New York Public Authorities Law Title 29 - DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY OF THE NORTH COUNTRY ACT

• 2700 - Short Title.
  This title shall be known and may be cited as the "development authority of the north country act".
• 2701 - Statement of Legislative Findings and Purposes.
  It is hereby found, determined and declared that there is an immediate need to institute a comprehensive, coordinated program of economic development activities in the...
• 2702 - Definitions.
  As used in this title, the following words and terms shall have the following meanings unless the context indicates another or different meaning or intent:...
• 2703 - Development Authority of the North County.
  1. A corporation known as the development authority of the north country is hereby created for the public purposes and charged with the duties and...
• 2704 - Powers of the Authority.
  Except as otherwise limited by this title, the authority shall have power: 1. to make and alter by-laws for the regulation of its affairs and...
• 2705 - Special Powers With Regard to Planning.
  The authority shall prepare or cause to be prepared a report on the impact of the expansion of the Fort Drum Military Reservation on existing...
• 2706 - Special Powers of Participating Counties and Municipalities With Respect to Certain Facilities.
  1. Any participating county and one or more municipalities within the participating county, shall have the power to enter into contracts, leases or agreements from...
• 2707 - Special Powers With Regard to Solid Waste Management Facilities.
  The authority shall have power: 1. to collect, receive, extract, transport, process, dispose of, sell, store, convey, recycle and deal with, in any lawful manner...
• 2708 - Environmental Applications, Proceedings, Approvals and Permits.
  1. Any application in relation to the purposes of or contemplated by this title, or any proceeding commenced by any participating county or any municipality,...
• 2709 - Special Powers With Regard to Sewerage Facilities.
  The authority shall have power: 1. to acquire, construct, purchase or lease, in the name of the authority, any sewerage facility, sewer system, including plants,...
• 2710 - Special Powers With Regard to Water Facilities.
  The authority shall have power: 1. to acquire, construct, purchase or lease, in the name of the authority, any water facility, water supply system, water...
• 2711 - Bonds of the Authority.
  1. (a) The authority shall have power and is hereby authorized from time to time to issue its bonds in such principal amount as, in...
• 2712 - Bonds As Legal Investments.
  The bonds of the authority are hereby made securities in which all public officers and bodies of this state and all municipalities and municipal subdivisions,...
• 2713 - Exemption From Taxation of Bonds.
  It is hereby determined that the creation of the authority is in all respects for the benefit of the people of the state and for...
• 2714 - Moneys of the Authority.
  1. All moneys of the authority from whatever source derived, except as otherwise authorized or provided in this title, shall be paid to the authority...
• 2715 - Agreement of the State.
  The participating counties and any municipalities within their boundaries are authorized to and the state does hereby pledge to and agree with the owners of...
• 2716 - Remedies of Holders of Bonds.
  1. In the event that the authority shall default in the payment of principal of or interest on any issue of bonds after the same...
• 2717 - Actions Against the Authority; Court Proceedings; Preferences; Venue.
  1. In any case founded upon death, personal injury, property damage or tort a notice of claim shall be required as a condition precedent to...
• 2718 - 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...
• 2719 - Exemption From Taxation of Property and Income.
  The property of the authority, and its income and operations shall be exempt from taxation or assessments of every kind and nature; nor shall the...
• 2720 - 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 and commissions may render such services to...
• 2721 - State, Counties and Municipalities Not Liable on Bonds.
  Neither the state, the counties nor any other municipality or public corporation shall be liable on the bonds of the authority and such bonds shall...
• 2722 - Contracts of the Authority.
  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,...
• 2723 - Annual Reports.
  The authority shall submit to the governor, the chairman of the senate finance committee, the chairman of the assembly ways and means committee, the state...
• 2724 - Separability.
  If any clause, sentence, paragraph, action or part of this title shall be adjudged by any court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid, such judgment...

Last modified: February 3, 2019