities › Article 2 - Park, Parkway and Highway Authorities › Title 4 - Bethpage Park Authority › 205 - Moneys of the Authority.

* §  205.  Moneys  of  the authority. All moneys of the authority from
  whatever source derived shall be paid to the comptroller as agent of the
  authority, who shall not commingle such moneys with  any  other  moneys.
  Such  moneys  shall be deposited in a separate bank account or accounts.
  The moneys  in  such  accounts  shall  be  paid  out  on  check  of  the
  comptroller  on requisition of the president of 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 of a market value equal at all times
  to the amount of the deposit and  all  banks  and  trust  companies  are
  authorized  to give such security for such deposits. The comptroller and
  his  legally  authorized  representatives  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. This section shall not be construed as limiting  the
  power  of  the  authority  to agree as to the custody and disposition of
  moneys or fees and revenues for the security of its bonds.
* NB (Abolished in 1975)
2023 New York Laws › PBA - Public Authorities › Article 2 - Park, Parkway and Highway Authorities › Title 4 - Bethpage Park Authority › 207 - State Not Liable on Bonds.

* § 207. State not liable on bonds. The bonds and other obligations of
  the  authority  shall not be a debt of the state and the state shall not
  be liable thereon, nor shall they be payable out of any funds other than
  those of the authority.
* NB (Abolished in 1975)
2023 New York Laws › PBA - Public Authorities › Article 2 - Park, Parkway and Highway Authorities › Title 4 - Bethpage Park Authority › 208 - Bonds Legal Investments for Public Officers and Fiduciaries.

*  § 208. Bonds legal investments for public officers and fiduciaries.
  The bonds 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,  all  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
  shall 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.
* NB (Abolished in 1975)
2023 New York Laws › PBA - Public Authorities › Article 2 - Park, Parkway and Highway Authorities › Title 4 - Bethpage Park Authority › 210 - Rights and Remedies of Creditors.

*  §  210.  Rights and remedies of creditors. 1. All real and personal
property, including fees and revenues of the authority and  debts  owing
to  it  are  exempt  from levy and sale by virtue of an execution and no
execution or other judicial process shall issue  against  the  same.  No
judgment  against  the authority shall be a charge upon real property or
chattels real of the authority. This clause shall not limit  the  rights
of  mortgagees and pledgees to enforce their lien or other rights by any
appropriate suit, action or proceeding.
2. Any purchaser at a sale of property of the authority pursuant to  a
judgment in an action to foreclose a mortgage thereon shall obtain title
free  from  any  trust  or  other obligation to operate or maintain such
property as a public park or public recreation center and free from  any
obligation to the public or the state as to its use or disposition.
3. Any creditor of the authority, including a trustee for bondholders,
shall  have  the  right,  subject to any contractual limitations binding
upon such creditor or trustee, and subject  to  the  prior  or  superior
rights of others,
(a)  by  suit,  action  or  special  proceeding, to enforce his rights
against the authority and the board, including the right to require  the
authority  and  the board to collect fees and revenues adequate to carry
out any agreement as to, or pledge of, such fees  and  revenues  and  to
require the authority and the board to carry out any other covenants and
agreements and to perform its and their duties under this title;
(b) by action or suit in equity to require the authority to account as
if it were the trustee of an express trust;
(c) by action or suit in equity to enjoin any acts or things which may
be unlawful or in violation of the rights of such creditor;
(d) in the discretion of the court to the appointment of a receiver of
the  property  of  the  authority  or any part or parts thereof, who may
enter and take possession of the property of the authority or  any  part
or  parts  thereof,  and  operate  and maintain the same and collect and
receive  all  fees,  rentals  and  other  revenues  thereafter   arising
therefrom in the same manner as the authority itself might do, and shall
deposit  all  such  moneys  in  a separate account and apply the same in
accordance with the obligations of the  authority  as  the  court  shall
direct.  The  authority may give the holders of its bonds or any trustee
for their benefit by  agreement  the  right  to  the  appointment  of  a
receiver.
* NB (Abolished in 1975)
2023 New York Laws › PBA - Public Authorities › Article 2 - Park, Parkway and Highway Authorities › Title 4 - Bethpage Park Authority › 211 - Exemption From Taxation.

