§ 1285. Special powers of the corporation. In order to effectuate the\npurposes of this title, the corporation shall have the following special\npowers:\n 1. Construction, operation and maintenance of sewage treatment works,\nsewage collecting systems and solid waste disposal facilities on behalf\nof a municipality. (a) The corporation and any municipality having power\nto construct sewage treatment works, sewage collecting systems or solid\nwaste disposal facilities by resolution of its governing body may enter\ninto a contract for the construction of sewage treatment works, sewage\ncollecting systems or solid waste disposal facilities by the corporation\nfor such municipality upon such terms and conditions as the corporation\nshall determine to be reasonable, including but not limited to the\nreimbursement of all costs of such construction and claims arising\ntherefrom.\n (b) The corporation and any municipality having power to operate and\nmaintain sewage treatment works or solid waste disposal facilities by\nresolution of its governing body may enter into a contract for the\noperation and maintenance of sewage treatment works or solid waste\ndisposal facilities by the corporation for such municipality upon such\nterms and conditions as the corporation shall determine to be\nreasonable, including but not limited to the reimbursement of all costs\nof such operation and maintenance and claims arising therefrom.\n (c) No such contract shall be deemed to be a contract for public work\nor purchase within the meaning of the general municipal law.\n (d) The corporation and any state agency having the power may enter\ninto a contract for the planning, construction, operation and\nmaintenance of sewage treatment works, sewage collecting systems, solid\nwaste disposal facilities, and for the removal, disposal and remediation\nof petroleum storage tanks and the remediation of the sites thereof, as\nthe case may be, for and on behalf of such state agency; the corporation\nand any such state agency may enter into a contract pursuant to which\nthe corporation may provide for the collection, conveyance, treatment\nand disposal of sewage, storage, separating, treatment, recycling,\nreconstituting, compacting, composting, shredding, converting,\nutilization, processing, pyrolization or final disposal of solid waste\nby means of sewage collecting systems, sewage treatment works, or solid\nwaste disposal facilities, as the case may be, owned, constructed,\noperated and maintained by the corporation. Any such contract entered\ninto by any such state agency and the corporation for the purposes of\nremoval, disposal and remediation of petroleum storage tanks and the\nremediation of the sites thereof, may provide for ownership,\nconstruction, operation and maintenance of such projects by the\ncorporation or by any such state agency and any such contract shall be\nsubject to the approval of the director of the budget. Any such contract\nor contracts shall be upon such terms and conditions as the corporation\nand such state agency shall determine to be reasonable, including but\nnot limited to the reimbursement of all costs of planning, financing,\nconstruction and operation and maintenance, and any claims arising\ntherefrom. No such contract shall be deemed to be a contract for public\nwork or purchase within the meaning of the state finance law.\n 2. Loans to municipalities and certain state agencies. The corporation\nmay make loans to any municipality, or any state agency authorized to\nissue bonds or notes not constituting a debt or liability within the\nmeaning of section eleven of article seven of the state constitution,\nfor the construction of any sewage treatment works, sewage collecting\nsystem or solid waste disposal facility. Any loan by the corporation to\nany such state agency shall be subject to the approval of the director\nof the budget. The corporation may accept as evidence of the\nindebtedness of any such municipality or an
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