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Assembly Bill A8701

2009-2010 Legislative Session

Adds the president of NYSERDA and the commissioner of economic development to the New York state foundation for science, technology and innovation board

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2009-A8701 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Corporations, Authorities And Commissions
Law Section:
Public Authorities Law
Laws Affected:
Amd ยง3151, Pub Auth L
Versions Introduced in 2011-2012 Legislative Session:
A3459

2009-A8701 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Adds the president of NYSERDA and the commissioner of economic development to the New York state foundation for science, technology and innovation board and removes the executive director from such board; decreases the amount of appointed members from five and three to four and two.

2009-A8701 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2009-A8701 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  8701

                       2009-2010 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                              June 4, 2009
                               ___________

Introduced  by  M. of A. DelMONTE, SCHIMMINGER -- read once and referred
  to the Committee on Corporations, Authorities and Commissions

AN ACT to amend the public authorities law, in relation  to  adding  the
  president  of  NYSERDA and the commissioner of economic development to
  the New York state foundation for science, technology  and  innovation
  board and removes the executive director from such board

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

  Section 1. Subdivision 3 of section 3151  of  the  public  authorities
law,  as  amended  by  section 1 of part CC of chapter 59 of the laws of
2006, is amended to read as follows:
  3. Membership. The  voting  members  of  the  foundation  board  shall
consist of: the [executive director of the New York state foundation for
science,  technology  and  innovation]  PRESIDENT  OF THE NEW YORK STATE
ENERGY RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY, OR HIS OR  HER  DESIGNEE  AND
THE  COMMISSIONER  OF  ECONOMIC  DEVELOPMENT, OR HIS OR HER DESIGNEE who
shall be [a] permanent [member] MEMBERS of the foundation  board,  seven
members  from  the private sector, two of whom shall be appointed by the
temporary president of the senate, two of whom shall be appointed by the
speaker of the assembly, and three of whom shall  be  appointed  by  the
governor  with  the  advice and consent of the senate, provided that all
seven members are employed within the private sector throughout the time
of their appointment to  the  foundation  board.    The  private  sector
members shall demonstrate leadership and expertise and be broadly repre-
sentative  across  different  business  sectors  of  the state and shall
include, but not be limited to representatives of the  industrial  tech-
nology  research  and development sector, small business high technology
sector; minority and women business  enterprises,  the  venture  capital
industry;  [five]  FOUR additional members shall be appointed from among
the academic, government, and workforce development sectors, [three] TWO
of whom shall be appointed by the governor, with the advice and  consent

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD14051-02-9

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