§ 1680-a. Judicial facilities in certain counties. 1. In order to\neffectuate the purposes of this title, the following provisions shall\napply to the authority and any county, within the tenth judicial\ndistrict, that does not contain a city (a "county") in connection with\nthe provision of judicial facilities;\n (a)(1) Any county for whose use judicial facilities are to be\ndesigned, constructed, reconstructed, rehabilitated, improved or\notherwise provided may enter into a lease, sublease or other agreement\nfor the provision of judicial facilities with the authority in\naccordance with the provisions of either paragraph b or c of this\nsubdivision and otherwise upon such terms and conditions as the\nauthority and the county shall determine to be reasonable, including,\nbut not limited to, the reimbursement to the authority of all costs of\nsuch design, construction, reconstruction, rehabilitation or improvement\nand claims arising therefrom and provisions setting forth or providing\nfor the calculation of rental and other payments for the use and\noccupancy of such judicial facilities, which payment shall be at least\nsufficient to pay the principal of and interest on the bonds of the\nauthority issued to finance the cost of the design, construction,\nreconstruction, rehabilitation, or improvement of such judicial\nfacilities and the fees and expenses of the authority incurred in\nconnection therewith.\n (2) Such lease, sublease or other agreement shall not be deemed to be\na contract for public work or purchase within the meaning of the general\nmunicipal law.\n (3) Such lease, sublease or other agreement shall provide that if the\nauthority undertakes to design, construct, reconstruct, rehabilitate,\nimprove, furnish or equip any judicial facilities for a county, any\ncontract or contracts for the construction, reconstruction,\nrehabilitation, improvement of judicial facilities shall be awarded\nbased upon the authority's evaluation of proposals submitted to the\nauthority in response to a request for proposals. Such request for\nproposals shall be prepared in accordance with standards to be developed\nby the authority designed to assure the award of all contracts to\ncontractors evidencing proven experience with projects of the scope,\nmagnitude and complexity of the judicial facilities that are the subject\nof the contract and the ability to perform all work required in a\nprofessional and timely manner. The procedures governing the request for\nproposals shall assure that, wherever practicable, responsible\ncontractors, meeting the above criteria, located or regularly doing\nbusiness in the county for whose benefit the judicial facilities are to\nbe provided are given the opportunity to be considered. Any contract or\ncontracts for the purchase of furnishings and equipment shall be awarded\nto the lowest responsible bidder in accordance with the provisions of\nsection one hundred three of the general municipal law.\n (4) Any such lease, sublease or other agreement entered into pursuant\nto this paragraph (a) may provide that the provisions thereof shall\nremain in force and effect until the issue of bonds of the authority to\nwhich it relates, together with interest thereon, interest on any unpaid\ninstallments of interest and the fees and expenses of the authority, are\nfully met and discharged, and any payments to be made by a county may be\npledged by the authority to secure such bonds.\n (5) A county entering into such a lease, sublease or other agreement\nis hereby authorized to raise and appropriate such sums as shall be\nnecessary from time to time to make any payment pursuant thereto.\n (6) Any lease, sublease or other agreement entered into by the\nauthority and a county may provide that at the termination thereof the\ntitle to the judicial facilities shall vest in the county, free and\nclear of any indebtedness contracted by the authority.\n (b) (1) A lease, sublease or other agreement entered into pu
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