Bill Text: NY A10164 | 2009-2010 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Makes the mayor the administrative head and executive secretary of the Schenectady urban renewal agency instead of the city manager.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Passed) 2010-08-13 - signed chap.355 [A10164 Detail]

Download: New_York-2009-A10164-Introduced.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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           S. 7037                                                 A. 10164
                             S E N A T E - A S S E M B L Y
                                     March 9, 2010
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       IN  SENATE -- Introduced by Sen. FARLEY -- read twice and ordered print-
         ed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Local Govern-
         ment
       IN ASSEMBLY -- Introduced by M. of A. AMEDORE -- read once and  referred
         to the Committee on Local Governments
       AN  ACT  to  amend  the  general  municipal law, in relation to amending
         certain references to the city manager
         THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section 1. Section 668 of the general municipal law, as added by chap-
    2  ter 339 of the laws of 1968, is amended to read as follows:
    3    S  668.  Schenectady urban renewal agency. An urban renewal agency, to
    4  be known as the Schenectady urban renewal agency, is hereby  established
    5  for  the accomplishment of any or all of the purposes specified in arti-
    6  cles fifteen and fifteen-A of this chapter and in accordance with  arti-
    7  cle  eighteen  of  the  constitution  of the state of New York. It shall
    8  constitute a body corporate and politic and be perpetual in duration and
    9  consist of the members of the city council and mayor who shall be chair-
   10  man. The [city manager] MAYOR shall be its administrative head and exec-
   11  utive secretary.  It shall have the powers and duties now  or  hereafter
   12  conferred  by  article  fifteen-A  of  this chapter upon municipal urban
   13  renewal agencies.  It shall be organized in the manner prescribed by and
   14  be subject to the provisions of article fifteen-A of the general munici-
   15  pal law and the agency, its members,  officers  and  employees  and  its
   16  operations  and  activities  shall  in  all  respects be governed by the
   17  provisions of such article.
   18    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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