Section 153-A. Additional powers of the authority

The authority shall in
  addition have power: 1. By contract or contracts or by its own employees
  to construct, on lands of the state,  Captree  bridge  subject  to  such
  consents and approval of federal authorities as may be necessary.
    2. In the discretion of the board, but only if and as permitted in any
  agreement  with  bondholders,  by  contract  or  contracts or by its own
  employees to construct (a) Captree parkway; (b) such improvements  along
  Captree parkway and Captree bridge and on Jones Beach island as it shall
  deem  desirable for park and parkway purposes, including but not limited
  to automobile parking places, bathhouses, swimming  pools,  restaurants,
  boat basins, docks and slips and other recreational facilities.
    3.  To  maintain, reconstruct and operate Captree bridge and, but only
  if and as permitted in any  agreement  with  bondholders,  to  maintain,
  reconstruct  and  operate  Captree  parkway  and  such  park and parkway
  improvements as it shall construct along Captree parkway  and  on  Jones
  Beach island.
    4.  Subject to and in accordance with any agreements with bondholders,
  to charge tolls for the use of Captree bridge and to charge rentals  and
  make other charges for the use of any parkway or improvement operated by
  it.
    5.  To  construct  and  maintain  over, under, along or across Captree
  bridge and, if constructed by the parkway authority, over, under,  along
  or  across  Captree  parkway, telephone, telegraph or electric wires and
  cables, gas mains, water  mains,  and  other  mechanical  equipment  not
  inconsistent  with  park  or  parkway  purposes;  to  contract  for such
  construction and to lease the right to construct and/or use the same  on
  such  terms  and for such consideration as it shall determine, provided,
  however, that no lease shall be made for a period of more than ten years
  from the date when it is made.
    6. To construct and maintain facilities for the public  on  and  along
  Captree  bridge  and  if constructed by it, on and along Captree parkway
  (not inconsistent with the use of Captree bridge as a bridge and Captree
  parkway as a parkway), to contract for such construction, and  to  lease
  the  right to construct and/or use such facilities on such terms and for
  such consideration as it shall determine,  provided,  however,  that  no
  lease  shall  be  made for a period of more than ten years from the date
  when it is made.
    7. To do all things necessary or convenient to enforce its rights  and
  to carry out its purposes, duties and the powers expressly given in this
  or any other section of this title.
    * NB (Authority abolished June 30, 1978)