Section 6-O. Solid waste management facility reserve funds  


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  • The governing
      body of a municipality may establish a fund, to  be  known  as  a  solid
      waste management facility reserve fund of such municipality. There shall
      be  deposited  in  such reserve fund such amounts as such governing body
      shall from time to time deem appropriate, which may  include,  but  need
      not be limited to, such percentage of fees received by such municipality
      from  the  operation  of  municipally  owned  or  operated  solid  waste
      management facilities as defined in title seven of article  twenty-seven
      of  the  environmental  conservation  law, as deemed appropriate by such
      municipality. Moneys in the solid waste management facility reserve fund
      shall be deposited and secured in the manner provided by section ten  of
      this  article  and  shall be appropriated only for the purpose of paying
      amounts due for the design, construction and operation, of  solid  waste
      management  facilities  owned  or operated by such municipality, and for
      closure, or  post-closure  care,  including  operation  and  maintenance
      expenses of solid waste management facilities owned or operated by or on
      behalf  of such municipality. The management of a solid waste management
      facility reserve fund established pursuant to this section and shall  be
      subject to the provisions of subdivision seven, eight and ten of section
      six-h  of  this  article  and  the investment of moneys therein shall be
      subject to the  provisions  of  section  eleven  of  this  article.  The
      governing  board  of  a municipality may authorize the transfer of funds
      from the solid waste management facility reserve fund to the  credit  of
      another  capital reserve fund if the unexpended balance remaining in the
      fund established for a specific capital improvement has been  completed,
      after  deducting  from  such  balance  a  sum  sufficient to satisfy all
      outstanding claims arising  from  the  construction,  reconstruction  or
      acquisition  of  such  capital  improvement.  For  the  purposes of this
      section the term "municipality" shall mean a municipal  corporation,  as
      defined in section two of this chapter or any designated agency thereof,
      or a solid waste management district, public authority or public benefit
      corporation  having  power  to  construct,  operate and maintain a solid
      waste management facility.