§ 385. Additional powers of the authority to issue special dedicated\nhighway and bridge trust fund bonds. 1. (a) The authority is hereby\nauthorized, as an additional corporate purpose thereof: (i) to enter\ninto a dedicated highway and bridge trust fund cooperative agreement or\nagreements with the commissioner of transportation for the financing by\nthe authority of disbursements made by the state or project sponsor for\nany of the activities authorized pursuant to the provisions of section\neighty-nine-b of the state finance law in any case where the expense\nthereof is paid in whole or in part by the state or project sponsor; and\n(ii) to issue use permits or leases to the department of transportation,\nor project sponsor, as the case may be, for projects financed by the\nauthority of disbursements made by the state or project sponsor in\naccordance with the provisions of a dedicated highway and bridge trust\nfund cooperative agreement or agreements, provided that such projects\nare maintained and operated under the supervision of the department of\ntransportation without cost to the New York state thruway authority for\nthe full term of such agreement or agreements, and provided further that\nsuch use permit or lease shall be granted by the authority on a toll\nfree basis. Provided, however, that at any time after April first,\nnineteen hundred ninety-five, no dedicated highway and bridge trust fund\ncooperative agreement with the commissioner of transportation pursuant\nto this section, nor any supplement thereto, need provide any conveyance\nof an interest in the property to the New York state thruway authority\nin connection with any obligations incurred pursuant to this section;\nand any such conveyance evidenced by a dedicated highway and bridge\ntrust fund cooperative agreement before such date shall, consistent with\nthe rights of holders of any such obligations incurred pursuant to this\nsection, revert to the people of the state of New York by appropriate\ninstrument or instruments, by quitclaim deed or otherwise, in\nconfirmation of such reversion and any related use permits shall be\nvoided.\n (b) The authority is hereby authorized, as additional corporate\npurposes thereof solely upon the request of the director of the budget:\n(i) to issue special emergency highway and bridge trust fund bonds and\nnotes for a term not to exceed thirty years and to incur obligations\nsecured by the moneys appropriated from the dedicated highway and bridge\ntrust fund established in section eighty-nine-b of the state finance\nlaw; (ii) to make available the proceeds in accordance with instructions\nprovided by the director of the budget from the sale of such special\nemergency highway and bridge trust fund bonds, notes or other\nobligations, net of all costs to the authority in connection therewith,\nfor the purposes of financing all or a portion of the costs of\nactivities for which moneys in the dedicated highway and bridge trust\nfund established in section eighty-nine-b of the state finance law are\nauthorized to be utilized or for the financing of disbursements made by\nthe state for the activities authorized pursuant to section\neighty-nine-b of the state finance law; and (iii) to enter into\nagreements with the commissioner of transportation pursuant to section\nten-e of the highway law with respect to financing for any activities\nauthorized pursuant to section eighty-nine-b of the state finance law,\nor agreements with the commissioner of transportation pursuant to\nsections ten-f and ten-g of the highway law in connection with\nactivities on state highways pursuant to these sections, and (iv) to\nenter into service contracts, contracts, agreements, deeds and leases\nwith the director of the budget or the commissioner of transportation\nand project sponsors and others to provide for the financing by the\nauthority of activities authorized pursuant to section eighty-nine-b of\nthe state finance law, and each of the di
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