Senate Bill S5876

2009-2010 Legislative Session

Relates to the membership of the New York city water board; repealer

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Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Corporations, Authorities And Commissions Committee


  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2009-S5876 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A8943
Current Committee:
Senate Corporations, Authorities And Commissions
Law Section:
Public Authorities Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §1045-f, rpld & add sub 2, Pub Auth L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2011-2012: S1527, A3342
2013-2014: S1542

2009-S5876 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to the membership of the New York city water board.

2009-S5876 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2009-S5876 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                  5876

                       2009-2010 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                              June 15, 2009
                               ___________

Introduced  by  Sen. PERKINS -- 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  the  member-
  ship  of  the  New  York  city  water  board;  and  to  repeal certain
  provisions of such law relating thereto

  THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section  1.  Subdivision 2 of section 1045-f of the public authorities
law is REPEALED and a new subdivision 2 is added to read as follows:
  2. A. THE WATER BOARD SHALL CONSIST OF SEVEN MEMBERS TO BE  APPOINTED,
AS FOLLOWS:
  (I) FOUR MEMBERS APPOINTED BY THE MAYOR;
  (II) ONE MEMBER APPOINTED BY THE NEW YORK CITY COMPTROLLER;
  (III)  ONE MEMBER APPOINTED BY THE PUBLIC ADVOCATE FOR THE CITY OF NEW
YORK; AND
  (IV) ONE MEMBER APPOINTED BY THE SPEAKER OF THE NEW YORK CITY COUNCIL.
  B. TERMS OF OFFICE OF THE MEMBERS SHALL BE TWO  YEARS.  AT  LEAST  ONE
MEMBER  APPOINTED  BY  THE MAYOR SHALL HAVE EXPERIENCE IN THE SCIENCE OF
WATER RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT. NO MEMBER SHALL BE A DIRECTOR OF THE AUTHOR-
ITY. THE CHAIRMAN SHALL BE ELECTED BY MAJORITY VOTE OF  THE  MEMBERS  OF
THE BOARD. ALL MEMBERS SHALL CONTINUE TO HOLD OFFICE UNTIL THEIR SUCCES-
SORS  ARE  APPOINTED  AND  QUALIFIED.  VACANCIES  SHALL BE FILLED IN THE
MANNER PROVIDED FOR ORIGINAL APPOINTMENTS. VACANCIES,  OCCURRING  OTHER-
WISE  THAN  BY EXPIRATION OF TERM OF OFFICE, SHALL BE FILLED IN THE SAME
MANNER AS ORIGINAL APPOINTMENTS FOR THE UNEXPIRED TERMS.
  S 2. Subdivisions 3, 4, 5 and  7  of  section  1045-f  of  the  public
authorities  law,  as  added  by  chapter  513  of the laws of 1984, are
amended to read as follows:
  3. Each member of the water board shall be entitled  to  reimbursement
for his OR HER actual and necessary expenses incurred in the performance
of  his  OR  HER official duties and a per diem allowance of one hundred

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD14259-01-9
              

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