LOCAL LAW NO. "D" FOR 2025
A LOCAL LAW OF THE COUNTY OF ALBANY, NEW YORK [AUTHORIZING APPROPRIATION OF FUNDS TO] MAKING A DETERMINATION THAT PROMOTING OR ENCOURAGING THE UNDERTAKING OF CONVENTION FACILITY PROJECTS BY THE ALBANY CONVENTION CENTER AUTHORITY IS A GOVERNMENTAL AND PUBLIC PURPOSE OF THE COUNTY OF ALBANY, NEW YORK
Introduced: 5/12/25
By: Cunningham, Feeney, Willingham, and Domalewicz:
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE COUNTY OF ALBANY AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Article Creation.
Chapter 135, Article 2, Albany County Convention Center Authority Project, is hereby created.
Section 2. ? 135-6 -- Legislative Intent and Purpose.
It is declared to be the intent and purpose of this local law (the "Local Law") to enable Albany County, New York (the "County"), as one of its public or municipal purposes, to publicize the advantages of the County and the greater Capital District Region by promoting or encouraging the undertaking of certain projects (each a "Convention Facility Project") in the County involving the acquisition, construction, reconstruction, renovation, improvement, maintenance, equipment and/or furnishment of new and/or existing facilities for a convention center (each, a "Convention Facility"). Convention Facilities may include, but not be limited to, facilities consisting of trade exhibition, hotel accommodations, transportation infrastructure, parking, tourism, theatre facilities, retail business, commercial office space or sports facilities, including services for the operation and maintenance thereof.
Section 2. ? 135-7 -- Public Purposes.
The promotion or encouragement of Convention Facility Projects in the County constitutes a governmental and public purpose for the benefit of the people of the County and the greater Capital District Region for which the County shall have the power to appropriate public funds of the County for the purpose of making, and shall have the power to make advances, loans, subsidies, or contributions to th...
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