Bill Text: NY A07212 | 2011-2012 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relates to authorizing Otsego county to withdraw from the Montgomery, Otsego, Schoharie county solid waste management authority.

Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2011-06-16 - substituted by s4555a [A07212 Detail]

Download: New_York-2011-A07212-Introduced.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         7212
                              2011-2012 Regular Sessions
                                 I N  A S S E M B L Y
                                    April 19, 2011
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       Introduced  by  M.  of A. MAGEE, BUTLER -- read once and referred to the
         Committee on Corporations, Authorities and Commissions
       AN ACT to amend the public authorities law, in relation to the  Montgom-
         ery, Otsego, Schoharie county solid waste management authority
         THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section 1. Sections 2041-w and 2041-x of the  public  authorities  law
    2  are renumbered 2041-x and 2041-y, respectively, and a new section 2041-w
    3  is added to read as follows:
    4    S  2041-W.  WITHDRAWAL OF OTSEGO COUNTY. NOTWITHSTANDING ANY PROVISION
    5  OF LAW TO THE CONTRARY, OTSEGO COUNTY IS HEREBY AUTHORIZED TO  TERMINATE
    6  ITS  MEMBERSHIP  IN THE MONTGOMERY, OTSEGO, SCHOHARIE COUNTY SOLID WASTE
    7  MANAGEMENT AUTHORITY.
    8    SUCH TERMINATION SHALL BE EFFECTIVE UPON APPROVAL OF A RESOLUTION BY A
    9  MAJORITY OF THE DULY CONSTITUTED MEMBERSHIP OF THE OTSEGO  COUNTY  BOARD
   10  OF  REPRESENTATIVES,  FILED WITH THE AUTHORITY AND THE LEGISLATIVE BOARD
   11  CLERKS OF THE COMPONENT COUNTIES.  THE AUTHORITY AND OTSEGO COUNTY SHALL
   12  EXECUTE A PLAN FOR OTSEGO COUNTY'S ASSUMPTION OF  ITS  PROPORTIONAL  AND
   13  EQUITABLE  SHARE OF THE AUTHORITY'S ASSETS AND LIABILITIES. FOR PURPOSES
   14  OF THIS SECTION, "PROPORTIONAL AND EQUITABLE SHARE  OF  THE  AUTHORITY'S
   15  ASSETS AND LIABILITIES" SHALL BE BASED ON THE POPULATION OF OTSEGO COUN-
   16  TY  AS  COMPARED  TO  THE  TOTAL  POPULATION  OF THE THREE COUNTIES THAT
   17  CONSTITUTE THE AUTHORITY BASED ON THE TWO THOUSAND  TEN  CENSUS.  ASSETS
   18  SHALL  INCLUDE, BUT NOT BE LIMITED TO, THE AUTHORITY'S RESERVE AND OPER-
   19  ATING FUNDS AND RIGHTS TO THE USE OF ANY MONTGOMERY,  OTSEGO,  SCHOHARIE
   20  COUNTY  SOLID  WASTE  MANAGEMENT AUTHORITY OPERATED TRANSFER STATIONS IN
   21  OTSEGO COUNTY SUBJECT TO THE CONDITIONS HELD BY THE RESPECTIVE OWNERS OF
   22  THE PROPERTIES.
   23    S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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