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2023 New York Laws › PBA - Public Authorities › Article 8 - Miscellaneous Authorities › Title 28-B - Schenectady Metroplex Development Authority › 2655-A - Bylaws of the Authority.

§  2655-a.  Bylaws of the authority. 1. The board shall draft proposed
  bylaws for the organization and procedure of the authority. Such  bylaws
  shall  be  consistent  with  the  provisions of this title and all other
  state and federal laws, and shall contain a provision that  such  bylaws
  may only be amended after final adoption by a two-thirds vote of all the
  voting  members of the board. Upon the drafting of such proposed bylaws,
  the board shall conduct a public hearing on  such  proposed  bylaws  and
  solicit public comment on the same. After the public hearing and comment
  has  been  conducted  and solicited, the board shall adopt such proposed
  bylaws, with any amendments made  thereto  in  response  to  the  public
  hearing  and  comment,  and  shall  thereafter file the adopted proposed
  bylaws with the clerk of the county legislature.
2. Within thirty days of the filing of such  adopted  proposed  bylaws
  with the clerk of the county legislature, the county legislature may, by
  a  two-thirds  vote of all the members of the county legislature, reject
  the proposed bylaws so filed  and  return  them  to  the  authority  for
  possible  amendment  and  redrafting. If the county legislature does not
  reject the proposed bylaws by such two-thirds vote within thirty days of
  the filing of the same, then such proposed  bylaws  so  filed  shall  be
  deemed  adopted  and in full force and effect. If the county legislature
  rejects the proposed bylaws by such two-thirds vote, then the  authority
  shall  amend  the  proposed  bylaws  as deemed appropriate. Such amended
  bylaws shall  be  filed  with  the  clerk  of  the  county  legislature,
  whereupon  the  county legislature may again consider the amended bylaws
  as in the same manner as  if  such  bylaws  had  been  originally  filed
  pursuant to subdivision one of this section.
3. In the absence of bylaws which are deemed adopted and in full force
  and  effect,  the  authority  shall  operate  and  be  governed  by  the
  provisions of this title  and  the  most  recently  revised  edition  of
  Roberts Rules of Order.
2023 New York Laws › PBA - Public Authorities › Article 8 - Miscellaneous Authorities › Title 28-B - Schenectady Metroplex Development Authority › 2655-B - Public Hearings of the Authority.

§  2655-b.  Public hearings of the authority. Prior to the adoption of
  any project where the authority would:
1. expend more than five hundred thousand dollars;
2. borrow money or issue bonds pursuant to subdivision four of section
  twenty-six hundred fifty-five of this title; or
3. condemn  real  property  pursuant  to  section  twenty-six  hundred
  fifty-nine of this title;
the  board shall schedule and hold a public hearing and solicit public
  comment on such project. After the conclusion of the public hearing  and
  comment,  the board shall consider the results of the public hearing and
  comments with respect to the adoption  of  the  proposed  project.  Such
  consideration by the board shall include the accommodation of the public
  interest  with  respect to such project, if such accommodation is deemed
  in the best interest of the community and the  authority's  purposes  as
  expressed  in  section  twenty-six hundred fifty-five of this title, the
  proposal and resolution may be amended.
2023 New York Laws › PBA - Public Authorities › Article 8 - Miscellaneous Authorities › Title 28-B - Schenectady Metroplex Development Authority › 2655-C - Capital Plan of the Authority.

§ 2655-c. Capital plan of the authority. On or before the first day of
  March,  the  authority  shall  annually produce, and present at a public
  hearing for public comment, a five-year capital projects plan, outlining
  the vision of its intended capital projects for  the  next  five  years.
  With  respect  to each project proposed in the plan, the authority shall
  provide a detailed description of the:
1. overall nature, purpose and extent of the project;
2. proposed amount and sources of  capital  funding  to  complete  the
  project;
3.  proposed  amount  and  sources  of  operating funding necessary to
  operate the project;
4. urban and  community  planning  performed  or  which  needs  to  be
  performed;
5. economic development potential of the project;
6. financial feasibility of the project;
7. geographic location and impact of the project;
8. impact of the project on the community's natural resources;
9.  tourism,  entertainment  and  arts  development  potential  of the
  project;
10. human and physical infrastructure requirements and impact  of  the
  project; and
11.  other  factors  which  have  been  considered  for the purpose of
  enhancing the viability of the county.
An annual presentation of this five-year capital plan shall further be
  made to the county legislature. After  the  presentation  of  the  first
  five-year capital plan, any subsequent plan presented shall describe any
  changes  from,  modifications  to,  and  the current status of, projects
  included in the previous plans. In developing and maintaining such plan,
  the authority shall, from time to time, enter into  contracts  with  any
  and  all outside experts it may deem necessary for the plan's successful
  production, presentation and development.
2023 New York Laws › PBA - Public Authorities › Article 8 - Miscellaneous Authorities › Title 28-B - Schenectady Metroplex Development Authority › 2655-D - Reports of the Authority.

