§ 1095. Monroe county water authority. 1. A corporation known as\n"Monroe County Water Authority" is hereby created and continued for the\npurposes and charged with the duties and having the powers provided in\nthis title. The authority shall be a body corporate and politic\nconstituting a public benefit corporation and shall be a "public\ndistrict" for the purposes of section eighty-nine-l of the public\nservice law. It shall consist of seven members, no more than five of\nwhom shall belong to one political party and all of whom shall be\nresidents of the county, who shall be appointed by the president of the\ncounty legislature of Monroe county subject to confirmation by a\nmajority of the county legislature of Monroe county. The five persons\nserving as members of the authority on and immediately prior to the\neffective date of this act, or any person appointed to fill a vacancy\nfor the unexpired term of such a member, shall continue as members of\nthe authority for their present terms of office, or the term of his\npredecessor in the case of the filling of a vacancy, or until their\nsuccessor is appointed and qualified and, thereafter, subsequent\nappointments to such membership positions shall be for terms of five\nyears. After the effective date of this act the two additional members\nof the authority, in addition to the five memberships existing on and\nimmediately prior to the effective date of this act, shall be appointed\nby the president of the county legislature of Monroe county subject to\nconfirmation by a majority of the county legislature of Monroe county,\none such appointment to be for a term of office expiring on April first,\nnineteen hundred eighty-one and one such appointment to be for a term of\noffice expiring April first, nineteen hundred eighty-two; upon the\nexpiration of the initial terms of office of such two additional\nmembers, subsequent appointments to fill such memberships shall be for\nterms of five years. In addition, such additional two appointments shall\nbe made in such manner so as to provide that the membership of the\nauthority be composed of seven members, of whom not more than five shall\nbelong to the same political party.\n Subsequent appointments shall be made in the same manner and for terms\nof five years. All members shall continue to hold office until their\nsuccessors are appointed and qualify. The chairman shall be elected\nannually by the members of the authority. Vacancies, occurring otherwise\nthan by expiration of term of office, shall be filled by appointments by\nthe county legislature for the unexpired terms. Members of the\nauthority may be removed from office for the same reasons and in the\nsame manner as may be provided by law for the removal of officers of the\ncounty. The members of the authority shall receive such compensation for\ntheir services as shall be fixed by the county legislature and shall be\nreimbursed for all their actual and necessary expenses incurred in\nconnection with the carrying out of the purposes of this title. The\npowers of the authority shall be vested in and be exercised by the\nmembers at a meeting duly called and held and four members shall\nconstitute a quorum. No action shall be taken except pursuant to the\nfavorable vote of at least four members. The authority may delegate to\none or more of its members, officers, agents or employees such powers\nand duties as it may deem proper. The president of the Monroe county\nlegislature shall further appoint two persons from such legislature for\nthe term of their offices, one from the majority party and one from the\nminority party, to serve as legislative liaisons to the authority on\nbehalf of such legislature.\n 2. The authority and its corporate existence shall continue until all\nits liabilities have been met, other than its liabilities to the county\npursuant to any agreements entered into pursuant to subdivision\nsixteen-b of section one thousand ninety-six, and its bonds have
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