Section 2049-D. Powers of the authority

The authority shall have the power:
    1. To sue and be sued;
    2. To have a seal and alter the same;
    3.  To  acquire  in  the  name  of  the  authority, hold, sell, lease,
  mortgage or otherwise dispose of property, real, personal or  mixed,  or
  any interest therein, without limitation, for its corporate purposes;
    4.  To condemn, with the consent of the town board and the supervisor,
  in the name of the authority, pursuant to the eminent  domain  procedure
  law, any real property required by the authority to carry out the powers
  granted  by  this  title provided that condemnation of any real property
  not located within the town shall require the consent of  the  board  of
  the town where such real property is located;
    5. To collect, receive, extract, transport, process, dispose of, sell,
  store,  convey,  recycle  and  deal  with, in any lawful manner and way,
  solid waste and any products or by-products  thereof  now  or  hereafter
  developed or discovered, including any energy generated by the operation
  of  any  facility  on such terms and in such manner as the authority may
  deem proper;
    6. To plan, develop and construct projects and to pay the cost thereof
  and  to  have  the  right  to  contract   in   relation   thereto   with
  municipalities  or  persons  and  to  own and operate, maintain, repair,
  improve, reconstruct, enlarge and extend, subject to the  provisions  of
  this  title,  any  of  its  projects  acquired or constructed under this
  title, and to sell, lease, mortgage or otherwise dispose of any  project
  or  part  thereof  to  any person or public corporation, subject to such
  conditions and limitations as the authority may determine to be  in  the
  public interest;
    7.  To assist in the planning, development and construction of and the
  financing of the cost of any facility whether or not such facility is to
  be owned or operated by the  authority,  which  assistance  may  include
  loans to any person or public corporation;
    8.  To collect or receive from the United States, the state, the town,
  any other municipality or public corporation or person solid  waste  for
  the  purpose  of  treatment  or  disposal thereof, with the right of the
  authority to sell and dispose of any products or by-products,  including
  energy,  of  such process of treatment or disposal, as the authority may
  deem proper;
    9. To contract with the town, other  municipalities,  state  agencies,
  public   corporations   or  persons,  for  the  purpose  of  collecting,
  receiving, treating and disposing of  solid  waste,  including,  without
  limitation,  to  contract  with  municipalities,  state agencies, public
  corporations or persons for the delivery of all  solid  waste  generated
  within a stated area to a specific facility;
    10.  To  make by-laws for the management and regulation of its affairs
  and, subject to agreements with bondholders, for the regulation  of  the
  use of any project or other property of the authority, which by-laws and
  all   amendments  thereto,  duly  certified  by  the  secretary  of  the
  authority, shall be filed in the office of  the  authority  and  in  the
  office  of  the clerk of the town, and to provide for the enforcement of
  such by-laws by legal or equitable  proceedings  which  are  or  may  be
  provided or authorized by law. In addition, the town shall have power to
  prescribe under the town code that violations of specific by-laws of the
  authority, including, without limitation, any failure to comply with any
  by-law requiring the payment of any fee or other charge by any person in
  connection with the delivery of solid waste to any facility or any other
  use  of  any  facility  by  such  person,  shall  constitute offenses or
  infractions and provide for the  punishment  of  violations  thereof  by
  civil and criminal penalties;

    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 or premises for the purpose of
  making surveys, soundings and  examinations,  any  liability  for  which
  shall not exceed actual damages;
    13. To borrow money and to issue bonds and to fund or refund the same,
  and to provide for the rights of the holders thereof;
    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 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 gifts, grants, loans or contributions  from  the  United
  States, the state or any agency or instrumentality of either of them, or
  any municipality or from any person or public corporation, by bequest or
  otherwise,  and to expend the proceeds for any corporate purposes of the
  authority; and
    16. To do all things necessary or convenient to carry out  the  powers
  expressly given in this title.