§  2655-d.  Reports  of  the  authority.   1. In addition to any other
  report required by this title,  the  authority,  through  its  chairman,
  shall annually deliver, in oral and written form, a report to the county
  legislature.  Such  report shall be presented by March fifteenth of each
  year  to  the  county  legislature's  standing  committee  on   economic
  development. The report shall describe in detail the projects undertaken
  by  the  authority  during  the  past  year,  the monies expended by the
  authority during the past year, the  administrative  activities  of  the
  authority  during the past year, and the authority's compliance with the
  provisions of subdivision three of section twenty-six hundred  fifty-six
  of  this  title.  At  the  conclusion of the report, the chairman of the
  authority board shall be prepared to answer the questions of the  county
  legislators  with  respect  to  the projects undertaken by the authority
  during the past year, the monies expended by the  authority  during  the
  past year, and the administrative activities of the authority during the
  past year.
2.  In addition to any other report required by this title, each board
  member appointed upon the recommendation of a  municipality  other  than
  the  county,  shall annually deliver, in oral and written form, a report
  to the municipality from which such board member was appointed.  In  the
  case of the city of Schenectady, both members so appointed shall jointly
  deliver  such  report.  Such  report  shall be presented at a meeting as
  designated by the municipality's town board or city council. The  report
  shall describe in detail the projects undertaken by the authority during
  the  past  year,  the  monies  expended by the authority during the past
  year, and the administrative activities of the authority during the past
  year. At the conclusion of the report, the board member or members shall
  be prepared to answer the questions of the supervisor, mayor, town board
  and/or city council with respect  to  the  projects  undertaken  by  the
  authority  during  the  past  year, the monies expended by the authority
  during the past year, and the administrative activities of the authority
  during the past year, or any other activities  of  the  authority  which
  have  been  conducted  or which may be proposed for performance with the
  municipality.
2023 New York Laws › PBA - Public Authorities › Article 8 - Miscellaneous Authorities › Title 28-B - Schenectady Metroplex Development Authority › 2656 - Contracts.

§  2656.  Contracts.  1.  Construction  contracts let by the authority
  shall be in conformity with the applicable  provisions  of  section  one
  hundred thirty-five of the state finance law.
2.  The  authority  may,  in  its  discretion,  assign  contracts  for
  supervision  and  coordination  to  the  successful   bidder   for   any
  subdivision   of  work  for  which  the  authority  receives  bids.  Any
  construction contract awarded by the authority shall contain such  other
  terms  and conditions as the authority may deem desirable. The authority
  shall not award any construction contract except to  the  lowest  bidder
  who,  in  its opinion, is qualified to perform the work required and who
  is responsible and reliable. The authority may, however, reject  any  or
  all  bids  or  waive  any  informality  in a bid if it believes that the
  public interest will be promoted thereby. The authority may  reject  any
  bid,  if,  in  its  judgment,  the  business and technical organization,
  plant, resources,  financial  standing,  or  experience  of  the  bidder
  justifies such rejection in view of the work to be performed.
3.  Each contract to which the authority is a party including, but not
  limited to, any contract, lease, grant, bond, covenant,  or  other  debt
  agreement entered into directly or indirectly by the authority financing
  in  whole  or  in  part,  the  construction, demolition, reconstruction,
  excavation,  rehabilitation,  repair,  renovation  or  alteration  of  a
  building  or  an  improvement  to property shall require that employers,
  contractors and sub-contractors shall  comply  with  the  provisions  of
  section two hundred twenty of the labor law.
4.  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 all contracts for procurement, 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 28-B - Schenectady Metroplex Development Authority › 2657 - Employees, Civil Service.

§  2657. Employees, civil service. 1. The appointment and promotion of
  all non-exempt/non-management confidential employees  of  the  authority
  shall  be made in accordance with the civil service law and the rules of
  the Schenectady county civil service commission.
2. In accordance with the provisions of section seventy of  the  civil
  service  law, any officer or employee of a municipality, school district
  or special district in the service area, may,  at  the  request  of  the
  authority,  be  transferred  to  the authority and shall be eligible for
  such  transfer  and  appointment,  without   further   examination,   to
  applicable  offices,  positions  and employment under 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.
3.  A  transferred  employee  shall  remain  in  the  same  collective
  bargaining unit as was the case prior to his or her transfer.  Successor
  employees  to  the  positions  held by such transferred employees shall,
  consistent with the provisions of article fourteen of the civil  service
  law,  be  included  in  the  same  unit as their predecessors. Employees
  serving in positions in newly created titles shall be  assigned  to  the
  same collective bargaining unit as they would have been assigned to such
  unit  were  such  titles  created  prior  to  the  establishment  of the
  authority.  Nothing contained in this title shall be  construed  (a)  to
  diminish  the  rights  of  employees pursuant to a collective bargaining
  agreement or (b) to affect existing law with respect to  an  application
  to  the  public  employment relations board seeking a designation by the
  board that certain persons are managerial or confidential.
2023 New York Laws › PBA - Public Authorities › Article 8 - Miscellaneous Authorities › Title 28-B - Schenectady Metroplex Development Authority › 2659 - Acquisition of Land.

