N.Y. Public Authorities Law § 1077: Suffolk county water authority

§ 1077. Suffolk county water authority. 1. The corporate existence of

the Suffolk county water authority, heretofore created pursuant to the

provisions of chapter eight hundred forty-seven of the laws of nineteen

hundred thirty-four and thereafter continued pursuant to the provisions

of article seven of the county law, is hereby continued for the purposes

and charged with the duties and having the powers provided in this

title. The authority shall be a body corporate and politic, constituting

a public benefit corporation. It shall consist of five members all of

whom shall be residents of the county of Suffolk. The present members of

the authority shall continue in office until the expiration of their

several terms of office and the board of supervisors shall appoint two

additional members whose terms of office shall in the first instance be

fixed by such board of supervisors in such manner and for such periods

of time that the office of one member of the authority shall expire each

year. Their successors shall be appointed one member annually by the

county board of supervisors for a term of five years. Vacancies in the

membership of such authority, other than by expiration of term, shall be

filled by the board of supervisors by appointment for the unexpired

term. The chairman in office at the effective date of this title shall

continue in such office until the expiration of his term of office.

Thereafter the chairman of such authority shall be appointed by the

county board of supervisors. The members of such authority shall receive

such compensation for their services as shall be fixed by the board of

supervisors and shall be reimbursed for all necessary and actual

expenses incurred in connection with their duties as such members and in

connection with the carrying out of the purposes of this title. The

power of such authority shall be vested in and exercised by a majority

of the members of the authority then in office. Said authority may

delegate to one or more of its members, or its agents, or employees,

such powers and duties as it may deem proper. The corporate existence of

such authority shall continue until its liabilities have been met and

its bonds have been paid in full. Upon ceasing to exist, all its rights

and property shall pass to the county of Suffolk.

2. Neither the public service commission nor any other board or

commission of like character, shall have jurisdiction over the authority

in the management and control of its properties or operations or any

power over the regulation of rates fixed or charges collected by the

authority.

3. It is hereby determined and declared that the authority and the

carrying out of its powers, purposes and duties are in all respects for

the benefit of the people of the county of Suffolk and the state of New

York, for the improvement of their health, welfare and prosperity and

that the said purposes are public purposes and that the authority is and

will be performing an essential governmental function in the exercise of

the powers conferred upon it by this title.