§ 407. Lien of bonds. If bonds are issued to carry out any of the purposes of this article, bonds of the same issue shall, subject to the prior and superior rights of outstanding bonds, claims or obligations, have a prior and paramount lien on the revenue of the undertaking for which said bonds have been issued over and ahead of all bonds of any issue payable from said revenue which may be subsequently issued and over and ahead of any claims or obligations against said revenue subsequently incurred. All bonds of the same issue shall be equally and ratably secured without priority by reason of number, date of bonds, of sale, of execution or of delivery, by a lien on said revenue in accordance with the provisions of this article and the resolution or resolutions authorizing said bonds.

Terms Used In N.Y. General Municipal Law 407

  • Lien: A claim against real or personal property in satisfaction of a debt.
  • undertaking: shall include the following revenue-producing undertakings, whether now existing or hereafter acquired or constructed: Causeways, tunnels, viaducts, bridges and other crossings; highways, parkways, airports, docks, piers and wharves; systems, plants, works, instrumentalities and properties used or useful in connection with (i) the obtaining of a water supply and the collection, treatment and disposal of water for public and private uses, (ii) the collection, treatment and disposal of sewage, waste and storm water, and (iii) resource recovery from municipal solid waste through the use of structures, machinery or devices involving the separation, extraction and recovery of useable materials, energy or heat; together with all parts of any such undertaking and all appurtenances thereto including lands, easements, rights of way, contract rights, franchises, approaches, connections, dams, reservoirs, sewage disposal plants, intercepting sewers, trunk, connecting and other sewer and water mains, filtration works, pumping stations and equipment. See N.Y. General Municipal Law 401
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