§  2659.  Acquisition  of  land.  The  authority,  upon  the terms and
  conditions approved by resolution of the authority, shall have the power
  to  acquire  real  property  located  within  the  service  district  by
  purchase,  lease  or  condemnation to accomplish its lawful purposes. It
  shall also have the power to sell, lease or otherwise  dispose  of  real
  property and shall retain and have the power to use the proceeds of such
  sale,  rentals  or other monies derived from the disposition thereof for
  its lawful purposes.   A resolution of the  authority  to  condemn  real
  property shall require a two-thirds majority of the board for approval.
Claims  for  the  value  of  the real property condemned and for legal
  damages caused by any such condemnation shall be adjusted and determined
  by the chairman with the approval of the board, or by the supreme  court
  of  Schenectady county as provided in section twenty-six hundred seventy
  of this title. When a claim has been filed with the supreme  court,  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 8 - Miscellaneous Authorities › Title 28-B - Schenectady Metroplex Development Authority › 2660 - Request for State Assistance.

§  2660.  Request for state assistance.  1. Should the chairman of the
  authority determine that state assistance is necessary for the authority
  to achieve its lawful goals,  powers  and  purposes,  the  chairman  may
  annually  may  make  and  deliver  to  the  director  of the budget, the
  chairman of the  senate  finance  committee  and  the  chairman  of  the
  assembly  ways  and  means committee a request for financial support for
  the operation of the authority for the forthcoming fiscal  year  of  the
  state.  The  request  for  financial  support  shall delineate the total
  amount needed by the authority from the  state  to  achieve  its  lawful
  goals,  powers  and purposes, the source of all funds that the authority
  expects to receive from all other sources, and such other information as
  the director of the budget, the chairman of the senate finance committee
  and the chairman of the assembly ways and means committee shall require.
2. The state may appropriate and provide to the authority an amount of
  money it deems necessary to provide the authority to assist  it  in  its
  successful  operation  and  achievement  of its lawful goals, powers and
  purposes.
3. Notwithstanding the provisions of any general or special law to the
  contrary, no part of such appropriations  shall  be  available  for  the
  purposes  designated  until  a  certificate  of approval of availability
  shall have been issued by the director of the budget and a copy of  such
  certificate  is  filed  with the comptroller, the chairman of the senate
  finance committee and the  chairman  of  the  assembly  ways  and  means
  committee.    Such certificate may be amended from time to time, subject
  to the approval of the director of the budget, and a copy of  each  such
  amendment  shall  be  filed  with  the  comptroller, the chairman of the
  senate finance committee and the chairman of the assembly ways and means
  committee.
2023 New York Laws › PBA - Public Authorities › Article 8 - Miscellaneous Authorities › Title 28-B - Schenectady Metroplex Development Authority › 2662 - Private Donations.

§  2662.  Private  donations.    Notwithstanding the provisions of any
  general or special law to the contrary, any  person  may  donate,  give,
  tender  or  provide,  and  the  authority may receive, private monies to
  assist the authority in its successful operation and achievement of  its
  lawful goals, powers and purposes.
2023 New York Laws › PBA - Public Authorities › Article 8 - Miscellaneous Authorities › Title 28-B - Schenectady Metroplex Development Authority › 2663 - Monies of the Authority.

§  2663.  Monies of the authority. 1. All monies of the authority from
  whatever source derived shall be paid to the treasurer of the  authority
  and  shall  be  deposited forthwith in a bank or banks designated by the
  authority. The monies in such accounts shall be paid out or withdrawn on
  the order of such person or persons as the authority  may  authorize  to
  make  such requisitions. All deposits of such monies shall be secured by
  obligations of the United States or of the state or of any  municipality
  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.   To   the   extent  practicable,  consistent  with  the  cash
  requirements of the authority, all such monies  shall  be  deposited  in
  interest   bearing   accounts.      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 monies of the authority or any monies held in trust
  or otherwise for the payment of bonds or any way to  secure  bonds,  and
  carry  out  any  such contract notwithstanding that such contract may be
  inconsistent with the provisions of this section. Monies held  in  trust
  or  otherwise for the payment of bonds or in any way to secure bonds and
  deposits of such monies may be secured in the same manner as  monies  of
  the  authority  and all banks and trust companies are authorized to give
  such security for  such  deposits.  Any  monies  of  the  authority  not
  required for immediate use or disbursement may, at the discretion of the
  authority,  be  invested pursuant to section ninety-eight-a of the state
  finance law in accordance with guidelines established by the authority's
  board and amended from time to time. Subject to the  provisions  of  any
  contract   with   bondholders   and  with  the  approval  of  the  state
  comptroller, the authority shall prescribe a system of accounts.
2. Tax revenues received by the authority pursuant to  section  twelve
  hundred ten-C of the tax law, shall be applied in the following order of
  priority:  first pursuant to the authority's contracts with bondholders,
  then to pay the authority's operating  expense  not  otherwise  provided
  for, and then the balance of such taxes not required to meet contractual
  or  other obligations of the authority shall be deposited in the general
  fund of the authority.
2023 New York Laws › PBA - Public Authorities › Article 8 - Miscellaneous Authorities › Title 28-B - Schenectady Metroplex Development Authority › 2664 - Return of Moneys to the County of Schenectady.

