Bill Text: NY A04002 | 2017-2018 | General Assembly | Amended
Bill Title: Relates to the appointment of members of the battery park city authority.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-0)
Status: (Passed) 2017-12-18 - approval memo.44 [A04002 Detail]
Download: New_York-2017-A04002-Amended.html
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 4002--A Cal. No. 206 2017-2018 Regular Sessions IN ASSEMBLY January 30, 2017 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. GLICK, NIOU, SEAWRIGHT -- read once and referred to the Committee on Corporations, Authorities and Commissions -- advanced to a third reading, passed by Assembly and delivered to the Senate, recalled from the Senate, vote reconsidered, bill amended, ordered reprinted, retaining its place on the order of third reading AN ACT to amend the public authorities law, in relation to the appoint- ment of members of the Battery Park city authority The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Subdivision 1 of section 1973 of the public authorities 2 law, as amended by chapter 766 of the laws of 2005, is amended to read 3 as follows: 4 (1) There is hereby created the battery park city authority which 5 shall be a body corporate and politic, constituting a public benefit 6 corporation. Its membership shall consist of seven members to be 7 appointed by the governor with the advice and consent of the senate. One 8 of the members first appointed shall serve for a term ending four years 9 from January first next succeeding his appointment; one of such members 10 shall serve for a term ending five years from such date; and one of such 11 members shall serve for a term ending six years from such date. 12 Provided, however, that two board members first appointed on or after 13 the effective date of [the] chapter seven hundred sixty-six of the laws 14 of two thousand five [which amended this subdivision] shall serve an 15 initial term of two years; provided further that two other board members 16 first appointed on or after the effective date of [the] chapter seven 17 hundred sixty-six of the laws of two thousand five [which amended this18subdivision] shall serve an initial term of four years. Their successors 19 shall serve for terms of six years each. Members shall continue in 20 office until their successors have been appointed and qualified and the 21 provisions of section thirty-nine of the public officers law shall 22 apply. In the event of a vacancy occurring in the office of a member by EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD00445-05-7A. 4002--A 2 1 death, resignation or otherwise, the governor shall appoint a successor 2 with the advice and consent of the senate to serve for the balance of 3 the unexpired term. After the effective date of the chapter of the laws 4 of two thousand seventeen that amended this subdivision, if the member- 5 ship of the corporation is such that less than two of the members are 6 residents of Battery Park city as described by the Battery Park project 7 area defined by subdivision five of section nineteen hundred seventy-two 8 of this title, any appointments made shall be residents of Battery Park 9 city. Appointments shall continue in such a manner until two of the 10 members of the corporation are residents of Battery Park city. There- 11 after, two of the corporation's members shall be residents of Battery 12 Park city. 13 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.