*  §  211.  Exemption from taxation. The construction, maintenance and
  operation of Bethpage park is in all respects for  the  benefit  of  the
  people  of  the  state  of  New York for the increase of their pleasure,
  convenience and welfare and for the improvement of their health, and the
  authority shall be regarded as performing  a  governmental  function  in
  carrying out its corporate purpose and shall be required to pay no taxes
  or  assessments of any kind whatsoever upon any of the property acquired
  by it, which said property shall be exempt from taxation so long as  the
  same  is  owned or possessed by the authority, or upon its activities in
  the operation and maintenance of Bethpage park or upon any  revenues  or
  other income received by it, and any mortgage of real property executed,
  given  or  made by the authority shall be exempt from any tax imposed on
  the recording thereof and any person or corporation owning any  debt  or
  obligation of the authority secured by any mortgage of its real property
  shall  be exempt from any tax on the recording of such mortgage. Nothing
  in this section shall be construed, however, to impress any  trust  upon
  such  property  as  such or to limit the absolute character of any title
  which may be derived through the authority by sale or the foreclosure of
  any lien or mortgage thereon.
* NB (Abolished in 1975)
2023 New York Laws › PBA - Public Authorities › Article 2 - Park, Parkway and Highway Authorities › Title 4 - Bethpage Park Authority › 212 - Rules and Regulations Relating to Park.

* §  212.  Rules and regulations relating to park. The use of Bethpage
  park shall be subject to the rules and regulations of  the  commissioner
  of parks and recreation and the commission, as provided in the parks and
  recreation  law,  in  the same manner as if such property were a park or
  parkway  in  the  ninth  park  region  under  the  jurisdiction  of  the
  commissioner  of  parks  and  recreation;  provided,  however,  that the
  commissioner of parks and recreation and the commission  shall  have  no
  authority  to  alter or change any of the facilities hereby placed under
  the authority or do anything which  will  impair  the  security  of  the
  bondholders  or  violate limitations contained in any agreement with the
  bondholders.
* NB (Abolished in 1975)
2023 New York Laws › PBA - Public Authorities › Article 2 - Park, Parkway and Highway Authorities › Title 4 - Bethpage Park Authority › 212-A - Jurisdiction in Certain Suits Against the Authority.

*  §  212-a.  Jurisdiction  in  certain  suits  against the authority.
  Exclusive jurisdiction is hereby conferred upon the court of  claims  to
  hear  and  determine  the claims of any person against the authority (a)
  for its tortious acts and those of its agents, and (b) for breach  of  a
  contract   relating   to   construction,   reconstruction,  improvement,
  maintenance or operation, in the same manner and to the extent  provided
  by and subject to the provisions of the court of claims act with respect
  to  claims  against  the  state, and to make awards and render judgments
  therefor. All awards and judgments arising from  such  claims  shall  be
  paid out of monies of the authority.
* NB (Abolished in 1975)
2023 New York Laws › PBA - Public Authorities › Article 2 - Park, Parkway and Highway Authorities › Title 4 - Bethpage Park Authority › 213 - Title Not Affected if in Part Unconstitutional or Ineffective.

*   §   213.  Title  not  affected  if  in  part  unconstitutional  or
  ineffective.  If any section, clause or provision of this title shall be
  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.
* NB (Abolished in 1975)
2023 New York Laws › PBA - Public Authorities › Article 2 - Park, Parkway and Highway Authorities › Title 4 - Bethpage Park Authority › 214 - Inconsistent Provisions in Other Acts Superseded.

*  § 214. Inconsistent provisions in other acts superseded. Insofar as
  the provisions of this title are inconsistent with the provisions of any
  other act, general or special, the provisions of  this  title  shall  be
  controlling.
* NB (Abolished in 1975)
2023 New York Laws › PBA - Public Authorities › Article 2 - Park, Parkway and Highway Authorities › Title 9 - New York State Thruway Authority › 351 - Definitions.

