The [purpose] purposes of the authority shall be to promote, develop, encourage and assist [the establishment or relocation of] in the acquiring, constructing, reconstructing, improving, maintaining, equipping and furnishing industrial, manufacturing [and], warehouse, commercial [enterprises] and research facilities and facilities for use by a federal agency or a medical facility including industrial pollution control facilities, which [shall] may include transportation facilities including but not limited to those relating to water, highway, rail and air, in one or more areas of the city, and thereby advance the job opportunities, health, general prosperity and economic welfare of the people of said city and to improve their medical care and standard of living; provided, however, that the authority shall not undertake any project if the completion thereof would result in the removal of an industrial or manufacturing plant of the project occupant from one area of the state to another area of the state or in abandonment of one or more plants or facilities of the project applicant located within the state, provided, however, that neither restriction shall apply if the authority shall determine on the basis of the application before it that the project is reasonably necessary to discourage theject occupant from removing such other plant or facility to a location outside the state or is reasonably necessary to preserve the competitive position of the project occupant in its respective industry. To carry out said purpose, the authorit shall have power: § 4. Subdivision nine of section two thousand three hundred six of such law, as added by chapter nine hundred fifteen of the laws of nineteen hundred and sixty-nine, is hereby amended to read, respectively, as follows: 9. To make contracts and leases upon such terms as the authority shall deem appropriate, including without limitation leases which grant the tenant of a project an option to renew or an option to purchase the project, or both, at a fixed or otherwise predetermined price, and to execute all instruments necessary or convenient; 5. Section two thousand three hundred twelve of such law, as added by chapter nine hundred fifteen of the laws of nineteen hundred sixty-nine, is hereby amended to read as follows: § 2312. Construction and purchase contracts. [The authority shall let contracts for construction and for the purchase of materials, supplies and equipment, so far as is practicable, as is provided by law for contracts of the city, except that where the estimated expense of a contract does not exceed one thousand dollars ($1,000.00), such contract may be entered into without public bidding. Nothing in this section shall be construed to limit the power of the authority to do any construction directly by the officers, agents and employees of the authority] The provisions of section eight hundred eighty-four of the general municipal law relating to public bidding with respect to the construction of public facilities or projects shall be applicable to the acquisition, construction, reconstruction, or improvement of projects authorized by this title. § 6. This act shall take effect immediately. CHAPTER 557 AN ACT to authorize the repeal of article fifteen of the charter of the city of Peekskill, which established a municipal civil service commission, and authorizing the common council of the city of Peekskill to create in its place and stead the position of personnel officer or, in the alternative, to provide that the provisions of the civil service law of the state of New York shall be administered in the city of Peekskill pursuant to such law and, further, that the common council may do so without the restrictions of the existing law relating to the effective date thereof, revocability or postponement Became a law June 5, 1973, with the approval of the Governor. Passed on Home Rule request pursuant to Article IX, section 2(b) (2) of the Constitution by a majority vote, three-fifths being present The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows: Section 1. Notwithstanding any inconsistent provisions of any general, special or local law, the common council of the city of Peekskill may by local law provide for the withdrawal of its existing form of civil service administration and provide in the alternate either that the provisions of the civil service law shall be administered in the city of Peekskill according to paragraph (b) of subdivision one of section sixteen of the civil service law or for the establishment of the position and title of city personnel officer who shall be appointed by the city manager for a term of six years and who shall exercise such powers and perform such duties as may be conferred and imposed by or pursuant to the civil service law. The personnel officer, so far as is consistent and not in conflict with the civil service law of the state of New York or with any other general, special or local law, shall, in addition, assist the manager in establishing a comprehensive personnel policy covering recruitment, employee safety, training, compensation, labor relations management and salary, establish standards therefor and develop procedures thereon covering individual job performance with the objective of counseling and utilizing personnel to the best advantage, improving efficiency and effectiveness, and recommend standards and procedures with reference to city personnel. § 2. The local law pursuant to section one of this act shall be enacted within sixty days after the effective date of this act. Such local law shall become effective and operative sixty days after it shall have been filed with the secretary of state pursuant to the municipal home rule law. § 3. The provisions of subdivisions two and three of section. sixteen of the civil service law and of paragraph k of subdivision two of section twenty-three of the municipal home rule law shall not apply to the local law adopted pursuant to section one of this act. § 4. Except as provided herein, nothing in this act shall be construed to repeal or in any way affect any other provisions of law. § 5. This act shall take effect immediately. CHAPTER 558 AN ACT to amend chapter seven hundred fifty-five of the laws of nineteen hundred seven, entitled "An act constituting the charter of the city of Rochester", in relation to the number of city court judges Became a law June 5, 1973, with the approval of the Governor. Passed by a majority vote, three-fifths being present The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows: Section 1. Section twenty-two of chapter seven hundred fiftyfive of the laws of nineteen hundred seven, entitled "An act constituting the charter of the city of Rochester", as so renumbered by local law number four of the city of Rochester for the year nineteen hundred sixty-five and last amended by chapter one hundred twenty-five of the laws of nineteen hundred seventy as section twenty-two with no reference to such local law of nineteen hundred sixty-five, is hereby amended to read as follows: § [22] 2-2. Judges of city court. There shall be [seven] six judges of city court. No person is eligible to the office of judge of city court, unless he has been admitted to practice as an attorney and counselor in the courts of the state of New York, and has had at least five years' active practice in his profession. Except as hereinafter provided, the term of office of a judge of city court shall be ten years. The salaries of the judges of city court shall be fixed by the council of the city of Rochester. A vacancy occurring in the office of judge of city court, otherwise than by expiration of term, shall be filled at the next ensuing general election for a full term, except that if such full term would expire with an even numbered year, it shall be filled for a term ending on the last day of December next preceding the time when a full term would expire; such terms shall commence on the first day of January next after said election; and the mayor of the city of Rochester shall appoint a duly qualified attorney to fill such vacancy in the interim within twenty days after the same occurs. The term of office of any judge of city court hereafter elected in an even numbered year shall be nine years. § 2. Section 2-1 of such chapter, as so renumbered by local law number four of the city of Rochester for the year nineteen hun dred sixty-five and last amended by local law number one of the city of Rochester for the year nineteen hundred sixty-seven, is hereby amended to read as follows: § 2-1. Elective officers. The electors of the city shall elect five (5) councilmen-at-large, five (5) commissioners of schools and [five (5)] six (6) judges of the city court; the electors of each city district shall elect one (1) district councilman and the electors of each ward shall elect a constable. § 3. This act shall take effect immediately. CHAPTER 559* AN ACT to amend the Geneva city charter, in relation to city court and repealing certain provisions thereof relating thereto Became a law June 5, 1973, with the approval of the Governor. Passed by a majority vote, three-fifths being present The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows: Section 1. Article fourteen of the Geneva city charter is hereby repealed, and a new article fourteen is hereby inserted therein. in lieu thereof, to read as follows: ARTICLE XIV CITY COURT Section 14.1 City court established. 14.2 Power and jurisdiction. 14.3 City judge; election and term; qualifications. 14.5 Court clerk and other employees. 14.6 Vacancy. § 14.1 City court established. There shall be a city court of civil and criminal jurisdiction. The city judge shall be the judge of the court. The court shall be open for the transaction of business each day of the year, except Sundays and legal holidays, and upon those days for such purposes as are provided by law. § 14.2 Power and jurisdiction. The city court shall be governed in its jurisdiction, practice and procedure by the provisions of the uniform city court act and in civil matters shall have jurisdiction when the sum claimed does not exceed one thousand five hundred dollars, exclusive of interest and costs. *NOTE.-Article fourteen of the Geneva City Charter, proposed to be repealed by this act, relates to the city court as established prior to the enactment of the Uniform City Court Act. §14.3 City judge; election and term; qualifications. The city judge shall be elected in the same manner as other city officials are elected and the person so elected shall take office on the first day of January following such election. The city judge shall be elected for a term of six years. No one shall be eligible for the office of city judge unless he be a resident of the city for at least one year and has been an attorney and counselor at law in the state of New York for at least five years. § 14.4 Acting city judge. The city council shall designate in writing to be filed with the city clerk, an attorney and counselor at law who shall meet the same minimum qualifications as the city judge, residing within the city, who shall, only during sickness, absence from the city, disability or inability of the city judge to act, exercise all the powers of said judge, including jurisdiction in cases then pending before the said city judge. Such designation shall terminate at the expiration of the term of office of the then city judge, or sooner at the option of the city council. The city council may revoke such designation and redesignate at will. The compensation of said acting judge shall be such sum as the city council shall determine. § 14.5 Court clerk and other employees. The city judge shall appoint a court clerk and such other employees as may be provided for by the city council. The court clerk shall serve at the pleasure of the city judge, except as otherwise provided by law. § 14.6 Vacancy. A vacancy in the office of city judge occurring otherwise than by expiration of term, shall be filled for the balance of the unexpired term at the next general election at which the vacancy may be filled; and until such vacancy shall be so filled, the city council shall fill such vacancy by appointment which shall continue until and including the last day of December next after the election at which the vacancy shall be filled. § 2. This act shall take effect immediately. CHAPTER 560 AN ACT authorizing the abandonment of a portion of a certain town highway in the town of Greenport, in the county of Columbia Became a law June 5, 1973, with the approval of the Governor. Passed on Home Rule request pursuant to Article IX, section 2 (b) (2), of the Constitution, by a majority vote, three-fifths being present. The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows: Section 1. Notwithstanding the provisions of the town law, or of any other general, special or local law, the town superintendent of the town of Greenport, Columbia county, is hereby authorized, upon and with the written consent of a majority of the town board, to abandon that portion of a town highway known |