New York Public Authorities Law Title 4 - SUFFOLK COUNTY WATER AUTHORITY

• 1074 - Short Title.
  This title may be cited as the "Suffolk County Water Authority Act."
• 1075 - Statement of Purpose.
  Prior to the enactment of section five of article ten of the constitution (effective on January first, nineteen hundred thirty-nine) public benefit corporations could be...
• 1076 - 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...
• 1077 - Suffolk County Water Authority.
  1. The corporate existence of the Suffolk county water authority, heretofore created pursuant to the provisions of chapter eight hundred forty-seven of the laws of...
• 1078 - Powers.
  The powers and duties of the authority shall be as follows: 1. To sue and be sued. 2. To have a seal and alter the...
• 1078-a - Sale of Water.
  The authority shall not refuse to sell water service to residential tenants for the sole reason that the premises of such tenants receiving water service...
• 1078-b - Discontinuance Procedures.
  No discontinuance or disconnection of any supply of water shall be carried out except in the manner and upon the notice as is required of...
• 1078-c - Water Metering.
  The authority shall meter service to its customers within two years of the effective date of this section.
• 1078-d - Additional Powers of the County of Suffolk and Towns and Villages Within Suffolk County.
  1. a. In addition to any powers granted by any general or special law, the board of supervisors of the county of Suffolk, acting on...
• 1078-e - Acquisition by Eminent Domain.
  Notwithstanding any provision of the eminent domain procedure law to the contrary, in any proceeding brought by the authority pursuant to such law, title shall...
• 1078-f - Charges by Authority; Method of Collection.
  All rates, fees and other charges for the use or availability of the facilities or services or commodities provided or made available by the authority...
• 1079 - Survey of Water Resources.
  The board of supervisors of Suffolk county may, by resolution, appropriate a sum of money to defray the preliminary expenses of such authority so created...
• 1080 - Bonds.
  1. The authority shall have power and is hereby authorized from time to time to issue its negotiable bonds in conformity with applicable provisions of...
• 1080-a - Notes of the Authority.
  The authority shall have power and is hereby authorized to issue negotiable bond anticipation notes in conformity with applicable provisions of the uniform commercial code...
• 1081 - Bonds As Legal Investments.
  The bonds herein authorized are hereby made securities in which all public officers and bodies of this state and all municipalities and municipal subdivisions, all...
• 1082 - Bonds and Property of the Authority Exempt From Taxation.
  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...
• 1083 - State, County and Municipalities Not Liable on Bonds.
  The bonds of the authority shall not be a debt of the state of New York or of the county or of any municipality in...
• 1084 - Agreements of the State.
  The state of New York does pledge to and agree with the holders of the bonds that the state will not limit or alter the...
• 1085 - Contracts for Sale of Water Wholesale.
  Any municipality is hereby authorized to contract with the authority for the purchase of water from the authority at wholesale for a period not exceeding...
• 1086 - Audit of Authority; Annual Report.
  In conformity with the provisions of section five of article ten of the constitution, the accounts of the authority shall be subject to the supervision...
• 1087 - Interest in Contracts Prohibited.
  It shall be a misdemeanor for any of the members of the authority, or any officer, agent, servant or employee thereof, employed or appointed by...
• 1088 - Contracts.
  All contracts, or orders, for work, material or supplies performed or furnished in connection with construction shall be awarded by the authority pursuant to resolution....
• 1089 - Actions.
  1. In any case founded upon tort a notice of claim shall be required as a condition precedent to the commencement of an action or...
• 1090 - Expenses of Hearing.
  The expenses of any hearing, determination or other action which the provisions of this title require of the water power and control commission shall be...
• 1091 - Separability Clause.
  If any section, clause or provision in this title shall be held by a competent court to be unconstitutional or ineffective in whole or in...
• 1092 - Effect of Inconsistent Provisions.
  In so far as the provisions of this title are inconsistent with the provisions of any other act, general or special, or of any local...

Last modified: February 3, 2019