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Senate Bill S7691

2009-2010 Legislative Session

Requires one trustee of the New York Power Authority be a resident of St. Lawrence county

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2009-S7691 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Energy And Telecommunications
Law Section:
Public Authorities Law
Laws Affected:
Amd ยง1003, Pub Auth L

2009-S7691 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires one trustee of the New York Power Authority be a resident of St. Lawrence county.

2009-S7691 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2009-S7691 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  7691

                            I N  S E N A T E

                               May 3, 2010
                               ___________

Introduced  by  Sen.  GRIFFO -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
  printed to be committed to the Committee on  Energy  and  Telecommuni-
  cations

AN  ACT to amend the public authorities law, in relation to appointing a
  St. Lawrence county resident to the power authority of  the  state  of
  New York

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

  Section 1. The opening paragraph of section 1003 of the public author-
ities law, as amended by chapter 766 of the laws of 2005, is amended  to
read as follows:
  The  authority  shall  consist  of  seven trustees, five of whom shall
serve respectively for terms of one, two, three, four and five years, to
be appointed by the governor, by and with the advice and consent of  the
senate.  The sixth and seventh trustees shall be appointed by the gover-
nor, by and with the advice and consent of the senate, and  shall  serve
initial terms of one and two years respectively.  ONE TRUSTEE SHALL BE A
RESIDENT  OF ST. LAWRENCE COUNTY. Each trustee shall hold office until a
successor has been appointed and qualified. At  the  expiration  of  the
term  of each trustee and of each succeeding trustee the governor shall,
by and with the advice and consent of the senate, appoint  a  successor,
who shall hold office for a term of five years, or until a successor has
been appointed and qualified. In the event of a vacancy occurring in the
office  of  the trustee by death, resignation or otherwise, the governor
shall, by and with the advice and  consent  of  the  senate,  appoint  a
successor,  who  shall hold office for the unexpired term. Four trustees
shall constitute a quorum for the purpose of  organizing  the  authority
and conducting the business thereof.
  S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.


 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD17067-02-0

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