* § 201. 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 created by section two hundred two of this chapter; 2. The term “commission” shall mean the Long Island state park commission; 3. The term “Bethpage Park” […]
* § 202. Bethpage park authority. A board, to be known as “Bethpage Park Authority, ” is hereby created. Such board shall be a body corporate and politic constituting a public benefit corporation. It shall consist of the commissioners of the Long Island state park commission and their successors. In case such commission shall cease […]
* § 203. Purpose and duty of the authority. The purpose and duty of the authority is to acquire land in the town of Oyster Bay, Nassau county, and in the towns of Huntington and Babylon, Suffolk county, and to develop, improve, embellish, maintain and operate such land as a public park and public recreation […]
* § 204. Powers of the authority. The authority shall have power 1. To sue and be sued; 2. To have a seal and alter the same at pleasure; 3. To acquire, hold and dispose of real and personal property or interests therein in its own name, subject to mortgages or other liens or otherwise […]
* § 205. Moneys of the authority. All moneys of the authority from whatever source derived shall be paid to the comptroller as agent of the authority, who shall not commingle such moneys with any other moneys. Such moneys shall be deposited in a separate bank account or accounts. The moneys in such accounts shall […]
* § 206. 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 the uniform commercial code in the aggregate principal amount of not exceeding one million five hundred thousand dollars for any corporate purpose. The […]
* § 207. State not liable on bonds. The bonds and other obligations of the authority shall not be a debt of the state and the state shall not be liable thereon, nor shall they be payable out of any funds other than those of the authority. * NB (Abolished in 1975)
* § 208. Bonds legal investments for public officers and 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 and associations and other persons carrying on an insurance business, all banks, bankers, trust companies, savings banks and savings […]
* § 209. Bonds to be tax exempt. The bonds shall be exempt from taxation except for transfer and estate taxes. * NB (Abolished in 1975)
* § 210. Rights and remedies of creditors. 1. All real and personal property, including fees and revenues of the authority and debts owing to it are exempt from levy and sale by virtue of an execution and no execution or other judicial process shall issue against the same. No judgment against the authority shall […]
* § 211. Exemption from taxation. The construction, maintenance and operation of Bethpage park is in all respects for the benefit of the people of the state of New York for the increase of their pleasure, convenience and welfare and for the improvement of their health, and the authority shall be regarded as performing a […]
* § 212. Rules and regulations relating to park. The use of Bethpage park shall be subject to the rules and regulations of the commissioner of parks and recreation and the commission, as provided in the parks and recreation law, in the same manner as if such property were a park or parkway in the […]
* § 212-a. Jurisdiction in certain suits against the authority. Exclusive jurisdiction is hereby conferred upon the court of claims to hear and determine the claims of any person against the authority (a) for its tortious acts and those of its agents, and (b) for breach of a contract relating to construction, reconstruction, improvement, maintenance […]
* § 213. Title not affected if in part unconstitutional or ineffective. If any section, clause or provision of this title shall be unconstitutional or be ineffective in whole or in part, to the extent that it is not unconstitutional or ineffective it shall be valid and effective and no other section, clause or provision […]
* § 214. 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, the provisions of this title shall be controlling. * NB (Abolished in 1975)
