New York Public Authorities Law Title 10-B - NIAGARA FALLS PUBLIC WATER AUTHORITY

• 1230-a - Short Title.
  This title shall be known and may be cited as the "Niagara Falls public water authority act."
• 1230-b - Definitions.
  As used or referred to in this title, unless a different meaning clearly appears from the context: 1. "Authority" means the corporation created by section...
• 1230-c - Niagara Falls Public Water Authority.
  1. A public corporation to be known as the "Niagara Falls public water authority" is hereby created for the public purposes and charged with the...
• 1230-d - Powers of the Authority.
  The authority shall have the power: 1. To sue and be sued. 2. To have a seal and alter the same at pleasure. 3. To...
• 1230-e - Water Board.
  1. A water board, to be known as the "Niagara Falls public water board", may be created by a special act of the state legislature...
• 1230-f - General Powers of the Water Board.
  Except as otherwise limited by this title, the water board shall have power: 1. To sue and be sued. 2. To have a seal and...
• 1230-g - Special Enforcement Powers With Respect to Wastewater Facilities.
  1. In addition to any other enforcement powers provided by this title or any other provision of law, with respect to the jurisdiction, control, supervision,...
• 1230-h - Transfer of Facilities by the City of Niagara Falls or Any Municipality.
  1. The city or any municipality may, by resolution approved by a majority of the entire voting strength of the applicable governing body of the...
• 1230-i - Agreements Among the Water Board, the City, Municipalities and the Authority for the Provision of Projects.
  1. The authority, the water board, the city, any municipality and any other person may enter into agreements for the purpose of providing for the...
• 1230-j - Imposition and Disposition of Fees, Rates or Charges.
  1. The water board shall establish, fix and revise, from time to time, fees, rates or other charges for the use of, or services furnished,...
• 1230-k - Appropriations for Purposes of the Water Board or the Authority; Transfer of Property to the Water Board or Authority; Acquisition of Property by the
  city or municipality for the authority; contracts with the city or any municipality. 1. In addition to any powers granted to it by law, the...
• 1230-l - Transfer of Officers and Employees.
  1. In accordance with the provisions of section seventy of the civil service law, any officer or employee of the city that currently works in...
• 1230-m - Bonds of the Authority.
  1. The authority shall have the power and is hereby authorized from time to time to issue bonds in conformance with applicable provisions of the...
• 1230-n - Remedies of Bondholders.
  Subject to any resolution or resolutions adopted pursuant to this title: 1. In the event that the authority shall default in the payment of principal...
• 1230-o - State, City, Water Board or Municipality, Other Than the Authority, Not Liable on Authority Bonds.
  Neither the state, the city, the water board nor any municipality, other than the authority, shall be liable on the bonds of the authority and...
• 1230-p - Moneys of the Authority.
  All moneys of the authority from whatever source derived shall be paid to the treasurer of the authority and shall be deposited forthwith in a...
• 1230-q - Bonds, Legal Investments for Fiduciaries.
  The bonds of the authority are hereby made securities in which all public officials and bodies of the state and all municipalities, all insurance companies...
• 1230-r - Agreement With the State.
  The state does hereby pledge to and agree with the holders of any bonds issued by the authority pursuant to this title and with those...
• 1230-s - Exemption From Taxes, Assessments and Certain Fees.
  1. It is hereby determined that the creation of the authority and the water board and the carrying out of its corporate purposes is in...
• 1230-t - Actions Against the Water Board and Authority.
  1. Except in an action for wrongful death, no action or special proceeding shall be prosecuted or maintained against either the water board or the...
• 1230-u - Contracts.
  All contracts for construction or purchase of supplies, materials or equipment shall be let by the water board, shall be made in conformity with the...
• 1230-v - Code of Ethics.
  1. As used in this section the term "employee" shall mean any member, officer, agent or employee of the authority or the water board. 2....
• 1230-w - Equal Employment Opportunity.
  The water board and the authority shall ensure that all employees or applicants for employment are afforded equal employment opportunity without discrimination.
• 1230-x - Audit and Annual Report.
  In conformity with the provisions of section five of article ten of the constitution, the accounts of the water board and of the authority shall...
• 1230-y - Limited Liability.
  Neither the members of the governing body of either the water board or of the authority, nor any officer, or employee thereof acting in their...
• 1230-z - Separability.
  If any clause, sentence, paragraph, section, or part of this title shall be adjudged by any court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid, such judgment...
• 1230-Aa - Effect of Inconsistent Provisions.
  Insofar as the provisions of this title are inconsistent with the provisions of any other act, general or special, or of any charter, local law,...

Last modified: February 3, 2019