Bill Text: NY S06969 | 2013-2014 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relates to the membership of the New York state energy research and development authority.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Passed) 2014-07-22 - SIGNED CHAP.156 [S06969 Detail]

Download: New_York-2013-S06969-Introduced.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         6969
                                   I N  S E N A T E
                                     April 9, 2014
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       Introduced  by Sen. MAZIARZ -- (at request of the Energy Research Devel-
         opment Authority) -- read twice and ordered printed, and when  printed
         to be committed to the Committee on Energy and Telecommunications
       AN  ACT  to amend the public authorities law, in relation to the member-
         ship of the New York state energy research and development authority
         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 1852 of the public authorities
    2  law, as amended by chapter 83 of the laws of 1995, is amended to read as
    3  follows:
    4    2. The membership of the authority shall consist of thirteen  members,
    5  to  be as follows: the commissioner of the department of transportation,
    6  the commissioner of the department of  environmental  conservation,  the
    7  chair  of the public service commission, the [chair] PRESIDENT AND CHIEF
    8  EXECUTIVE OFFICER of the power authority of the State of New  York,  all
    9  of whom shall serve ex-officio; and nine members appointed by the gover-
   10  nor  by and with the advice and consent of the senate; one of whom shall
   11  be an engineer or a research scientist with a  degree  in  the  physical
   12  sciences or engineering who has not been employed in the nuclear fission
   13  field  for three years preceding the appointment and who shall not be so
   14  employed during his or her term; one of whom shall be an  economist  who
   15  shall not have received more than one-tenth of his or her income from an
   16  electric  utility  or gas utility for three years preceding the appoint-
   17  ment and who shall not so derive more  than  one-tenth  of  his  or  her
   18  income during such term; one of whom who shall be a member of a not-for-
   19  profit  environmental group; one of whom shall be a member of a not-for-
   20  profit consumer group; one of whom who shall be an officer of a  utility
   21  primarily  engaged  in the distribution of gas; and one OF whom shall be
   22  an officer of an electric utility.  The  governor  shall  designate  the
   23  chair.  Of  the  nine  members  appointed  by the governor, two shall be
   24  appointed for terms expiring  April  first,  nineteen  hundred  seventy-
   25  eight,  two for terms expiring April first, nineteen hundred eighty, two
   26  for terms expiring April first, nineteen hundred eighty-one,  and  three
   27  for  terms  expiring  April  first, nineteen hundred eighty-two. Persons
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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    1  appointed by the governor for full terms as successors to  such  members
    2  shall serve for terms of six years each commencing as of April first. In
    3  the  event  of  a  vacancy occurring in the office of a member by death,
    4  resignation or otherwise, the governor shall appoint a successor, by and
    5  with  the  advice and consent of the senate, to serve the balance of the
    6  unexpired term.
    7    S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.