§ 2041-d. Powers of the authority. The authority shall have the power:\n 1. To sue and be sued.\n 2. To have a seal and alter the same.\n 3. To acquire in the name of the authority, hold, sell, lease,\nmortgage or otherwise dispose of property, real, personal or mixed, or\nany interest therein, without limitation, for its corporate purposes.\n 4. To condemn, in the name of the authority pursuant to the eminent\ndomain procedure law, any real property within the area of operation and\nrequired by the authority to carry out the powers granted by this title.\n 5. To collect, receive, extract, transport, process, dispose of, sell,\nstore, convey, recycle, and deal with, in any lawful manner and way,\nsolid waste and any products or by-products thereof now or hereafter\ndeveloped or discovered, including any energy generated by the operation\nof any solid waste management resource recovery facility. Any such\ndisposal or sale may be effected on such terms and in such manner as the\nauthority may deem proper.\n 6. To plan, develop, purchase and construct projects and to pay the\ncost thereof and to have the right to contract in relation thereto with\nmunicipalities or persons within or without the area of operation and to\nown and operate, maintain, repair, improve, reconstruct, renovate,\nrehabilitate, replace, enlarge, increase and extend, subject to the\nprovisions of this title, any of its projects acquired or constructed\nunder this title, and to enter into contracts for any and all such\npurposes and for the management and operation of a project, and to sell,\nlease, mortgage or otherwise dispose of any project or part thereof to\nthe state, any person, public corporation, or municipality, subject to\nsuch conditions and limitations as the authority may determine to be in\nthe public interest.\n 7. To assist in the planning, development and construction of and the\nfinancing of the cost of any project to be located in the area of\noperation whether or not such project is to be owned or operated by the\nauthority, which assistance may include loans to any person or\nmunicipality.\n 8. To collect or receive from the United States, the state, any\nparticipating county, any other municipality, public corporation,\ncorporation or person, solid waste for the purpose of treatment or\ndisposal thereof, with the right of the authority to sell and dispose of\nany products or by-products, including energy, of such process of\ntreatment or disposal, as the authority may deem proper.\n 9. To contract with any participating county, other municipalities,\nstate agencies, public corporations, corporations or persons within or\nwithout the area of operation, for the purpose of collecting, receiving,\ntreating and disposing of solid waste, including, without limitation, to\ncontract with participating counties, other municipalities, state\nagencies, public corporations or persons for the delivery of all solid\nwaste generated within a stated area to a specific facility.\n 10. To make by-laws for the management and regulation of its affairs\nand, subject to agreements with bondholders, for the regulation of the\nuse of any project or other property of the authority, which by-laws and\nall amendments thereto, duly certified by the secretary of the\nauthority, shall be filed in the office of the authority and in the\noffice of the clerk of the legislative body of each participating\ncounty, and to provide for the enforcement of such by-laws by legal or\nequitable actions or proceedings which are or may be provided or\nauthorized by law. In addition, the legislative bodies shall have power\nto prescribe that violations of specific by-laws of the authority,\nincluding, without limitation, any failure to comply with any by-law\nrequiring the payment of any fee or other charge by any person in\nconnection with the delivery of solid waste to any facility or any other\nuse of any facility by such person, shall constitute offenses or\ninfracti
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