§ 1678. Powers of the authority. The authority shall have power\n 1. To sue and be sued;\n 2. To have a seal and alter the same at pleasure;\n 3. To acquire in the name of the state by purchase or condemnation,\ngift or devise real property or rights of easement on terms necessary or\nconvenient for its corporate purposes; to acquire, hold and dispose of\npersonal property for its corporate purposes;\n 4. To make by-laws for the management and regulation of its affairs;\n 5. To appoint officers, agents and employees and fix their\ncompensation, provided, however, that the appointment of the executive\ndirector shall be subject to confirmation by the senate in accordance\nwith section twenty-eight hundred fifty-two of this chapter;\n 6. To make contracts and to execute all instruments necessary or\nconvenient;\n 7. To prepare or cause to be prepared plans, specifications, designs\nand estimates of costs for the construction and equipment of dormitories\nand appurtenant facilities for the institutions specified in section\nsixteen hundred seventy-six, and from time to time to modify such plans,\nspecifications, designs or estimates;\n 8. By contract or contracts or by its own employees to construct,\nacquire, reconstruct, rehabilitate and improve, and furnish and equip,\ndormitories and necessary and usual attendant facilities for\nstate-operated institutions and statutory and contract colleges under\nthe jurisdiction of the state university of New York pursuant to\nagreement with the state university construction fund created by section\nthree hundred seventy-one of the education law;\n 9. To maintain, reconstruct and operate such dormitories until the\ncost thereof and the outstanding bonds thereon have been liquidated;\n 10. To fix and collect rentals and other charges for the use of\ndormitories and judicial facilities, court facilities or combined\noccupancy structures or any parts thereof; to contract with holders of\nits bonds to fix such rentals and charges at rates at least sufficient\nto pay for all costs of operation, maintenance and repairs of the\ndormitories and judicial facilities, court facilities or combined\noccupancy structures, and the interest on and amortization of, or\npayment of its bonds issued to finance dormitories, judicial facilities,\ncourt facilities or combined occupancy structures; to provide by\ncontract for the promulgation, by the appropriate officer or body, in\nrelation to any institution described in subdivision two of section\nsixteen hundred seventy-six of this title, of such reasonable and proper\nrules and regulations as may be necessary to assure the maximum use of\nthe facilities of any dormitory at all times;\n 11. To borrow money and to issue negotiable bonds or notes and to\nprovide for the rights of the holders thereof;\n 12. To do all things necessary or convenient to carry out the purposes\nof this authority.\n 13. In connection with court facilities or combined occupancy\nstructures:\n (a) To acquire by purchase, condemnation, gift, devise, lease or other\nagreement such real property or an interest therein as may be necessary\nor convenient for the acquisition, construction, reconstruction,\nrehabilitation, improvement or provision of court facilities or combined\noccupancy structures;\n (b) To prepare or cause to be prepared plans, specifications, designs\nand estimates of costs for the design, construction, reconstruction,\nrehabilitation or improvement of court facilities or combined occupancy\nstructures, and the equipping and furnishing thereof;\n (c) To prepare or cause to be prepared a facility design and\nperformance plan with each participating municipality relating to court\nfacilities and combined occupancy structures in any case where the\nauthority and the participating municipality have agreed that the\nauthority will award contracts for the design and construction of the\nproject. Such plan shall set forth the terms and conditions associated\nw
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