Senate Bill S8956

                             
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                                   8956
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             January 21, 2026
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 Introduced  by  Sen.  STEC  --  read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Housing, Construction  and
   Community Development
 
 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 by chapter 533 of the laws of 1968, is REPEALED.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.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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   § 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.
   §  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
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 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.