section 19
Power of Authority to provide amenity within area under any local authority within Metropolitan Region.
The Maharashtra Metropolitan Region Development Authority Act, 2016General201651 sections8 chapters
Chapter IV POWERS AND FUNCTIONS OF THE AUTHORITY
Statutory text
- (1) The Authority may, in consultation with the concerned local authority in the Region, prepare any project or scheme with a view to provide an infrastructure within the territorial limits of any local authority within the Metropolitan Region and execute the same. Explanation.- For the purposes of this sub-section, the term "infrastructure" shall mean and include streets, roads, bridges and any other means of transport and communication, and activities related or incidental for the execution of such infrastructure project or scheme.
- (2) For the purposes of preparation and execution of a project or scheme under sub-section (1), the Metropolitan Commissioner and the Authority shall be deemed to be the Municipal Commissioner, under the Maharashtra Municipal Corporations Act (LIX of 1949) and the Maharashtra Regional and Town Planning Act, and shall, respectively, exercise the powers of the Municipal Commissioner and the Corporation under the said Acts.
- (3) Notwithstanding anything contained in the Maharashtra Slum Areas (Improvements, Clearance and Redevelopment) Act, 1971 (Mah. XXVIII of 1971), for the purposes of preparation and execution of the projects and schemes under sub-section (1), the Metropolitan Commissioner shall be deemed to be a Slum Rehabilitation Authority under the said Act and shall have such powers and discharge such duties of the concerned Slum Rehabilitation Authority under the said Act, for the said purposes, as the Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, declare.
- (4) Notwithstanding anything contained in section 20 of the Maharashtra Motor Vehicles Tax Act (LXV of 1958), or any other law for the time being in force, the Authority may charge toll for the use of the amenity provided by it: Provided that, the amount of toll shall not be more than the capital outlay or expenses incurred by the Authority on such project or scheme and expenses incurred for collection thereof. Explanation.- For the purposes of this sub-section, the expression "capital outlay" shall have the same meaning as assigned to it in the Explanation to sub-section (1A) of section 20 of the Maharashtra Motor Vehicles Tax Act (LXV of 1958).
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