New York Laws
Title 10-B - Niagara Falls Public Water Authority
1230-E - Water Board.

(b) The water board and its corporate existence shall continue until
terminated by law, provided, however, that no such law shall take effect
so long as the water board shall have contractual duties or obligations

outstanding unless adequate provision has been made for the satisfaction
thereof. Upon termination of the existence of the water board, all of
the rights, obligations and properties of the water board then remaining
shall pass to and vest to the city, with the consent of the city, if the
water board acquired such property from the city, or to a municipality,
with the consent of such municipality, if the water board acquired such
property from such municipality, unless otherwise provided in an
agreement with the city or municipality and the water board, and except
as otherwise may be specified by law.
6. It is hereby determined and declared that the water board and the
carrying out of its powers and duties are in all respects for the
benefit of the people of the city and the service area and the state for
the improvement of their health, welfare and prosperity and that such
purposes are public purposes and that the water board is and will be
performing an essential governmental function in the exercise of the
powers conferred upon it by this title.
7. The water board shall establish and maintain its principal office
at which it conducts its business in the city. Notwithstanding any
general, special or local law or any charter provision, the city may,
and is hereby authorized to lease to the water board such office space
as the water board determines to be necessary and appropriate for the
needs of the water board, which lease shall be for such consideration
and shall contain such terms and conditions as the water board and the
city shall determine reasonable and appropriate.
8. The purpose of the act of the legislature establishing the water
board shall be, among other things, to provide for the jurisdiction,
control, possession, supervision and use of the system; authorization to
make rules and regulations in furtherance of this title; the enforcement
of this title, the rules, regulations, permits and orders of the water
board in connection with the direct or indirect use of the system
facilities by persons within the city and the service area and any other
persons for whom the water board provides services including, but not
limited to, accepting, treating and disposing of wastewater, industrial
waste, and other waste, from whatever source derived; and to enable the
water board to comply with all applicable laws of the United States and
the state, and the rules, regulations, permits and orders of their
regulatory agencies.