Section 2051-E. 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, in the name of the authority pursuant  to  the  eminent
  domain  procedure  law, any real property within the county and required
  by the authority to carry out the powers granted by this title.
    5. To collect, receive, 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 solid
  waste management facility. Any such disposal or sale may be effected  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 within or without the county 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  solid waste management facility to be
  located in the  county  whether  or  not  such  solid  waste  management
  facility  is  to be owned or operated by the authority, which assistance
  may include loans to any person or public corporation.  Any  such  solid
  waste  facility  producing  either  electricity  or shaft horsepower and
  useful thermal energy  shall  constitute  a  co-generation  facility  as
  defined in subdivision two-a of section two of the public service law;
    8.  To collect, receive from the United States, the state, the county,
  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 county, other municipalities, state  agencies,
  public  corporations  or  persons  within or without the county, for the
  purpose of 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 solid waste management
  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 county, 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 board of supervisors
  shall have power to prescribe that violations of specific by-laws of the
  authority shall constitute offenses or infractions and provide  for  the
  punishment of violations thereof by civil and criminal penalties;

    11.  With  the consent of the chairman of the board of supervisors, to
  use officers or employees of the county and to pay a proper  portion  of
  the  compensation  or  costs  for  the  services  for  such  officers or
  employees;
    12.  To  make  contracts  and  to  execute all necessary or convenient
  instruments,  including  evidences  of   indebtedness,   negotiable   or
  non-negotiable;
    13.  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;
    14. To borrow money and to issue bonds and to fund or refund the same,
  and to provide for the rights of the holders thereof;
    15.  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;
    16. 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;
    17. To act as an agency, as such term is used in section  two  hundred
  fifty-one of the county law; and
    18.  To  do all things necessary or convenient to carry out the powers
  expressly given in this title.
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