§  351.  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
  three hundred fifty-two of this title.
2. The term "thruway" shall mean generally a divided highway under the
  jurisdiction  of  the authority for mixed traffic with access limited as
  the authority may determine and  generally  with  grade  separations  at
  intersections,   and   such   bridges,  buildings,  tunnels,  and  other
  structures  and  facilities  related  thereto  as  the   authority   may
  determine.
3.  The  terms  "bonds"  and  "notes"  shall  mean  bonds  and  notes,
  respectively, issued by the authority pursuant to this title.
4. The term "comptroller" shall mean the comptroller of the  state  of
  New York.
5.   The   term   "commissioner"   shall   mean  the  commissioner  of
  transportation of the state of New York.
6. The term "municipality" shall mean a county, town,  city,  village,
  special district or other political subdivision.
7.  The term "highway" shall mean a public road or parkway, maintained
  by the state or a municipality.
8. The term "real property" shall mean lands, waters, rights in  lands
  or waters, structures, franchises and interests in land, including lands
  under  water,  riparian  rights,  property  rights  in  air space and/or
  subsurface space and  any  and  all  other  things  and  rights  usually
  included within the said term and includes also any and all interests in
  such  property  less  than  full  title,  such as easements permanent or
  temporary,  rights-of-way,  uses,  leases,  licenses   and   all   other
  incorporeal  hereditaments  and every estate, interest or right legal or
  equitable.
9. The term "state" shall mean the state of New York.
10. The term "department" shall mean the department of transportation.
2023 New York Laws › PBA - Public Authorities › Article 2 - Park, Parkway and Highway Authorities › Title 9 - New York State Thruway Authority › 352 - New York State Thruway Authority.

§  352.  New  York  State thruway authority. 1. A board to be known as
  "New York state thruway authority" is hereby created. Such  board  shall
  be  a  body  corporate and politic constituting a public corporation. It
  shall consist of seven members appointed by the governor by and with the
  advice and consent of the senate.  The  members  first  appointed  shall
  serve  for  terms  ending  three,  six and nine years, respectively from
  January first next succeeding their appointment. Provided, however, that
  two board members first appointed on or after the effective date of  the
  chapter  of the laws of two thousand five which amended this subdivision
  shall serve an initial term of two  years;  provided  further  that  two
  other  board  members  first appointed on or after the effective date of
  the chapter of  the  laws  of  two  thousand  five  which  amended  this
  subdivision shall serve an initial term of three years. Their successors
  shall  be  appointed  for  terms  of  nine  years  each.  A member to be
  designated as chairman in his or her appointment as a  member  shall  be
  chairman  of  such  board  until  his or her term as member expires. The
  chairman and the other members  shall  serve  without  salary  or  other
  compensation,  but  shall  be entitled to reimbursement for their actual
  and necessary expenses incurred in the  performance  of  their  official
  duties.
2.  Notwithstanding  any  inconsistent  provisions  of  law,  general,
  special or local, no officer or employee of the state, or of  any  civil
  division thereof, shall be deemed to have forfeited or shall forfeit his
  office  or  employment  by reason of his acceptance of membership on the
  board created by this section; provided, however,  a  member  who  holds
  such  other  public  office  or  employment  shall receive no additional
  compensation for services rendered pursuant to this title.
3. The power of such corporation shall be vested in and exercised by a
  majority of the members of the board then  in  office.  Such  board  may
  delegate  to  one  or  more  of  its members or its officers, agents and
  employees such powers and duties as it may deem proper.
4. Such board and its corporate existence shall continue so long as it
  shall have notes, bonds  or  other  obligations  outstanding  (including
  notes,  bonds or obligations hereafter issued or incurred) and until its
  existence shall be terminated  by  law.  Upon  the  termination  of  the
  existence  of the authority, all its rights and properties shall pass to
  and be vested in the state.
2023 New York Laws › PBA - Public Authorities › Article 2 - Park, Parkway and Highway Authorities › Title 9 - New York State Thruway Authority › 353 - Purposes of the Authority and Benefits Therefrom.