§  2664.  Return  of  moneys  to the county of Schenectady.  1. In the
  event that the revenues of the authority exceed its current  liabilities
  by  more  than  fifty percent at the end of its first fiscal year, or by
  more than ten percent at the end of its fiscal year of each fiscal  year
  after  its first fiscal year, after a lawful deposit in its reserve fund
  of not less than five percent  of  its  revenues,  and  after  a  lawful
  deposit  into  its  construction  and  development account in the amount
  necessary to provide payment for the anticipated projects  of  the  next
  fiscal   year,  then  the  authority  shall  return  to  the  county  of
  Schenectady seventy-five percent of such surplus amount.
2. In the event that the revenues of the authority do not  exceed  its
  current  liabilities  by more than fifty percent at the end of its first
  fiscal year, or by more than ten percent at the end of its  fiscal  year
  of  each fiscal year after its first fiscal year, after a lawful deposit
  in its reserve fund of not less than five percent of  its  revenues  and
  after  a lawful deposit into its construction and development account in
  the amount necessary to provide payment for the anticipated projects  of
  the next fiscal year, or that sufficient funds are not available for the
  authority  to make a lawful deposit in its reserve fund of not less than
  five percent of its revenues, and a lawful deposit into its construction
  and development account, then the authority shall  not  be  required  to
  return any funds to the county of Schenectady for that fiscal year.
3.  The  authority  shall  not  return  any  funds  to  the  county of
  Schenectady that have been received by the authority from sources  other
  than the dedicated one-half of one percent of the sales tax.
2023 New York Laws › PBA - Public Authorities › Article 8 - Miscellaneous Authorities › Title 28-B - Schenectady Metroplex Development Authority › 2666 - Bonds; Legal Investment for Fiduciaries.

§  2666.    Bonds; legal investment for fiduciaries.  The bonds of the
  authority are hereby made securities in which all  public  officers  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 saving associations,
  including savings and loan associations, building and loan associations,
  investment companies and other persons carrying on a  banking  business,
  and administrators, guardians, executors, trustees and other fiduciaries
  and  all  other  persons  whatsoever,  who  are  now or may hereafter be
  authorized to invest in bonds or other  obligations  of  the  state  may
  properly  and legally invest funds including capital in their control or
  belonging to them.  The bonds are also hereby made securities which  may
  be  deposited with and may be received by all public officers and bodies
  of the state and all municipalities  for  any  purposes  for  which  the
  deposit  of bonds or other obligations of this state is now or hereafter
  may be authorized.
2023 New York Laws › PBA - Public Authorities › Article 8 - Miscellaneous Authorities › Title 28-B - Schenectady Metroplex Development Authority › 2667 - Tax Exemption and Tax Contract by the State.

