1021 – Short Title.

§ 1021. Short title. This title shall be known and may be cited as the “North Country power authority act”.

1021-A – Definitions.

§ 1021-a. Definitions. As used or referred to in this title, unless a different meaning clearly appears from the context: 1. “Acquire” means, with respect to any right, title or interest in or to any property, either the act of taking by the exercise of the power of eminent domain, or the acquisition by purchase […]

1021-B – North Country Power Authority.

§ 1021-b. North Country power authority. 1. A corporation known as the North Country power authority is hereby established and charged with the duties and having the powers provided in this title. The authority shall be a state authority, a body corporate and politic constituting a public benefit corporation, a political subdivision of the state, […]

1021-C – North Country Power Authority Service Area; Extension of Service Area.

§ 1021-c. North Country power authority service area; extension of service area. 1. The service area of the North Country power authority shall include all the territory located within so much of the county of Franklin as constitutes the Towns of Bombay, Fort Covington, Moira and Westville, and so much of the county of St. […]

1021-D – Powers and Duties of the Authority.

§ 1021-d. Powers and duties of the authority. The powers conferred by this title shall be exercised by the directors, subject to the terms of this title. In the exercise of those powers, either directly or through its officers and employees, the directors may do the following things, among others, and the following list of […]

1021-E – Deposit and Investment of Moneys of the Authority.

§ 1021-e. Deposit and investment of moneys of the authority. 1. All moneys of the authority, from whatever source derived, except as otherwise authorized or provided in this title, shall upon receipt be deposited forthwith in a bank or banks designated by the directors, to be selected in accordance with such standards as the directors […]

1021-F – Conflicts of Interest.

§ 1021-f. Conflicts of interest. Eligibility for appointment as a director, officer or employee of the authority shall be subject to the provisions of section twenty-eight hundred twenty-five of this chapter. In addition to the requirements of such section: 1. If any director, officer or employee of the authority shall have an interest, either direct […]

1021-G – Sale of Surplus Power.

§ 1021-g. Sale of surplus power. Whenever any electric power which the authority may acquire creates a surplus over the amount of electric power required by the residents of the service area, the authority may sell such surplus in territory outside the service area to persons, or public or private corporations. In acquiring any facility […]

1021-H – Audit and Annual Reports.

§ 1021-h. Audit and annual reports. 1. The accounts of the authority shall be subject to the supervision of the comptroller and an annual audit shall be performed by an independent certified public accountant selected by the directors and shall be made available to the municipalities served by the NCPA and to the public. 2. […]

1021-I – Bonds, Notes and Other Obligations of the Authority.

§ 1021-i. Bonds, notes and other obligations of the authority. 1. The authority shall have power and is hereby authorized from time to time to issue its bonds, notes or other obligations, in an aggregate amount not to exceed one hundred twenty-five million dollars, for the purpose of financing any capital project authorized by this […]

1021-J – State and Municipalities Not Liable on Bonds or Notes or Other Obligations.

§ 1021-j. State and municipalities not liable on bonds or notes or other obligations. The securities of the authority shall not be a debt of the state or of any municipality, and neither the state nor any municipality shall be liable thereon. The authority shall not have the power to pledge or restrict the credit, […]

1021-K – Agreement of the State.

§ 1021-k. Agreement of the state. The state does hereby pledge to and agree with the holders of any bonds, notes or other obligations issued by the authority under this title, that the state will not limit or alter the rights hereby vested in the authority to establish and collect the revenues and other charges […]

1021-L – Exemption of the Authority From Taxation.

§ 1021-l. Exemption of the authority from taxation. 1. It is hereby found and declared that the operation of the authority is primarily for the benefit of the people of the participating municipalities, counties and the state, for the improvement of their health, welfare and prosperity, and is a public purpose, and the authority shall […]

1021-M – Actions Against the Authority.

§ 1021-m. Actions against the authority. 1. Any action, suit or proceeding to which the authority may be a party in which any question arises as to the validity of this title or the valuation of stock or assets acquired by the authority by the exercise of the power of eminent domain shall be preferred […]

1021-N – Equal Employment Opportunity.

§ 1021-n. Equal employment opportunity. All contracts entered into by the authority pursuant to this title of whatever nature and all documents soliciting bids or proposals therefor shall contain or make reference to the following provision: The contractor shall not discriminate against employees or applicants for employment because of race, creed, color, national origin, sex, […]

1021-O – Limitation of Liability; Indemnification.

§ 1021-o. Limitation of liability; indemnification. 1. The directors, officers and employees of the authority, while acting within the scope of their authority as directors, officers or employees, shall not be subject to any personal or civil liability resulting from the exercise, carrying out or advocacy of any of the authority’s purposes or power unless […]

1021-P – Website.

§ 1021-p. Website. The authority shall make accessible to the public, via its official or shared internet website, documentation pertaining to its mission, current activities, most recent annual financial reports, current year budget and its most recent independent audit report unless such information is covered by subdivision two of section eighty-seven of the public officers […]

1021-Q – Prevailing Wage.

§ 1021-q. Prevailing wage. Whenever the authority enters into any contract, subcontract, lease, grant, bond, covenant or other agreement for or in connection with any construction, demolition, reconstruction, excavation, rehabilitation, repair, renovation, alteration, or improvement project, such project shall be deemed to be a public works project for the purposes of article eight of the […]

1021-R – Periodic Review by Legislature.

§ 1021-r. Periodic review by legislature. Beginning in the year two thousand fifteen, and not more than every ten years thereafter, the legislature of the state of New York shall conduct a comprehensive review, of the structure, activities and operations of the NCPA, and the NCPA shall provide such records, reports and testimony as the […]

1021-S – Severability.

§ 1021-s. Severability. The provisions of this title are severable, and if any clause, sentence, paragraph, action or part of this title, or the application thereof to any person or circumstance, shall be adjudged by any court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid or unenforceable, such judgment shall not affect, impair or invalidate the remainder […]