2580 - Acquisition of real property for the authority.

§   2580.   Acquisition   of  real  property  for  the  authority.  1.  Notwithstanding the provisions of any general, special or local  law  or  charter,  the  county  is hereby empowered to purchase or lease from the  authority for a term not exceeding ninety-nine years, a sports facility,  or enter into any other agreement relating to a  sports  facility,  upon  such  terms  and  conditions as may be agreed upon by the county and the  authority.    2. The county may enter into agreements with  the  authority  for  the  management or operation, in whole or in part, of a sports facility owned  or acquired by the county.    3.  The  county  may  enter into agreements with the authority for the  operation or maintenance, in whole or in part, of  a  facility  for  the  purpose of minor league baseball, presently known as Frontier Field.    4.  The county may enter into agreements with the authority to pay for  planning, design and feasibility studies undertaken,  or  caused  to  be  undertaken, by the authority.    5.  Since  the  authority's  continued  discharge  of  its  public and  governmental purposes is of benefit to the county, the county  may  pay,  within  the  appropriations  available therefor, if any, the expenses of  the establishment and continued operation of the authority.    6. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the county  shall  have  the power to contract indebtedness and to issue its obligations pursuant  to  the  local  finance  law  for  the  purpose of financing any payment  authorized to be made pursuant to subdivision two, three, four  or  five  of  this section. Any such payment shall constitute an object or purpose  for which the period of probable usefulness is hereby determined  to  be  five years.