§  2667.  Tax exemption and tax contract by the state. 1. It is hereby
  determined that the creation of the authority and the  carrying  out  of
  its  corporate purposes is in all respects for the benefit of the people
  of the state of New York and  is  a  public  purpose.  Accordingly,  the
  authority  shall  be  regarded  as  performing an essential governmental
  function in the exercise of the powers conferred upon it by this  title.
  The property of the authority, its income and operations shall be exempt
  from  taxation,  assessments, special assessments and special ad valorem
  levies; the authority shall not be required  to  pay  any  fees,  taxes,
  special  ad  valorem levies or assessments of any kind, whether state or
  local, including but not limited to  fees,  taxes,  special  ad  valorem
  levies  or assessments on real property, franchise taxes, sales taxes or
  other taxes, upon or with respect to any property owned by it  or  under
  its  jurisdiction,  control or supervision, or upon the uses thereof, or
  upon or with respect to its activities or operations in  furtherance  of
  the  powers  conferred upon it by this title, or upon or with respect to
  any fares, tolls, rentals,  rates,  charges,  fees,  revenues  or  other
  income received by the authority.
2.  Bonds  issued  pursuant  to  this  title  together with the income
  therefrom shall at all times be exempt from taxation.
3. The state  hereby  covenants  with  the  purchasers  and  with  all
  subsequent  holders  and  transferees  of  bonds issued by the authority
  pursuant to this title,  in  consideration  of  the  acceptance  of  and
  payment  for  the bonds, that the bonds of the authority issued pursuant
  to this title and the income therefrom and  all  revenues,  monies,  and
  other  property  pledged  to  pay or to secure the payment of such bonds
  shall at all times be free from taxation.
4. The authority may pay, or may enter into agreements with the county
  or any municipality to pay, a sum or sums annually or  otherwise  or  to
  provide  other considerations with respect to the real property owned by
  the authority located within the county or such municipality.
5. Notwithstanding subdivision  four  of  this  section,  any  project
  authorized  by  paragraphs  (d),  (m)  and  (n)  of subdivision eight of
  section twenty-six hundred fifty-five of this  title  except  government
  office  space, building or facilities shall be exempt from real property
  taxation, calculated not to exceed the  following:  ten  years  of  full
  exemption  followed by one year of exemption from eighty percent of such
  taxation, followed by one year of exemption from sixty percent  of  such
  taxation,  followed  by one year of exemption from forty percent of such
  taxation, followed by one year of exemption from twenty percent of  such
  taxation.
2023 New York Laws › PBA - Public Authorities › Article 8 - Miscellaneous Authorities › Title 28-B - Schenectady Metroplex Development Authority › 2669 - State, County and Municipalities Not Liable on Bonds.

§  2669. State, county and municipalities not liable on bonds. Neither
  the state, the county nor any municipality therein shall  be  liable  on
  the bonds or notes of the authority and such bonds or notes shall not be
  a  debt of the state, the county or of any municipality therein and such
  bonds and notes shall contain on the face thereof a  statement  to  such
  effect.
2023 New York Laws › PBA - Public Authorities › Article 8 - Miscellaneous Authorities › Title 28-B - Schenectady Metroplex Development Authority › 2669-A - Agreement With State.

§  2669-a.  Agreement  with state. The state does hereby pledge to and
  agree with the holders of any bonds issued by the authority pursuant  to
  this  title  and  secured  by a pledge, and with those persons or public
  authorities who may enter into contracts with the authority pursuant  to
  the  provisions  of  this  title that the state will not alter, limit or
  impair the rights hereby vested in the authority to purchase, construct,
  own and  operate,  maintain,  repair,  improve,  reconstruct,  renovate,
  rehabilitate,  enlarge,  increase and extend, 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 contracts
  or  agreements  made  with or for the benefit of the holders of bonds or
  with any person or public authority with reference to  such  project  or
  part  thereof,  or  in  any way to impair the rights and remedies of the
  holders of bonds, until  the  bonds,  together  with  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 the holders of bonds, are fully met and discharged and such contracts
  are  fully  performed  on  the  part  of the authority. The authority is
  authorized to include this pledge and agreement  of  the  state  in  any
  agreement  with  the  holders  of bonds. Nothing contained in this title
  shall be deemed to restrict the right of the  state  to  amend,  modify,
  repeal or otherwise alter statutes imposing or relating to taxes or fees
  or  appropriations  relating thereto. The authority shall not include in
  any resolution, contract or agreement with the holders of its bonds,  or
  such persons or public authorities who may enter into contracts with the
  authority,  any  provision  stating  that,  as  a  result  of  the state
  exercising its right to amend, repeal, modify  or  otherwise  alter  any
  such  tax,  fee  or  appropriation a default will occur. Nothing in this
  title shall be deemed to obligate the state to make additional  payments
  or  impose  any  taxes  to  satisfy  the debt service obligations of the
  authority.
2023 New York Laws › PBA - Public Authorities › Article 8 - Miscellaneous Authorities › Title 28-B - Schenectady Metroplex Development Authority › 2671 - Limitation of Liability; Indemnification.

§  2671.  Limitation  of  liability; indemnification.   1. Neither the
  members of the authority nor any person  acting  in  its  behalf,  while
  acting  within  the  scope  of  their authority, shall be subject to any
  personal liability  resulting  from  carrying  out  any  of  the  powers
  expressly given in or authorized by this title.
2.  The  board  shall  elect the provisions of section eighteen of the
  public officers law to apply to the  members,  officers,  employees  and
  agents  of the authority in connection with any and all claims, demands,
  suits, actions or proceedings which may be made or brought  against  any
  of  them  arising  out  of  any  determinations made or actions taken or
  failed to be taken in compliance with any obligations under or  pursuant
  to the terms of this title.
2023 New York Laws › PBA - Public Authorities › Article 8 - Miscellaneous Authorities › Title 28-B - Schenectady Metroplex Development Authority › 2672 - Assistance by State Officers, Departments, Boards and Commissions.

