1150 – Short Title.

§ 1150. Short title. This title may be cited as the “Onondaga County Water Authority Act.”

1152 – Onondaga County Water Authority District.

§ 1152. Onondaga county water authority district. There is hereby created a district to be known as the “Onondaga County Water Authority District” which shall embrace the towns of Camillus, Clay, Cicero, DeWitt, Elbridge, Geddes, Lysander, Manlius, Marcellus, Onondaga, Salina and Van Buren, in the county of Onondaga, state of New York.

1153 – Onondaga County Water Authority.

§ 1153. Onondaga county water authority. 1. A corporation known as “Onondaga County Water Authority” is hereby created for the purposes and charged with the duties and having the powers provided in this title. The authority shall be a body corporate and politic constituting a public benefit corporation and shall be a “public district” for […]

1154 – Powers of the Authority.

§ 1154. 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, in the name of the authority, lease, hold and dispose of real estate and personal property or any interest therein for its corporate purposes, […]

1155 – Moneys of the Authority.

§ 1155. Moneys of the authority. All moneys of the authority from whatever source derived shall be paid to the treasurer of the authority and shall be deposited forthwith in a bank or banks in the state of New York designated by the authority. The moneys in such accounts shall be paid out on check […]

1156 – Bonds of the Authority.

§ 1156. Bonds of the authority. 1. The authority shall have the power and is hereby authorized from time to time to issue its negotiable bonds in conformity with applicable provisions of the uniform commercial code for any of its corporate purposes, including incidental expenses in connection therewith, and to secure the payment of the […]

1157 – Notes of the Authority.

§ 1157. Notes of the authority. The authority shall have power and is hereby authorized to issue negotiable bond anticipation notes in conformity with applicable provisions of the uniform commercial code and may renew the same from time to time but the maximum maturity of any such note, including renewals thereof, shall not exceed five […]

1158 – Duty of Authority to Maintain and Operate.

§ 1158. Duty of authority to maintain and operate. It shall be the duty of the authority, subject to any limitation on the amount of revenues to be expended for such purpose, to maintain and operate and where necessary to reconstruct its properties.

1159 – Transfer of Officers and Employees.

§ 1159. Transfer of officers and employees. Any public officer or employee under civil service, selected by the authority may, with the consent of the commission, board or department by which he or she has been employed, be transferred to the authority and shall be eligible for such transfer and appointment without examination to comparable […]

1160 – Agreements of the State.

§ 1160. Agreements of the state. The state of New York does pledge to and agree with the holders of the bonds or notes that the state will not limit or alter the rights hereby vested in the authority to acquire, construct, maintain, operate, reconstruct and improve the properties, to establish and collect the revenues, […]

1161 – State, County and Municipalities Not Liable on Bonds or Notes.

§ 1161. State, county and municipalities not liable on bonds or notes. The bonds or notes of the authority shall not be a debt of the state of New York or of the county or of any municipality in the county, and neither the state nor the county nor any municipality in the county shall […]

1162 – Bonds and Notes Legal Investments for Fiduciaries.

§ 1162. Bonds and notes legal investments for fiduciaries. The bonds, or notes, 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 […]

1163 – Exemption From Taxes.

§ 1163. Exemption from taxes. 1. It is hereby determined that the creation of the authority and the carrying out of its corporate purposes is in all respects for the benefit of the people of the state of New York and is a public purpose. Accordingly, the authority shall be regarded as performing an essential […]

1164 – Tax Contract by the State.

§ 1164. Tax contract by the state. The state of New York covenants with the purchasers and with all subsequent holders and transferees of bonds or notes issued by the authority pursuant to this title, in consideration of the acceptance of and payment for the bonds or notes that the bonds and notes of the […]

1165 – Officers and Employees Not to Be Interested in Transactions.

§ 1165. Officers and employees not to be interested in transactions. It shall be a misdemeanor for any of the members of the authority, or any officer, agent, servant or employee thereof, employed or appointed by them to be in any way or manner interested directly or indirectly in the furnishing of work, materials, supplies […]

1166 – Contracts.

§ 1166. Contracts. 1. All contracts, or orders, for work, material or supplies performed or furnished in connection with construction shall be awarded by the authority pursuant to resolution. Such contracts, or orders, for work, material or supplies needed for any particular purpose involving an expenditure of more than ten thousand dollars shall be awarded […]

1167 – Restriction of Jurisdiction.

§ 1167. Restriction of jurisdiction. Anything contained in this chapter to the contrary notwithstanding, the authority shall have no power to purchase or otherwise acquire any source of supply, or water supply system, or any part thereof, situated wholly or partly in the county of Seneca or in the town of Skaneateles in the county […]

1168 – Remedies of Bondholders.

§ 1168. Remedies of bondholders. 1. In the event that the authority shall default in the payment of principal of or interest on any issue of the bonds after the same shall become due, whether at maturity or upon call for redemption, and such default shall continue for a period of thirty days, or in […]

1169 – Actions.

§ 1169. Actions. 1. In any case founded upon tort a notice of claim shall be required as a condition precedent to the commencement of an action or special proceeding against the authority or any officer, appointee or employee thereof, and the provisions of section fifty-e of the general municipal law shall govern the giving […]

1170 – Audit of Authority; Annual Report.

§ 1170. Audit of authority; annual report. In conformity with the provisions of section five of article ten of the constitution, the accounts of the authority shall be subject to the supervision of the state comptroller and such state comptroller and his legally authorized representatives are hereby authorized and empowered from time to time to […]