§ 1299-f. Special powers of the authority. In order to effectuate the\npurposes of this title: 1. The authority may acquire, by purchase, gift,\ngrant, transfer, contract or lease, any transportation facility, wholly\nor partially within the Niagara Frontier transportation district or any\npart thereof, or the use thereof, and may enter into any joint service\narrangements as hereinafter provided. Any such acquisition or joint\nservice arrangement shall be authorized only by resolution of the\nauthority approved by not less than a majority of the whole number of\nmembers of the authority then in office. In addition to and not in\nlimitation of any other power conferred upon the authority by the\nprovisions of this title, the authority is hereby empowered and\nauthorized in respect of any property and assets at any time owned or\nheld by, or under the jurisdiction of, the Buffalo and Fort Erie public\nbridge authority, to accept and receive any such interest therein as it\nmay have been or may hereafter be designated by the state by law to\nreceive, and in respect thereof, except as otherwise provided by the\ndesignating statute, it shall have and exercise all of the powers and\njurisdiction herein conferred upon it in respect of any other property,\nrights, assets, facilities and projects in any other manner acquired or\nfrom any other source received by it pursuant to the provisions of this\ntitle.\n 2. The authority may on such terms and conditions as the authority may\ndetermine necessary, convenient or desirable itself establish,\nconstruct, effectuate, operate, maintain, renovate, improve, extend or\nrepair any such transportation facility, or may provide for such\nestablishment, construction, effectuation, operation, maintenance,\nrenovation, improvement, extension or repair by contract, lease, or\nother arrangement on such terms as the authority may deem necessary,\nconvenient or desirable with any person, including but not limited to\nany common carrier or freight forwarder, the state, any state agency,\nthe federal government, any other state or agency or instrumentality\nthereof, any public authority of this or any other state, any political\nsubdivision or municipality of the state, or the nation. In connection\nwith the operation of any such transportation facility, the authority\nmay establish, construct, effectuate, operate, maintain, renovate,\nimprove, extend or repair or may provide by contract, lease or other\narrangement for the establishment, construction, effectuation,\noperation, maintenance, renovation, improvement, extension or repair of\nany related services and activities it deems necessary, convenient or\ndesirable, including but not limited to the transportation and storage\nof freight and the United States mail, feeder and connecting\ntransportation, parking areas, transportation centers, stations and\nrelated facilities.\n 3. The authority may establish, levy and collect or cause to be\nestablished, levied and collected and, in the case of a joint service\narrangement, join with others in the establishment, levy and collection\nof such fares, tolls, rentals, rates, charges and other fees as it may\ndeem necessary, convenient or desirable for the use and operation of any\ntransportation facility and related services operated by the authority\nor by a subsidiary corporation of the authority or under contract, lease\nor other arrangement, including joint service arrangements, with the\nauthority. Any such fares, tolls, rentals, rates, charges or other fees\nfor the transportation of passengers shall be established and changed\nonly if approved by resolution of the authority adopted by not less than\na majority of the whole number of members of the authority then in\noffice and only after a public hearing, provided however, that fares,\ntolls, rentals, rates, charges or other fees for the transportation of\npassengers on any transportation facility which are in effect at the\ntime that the then owne
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