Bill Text: NY A03463 | 2013-2014 | General Assembly | Introduced

New York Assembly Bill 3463 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: Requires that a resident voter of Rockland or Orange County be a commissioner of the port authority.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2013-01-25 - referred to corporations, authorities and commissions [A03463 Detail]

Download: New_York-2013-A03463-Introduced.html

                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         3463
                              2013-2014 Regular Sessions
                                 I N  A S S E M B L Y
                                   January 25, 2013
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       Introduced  by M. of A. RABBITT -- read once and referred to the Commit-
         tee on Corporations, Authorities and Commissions
       AN ACT to amend chapter 154 of the laws of 1921 establishing the port of
         New York authority, in relation  to  appointing  a  commissioner  from
         Rockland or Orange county
         THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section 1. Article IV of section 1 of chapter 154 of the laws of 1921,
    2  establishing the port of New York authority, as amended by  chapter  419
    3  of the laws of 1930, is amended to read as follows:
    4                                 ARTICLE IV
    5    The port authority shall consist of twelve commissioners, six resident
    6  voters  from the state of New York, at least four of whom shall be resi-
    7  dent voters of the city of New York AND AT LEAST ONE OF WHOM SHALL BE  A
    8  RESIDENT  VOTER  OF  ROCKLAND  OR ORANGE COUNTY, and six resident voters
    9  from the state of New Jersey, at least four of whom  shall  be  resident
   10  voters  within  the  New  Jersey  portion  of the district, the New York
   11  members to be chosen by the state of New York and the New Jersey members
   12  by the state of New Jersey in the manner and for  the  terms  fixed  and
   13  determined  from  time  to time by the legislature of each state respec-
   14  tively, except as herein provided. Each commissioner may be  removed  or
   15  suspended  from office as provided by the law of the state from which he
   16  shall be appointed.
   17    S 2. This act shall take effect upon the enactment  into  law  by  the
   18  state  of New Jersey of legislation having an identical effect with this
   19  act, but if the state of New Jersey  shall  have  already  enacted  such
   20  legislation,  this  act shall take effect immediately; provided that the
   21  chairman of the port authority shall notify the legislative bill  draft-
   22  ing  commission  upon the occurrence of the enactment of the legislation
   23  provided for in section one of this act in order that the commission may
   24  maintain an accurate and timely effective data base of the official text
   25  of the laws of the state of New York in furtherance of effectuating  the
   26  provisions  of section 44 of the legislative law and section 70-b of the
   27  public officers law.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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