Bill Text: NY S06645 | 2011-2012 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Imposes a residency requirement for public members to the board of directors of the Roosevelt Island operating corporation.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2012-03-07 - REFERRED TO CORPORATIONS, AUTHORITIES AND COMMISSIONS [S06645 Detail]
Download: New_York-2011-S06645-Introduced.html
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 6645 I N S E N A T E March 7, 2012 ___________ Introduced by Sen. SERRANO -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Corporations, Authorities and Commissions AN ACT to amend chapter 899 of the laws of 1984, relating to creating a public benefit corporation to plan, develop, operate and maintain Roosevelt Island, in relation to imposing a residency requirement for members 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 3 of chapter 899 of the laws of 2 1984, relating to creating a public benefit corporation to plan, devel- 3 op, operate and maintain Roosevelt Island, as amended by chapter 766 of 4 the laws of 2005, is amended to read as follows: 5 2. The board of directors of the corporation shall be composed of nine 6 members. One member shall be the commissioner, who shall serve as the 7 chair; one member shall be the director of the budget; and seven public 8 members shall be RESIDENTS OF ROOSEVELT ISLAND WHO SHALL BE appointed by 9 the governor with the advice and consent of the senate. Of the seven 10 public members, two members[, one of whom shall be a resident of Roose- 11 velt Island,] shall be appointed upon the recommendation of the mayor of 12 the city[; and four additional members shall be residents of Roosevelt 13 Island]. FOR PURPOSES OF THIS SUBDIVISION, "RESIDENT" SHALL MEAN A 14 PERSON OVER THE AGE OF EIGHTEEN RESIDING ON ROOSEVELT ISLAND FOR A PERI- 15 OD OF NOT LESS THAN ONE YEAR. Each member shall serve for a term of four 16 years and until his or her successor shall have been appointed and shall 17 have qualified, except that [(a) two of the initial public members 18 appointed by the governor, one of whom is a resident of Roosevelt 19 Island, and the Roosevelt Island resident member appointed upon the 20 recommendation of the mayor of the city shall serve for terms of two 21 years each, and (b)] the commissioner and the director of the budget 22 shall serve so long as they continue to hold their respective offices. 23 Any action taken by the directors of the corporation shall be taken by 24 majority vote of the directors then in office. The elected public offi- 25 cials who represent Roosevelt Island shall be representatives to the EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD14847-02-2 S. 6645 2 1 board of directors of the corporation entitled to receive notice of and 2 attend all meetings of such board but shall not be entitled to vote. 3 Failure to give such notice shall not [effect] AFFECT the validity of 4 any action taken at a meeting of such board. 5 S 2. This act shall take effect immediately and shall apply to the 6 appointment of public members to the board of directors of the Roosevelt 7 Island operating corporation on or after such date.