§   2672.  Assistance  by  state  officers,  departments,  boards  and
  commissions.  The department of audit and control,  department  of  law,
  and  all  other state officers, agencies, departments, boards, divisions
  offices, and commissions may  render  such  services  to  the  authority
  within their respective functions as may be requested by the authority.
Notwithstanding  the  provisions of any other law to the contrary, the
  commissioner of the office of general services is  authorized  to  enter
  into  a contract, from time to time, on behalf of and in the name of the
  state of New  York,  upon  terms  and  conditions  which  are  fair  and
  equitable,  for  the  conveyance of unappropriated state lands and lands
  under water which  the  authority  shall  certify  to  be  necessary  or
  desirable for the corporate purposes of the authority.
2023 New York Laws › PBA - Public Authorities › Article 8 - Miscellaneous Authorities › Title 28-B - Schenectady Metroplex Development Authority › 2673 - Audit, Annual Report, County Approval of Certain Projects.

§  2673. Audit, annual report, county approval of certain projects. 1.
  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  public  accountant. The authority shall annually
  submit  to  the  county  legislature,   governor,   state   comptroller,
  chairperson  of  the  senate  finance  committee, and chairperson of the
  assembly ways and means committee a  detailed  report  pursuant  to  the
  provisions  of  section twenty-eight hundred of this chapter, and a copy
  of such report shall be filed with the clerk of the county legislature.
2. The authority shall not undertake any project unless it shall  have
  first  been  approved  by a majority vote of the county legislature. The
  provisions of this subdivision shall not apply, and no approval  of  the
  county  legislature shall be necessary, when: (a) the direct expenditure
  of funds used to complete such project is not anticipated to exceed  ten
  million  dollars  in  funds  derived  from  the authority's share of the
  dedicated net collections  described  in  subdivision  nine  of  section
  twenty-six  hundred  sixty-one  of  this  title,  and  the  interest  on
  one-third or less of bonds or  notes  that  shall  be  issued  for  such
  project  pursuant  to  this  title shall be includable, under the United
  States Internal Revenue Code of 1986,  as  amended,  or  any  subsequent
  corresponding internal revenue law of the United States, in gross income
  of  the holders of the bonds or notes to the same extent and in the same
  manner that the interest on bills, bonds, notes or other obligations  of
  the  United  States  is  includable  in  the gross income of the holders
  thereof  under  the  code  or  any  of  the  subsequent  laws;  or   (b)
  notwithstanding  the provisions of paragraph (a) of this subdivision, no
  bonding is necessary; or (c) notwithstanding the provisions of paragraph
  (a) of this subdivision, solely where the action  of  the  authority  is
  site acquisition, site preparation or infrastructure development.
2023 New York Laws › PBA - Public Authorities › Article 8 - Miscellaneous Authorities › Title 28-B - Schenectady Metroplex Development Authority › 2674 - Separability.

§  2674. Separability.   If any provision of any section of this title
  or the application thereof  to  any  person  or  circumstance  shall  be
  adjudged  invalid  by  a  court of competent jurisdiction, such order or
  judgment shall be confined in its operation to the controversy in  which
  it was rendered, and shall not affect or invalidate the remainder of any
  provision  of  any  section of this title or the application of any part
  thereof to any  other  person  or  circumstance  and  to  this  end  the
  provisions  of  each  section  of  this  title are hereby declared to be
  severable.
Insofar as the provisions of this  title  are  inconsistent  with  the
  provisions  of  any other law, general, special or local, the provisions
  of this title shall be controlling.
2023 New York Laws › PBA - Public Authorities › Article 8 - Miscellaneous Authorities › Title 28-BB - Albany Convention Center Authority › 2675-B - Statement of Legislative Findings.