§  353.  Purposes  of  the  authority  and  benefits  therefrom.   The
  authority is created to and shall  have  power  to  finance,  construct,
  reconstruct,  improve,  develop, maintain or operate a thruway system as
  provided by and subject to the provisions of this  title  together  with
  facilities  for  the  public  incidental thereto. It is hereby found and
  declared that such purposes are in all respects for the benefit  of  the
  people  of  the  state  of  New York for the increase of their pleasure,
  convenience and  welfare,  for  the  improvement  of  their  health,  to
  facilitate  transportation for their recreation and commerce and for the
  common defense; and the authority shall  be  regarded  as  performing  a
  governmental  function  in  carrying  out  its  corporate purpose and in
  exercising the powers granted by this title.
2023 New York Laws › PBA - Public Authorities › Article 2 - Park, Parkway and Highway Authorities › Title 9 - New York State Thruway Authority › 355 - Officers and Employees; Transfer, Promotion and Seniority.

§  355.  Officers and employees; transfer, promotion and seniority. 1.
  Officers and employees of state departments, agencies, or divisions  may
  be  transferred  to  the authority and officers, agents and employees of
  the authority may be transferred  to  state  departments,  agencies,  or
  divisions,  without  examination  and  without loss of any civil service
  status or rights. No such transfer  from  the  authority  to  any  state
  department,  agency,  or  division may, however, be made except with the
  approval of the head  of  the  state  department,  agency,  or  division
  involved and the director of the budget and in compliance with the rules
  and regulations of the state civil service commission.
2.  Promotions  from  positions  in  state departments and agencies to
  positions  in  the  authority,  and  vice  versa,  may  be   made   from
  interdepartmental  promotion lists resulting from promotion examinations
  in which employees of the authority  and  employees  of  the  state  are
  eligible to participate.
3. In computing seniority for purposes of promotion or for purposes of
  suspension or demotion upon the abolition of positions in the service of
  the authority or in the service of the state, in the case of an employee
  of  the  authority  a  period  of prior employment in the service of the
  state shall be counted in the same  manner  as  though  such  period  of
  employment  had been in the service of the authority, and in the case of
  an employee of the state a period of prior employment in the service  of
  the  authority shall be counted in the same manner as though such period
  of employment had been in the service of the state. For the purposes  of
  the  establishment  and  certification  of  preferred  lists,  employees
  suspended from the authority shall be eligible for reinstatement in  the
  service  of  the  state, and employees suspended from the service of the
  state shall  be  eligible  for  reinstatement  in  the  service  of  the
  authority,  in the same manner as though the authority were a department
  of the state.
2023 New York Laws › PBA - Public Authorities › Article 2 - Park, Parkway and Highway Authorities › Title 9 - New York State Thruway Authority › 356-A - Names and Designations of Thruway Sections and Connections.

§  356-a.  Names and designations of thruway sections and connections.
  To facilitate travel thereon, certain sections and  connections  of  the
  thruway may be adequately marked by lettering, devices, emblems or signs
  by the authority to afford the following designations:
1.  The thruway constructed along the routes described in subdivisions
  one, two, three, four and five of section  three  hundred  fifty-six  of
  this article shall be known as "The Iroquois Trail".
2.  The  thruway  constructed along the route described in subdivision
  six of section three hundred fifty-six of this article shall be known as
  "The Erie Path".
3. The thruway constructed along the route  described  in  subdivision
  seven  of section three hundred fifty-six of this article shall be known
  as "The Mohican Path".
4. The thruway constructed along the route  described  in  subdivision
  eight  of section three hundred fifty-six of this article shall be known
  as "The Tuscarora Path".
5. The thruway constructed along the route  described  in  subdivision
  nine  of  section three hundred fifty-six of this article shall be known
  as "The Algonquin Path".
2023 New York Laws › PBA - Public Authorities › Article 2 - Park, Parkway and Highway Authorities › Title 9 - New York State Thruway Authority › 356-B - Thruway to Be Designated as a Section of a National Network of Blue Star Memorial Highways.

§  356-b.  Thruway to be designated as a section of a national network
  of Blue Star memorial highways. The  thruway  sections  and  connections
  constructed   as   provided   in   section   three   hundred  fifty-six,
  collectively, shall be designated, in addition to any official name,  as
  the  New  York state section of a national network of Blue Star memorial
  highways as a living memorial and tribute to those  men  and  women  who
  served  in  the nation's armed forces in world wars I and II, the Korean
  conflict, the Vietnam conflict,  the  Grenadan  conflict,  the  Lebanese
  conflicts,  the  Panamanian  conflict  and the Persian Gulf War known as
  Operation Desert Shield - Operation Desert Storm.
2023 New York Laws › PBA - Public Authorities › Article 2 - Park, Parkway and Highway Authorities › Title 9 - New York State Thruway Authority › 357 - Right of Authority to Use State Property; Payment for Improvements.

