§ 2706. Special powers of participating counties and municipalities\nwith respect to certain facilities. 1. Any participating county and one\nor more municipalities within the participating county, shall have the\npower to enter into contracts, leases or agreements from time to time\nbetween or among themselves and with the United States, or between and\namong themselves and the United States and with the authority in\nconnection with a solid waste management facility in relation to the\ncollecting, receiving, transporting, storage, processing or disposal of\nsolid waste or for the purchase or use of any materials, energy,\nby-products or residue generated by or resulting from the operation of\nany such solid waste management facility; in connection with a sewer\nfacility in relation to the collection, receiving, transporting,\nstorage, processing or disposal of sewage or for the purchase or use of\nany materials, energy, by-products or residue generated by or resulting\nfrom the operation of any such sewer facility; in connection with a\nwater facility in relation to the supplying, providing, storage,\nprocessing, purification, transportation, distribution and sale of water\nresulting from or used in connection with any such water facility. Any\nsuch contract, lease or agreement to which any participating county or\nany municipality is a party may include provisions stipulating the\nminimum rates, rentals, fees and other charges to be collected for the\nuse of any such services, the availability of such services, including\ndemand charges, and for the use and availability of such facilities and\nto pay all amounts due under the contracts, which may be amounts\ncalculated to provide for payment and security for any bonds including,\nwithout limitation, such debt service coverage as the authority deems\nadequate for the bonds. Any such contract lease or agreement to which\nthe authority or any participating county or any municipality are\nparties may include provisions (i) in connection with a solid waste\nmanagement-resource recovery facility obligating such participating\ncounty or municipality to deliver or cause to be delivered, periodically\nto a solid waste management facility all or any portion of the solid\nwaste generated in such participating county or municipality for\nprocessing or disposal and to make periodic payments for such processing\nor disposal whether or not delivery of any such solid waste shall be\nmade, subject only to such exceptions, terms and conditions as may be\nprovided therein; (ii) in connection with a sewer facility obligating\nsuch participating county or municipality to transport or cause to be\ntransported to a sewer facility all or any portion of the sewage\ngenerated in such participating county or municipality for processing or\ndisposal and to make periodic payments for such processing and disposal\nwhether or not any sewer is transported to the sewer facility for such\nprocessing or disposal, subject only to such exceptions, terms and\nconditions as may be provided therein; (iii) in connection with a water\nfacility obligating such participating county or municipality to obtain\nor cause to be obtained from a water facility all or any portion of the\nwater used or consumed in such participating county or municipality and\nto make periodic payments for the supply of such water whether or not\nany water is used or consumed from such facility, subject only to such\nexceptions, terms and conditions as may be provided therein. To further\nthe governmental and public purposes of the authority, including the\nimplementation of any contract or proposed contract contemplated by this\ntitle, any participating county and all municipalities within any\nparticipating county shall have power to adopt and amend local laws\nimposing appropriate and reasonable limitations on competition\nincluding, without limiting the generality of the foregoing, local laws\nrequiring that all solid waste generated or
‹ Prev All New York sections Next ›
Lexace provides legal information, not legal advice, and no attorney–client relationship is created. Statute text is provided for general information and may not reflect the most recent amendments; verify against the official state code.