§  2675-b.  Statement  of  legislative  findings.  It is hereby found,
  determined and declared that there is an immediate need to  institute  a
  comprehensive,  coordinated program of convention activities in the city
  of Albany. It is further found, determined and declared to be  desirable
  to  create  an Albany convention center authority to provide the city of
  Albany with the  capability  to  effectively  and  efficiently  develop,
  renovate  and  undertake certain transformational economic developmental
  projects in the historic downtown area  to  optimize  the  economic  and
  social  activities  of  the  city and its environs. It is further found,
  determined  and  declared  that  the  construction,  transformation  and
  improvement  of  new  and  existing  facilities  for a convention center
  consisting of trade  exhibition,  hotel  accommodations,  transportation
  infrastructure, tourism, theatre facilities, retail business, commercial
  office  space  facilities,  including  services  for  the  operation and
  maintenance  thereof,  will  provide  significant  economic  and  social
  benefits  to  the  city  and  county  of  Albany  and the entire capital
  district  region  and,   that,   consistent   with   social,   economic,
  environmental  and  other  essential  considerations  of  state  policy,
  locating and  renovating  these  new  and  improved  facilities  in  the
  historic  downtown area of the city of Albany is in the public interest,
  given the convenience and accessibility of the city, its significance in
  the history of the state and nation, its designation as a heritage area,
  its stature as the capital city of the  state  and  the  seat  of  state
  government,  and  the  immediacy of the needs of the people of the state
  for the realization of the significant economic and social  benefits  to
  be derived from this convention center.
It  is  further found, determined and declared that the development of
  the area is a matter of essential state and city concern, and  that  the
  establishment  and  creation of an Albany convention center authority is
  necessary to provide for the economic prosperity and general welfare  of
  the  people  of  the  city  of  Albany and the state of New York for the
  construction, development, location and operation of a convention center
  consisting of these facilities.
It is further found, determined and declared to be the intent  of  the
  legislature  that the Albany convention center authority shall carry out
  its purposes and responsibilities directly and through  agreements  with
  local entities, and that the Albany convention center authority shall be
  created  as a public benefit corporation and that the corporate programs
  and powers conferred under this title  and  the  expenditure  of  public
  monies  pursuant  thereto, are in furtherance of a valid public interest
  and public purpose.
2023 New York Laws › PBA - Public Authorities › Article 8 - Miscellaneous Authorities › Title 28-BB - Albany Convention Center Authority › 2675-F - Preliminary Study of the Authority.

§  2675-f. Preliminary study of the authority. Prior to commencing any
  purchase, lease or transfer of any real property, in whole or part,  the
  authority shall formulate a plan for the creation and development of the
  convention  facility. After passage of a resolution approving such plan,
  it shall be submitted to the governor, comptroller, temporary  president
  of the senate, speaker of the assembly, county executive and mayor. Such
  resolution shall require at least six affirmative votes of the board for
  passage.  Any  plan  submitted  will  include,  but not be limited to: a
  detailed accounting of expected revenues and financing; an  estimate  of
  expenditures  necessary  for construction and maintenance; a description
  of the geographic  location  of  anticipated  construction  sites,  with
  supporting  information  on  the  impact such construction would have on
  existing structures  in  the  vicinity;  a  depiction  of  any  and  all
  structures  anticipated  for  construction; an assessment of anticipated
  environmental impacts; a plan for  inclusion  of  historic  preservation
  measures to be undertaken; a structure for involvement of the community;
  the  report  of  results  from public hearings held, pursuant to section
  twenty-six hundred seventy-five-g of this title;  and,  a  timeline  for
  expected development.
2023 New York Laws › PBA - Public Authorities › Article 8 - Miscellaneous Authorities › Title 28-BB - Albany Convention Center Authority › 2675-G - Public Hearings of the Authority.

§  2675-g.  Public  hearings  of the authority. 1. The authority shall
hold public hearings prior to:
(a) the  adoption  of  the  preliminary  report  pursuant  to  section
twenty-six hundred seventy-five-f of this title;
(b) the adoption of any project where the authority would condemn real
property  pursuant  to  subdivision  three of section twenty-six hundred
seventy-five-e of this title;
2. The board shall schedule and hold two or more  public  hearings  to
solicit  public  comments.  Notice of such hearings shall, not less than
two weeks prior to the  scheduled  date,  be  posted  conspicuously  and
printed  in  a newspaper or newspapers having general circulation within
the county of Albany. Provision shall be made for  the  solicitation  of
comments  from  interested  parties  not  able to attend the hearing(s).
After the conclusion of the public hearing and comment period, the board
shall consider the results of the public hearing and comments  submitted
with  respect  to  the  adoption  of  the preliminary report or proposed
project and issue a report summarizing the comments received.
2023 New York Laws › PBA - Public Authorities › Article 8 - Miscellaneous Authorities › Title 28-BB - Albany Convention Center Authority › 2675-H - Contracts.

§  2675-h.  Contracts.  1. Construction contracts let by the authority
  shall be in conformity with the applicable  provisions  of  section  one
  hundred thirty-five of the state finance law.
2.  The  authority  may,  in  its  discretion,  assign  contracts  for
  supervision  and  coordination  to  the  successful   bidder   for   any
  subdivision   of  work  for  which  the  authority  receives  bids.  Any
  construction contract awarded by the authority shall contain such  other
  terms  and conditions as the authority may deem desirable. The authority
  shall not award any construction contract except to  the  lowest  bidder
  who,  in  its opinion, is qualified to perform the work required and who
  is responsible and reliable. The authority may, however, reject  any  or
  all  bids  or  waive  any  informality  in a bid if it believes that the
  public interest will be promoted thereby. The authority may  reject  any
  bid,  if,  in  its  judgement,  the business and technical organization,
  plant, resources,  financial  standing,  or  experience  of  the  bidder
  justifies such rejection in view of the work to be performed.
3.  All  contracts  or  leases  for  the construction, reconstruction,
  rehabilitation or improvement of buildings let by  the  authority  shall
  comply  with  the  provisions of section two hundred twenty of the labor
  law.
4. 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 all contracts for procurement,  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 28-BB - Albany Convention Center Authority › 2675-I - Monies of the Authorities.

