US Lawyer Database

§ 1432. Deposit and disposition of revenue. 1. (a) All taxes collected
or  received  by  the  treasurer  or his duly authorized agent under the
provisions of the local law enacted pursuant to this  article  shall  be
deposited  in  accordance  with provisions of a local law adopted by the
legislative body of Erie county which local law shall  designate  proper
officers  to be responsible for deposit of revenue collected or received
under this article. Such local law shall also provide that  any  officer
designated to collect, receive, or deposit such revenue shall maintain a
system  of  accounts  showing the revenue collected or received from the
tax imposed pursuant to this article. Such local law shall also  provide
that  an  officer  of  the  county  shall  pay  to  the Niagara Frontier
transportation authority all revenue deposited under this section.  Such
payment shall be made on the tenth day of each month for  the  preceding
month.

(b) Distributions made to the Niagara Frontier transportation authority shall be used only for operations of mass transportation services provided by the Niagara Frontier transportation authority within the county of Erie. All such distributions shall be made in accordance with the provisions of a contract between the county of Erie and the Niagara Frontier Transit Metro System, Inc. Such contract may only be amended with the consent of the Niagara Frontier Transit Metro System, Inc. and when authorized by at least a two-thirds vote of the county legislature. 2. Notwithstanding the provisions of subdivision one of this section, on and after the first day of April, nineteen hundred ninety-three, distributions shall be paid into a repair reserve fund established by the county pursuant to section six-d of the general municipal law for the purpose of repair of county roads and bridges within such county.