Senate Bill S7223

2009-2010 Legislative Session

Relates to the membership of the Stewart airport commission

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  • 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-S7223 (ACTIVE) - Details

Law Section:
Transportation Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §401, Transp L

2009-S7223 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to the membership of the Stewart airport commission.

2009-S7223 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2009-S7223 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  7223

                            I N  S E N A T E

                             March 24, 2010
                               ___________

Introduced  by  Sen. DILAN -- (at request of the Governor) -- read twice
  and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee
  on Transportation

AN ACT to amend the transportation law, in relation to the membership of
  the Stewart airport commission

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

  Section  1. Subdivision 1 of section 401 of the transportation law, as
amended by chapter 55 of the  laws  of  1992,  is  amended  to  read  as
follows:
  1. Upon assumption by the department of transportation of jurisdiction
over  the airport facility and surrounding area located in the county of
Orange, known as Stewart airport, there shall  thereupon  be  created  a
Stewart airport commission.  This commission will be an advisory council
to the commissioner with respect to administration and management of the
Stewart  airport  facilities  and  its surrounding areas with respect to
projects to be undertaken and operations and management of  the  facili-
ties at such airport. The commission shall be composed of ten members of
which  six  must be residents of Orange county, two must be residents of
Dutchess county and two residents from Ulster county. By virtue of their
offices, the commissioner of transportation or the commissioner's desig-
nee, the Orange county executive, the Dutchess county executive and  the
[chairperson  of  the Ulster county legislature] ULSTER COUNTY EXECUTIVE
shall be ex officio members  of  the  commission.  The  members  of  the
commission  shall  be  appointed  by  the  governor  with the advice and
consent of the senate and, except for  the  initial  appointment  terms,
shall  serve for a term of four years.  However, two of the appointments
must be from a list submitted by the temporary  president  and  majority
leader  of  the  senate,  and  two  must be from a list submitted by the
speaker of the assembly. Initial  appointments  shall  be  to  staggered
terms  with  three of the nominees of the governor being made to initial
one-year terms and the other three nominees to initial four-year  terms,
the members nominated by the speaker of the assembly to initial two-year
and  three-year  terms,  respectively,  and the members nominated by the

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

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