§ 40. Definitions. Whenever used in this article, unless a different meaning clearly appears from the context: 1. “Authority” shall mean a public benefit corporation created by section forty-one of this article for the purposes specified in article five-I of the general municipal law. 2. “Government” shall include the state, municipality and the federal government, […]
§ 41. Organization. 1. There is hereby created the Utica transit authority. The authority shall be a body corporate and politic constituting a public benefit corporation and shall be perpetual in duration and consist of at least five members. The chairman of the authority shall, before the authority becomes operative, cause to be filed in […]
§ 42. Scope of jurisdiction. The territorial jurisdiction of the Utica transit authority shall be coterminous with the territorial limits of the City of Utica and of the areas the Utica transit commission is now serving. The Utica transit authority may provide its services or facilities to any additional areas or areas, outside of its […]
§ 43. Powers and duties. 1. Except as otherwise limited by this article and by article five-I of the general municipal law, the Utica transit authority shall have the following powers and duties, in addition to the other powers granted in article five-I of the general municipal law: (a) To investigate transportation services in the […]
§ 44. Officers and employees; compensation and expenses. 1. When the office of the first chairman of the mass transportation authority becomes vacant, the authority shall select a chairman from among its members. The Utica transit authority shall select from among its members, a vice-chairman, and it may employ a general manager, a secretary, technical […]
§ 45. Vacancies and removals. A vacancy occurring other then by reason of the expiration of the term of a member of the Utica transit authority shall be filled for the unexpired term. The governing body of the municipality or when two or more municipalities are acting jointly, the governing bodies thereof jointly may remove […]
§ 46. Non-liability of authority members. No personal liability or accountability shall attach to any member of the Utica transit authority or to any person executing bonds of such authority by reason of the execution or issuance thereof.
§ 47. Disqualification of members and employees. No member or employee of the Utica transit authority should have any interest, financial or otherwise, direct or indirect, or engage in any business or transaction or professional activity or incur any obligation of any nature, which is in substantial conflict with the proper discharge of his duties, […]
§ 48. Not within jurisdiction of public service commission. The acquisition, construction, reconstruction or improvement of any omnibus transportation capital project by the Utica transit authority pursuant to this article shall not be subject to the jurisdiction of the public service commission except as provided in sections sixty-eight, sixty-nine, sixty-nine-a, sixty-nine-b, sixty-nine-c and sixty-nine-d of […]
§ 49. Plans for proposed municipal projects; statement of project costs. The Utica transit authority shall file with the commissioner a copy of each proposed municipal project embodying the plans, specifications, estimated costs and proposed method of financing. Any change made in a municipal project shall be filed with the commissioner by the Utica transit […]
§ 50. Statewide transportation planning. Project coordination with statewide transportation plan. Upon review of a proposed municipal project submitted to the commissioner under section forty-nine herein, the commissioner may transmit, within a reasonably prompt time, advisory comments to the Utica transit authority with regard to such project’s being a part of or consistent with a […]
§ 51. Comprehensive regional planning. Project coordination with comprehensive regional planning. Prior to undertaking a municipal project, the Utica transit authority shall comply with the provisions of this section. Where a proposed municipal project is to be located in whole or in part, within the jurisdiction of a multi-county regional planning board which has adopted […]
§ 52. Construction contracts, cancellation of contracts, disqualification to contract with mass transportation authority, statement of non-collusion in bids on proposals. 1. Contracts of the Utica transit authority for construction, alteration, renovation, demolition, excavation or for purchase of materials or supplies shall be in such form and contain provisions as may be deemed advisable by […]
§ 53. Financial assistance from and cooperation with the state and federal governments. The Utica transit authority is empowered to include in agreements with the state and/or federal governments provisions that such government or governments shall have the right to approve in advance of execution all contracts entered into by the authortiy and to supervise […]
§ 54. Bonds. 1. The Utica transit authority shall have the power, and is hereby authorized, from time to time to borrow money and issue bonds in such amounts and upon such terms as it may deem advisable for any of the purposes of this article. Bonds, except those for the acquisition of any omnibus […]
§ 55. Provisions of bonds. Bonds of the Utica transit authority shall be authorized by its resolution and may be issued singly or in one or more series, and shall bear such date or dates, mature at such time or times, bear interest at such rate or rates, not exceeding seven per cent per annum, […]
§ 56. Negotiability of bonds. Whether or not any bonds, interim certificates or other obligations of the Utica transit authority issued pursuant to this article are of such form and character as to be negotiable instruments under article eight of the uniform commercial code, such bonds, interim certificates or other obligations shall be and are […]
§ 57. Signature on bonds. In case any of the members or officers of the Utica transit authority whose signatures appear on any bonds or coupons shall cease to be such members or officers before the delivery of such bonds, such signatures shall, nevertheless, be valid and sufficient for all purposes, the same as if […]
§ 58. Repurchase of bonds. The Utica transit authority shall have power to purchase any bonds issued by it for the purpose of retirement or investment. The Utica transit authority shall not purchase such bonds at a price in excess of the face value thereof plus a premium of four per cent. All bonds purchased […]
§ 59. Suit on bonds. In any suit, action or proceeding upon any bond of the Utica transit authority or the security therefor, any such bond reciting in substance that it has been issued by such an authority to aid in financing a municipal project to provide omnibus transportation facilities pursuant to the procedure required […]
