1375 – Short Title.

§ 1375. Short title. This title may be cited as the “Ogdensburg port authority act.”

1376 – Definitions.

§ 1376. Definitions. As used in this title, unless a different meaning clearly appears from the context: (1) The term “district” shall mean the Ogdensburg port authority district created by section thirteen hundred seventy-seven of this title. (2) The term “authority” shall mean the corporation created by section thirteen hundred seventy-eight of this title. (3) […]

1377 – Ogdensburg and Waddington Port Districts.

§ 1377. Ogdensburg and Waddington port districts. There are hereby created and established two districts: the Ogdensburg port district and the Waddington port district. The Ogdensburg port district shall embrace the city of Ogdensburg and the town of Lisbon and the town of Oswegatchie; a strip of land five hundred feet in width in the […]

1378 – Ogdensburg Port Authority.

§ 1378. Ogdensburg port authority. A board to be known as the Ogdensburg port authority is hereby created. Such board shall be a body corporate and politic, constituting a public benefit corporation. The board shall consist of five members all of whom shall be residents of the city of Ogdensburg. The members of said authority […]

1379 – Purposes and Powers of the Authority.

§ 1379. Purposes and powers of the authority. The authority shall have power over the survey, development and operation of port facilities in such port district as hereinafter more specifically set forth, and the coordination of the same with existing or future agencies of transportation with a view to the increase and efficiency of all […]

1380 – Orders, Service Thereof, and Penalties.

§ 1380. Orders, service thereof, and penalties. The authority may make, and cause to be served upon any corporation or individual, within the port district, excepting the city, any reasonable order which it may determine to be necessary for the proper development, maintenance and use of the port, relating to the construction, equipment, repair, maintenance, […]

1381 – Investigations.

§ 1381. Investigations. The authority, and any member thereof, when directed by the authority, may make any investigation which the authority may deem necessary to enable it effectually to carry out the provisions of this act, and for that purpose the authority, or such member, may take and hear proofs and testimony and compel the […]

1382 – Real Estate and Title Thereto.

§ 1382. Real estate and title thereto. 1. The authority may lease or acquire title to real and personal property including water front property, ferries, bridges, wharf property, land under water, public landings, wharves and docks in the name of “Ogdensburg port authority” by purchase, grant or gift from the city of Ogdensburg, state of […]

1383 – Grants From Commissioner of General Services.

§ 1383. Grants from commissioner of general services. 1. The commissioner of general services shall have power, in his discretion, from time to time to transfer and convey to the authority for such consideration as may be determined by him to be paid to the state of New York unappropriated state lands and lands under […]

1383-A – Sale or Lease of Industrial Projects.

§ 1383-a. Sale or lease of industrial projects. Notwithstanding the provisions of any general, special or local law, subject to any agreement with noteholders or bondholders, the authority may sell or lease any industrial project, without public bidding or public sale, for such price or rental and upon such terms as may be agreed upon […]

1384 – Right of Entry Upon Streets.

§ 1384. Right of entry upon streets. The authority, with the consent of the city, or of the state department of transportation, if required, may enter upon streets, avenues, parkways, roads, highways, bridges or other public places for the construction of a project or part thereof or of an addition, betterment or extension to the […]

1385 – Contracts; Manner of Letting.

§ 1385. Contracts; manner of letting. Where the expense of the construction of a project, of a part thereof, or an addition, betterment or extension to the port facilities, or the purchase of materials, supplies and equipment involves an expense exceeding two thousand dollars, the authority shall advertise for bids and shall award the contract […]

1386 – Fiscal Year.

§ 1386. Fiscal year. The fiscal year of the authority shall be determined by resolution of the authority.

1387 – Special Port Development and Improvement Powers.

§ 1387. Special port development and improvement powers. 1. The authority shall have power to make rules and regulations: (a) for the development, improvement, promotion, preservation and utilization of the port district and projects, including the Ogdensburg municipal airport and the industrial park development on lands wholly or in part acquired pursuant to the provisions […]

1388 – Bonds of the Authority.

§ 1388. Bonds of the authority. 1. The authority shall have power and is hereby authorized from time to time to issue negotiable bonds in conformity with applicable provisions of the uniform commercial code for any corporate purpose of the authority, including the paying, funding or refunding of any notes theretofore issued by the authority […]

1389 – Notes of the Authority.

§ 1389. Notes of the authority. The authority shall have power from time to time to issue its negotiable notes in conformity with applicable provisions of the uniform commercial code whenever the board shall determine that payment thereof can be made in full from any moneys or revenues which the authority expects to receive from […]

1390 – Remedies of Bondholders.

§ 1390. 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 […]

1391 – Exemption From Taxation.

§ 1391. Exemption from taxation. 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 Ogdensburg and its environs, and is a public purpose, and the authority shall be regarded as performing a governmental function in […]

1392 – Agreement of State on Authority Rights.

§ 1392. Agreement of state on authority rights. The state of New York does pledge to and with the bondholders that the state will not limit or alter the rights hereby vested in the authority to acquire, construct, maintain, reconstruct and operate a project or projects, to establish and collect rates, fees, rentals and other […]

1393 – State and City Not Liable on Bonds.

§ 1393. State and city not liable on bonds. The bonds and other obligations of the authority shall not be a debt of the state of New York or of the city, and neither the state nor the city shall be liable thereon, nor shall they be payable out of any funds other than those […]