New York Public Authorities Law Title 8 - BUFFALO SEWER AUTHORITY

• 1175 - Short Title.
  This title may be cited as the "Buffalo Sewer Authority Act. "
• 1176 - 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...
• 1177 - Buffalo Sewer Authority.
  1. A board, to be known as "Buffalo Sewer Authority," is hereby created. Such board shall be a body corporate and politic constituting a public...
• 1178 - Powers of the Authority.
  The authority shall have power: 1. To prepare or cause to be prepared plans, designs and estimates of costs for the construction of the project,...
• 1178-a - Enforcement and Special Powers of the Authority.
  1. Administrative sanctions and civil liability. a. Any user who has been finally determined to violate any rules, regulations, permits or orders of the authority...
• 1179 - Transfer to Authority of City Sewer System.
  Upon the filing by the authority with the common council of the city and the secretary of state of the state of New York, of...
• 1180 - Sewer Rents.
  Upon the filing with the common council of the city and the secretary of state of the state of New York of the certificate of...
• 1180-a - Shutting Off Water Supply for Unpaid Sewer Rents.
  Upon certification by the authority to the director of water of the city of Buffalo that sewer rents, based upon the consumption of water charged...
• 1181 - Construction Contracts.
  If the project, or any portion thereof, or any addition, betterment or extension to the facilities, shall be constructed pursuant to a contract for which...
• 1182 - Acquisition of Lands.
  The city shall have the power to acquire by purchase or eminent domain proceedings either the fee or such right, title, interest or easement in...
• 1183 - Obligations of Public Utilities.
  Wherever railroad tracks, street railroad tracks, gas pipes, telephone wires, telegraph wires, electric light or power wires, or conduits for carrying telephone, telegraph or electric...
• 1184 - Property to Be Restored.
  The authority may enter upon streets, highways, bridges or public places for the purpose of constructing the project or any part thereof, or any addition,...
• 1185 - Fiscal Year.
  The fiscal year of the authority shall begin on the first day of July.
• 1186 - Moneys of the Authority.
  All moneys of the authority, from whatever source derived, shall be paid to the treasurer as agent of the authority, who shall not commingle such...
• 1187 - Bonds of the Authority.
  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...
• 1188 - Agreement 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...
• 1189 - State 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 or the city, and neither the...
• 1190 - Bonds Legal Investments for 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...
• 1191 - Exemptions From Taxation.
  1. It is hereby found and declared that the creation of the authority and the carrying out of its corporate purposes is in all respects...
• 1192 - Remedies of Bondholders.
  1. In the event that the authority shall default in the payment of principal of, or interest on, any of the bonds after the said...
• 1193 - Obligations of Contracts Not Impaired.
  From and after the filing with the common council of the city and the secretary of state of the state of New York of the...
• 1193-a - Actions Against the Authority.
  1. In every action or special proceeding against the authority founded upon tort for damages to real or personal property, or for the destruction thereof,...
• 1194 - Title Not Affected If in Part Unconstitutional.
  If any clause, sentence, paragraph, or part of this title shall for any reason be adjudged by any court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid,...
• 1195 - 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, or any local law, the provisions...

Last modified: February 3, 2019