Assembly Bill A10077

                             
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                                   10077
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 30, 2026
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 Introduced  by  M. of A. GRAY -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on Housing
 
 AN ACT to amend the public housing law, in relation to transferring  the
   village  of Potsdam housing authority to the village of Canton housing
   authority; and to repeal title 102 of article 13 of such law  relating
   to the village of Potsdam housing authority

   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Title 102 of article 13 of the public housing law, as added
 by chapter 533 of the laws of 1968, is REPEALED.
   § 2. Section 520 of the public housing law, as added by chapter 42  of
 the laws of 1969, is amended to read as follows:
   §  520.  Village  of Canton housing authority.  1. A municipal housing
 authority to be known as the village  of  Canton  housing  authority  is
 hereby  created  and established for the village of Canton in the county
 of St. Lawrence for the accomplishment of any or  all  of  the  purposes
 specified  in  article  eighteen of the constitution of the state of New
 York. It shall constitute a body corporate and politic, be perpetual  in
 duration  and  consist  of  five  members.  It shall have the powers and
 duties now or hereafter conferred by this chapter upon municipal housing
 authorities.  It shall be organized in  the  manner  prescribed  by  and
 subject  to  the  provisions  of  this  chapter,  and the authority, its
 members, officers and employees and its operations and activities  shall
 in all respects be governed by the provisions of this chapter.
   2.  NOTWITHSTANDING  ANY OTHER PROVISION OF LAW, RULE OR REGULATION TO
 THE CONTRARY, THE VILLAGE OF POTSDAM HOUSING AUTHORITY, IN ITS ENTIRETY,
 SHALL BE TRANSFERRED TO THE VILLAGE OF  CANTON  HOUSING  AUTHORITY.  ALL
 POWERS  AND  DUTIES OF THE VILLAGE OF POTSDAM HOUSING AUTHORITY PURSUANT
 TO SECTION THIRTY-SEVEN OF THIS CHAPTER OR ANY OTHER PROVISION  RELATING
 TO  MUNICIPAL  HOUSING  AUTHORITIES  UNDER ARTICLE THREE OF THIS CHAPTER
 SHALL BE TRANSFERRED TO AND ASSUMED BY THE  VILLAGE  OF  CANTON  HOUSING
 AUTHORITY.
   §  3. Transfer of functions. All of the functions and powers possessed
 by, and all of the obligations and duties  of  the  village  of  Potsdam
 housing  authority  are  transferred  and  assigned  to,  assumed by and
 devolved upon the village of Canton  housing  authority,  in  accordance
 with and pursuant to the provisions of this act.
              

 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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   §  4.  Transfer  of  employees. Notwithstanding any other provision of
 law, rule or regulation to the contrary, upon the transfer of  functions
 from  the village of Potsdam housing authority pursuant to this act, all
 employees of the village of Potsdam housing authority  shall  be  trans-
 ferred to the village of Canton housing authority. Employees transferred
 pursuant  to  this section shall be transferred without further examina-
 tion or qualification and shall retain their  respective  civil  service
 classifications,  status and collective bargaining unit designations and
 collective bargaining agreements.
   § 5. Transfer of records. All  books,  papers,  and  property  of  the
 village  of Potsdam housing authority shall be provided to and deemed to
 be in the possession of the village of Canton housing authority.
   § 6. Continuity of authority. For the purpose  of  succession  of  all
 functions,  powers,  duties and obligations transferred and assigned to,
 devolved upon and assumed by it pursuant to this  act,  the  village  of
 Canton  housing  authority  shall  be  deemed and held to constitute the
 continuation of the village of Potsdam housing authority.
   § 7. Completion of unfinished business. Any business or  other  matter
 undertaken  or  commenced  by  the  village of Potsdam housing authority
 pertaining to or connected with the functions, powers,  obligations  and
 duties  hereby transferred and assigned to the village of Canton housing
 authority and pending  on  the  effective  date  of  this  act,  may  be
 conducted  and  completed  by the village of Canton housing authority in
 the same manner and under the same terms and  conditions  and  with  the
 same  effect  as  if  conducted  and completed by the village of Potsdam
 housing authority.
   § 8. Continuation of rules and regulations.   All rules,  regulations,
 acts,  orders,  determinations,  and decisions of the village of Potsdam
 housing authority pertaining to the functions and powers transferred and
 assigned pursuant to this act, in force at the time of such transfer and
 assumption, shall continue in full force  and  effect  as  rules,  regu-
 lations,  acts,  orders,  determinations and decisions of the village of
 Canton housing authority until duly modified or abrogated by  the  board
 of such authority.
   §  9. Terms occurring in laws, contracts and other documents. Whenever
 the village of Potsdam housing  authority,  or  the  board  thereof,  is
 referred  to or designated in any contract or document pertaining to the
 functions, powers, obligations and  duties  hereby  transferred  to  and
 assigned  to  the village of Canton housing authority, such reference or
 designation shall be deemed to refer to the village  of  Canton  housing
 authority or such authority's board, as applicable.
   §  10.  Existing  rights  and remedies preserved. No existing right or
 remedy of any character shall be  lost,  impaired  or  affected  by  any
 provisions of this act.
   § 11. Pending actions and proceedings. No action or proceeding pending
 at  the  time when this act shall take effect, brought by or against the
 village of Potsdam housing authority, or the  board  thereof,  shall  be
 affected  by  any provisions of this act, but the same may be prosecuted
 or defended in the name of the village of Canton housing  authority,  or
 the  board  thereof. In all such actions and proceedings, the village of
 Canton housing authority,  upon  application  of  the  court,  shall  be
 substituted as a party.
   §  12.  Transfer of assets and liabilities. All assets and liabilities
 of the village of Potsdam housing authority are  hereby  transferred  to
 and assumed by the village of Canton housing authority.
   § 13. This act shall take effect immediately.