§ 1299-H — Co-operation and assistance of other agencies

§ 1299-h. Co-operation and assistance of other agencies. --1. To avoid\nduplication of effort and in the interests of economy, the authority may\nmake use of existing studies, surveys, plans, data and other materials\nin the possession of any state agency or any municipality or political\nsubdivision of the state. Each such agency, municipality or subdivision\nis hereby authorized to make the same available to the authority and\notherwise to assist it in the performance of its functions. At the\nrequest of the authority, each such agency, municipality or subdivision\nwhich is engaged in highway or other transportation activities or in\nland use or development planning, or which is charged with the duty of\nproviding or regulating any transportation facility or any other public\nfacility, is further authorized to provide the authority with\ninformation regarding its plans and programs affecting the\ntransportation district so that the authority may have available to it\ncurrent information with respect thereto. The officers and personnel of\nsuch agencies, municipalities or subdivisions, and of any other\ngovernment or agency whatever, may serve at the request of the authority\nupon such advisory committees as the authority shall determine to create\nand such officers and personnel may serve upon such committees without\nforfeiture of office or employment and with no loss or diminution in the\ncompensation, status, rights and privileges which they otherwise enjoy.\n 2. Notwithstanding any contrary provision of law, every municipality\nin this transportation district is authorized and empowered to consent\nto the use by the authority of any real or personal property owned by\nany such municipality and necessary, convenient or desirable in the\nopinion of the authority for any of the facilities or projects\nauthorized under this title, including such real property as has already\nbeen devoted to a public use, and as an incident to such consent, to\nlease or otherwise transfer and convey to the authority any such real or\npersonal property upon such terms as may be determined by the authority\nand any such municipality. Every such municipality is also authorized\nand empowered, as an incident to such consent, to vest in the authority\nthe control, possession, operation, maintenance, rents, charges and any\nand all other revenues of any facilities now owned by any such\nmunicipality, the title to such facilities remaining in such\nmunicipality.\n 3. Notwithstanding any contrary provision of law, every municipality\nin the transportation district may, by ordinance, local law, or\nresolution of its governing body, make covenants with the authority\nwhich shall inure to the benefit of the holders of any bonds or notes\nissued by the authority under this title and which shall be a part of\nthe contract with the holders of such bonds or notes, as to\n (a). The authorizing of the construction of any facilities which will\nbe competitive with any facilities owned or operated by the authority or\nwithin a reasonable sphere of operation or extension of such facilities\nby the authority;\n (b). Discontinuing of any facilities owned or operated by the\nmunicipality or any department or agency thereof;\n (c). Limitations on the licensing of private facilities within the\nterritorial limits of the municipality which may compete with the\nfacilities owned or operated by the authority or within a reasonable\nsphere of operation or extension by the authority; and\n (d). Transferring to the authority any powers or functions of the\nmunicipality or any department or agency thereof, or the control of any\nproperty thereof.\n 4. The commissioner of general services shall have power, in his\ndiscretion, from time to time to transfer and convey to the authority,\nor to a subsidiary corporation of the authority, and for such\nconsideration as may be determined by him to be paid to the state,\nunappropriated state lands and lands under water which the authority\nshall certify to be necessary or desirable for the corporate purposes of\nthe authority.\n