§ 414. Competing undertakings not authorized. No municipality shall have power under this article to construct any undertaking in contravention of any act of the legislature of the state of New York whereby the state of New York pledges to or agrees with the holders of any bonds issued or to be issued pursuant to said act that the state will not authorize the construction of an undertaking which will be competitive with the project authorized by said act.

Terms Used In N.Y. General Municipal Law 414

  • municipality: shall mean a county, town, city or village. See N.Y. General Municipal Law 401
  • 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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