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Assembly Bill A2384

2009-2010 Legislative Session

Alters membership of industrial development agencies

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2009-A2384 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Local Governments
Law Section:
General Municipal Law
Laws Affected:
Amd ยง856, Gen Muni L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2011-2012: A818
2013-2014: A45
2015-2016: A492
2017-2018: A174
2019-2020: A3449

2009-A2384 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Increases the minimum number of members of an industrial development agency's board of directors from three to four; provides that the board must include representatives of labor, business, local government and local school boards.

2009-A2384 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  2384

                       2009-2010 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                            January 15, 2009
                               ___________

Introduced by M. of A. GANTT -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. CHRISTEN-
  SEN -- read once and referred to the Committee on Local Governments

AN  ACT  to  amend  the general municipal law, in relation to industrial
  development agencies

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

  Section 1.  Subdivision 2 of section 856 of the general municipal law,
as  amended  by  chapter  356 of the laws of 1993, is amended to read as
follows:
  2. An agency shall be a corporate governmental agency, constituting  a
public  benefit corporation. Except as otherwise provided by special act
of the legislature, an agency shall consist of not less than [three  nor
more  than  seven]  FOUR members who shall be appointed by the governing
body of each municipality and who shall serve at  the  pleasure  of  the
appointing  authority.  Such members [may] SHALL include representatives
of local government, school boards,  organized  labor  and  business.  A
member  shall  continue  to  hold  office  until  [his]  A  successor is
appointed and has qualified. The governing  body  of  each  municipality
shall  designate the first chairman and file with the secretary of state
a certificate of  appointment  or  reappointment  of  any  member.  Such
members  shall  receive  no compensation for their services but shall be
entitled  to  the  necessary  expenses,  including  traveling  expenses,
incurred in the discharge of their duties.
  S  2.  This act shall take effect one year next succeeding the date on
which it shall have become a law.



 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD05629-01-9

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