* § 912. Orange county industrial development agency. 1. For the\nbenefit of the county of Orange and the inhabitants thereof, an\nindustrial development agency, to be known as the ORANGE COUNTY\nINDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT AGENCY, is hereby established for the\naccomplishment of any or all of the purposes specified in title one of\nthis article. It shall constitute a body corporate and politic, and be\nperpetual in duration. It shall have the powers and duties now or\nhereafter conferred by title one of this article upon industrial\ndevelopment agencies. It shall be organized in a manner prescribed by\nand be subject to the provisions of title one of this article. Its\nmembers shall be appointed by the governing body of the county of\nOrange. The agency, its members, officers and employees and its\noperations and activities shall in all respects be governed by the\nprovisions of title one of this article.\n ** 2. For purposes of this section, "financial assistance" shall mean\nany financial assistance offered by the Orange county industrial\ndevelopment agency for any project, including but not limited to, a\npayment in lieu of taxes agreement, an agreement to waive sales tax, or\nan agreement to waive mortgage recording taxes.\n ** NB Repealed May 3, 2027\n ** 3. (a) In accordance with the powers of the office of the state\ninspector general established by subdivision eight of section fifty-four\nof the executive law, the state inspector general shall appoint an\nindependent monitor to carry out the provisions of this section\nincluding but not limited to providing guidance and technical assistance\nrelated to the policies, practices, programs and decisions of the Orange\ncounty industrial development agency, including but not limited to\ndecisions, actions and policies related to contracts and financial\nassistance agreements. The state inspector general shall appoint such\nmonitor within ninety days of the effective date of this subdivision or\nas soon thereafter as is practicable. After such appointment, the\ninspector general may only remove the monitor for violations of law.\n (b) The reasonable and necessary expenses incurred by the monitor\nwhile performing his or her official duties shall be paid by the\nindustrial development agency. Notwithstanding any other provision of\nlaw, while acting within the scope of his or her authority, the monitor\nshall not be subject to any liability resulting from carrying out any of\nthe powers expressly given in this section, and the monitor shall be\nentitled to defense and indemnification by the industrial development\nagency.\n (c) The monitor shall be entitled to attend all meetings of the\nindustrial development agency, including executive sessions; provided\nhowever, such monitor shall not be considered for purposes of\nestablishing a quorum of the board, provided further that the monitor\nmay be excused from executive sessions when proposed, pending or current\nlitigation involving the monitor or the office of the state inspector\ngeneral are being discussed. The industrial development agency shall\ncooperate with any monitor with access, within forty-eight hours of such\nrequest from the monitor, to any necessary documents and records of the\nindustrial development agency including but not limited to databases and\nplanning documents, financial assistance agreements, and contracts\nconsistent with all applicable state and federal statutes. The monitor\nshall provide a copy of such request for any document or record to the\nindustrial development agency board.\n (d) The board shall provide the monitor with copies of any meeting\nagendas and all resolutions and motions on such agenda for each board\nmeeting no later than seventy-two hours prior to such board meeting. If\na proposed resolution or motion is for the purpose of approving a\ncontract or any financial assistance for a project, the board clerk\nshall provide the monitor with copies of the proposed contract or\nfin
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