S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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I N A S S E M B L Y
May 18, 2012
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Introduced by M. of A. LIFTON -- read once and referred to the Committee
on Housing
AN ACT to amend the public housing law, in relation to increasing the
amount of members of the town of Lansing Housing Authority
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Section 547 of the public housing law, as added by chapter
570 of the laws of 1977, is amended to read as follows:
S 547. Town of Lansing Housing Authority. A municipal housing author-
ity, to be known as the Town of Lansing Housing Authority, is hereby
created and established for the Town of Lansing in the county of Tomp-
kins for the accomplishment of any or all of the purposes specified in
article eighteen of the constitution of the state of New York. It shall
constitute a body corporate and politic, be perpetual in duration and
consist of [five] SEVEN members. It shall have the powers and duties now
or hereafter conferred by this chapter upon municipal housing authori-
ties. It shall be organized in the manner prescribed by and subject to
the provisions of this chapter, and the authority, its members, officers
and employees and its operations and activities shall in all respects be
governed by the provisions of this chapter.
S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
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