Bill Text: NY S07655 | 2023-2024 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Repeals the requirement that the senate vote to confirm the appointment of certain chief executive officers within a certain time period; amends certain provisions of law relating thereto.

Spectrum: Strong Partisan Bill (Democrat 12-1)

Status: (Engrossed) 2024-06-05 - referred to corporations, authorities and commissions [S07655 Detail]

Download: New_York-2023-S07655-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          7655

                               2023-2024 Regular Sessions

                    IN SENATE

                                   September 13, 2023
                                       ___________

        Introduced  by Sens. SALAZAR, COMRIE, BRISPORT, CLEARE, GIANARIS, GONZA-
          LEZ, JACKSON, KRUEGER, LIU, MAY, MAYER,  SKOUFIS  --  read  twice  and
          ordered  printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on
          Rules

        AN ACT to amend the  public  authorities  law,  in  relation  to  senate
          confirmation  of  certain  chief  executive  officers;  and  to repeal
          section 2852 of the public authorities law relating thereto

          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:

     1    Section 1. Section 2852 of the public authorities law is REPEALED.
     2    §  2.  Subdivision  6 of section 354 of the public authorities law, as
     3  amended by section 2 of part TT of chapter 54 of the laws  of  2016,  is
     4  amended to read as follows:
     5    6.  To  appoint  officers,  agents and employees and fix their compen-
     6  sation, provided, however, that the appointment of the executive  direc-
     7  tor  shall  be subject to confirmation by the senate [in accordance with
     8  section twenty-eight hundred fifty-two of this chapter]; subject however
     9  to the provisions of the civil service law, which  shall  apply  to  the
    10  authority as a municipal corporation other than a city;
    11    § 3. Section 1004 of the public authorities law, as amended by chapter
    12  506 of the laws of 2009, is amended to read as follows:
    13    §  1004.  Officers  and employees; expenses. The trustees shall choose
    14  from among their own number a chairman  and  vice-chairman.  They  shall
    15  select  such officers and employees, including a chief executive officer
    16  whose appointment shall be subject to confirmation  by  the  senate  [in
    17  accordance with section twenty-eight hundred fifty-two of this chapter],
    18  and  such  engineering,  marketing  and legal officers and employees, as
    19  they may require for the performance of their duties and shall prescribe
    20  the duties and compensation of each officer  and  employee.  They  shall
    21  adopt by-laws and rules and regulations suitable to the purposes of this
    22  title. As long as and to the extent that the authority is dependent upon

         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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     1  appropriations  for the payment of its expenses, it shall incur no obli-
     2  gations for salary, office or other expenses  prior  to  the  making  of
     3  appropriations adequate to meet the same.
     4    §  4.  Subdivision 5 of section 1678 of the public authorities law, as
     5  amended by chapter 506 of the laws  of  2009,  is  amended  to  read  as
     6  follows:
     7    5.  To  appoint  officers,  agents and employees and fix their compen-
     8  sation, provided, however, that the appointment of the executive  direc-
     9  tor  shall  be subject to confirmation by the senate [in accordance with
    10  section twenty-eight hundred fifty-two of this chapter];
    11    § 5. This act shall take effect immediately.