§ 2675-i. Monies of the authority. 1. All monies of the authority from
  whatever  source  derived, except as otherwise authorized or provided in
  this title, shall be paid  to  the  authority  and  shall  be  deposited
  forthwith  in  a bank or banks in the state designated by the authority.
  The monies in such accounts shall be withdrawn  on  the  order  of  such
  person  or  persons as the authority may authorize. All deposits of such
  monies shall, if required by the authority, be secured in such manner as
  the authority may determine. The 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. Such
  examination shall be conducted by the comptroller at least once in every
  five years; the comptroller is authorized, however, to accept  from  the
  authority,  in  lieu  of such an examination, an external examination of
  its books and accounts made at the request of the authority. The results
  of any  such  examinations  shall  be  reported  to  the  governor,  the
  chairperson  of  the  senate  finance  committee, the chairperson of the
  assembly ways and means committee, the mayor and the county executive.
2. Notwithstanding any other provisions of this title related  to  the
  investments  of  monies of the authority, the authority shall have power
  to contract with holders of  any  of  its  bonds,  as  to  the  custody,
  collection,   securing,   investment,  and  payment  of  monies  of  the
  authority, of any monies held in trust or otherwise for the  payment  of
  bonds, and to carry out such contract. Monies held in trust or otherwise
  for  the  payment of bonds or in any way to secure bonds and deposits of
  such monies may be secured in such manner as shall be set forth in  such
  contract  or agreement, and all banks and trust companies are authorized
  to give such security for such deposits. The authority  shall  establish
  and  may  amend  from time to time, guidelines for the investment of its
  monies, including those held in trust for the benefit of the holders  of
  bonds,  and shall file such guidelines in the authority's public records
  within sixty days after the adoption of such  guidelines  or  amendments
  thereto.
3.  The  authority shall submit to the comptroller, within thirty days
  of the receipt thereof by the authority, a copy of the report  of  every
  external examination of the books and accounts of the authority.
2023 New York Laws › PBA - Public Authorities › Article 8 - Miscellaneous Authorities › Title 28-BB - Albany Convention Center Authority › 2675-II - State Aid Revenues.

§  2675-ii.  State  aid  revenues.  1.  With  respect to each issue of
  outstanding hotel revenue bonds, the chairperson of the authority  shall
  certify  at  least  semi-annually,  or  in  the  case  of the first such
  certificate within thirty days after the  sale  of  an  issue  of  hotel
  revenue bonds, to the comptroller and the director of the budget, with a
  copy  to  the  mayor,  a  schedule setting forth the amount of state aid
  revenue payable to the city pursuant to section nineteen-a of the public
  lands law, if any, necessary for payment of any amounts required  to  be
  deposited  in  any  debt service reserve fund with respect to such hotel
  revenue bonds to make up any deficiency in such fund in accordance  with
  the  provisions  of  the resolution or indenture pursuant for which such
  hotel  revenue  bonds  were  issued  (all   such   payments,   "eligible
  obligations").
2.  The certification may be amended and, in the event of a bond sale,
  shall be amended no later than thirty days after such sale. The schedule
  accompanying such certification shall provide for such payment dates  as
  the  authority deems appropriate to ensure that sufficient funds will be
  available to meet  its  eligible  obligations  relating  to  such  hotel
  revenue bonds as they come due.
2023 New York Laws › PBA - Public Authorities › Article 8 - Miscellaneous Authorities › Title 28-BB - Albany Convention Center Authority › 2675-K - Agreements of the State.

§  2675-k.  Agreements of the state. The state of New York does hereby
  pledge to and agree with the holders of the bonds that  the  state  will
  not  limit  or  impair  the  rights  hereby  vested  in the authority to
  acquire, construct, maintain, reconstruct  and  operate  its  convention
  facility,  to  establish and collect rentals, fees and other charges and
  to fulfill the terms of any agreements made  with  the  holders  of  the
  bonds,  or in any way impair the rights and remedies of the bondholders,
  until the bonds, together with 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  the
  bondholders, are fully met and discharged.
2023 New York Laws › PBA - Public Authorities › Article 8 - Miscellaneous Authorities › Title 28-BB - Albany Convention Center Authority › 2675-L - State, County and City Not Liable on Bonds.

§  2675-l.  State,  county and city not liable on bonds. The bonds and
  other obligations of the authority shall not be a debt of the  state  of
  New  York,  the  county of Albany or the city of Albany, and neither the
  state, the county nor the city shall be liable thereon, nor  shall  they
  be  payable out of any funds other than those of the authority. All such
  bonds and notes of the authority shall contain on  the  face  thereof  a
  statement to that effect.