§ 1299-hh. 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, or condemnation, any transportation\nfacility, including port or related facilities wholly or partially\nwithin the Rochester-Genesee regional 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 vote of the authority.\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 or any\npolitical subdivision or municipality of the state. In connection with\nthe operation of any such transportation facility, the authority may\nestablish, construct, effectuate, operate, maintain, renovate, improve,\nextend or repair or may provide by contract, lease or other arrangement\nfor the establishment, construction, effectuation, operation,\nmaintenance, renovation, improvement, extension or repair of any related\nservices and activities it deems necessary, convenient or desirable,\nincluding but not limited to the transportation and storage of freight\nand the United States mail, feeder and connecting transportation,\nparking areas, transportation centers, ports, stations and related\nfacilities.\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 vote of the authority and only after a public hearing,\nprovided however, that fares, tolls, rentals, rates, charges or other\nfees for the transportation of passengers on any transportation facility\nwhich are in effect at the time that the then owner of such\ntransportation facility becomes a subsidiary corporation of the\nauthority or at the time that operation of such transportation facility\nis commenced by the authority or is commenced under contract, lease or\nother arrangement including joint service arrangements, with the\nauthority may be continued in effect without such a hearing. Such fares,\ntolls, rentals, rates, charges and other fees shall be established as\nmay in the judgment of the authority be necessary to maintain the\ncombined operations of the authority and its subsidiary corporations on\na self-sustaining basis. The said operations shall be deemed to be on a\nself-sustaining basis as required by this title, when the authority is\nable to pay or cause to be paid from revenue and any other funds or\nproperty actually available to the authority and i
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