§ 1199-d. Powers of the authority. The authority shall have the power:\n 1. To sue and be sued;\n 2. To have a seal and alter the same at pleasure;\n 3. To borrow money and issue bonds or other obligations and to provide\nfor the rights of the holders thereof;\n 4. To enter into contracts and to execute all instruments necessary or\nconvenient or desirable for the purposes of the authority to carry out\nany powers expressly given it in this title;\n 5. To acquire, by purchase, gift, grant, transfer, contract or lease\nor by condemnation pursuant to the eminent domain procedure law, lease\nas lessee, hold, and use any real or personal property or any interest\ntherein, as the authority may deem necessary, convenient or desirable to\ncarry out the purpose of this title; provided however, that the\nauthority may not condemn real property of a municipality of the state\nunless such municipality shall consent thereto;\n 6. To purchase, in the name of the authority, any water facility or\nsewerage facility, and any improvements, extensions and betterments,\nsituated wholly within the district, provided, however, that the\nauthority shall have the power to purchase any source of supply, supply\nfacility or transmission facility or any part thereof situated wholly or\npartly without the territorial limits of the district, provided the same\nshall be necessary in order to supply water within the district; and in\nconnection with the purchase of such properties, the authority may\nassume any obligations of the owner of such properties and, to the\nextent required by the terms of any indentures or other instruments\nunder which such obligations were issued, the authority may assume and\nagree to perform covenants and observe the restrictions contained in\nsuch instruments; and furthermore the owner of any properties, which the\nauthority is authorized to acquire, is hereby authorized to sell or\notherwise transfer the same to the authority, whereupon the authority\nshall become charged with the performance of all public duties with\nrespect to such properties with which such owner was charged and such\nowner shall become discharged from the performance thereof, and as a\nmeans of so acquiring for such purpose, the authority may purchase all\nof the stock of any existing privately owned water corporation or\ncompany and in the case of a sale or other transfer of properties of a\npublic utility corporation pursuant to this provision, upon the purchase\nof the stock of such corporation or company it shall be lawful to\ndissolve such corporation within a reasonable time;\n 7. To construct, improve, maintain, develop, expand or rehabilitate\nwater facilities or sewerage facilities;\n 8. To operate and manage and to contract for the operation and\nmanagement of properties of the authority;\n 9. To enter into contracts, and carry out the terms thereof, for the\nwholesale provision of water produced by supply facilities constructed\nand operated by the authority, to municipalities and private water\ncompanies and to carry out the terms thereof, for the transmission of\nwater from new or existing supply facilities;\n 10. To enter into contracts with municipalities for the collection,\ntreatment and disposal of sewage;\n 11. To apply to the appropriate agencies and officials of the federal,\nstate and local governments for such licenses, permits or approvals of\nits plans or projects as it may deem necessary or advisable, and upon\nsuch terms and conditions as it may deem appropriate, and to accept, in\nits discretion, such licenses, permits or approvals as may be tendered\nto it by such agencies and officials;\n 12. To appoint such officers and employees as are required for the\nperformance of its duties, to fix and determine their qualifications,\nduties and compensation, and to retain or employ counsel, auditors,\nengineers and private consultants on a contract basis or otherwise for\nrendering professional or technical services and
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