Section 2040-F. Powers

The authority shall have the power:
    1. To sue and be sued;
    2. To have a seal and alter the same at pleasure;
    3.  To acquire, in the name of the authority, hold and dispose of real
  and  personal  property  or  any  interest  therein  for  its  corporate
  purposes,  provided  that  the  acquisition  of any real property by the
  authority (i) within the area of operation shall  be  subject  to  prior
  approval  by  the  town  boards,  and (ii) without the area of operation
  shall be subject to prior approval by the town  board  of  the  town  in
  which such property is located or, if located within the boundaries of a
  village,  subject to the prior approval of the board of trustees of such
  village;
    4. To receive, transport, process, dispose of,  sell,  store,  convey,
  recycle,  and  deal  with, in any lawful manner and way, solid waste and
  any by-products thereof now or hereafter developed or discovered;
    5. Subject to prior approval by the town boards, to  condemn,  in  the
  name  of  the  authority,  pursuant to the eminent domain procedure law,
  within the area of operation, any lands, easements  or  rights  in  land
  required by the authority to carry out the powers granted by this title;
    6. To construct and develop projects and to have the right to contract
  in  relation  thereto  with  the  towns and with other municipalities or
  persons within or without the area of operation and to own and  operate,
  maintain,  repair, improve, reconstruct, enlarge, and extend, subject to
  the provisions  of  this  title,  any  of  its  properties  acquired  or
  constructed  under this title, and to sell, lease, mortgage or otherwise
  dispose of any project or part thereof to any  person  or  municipality,
  subject  to  such  conditions  and  limitations  as  the  authority  may
  determine to be in the public interest;
    6-a. To assist in the construction, development and financing  of  any
  solid  waste  disposal  facility  to be located in the area of operation
  whether or not such solid waste disposal facility  is  to  be  owned  or
  operated  by  the  authority,  which assistance may include loans to any
  person or public corporation;
    7. To receive from the United States, the state, the towns, any  other
  municipality  or  public  corporation  or  person,  within  the  area of
  operations, or from such other sources as the authority may deem proper,
  solid wastes for the purpose of treatment or disposal thereof, with  the
  right  of  the  authority  to  sell  and  dispose  of  any  products  or
  by-products of such process of treatment or disposal, as  the  authority
  may deem proper;
    8. To contract with the towns, other municipalities, state agencies or
  authorities, or persons within or without the area of operation, for the
  purpose  of  receiving,  treating  and  disposing  of solid waste by the
  authority;
    9. To adopt by-laws for the management and regulation of  its  affairs
  and,  subject  to agreements with bondholders and noteholders, rules for
  the receiving and disposing of solid wastes and charges therefor. A copy
  of such rules and by-laws, and all amendments thereto, duly certified by
  the secretary of the authority shall be  filed  in  the  office  of  the
  authority;
    10.  To  contract  with  the  towns,  for  the  use of the officers or
  employees of the towns, any such contract to provide for the payment  by
  the  authority  of a proper portion of the compensation for the services
  of such officers or employees;
    11. To make contracts and  to  execute  all  necessary  or  convenient
  instruments,   including   evidences   of  indebtedness,  negotiable  or
  non-negotiable;

    12. To enter on any lands, waterways and premises for the  purpose  of
  making  surveys,  soundings,  and  examinations,  and liability therefor
  shall not exceed actual damages;
    13.  To  borrow  money and to issue negotiable bonds or notes or other
  obligations and to fund or refund the  same,  and  to  provide  for  the
  rights of the holders of its bonds or notes;
    14.  To fix and collect rates, rentals, fees and other charges for the
  use of the facilities of, or services rendered by,  or  any  commodities
  furnished  by  the authority so as to provide revenues sufficient at all
  times to pay, as the same shall become due, the principal  and  interest
  on  the bonds, notes or other obligations of the authority together with
  the maintenance of proper reserves therefor, in addition to  paying,  as
  the same shall become due, the expenses of operating and maintaining the
  properties  of  the  authority,  together  with proper reserves for debt
  service, depreciation,  maintenance  and  contingencies  and  all  other
  obligations and indebtedness of the authority;
    15.  To accept grants, loans, or contributions from the United States,
  the state of New York, or any agency or  instrumentality  of  either  of
  them,  or  the  county, or any municipality or individual, by bequest or
  otherwise, and to expend the proceeds for any purposes of the authority;
    16. To do all things necessary or convenient to carry out  the  powers
  expressly given in this title.