§  357.  Right  of  authority  to  use  state  property;  payment  for
  improvements. On assuming jurisdiction of a thruway highway  section  or
  connection  or  any  part  thereof,  or  of  a  highway  connection, the
  authority shall have the right to possess  and  use  for  its  corporate
  purposes  so  long  as  its corporate existence shall continue, any real
  property and rights in real property theretofore acquired by the  state,
  including all improvements thereon.
2023 New York Laws › PBA - Public Authorities › Article 2 - Park, Parkway and Highway Authorities › Title 9 - New York State Thruway Authority › 357-A - State Police and State Payment for Services.

§  357-a.  State police and state payment for services. 1. Enforcement
  assistance provided by the division of state police at  the  request  of
  the  authority  shall  be reimbursed by the authority to the division of
  state police from the general reserve fund established by the  authority
  under  its  agreement with bondholders, after payment of any amounts due
  on any bonds or notes  of  the  authority.  The  comptroller  is  hereby
  authorized  and  directed  to  deposit  to  the  New  York state thruway
  authority account, revenues received from the authority as reimbursement
  for personal  service  expenses  including  general  state  charges.  In
  addition, the authority shall reimburse the division of state police for
  non-personal  service  expenses  connected  with  such  assistance. Such
  reimbursement  shall  be  made  from  such  general  reserve  fund.  The
  authority  shall  deposit  said  reimbursement  funds  for  non-personal
  service expenses to the credit of  the  division  of  state  police.  No
  payments  made  by  the  authority under this subsection shall be deemed
  operating expenses of the authority.
2023 New York Laws › PBA - Public Authorities › Article 2 - Park, Parkway and Highway Authorities › Title 9 - New York State Thruway Authority › 357-B - Sharing Employees, Services and Resources.

§  357-b. Sharing employees, services and resources. A shared services
  agreement may be executed between the authority and the department  only
  for  an  emergency  situation  or  extreme  weather conditions, to share
  employees, services or resources as deemed  appropriate  including,  but
  not  limited  to,  for  the  performance  of  work and activities by the
  department on the facilities and property under the jurisdiction of  the
  authority,  and  for  the  performance  of  work  and  activities by the
  authority on the facilities and property under the jurisdiction  of  the
  department.  Such  agreement  or any project undertaken pursuant to such
  agreement shall not be deemed to impair the rights  of  bondholders  and
  may  provide for, but not be limited to, the management, supervision and
  direction  of  such  employees'  performance  of  such  services.   Such
  agreement shall provide that the term shall not be longer than ten days.
  All   shared  employees  shall  remain  employees  of  their  respective
  employers and all applicable  collectively  bargained  agreements  shall
  remain  in effect for the entire length of the shared service agreement.
  Further, such shared services  agreement  shall  not  amend,  repeal  or
  replace  the  terms  of  any  agreement  that is collectively negotiated
  between an employer and an employee organization, including an agreement
  or interest arbitration award made pursuant to article fourteen  of  the
  civil service law.
2023 New York Laws › PBA - Public Authorities › Article 2 - Park, Parkway and Highway Authorities › Title 9 - New York State Thruway Authority › 358 - Acquisition of Real Property by the Commissioner.

