Section 2052-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 at pleasure;
    3. To enter into contracts and to execute all instruments necessary or
  convenient or desirable for the purposes of the authority to  carry  out
  any powers expressly given it in this title;
    4. To acquire, lease as lessee, hold and use by purchase, gift, grant,
  transfer,  contract  or  lease  any  real  or  personal  property or any
  interest therein, as the authority may  deem  necessary,  convenient  or
  desirable to carry out the purpose of this title. In connection with the
  acquisition   of  any  such  property,  the  authority  may  assume  any
  obligations of the owner of such property and, to the extent required by
  the terms of any  indentures  or  other  instruments  under  which  such
  obligations  were  issued, the authority may assume and agree to perform
  covenants and observe the restrictions contained  in  such  instruments;
  and  furthermore  the  owner  of  any  property  which  the authority is
  authorized to acquire is hereby authorized to sell or otherwise transfer
  the same to the authority, whereupon the authority shall become  charged
  with  the performance of all public duties with respect to such property
  with which such owner was charged and such owner shall become discharged
  from the performance thereof;
    5. To develop, construct, operate, maintain, manage  or  contract  for
  the  operation, maintenance or management of Murnane Field; to allow the
  use of Murnane Field by professional athletic teams for the  conduct  of
  professional  and amateur athletic events and activities related thereto
  and, in its discretion, other organized public use and to allow the  use
  of Murnane Field by the Utica city school district for the organized use
  of  its  students,  subject  only  to  general rules for the use of such
  sports facility and reasonable scheduling requirements; to contract  for
  the   operation  and  maintenance  of  the  sports  facility  under  its
  jurisdiction or for services to be performed in connection therewith; to
  rent parts thereof and to grant  concessions,  all  on  such  terms  and
  conditions as it may determine;
    6.  To  lease  the project of the authority to the county or any other
  municipality in the county, or any instrumentality  thereof,  upon  such
  terms  and  conditions  as  shall  be  determined  by the authority, the
  county, the municipality or such instrumentality, as the case may be;
    7. To apply to the appropriate agencies and officials of the  federal,
  state  and  local governments for such licenses, permits or approvals of
  its plans or projects as it may deem necessary or  advisable,  and  upon
  such  terms and conditions as it may deem appropriate, and to accept, in
  its discretion, such licenses, permits or approvals as may  be  tendered
  to it by such agencies and officials;
    8.  To  make  plans and studies necessary, convenient or desirable for
  the effectuation of the purposes and powers  of  the  authority  and  to
  prepare recommendations in regard thereto;
    9.  To  enter  upon  such  lands or premises as in the judgment of the
  authority  shall  be  necessary  for  the  purpose  of  making  surveys,
  soundings, borings and examinations to accomplish any purpose authorized
  by this title, the authority being liable only for actual damage done;
    10.  To  apply for and to accept any gifts or grants or loans of funds
  or property or financial or other aid  in  any  form  from  the  federal
  government  or  any agency or instrumentality thereof, or from the state
  or any agency or instrumentality thereof, or from any other source,  for
  any  or  all  of  the  purposes  specified in this title, and to comply,
  subject to the provisions of this title, with the terms  and  conditions
  thereof;

    11.  To  enter  into  cooperative  agreements  with other authorities,
  municipalities,  district  corporations,  individuals  or  corporations,
  within  or  without  the  county,  for  any lawful purposes necessary or
  desirable to effect the purposes of  this  title  upon  such  terms  and
  conditions as shall be determined to be reasonable;
    12.  To make bylaws and rules for the management and regulation of its
  affairs and for the regulation of any project. A copy of such bylaws and
  rules, and all amendments thereto, duly certified by  the  secretary  of
  the  authority  shall  be filed in the office of the county clerk of the
  county and shall be published thereafter once in each of two  newspapers
  having  a  general  circulation  in the county. Violations of such rules
  shall be  punishable  by  fine,  not  exceeding  fifty  dollars,  or  by
  imprisonment for not longer than thirty days, or both;
    13.  To fix rates and collect charges for the use of the project so as
  to provide revenues sufficient at all times to pay, as  the  same  shall
  become  due, the expense of operating and maintaining the project of the
  authority together with proper reserves for  maintenance,  contingencies
  and all other obligations and indebtedness of the authority;
    14.  With  the  consent  of  the  county  board of legislators, to use
  officers and employees of the county, including  the  county  attorney's
  office,  and  to  pay  a proper portion of compensation or costs for the
  services of such officers or employees; and
    15. To do all things necessary, convenient or desirable to  carry  out
  its purposes and for the exercise of the powers granted in this title.
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