924-A - Town of North Hempstead industrial development agency. - New York Statutes

§ 924-a. Town of North Hempstead industrial development agency. 1. For the benefit of the town of North Hempstead in the county of Nassau, and the inhabitants thereof, an industrial development agency, to be known as the TOWN OF NORTH HEMPSTEAD INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT AGENCY, is hereby established for the accomplishment of any or all of the purposes specified in title one of article eighteen-A of this chapter. It shall constitute a body corporate and politic, and be perpetual in duration. It shall have the powers and duties now or hereafter conferred by title one of article eighteen-A of this chapter upon industrial development agencies, provided that the exercise of the powers by such agency with respect to the acquisition of real property whether by purchase, condemnation or otherwise, shall be limited to the corporate limits of the town of North Hempstead. It shall be organized in a manner prescribed by and be subject to the provisions of title one of article eighteen-A of this chapter. Its members shall be appointed by the governing body of the town of North Hempstead in the county of Nassau. The agency, its members, officers and employees, and its operations and activities shall in all respects be governed by the provisions of title one of article eighteen-A of this chapter. 2. Any other provision of law notwithstanding, the town of North Hempstead industrial development agency may not participate in any commercial or industrial activity authorized by title one of article eighteen-A of this chapter, except a recreational project designed to maintain open space and assist in the recharge of the groundwater supply, within a critical recharge area of the town of North Hempstead, which is defined as that area within hydrogeologic zone one of the Long Island comprehensive waste treatment management plan of nineteen hundred seventy-eight or as amended and adopted by the commissioner of the department of environmental conservation. Provided further that the town of North Hempstead industrial development agency may not participate in or finance any facility or resource recovery project to collect or dispose of hazardous waste as that term is defined in section 27-0901 of the environmental conservation law or contract with any person, firm, or corporation to operate any facility or resource recovery project for the collection or disposal of such hazardous waste except under order of the commissioner of the department of environmental conservation. 3. The provisions of section eight hundred eighty-two of this chapter shall not apply to the agency created by this section.