§  358.  Acquisition  of  real  property  by  the  commissioner. 1. On
  assuming jurisdiction of a thruway section or  connection  or  any  part
  thereof, or of a highway connection, the authority may from time to time
  determine   what  real  property  is  necessary  for  the  construction,
  improvement  and  operation  thereof,  in  addition  to  real   property
  theretofore  acquired  by  the state. If funds are made available by the
  authority for payment  of  the  cost  and  expense  of  the  acquisition
  thereof,  the commissioner when requested by the authority shall acquire
  such real property in the name of the state by appropriation, and, where
  necessary, remove the owner or occupant thereof  and  obtain  possession
  according to the procedure provided by section three hundred forty-seven
  of  the  highway  law. The authority shall have the right to possess and
  use for its corporate purposes so long as its corporate existence  shall
  continue all such real property and rights in real property so acquired.
2.  Claims  for  the  value of the property appropriated and for legal
  damages  caused  by  any  such  appropriation  shall  be  adjusted   and
  determined by the commissioner with the approval of the authority, or by
  the   court  of  claims  as  provided  in  said  section  three  hundred
  forty-seven. When a claim has been filed with the court of  claims,  the
  claimant  shall  cause  a  copy  of  such  claim  to  be served upon the
  authority and the authority shall have the right to be  represented  and
  heard  before  said  court.  All  awards and judgments arising from such
  claims shall be paid out of moneys of the authority.
2023 New York Laws › PBA - Public Authorities › Article 2 - Park, Parkway and Highway Authorities › Title 9 - New York State Thruway Authority › 358-A - Acquisition of Real Property by the Authority.

§  358-a.  Acquisition  of real property by the authority. On assuming
  jurisdiction of a thruway section or connection or any part thereof,  or
  of  a  highway connection, the authority may from time to time determine
  what real property is necessary for the  construction,  improvement  and
  operation of such thruway section or connection or part thereof, or of a
  highway  connection,  in  addition  to  real  property acquired or to be
  acquired by the state, and thereupon may acquire such real  property  by
  condemnation  pursuant  to the condemnation law. The authority may also,
  and in any case, acquire real property in the name of the state by  deed
  and  may  pay  such  price  therefor  as  shall be agreed with the owner
  thereof.
2023 New York Laws › PBA - Public Authorities › Article 2 - Park, Parkway and Highway Authorities › Title 9 - New York State Thruway Authority › 359-A - Procurement Contracts.

§   359-a.   Procurement   contracts.  For  the  purposes  of  section
  twenty-eight hundred seventy-nine of this  chapter  as  applied  to  the
  authority,  the  term  "procurement  contract"  shall  mean  any written
  agreement for the acquisition of goods or services of any  kind  by  the
  authority  in the actual or estimated amount of fifteen thousand dollars
  or more.
2023 New York Laws › PBA - Public Authorities › Article 2 - Park, Parkway and Highway Authorities › Title 9 - New York State Thruway Authority › 360 - Operation and Maintenance.

§  360.  Operation  and  maintenance. Operation and maintenance by the
  authority of any thruway section or connection or any part thereof or of
  a highway connection of which  it  has  assumed  jurisdiction  shall  be
  performed  (a)  by  the  use  of  authority  forces and equipment at the
  expense of the authority or by agreement at the expense of the state  or
  other  parties;  (b)  by  contract  with  municipalities  or independent
  contractors; (c) at the request of the authority,  by  the  commissioner
  and  his subordinates in the department of transportation as agents for,
  and at the expense of the authority, or (d) by  a  combination  of  such
  methods.
2023 New York Laws › PBA - Public Authorities › Article 2 - Park, Parkway and Highway Authorities › Title 9 - New York State Thruway Authority › 361-B - Jurisdiction in Certain Suits Against the Authority.

§   361-b.  Jurisdiction  in  certain  suits  against  the  authority.
  Exclusive jurisdiction is hereby conferred upon the court of  claims  to
  hear  and  determine  the claims of any person against the authority (a)
  for its tortious acts and those of its agents, and (b) for breach  of  a
  contract   relating   to   construction,   reconstruction,  improvement,
  maintenance or operation, in the same manner and to the extent  provided
  by and subject to the provisions of the court of claims act with respect
  to  claims  against  the  state, and to make awards and render judgments
  therefor. All awards and judgments arising from  such  claims  shall  be
  paid out of moneys of the authority.
2023 New York Laws › PBA - Public Authorities › Article 2 - Park, Parkway and Highway Authorities › Title 9 - New York State Thruway Authority › 361-C - Tourist Information Facilities.

§ 361-c.  Tourist  information facilities. The authority shall provide
  tourist information services at all service areas where food is  offered
  for  sale,  provided  that:  the department of commerce and or local and
  regional tourist promotion agencies shall  provide  the  authority  with
  ample   supplies   of   such  literature  and  brochures  necessary  for
  distribution to the traveling public.