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Senate Bill S2926

2009-2010 Legislative Session

Appoints a Niagara county resident and St. Lawrence county resident to the power authority of the state of New York

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2009-S2926 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A920
Current Committee:
Senate Energy And Telecommunications
Law Section:
Public Authorities Law
Laws Affected:
Amd ยง1003, Pub Auth L

2009-S2926 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Appoints a Niagara county resident and St. Lawrence county resident to the power authority of the state of New York.

2009-S2926 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2009-S2926 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  2926

                       2009-2010 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                              March 6, 2009
                               ___________

Introduced by Sen. AUBERTINE -- 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
  Niagara county and 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  NIAGARA  COUNTY AND 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.
                                                           LBD01231-01-9

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