N.Y. General Municipal Law 413 – Consent and jurisdiction of state and municipal agencies
§ 413. Consent and jurisdiction of state and municipal agencies. The provisions of this article shall not operate to dispense with the approval by or to affect the jurisdiction of any state, county, or municipal board, officer, commission, department or agency of or over the acquisition, construction, reconstruction, improvement, betterment, extension, maintenance or operation of the undertaking where such approval is necessary under or where such jurisdiction is vested by the provisions of any other general, special or local law, or with the filing of plans or specifications in connection with the undertaking in the office of any state, county, or municipal board, officer, commission, department or agency where such filing is required under any other general, special or local law.
Terms Used In N.Y. General Municipal Law 413
- Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
- 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