Bill Text: NY A07197 | 2015-2016 | General Assembly | Introduced

---

Bill Title: Amends the membership of the New York city water board to include the five borough presidents, the mayor or a public member appointed by the mayor and a public member appointed by the governor who has experience in the science of water resource development.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2016-01-06 - referred to corporations, authorities and commissions [A07197 Detail]

Download: New_York-2015-A07197-Introduced.html

---

                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
       ________________________________________________________________________
                                         7197
                              2015-2016 Regular Sessions
                                 I N  A S S E M B L Y
                                    April 28, 2015
                                      ___________
       Introduced  by  M. of A. CUSICK, SIMANOWITZ -- read once and referred to
         the Committee on Corporations, Authorities and Commissions
       AN ACT to amend the public authorities law, in relation to  the  member-
         ship of the board of directors of the New York city water board
         THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section 1. Subdivision 2 of section 1045-f of the  public  authorities
    2  law,  as added by chapter 513 of the laws of 1984, is amended to read as
    3  follows:
    4    2. The water board shall consist of seven members  [appointed  by  the
    5  mayor]  AS FOLLOWS: THE BOROUGH PRESIDENT OF EACH BOROUGH OF THE CITY OF
    6  NEW  YORK,  THE  MAYOR  OR  A PUBLIC MEMBER APPOINTED BY THE MAYOR AND A
    7  PUBLIC MEMBER APPOINTED BY  THE  GOVERNOR  WHO  HAS  EXPERIENCE  IN  THE
    8  SCIENCE  OF  WATER RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT.  Terms of office of the members
    9  shall be two years except that the terms of four of  the  board  members
   10  first appointed shall be one year. [At least one member shall have expe-
   11  rience in the science of water resource development.] No member shall be
   12  a  director  of the authority.   The mayor shall appoint a chairman from
   13  among the members of the board.   All members  shall  continue  to  hold
   14  office  until  their  successors  are appointed and qualified. Vacancies
   15  shall be filled in the manner provided for original appointments. Vacan-
   16  cies, occurring otherwise than by expiration of term of office, shall be
   17  filled in the same manner as original  appointments  for  the  unexpired
   18  terms.
   19    S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                  LBD08811-01-5