Bill Text: NY S01550 | 2013-2014 | General Assembly | Introduced

New York Senate Bill 1550 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Bill Title: Provides that municipal housing authorities in cities having a population of one million or more shall be subject to the review and regulation of the authorities budget office.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 4-0)

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2014-06-19 - referred to corporations, authorities and commissions [S01550 Detail]

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         1550
                              2013-2014 Regular Sessions
                                   I N  S E N A T E
                                      (PREFILED)
                                    January 9, 2013
                                      ___________
       Introduced  by  Sen. PERKINS -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
         printed to be committed to the Committee on Corporations,  Authorities
         and Commissions
       AN ACT to amend the public authorities law, in relation to making munic-
         ipal  housing  authorities subject to the review and regulation of the
         authorities budget office; and to repeal section 7 of chapter  913  of
         the  laws of 1957 amending the public housing law relating to incorpo-
         rating certain provisions  of  the  public  authorities  law  therein,
         relating  to  exempting  municipal housing authorities from the public
         authorities law
         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 2 of the public authorities law,
    2  as amended by chapter 257 of the laws of 2011, is  amended  to  read  as
    3  follows:
    4    2. "local authority" shall mean (a) a public authority or public bene-
    5  fit  corporation  created by or existing under this chapter or any other
    6  law of the state of New York whose members do not hold a civil office of
    7  the state, are not appointed by the governor or  are  appointed  by  the
    8  governor specifically upon the recommendation of the local government or
    9  governments; (b) a not-for-profit corporation affiliated with, sponsored
   10  by,  or  created  by  a  county, city, town or village government; (c) a
   11  local industrial developmental agency or authority or other local public
   12  benefit corporation; (d) an affiliate of such local authority; [or]  (e)
   13  a  land bank corporation created pursuant to article sixteen of the not-
   14  for-profit corporation law; OR (F) ANY MUNICIPAL HOUSING AUTHORITY.
   15    S 2. Section 7 of chapter 913 of the laws of 1957 amending the  public
   16  housing  law  relating to incorporating certain provisions of the public
   17  authorities law therein is REPEALED.
   18    S 3. 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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