Bill Text: NY A00521 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Introduced


Bill Title: Establishes the city of White Plains industrial development agency and provides for its functions, powers, and duties.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 8-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-01-08 - referred to local governments [A00521 Detail]

Download: New_York-2019-A00521-Introduced.html


                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                           521
                               2019-2020 Regular Sessions
                   IN ASSEMBLY
                                       (Prefiled)
                                     January 9, 2019
                                       ___________
        Introduced by M. of A. PAULIN, COLTON, CYMBROWITZ, RIVERA -- Multi-Spon-
          sored  by  -- M.  of A. ABBATE, AUBRY, GUNTHER, PERRY -- read once and
          referred to the Committee on Local Governments
        AN ACT to amend the general municipal law, in relation to the establish-
          ment of the White Plains industrial development agency
          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section  1.  The  general  municipal  law  is  amended by adding a new
     2  section 902-d to read as follows:
     3    § 902-d. City of White Plains industrial development agency.  For  the
     4  benefit  of  the  city  of  White Plains and the inhabitants thereof, an
     5  industrial development agency, to be known as the CITY OF  WHITE  PLAINS
     6  INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT AGENCY, is hereby established for the accomplish-
     7  ment  of any or all of the purposes specified in title one of this arti-
     8  cle.  It shall constitute a body corporate and politic, and be perpetual
     9  in duration.   It shall have the powers  and  duties  now  or  hereafter
    10  conferred by title one of this article upon industrial development agen-
    11  cies,  except that the agency's power of condemnation shall not be exer-
    12  cised without prior approval of  the  city  council  of  the  city,  and
    13  provided  that the exercise of the powers by such agency with respect to
    14  the acquisition of real property, whether by purchase,  condemnation  or
    15  otherwise, shall be limited to the corporate limits of the city of White
    16  Plains,  and  such agency shall take into consideration the local zoning
    17  and planning regulations as well as the regional and local comprehensive
    18  land use plans. It shall be organized in a manner prescribed by  and  be
    19  subject  to the provisions of title one of this article, except that the
    20  members shall be appointed by the mayor of said city, subject to confir-
    21  mation by its governing body, and shall serve at  the  pleasure  of  the
    22  mayor. The mayor shall designate the chair, who shall serve at the plea-
    23  sure  of  the mayor.   Except as otherwise provided in this section, the
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD03706-01-9

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     1  agency, its members, officers  and  employees  and  its  operations  and
     2  activities  shall in all respects be governed by the provisions of title
     3  one of this article.
     4    §  2. This act shall take effect immediately; provided that the secre-
     5  tary of state or his or her appointed designee shall notify the legisla-
     6  tive bill drafting commission as to whether or not  the  office  of  the
     7  secretary  of  state  has timely received the certificate required to be
     8  filed pursuant to section 856 of the general municipal law in order that
     9  the commission may maintain an accurate and timely effective  data  base
    10  of the official text of the laws of the state of New York in furtherance
    11  of  effecting the provisions of section 70-b of the public officers law;
    12  and provided further that upon receiving notification from the secretary
    13  of state that such certificate has not been so timely  filed,  this  act
    14  shall be deemed repealed on the thirtieth day after the legislative bill
    15  drafting  commission has received such notification of failure to timely
    16  file such certificate.
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