Bill Text: NY S04091 | 2017-2018 | General Assembly | Introduced

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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 1-0)

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2018-06-04 - referred to corporations, authorities and commissions [S04091 Detail]

Download: New_York-2017-S04091-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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            S. 4091                                                  A. 4595
                               2017-2018 Regular Sessions
                SENATE - ASSEMBLY
                                    February 3, 2017
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        IN SENATE -- Introduced by Sen. SANDERS -- read twice and ordered print-
          ed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Corporations,
          Authorities and Commissions
        IN  ASSEMBLY  --  Introduced by M. of A. CUSICK, SIMANOWITZ -- read once
          and referred to the Committee on Corporations, Authorities and Commis-
          sions
        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    § 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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