Assembly Bill A2671

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                  2671

                       2011-2012 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                            January 19, 2011
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Introduced  by M. of A. SCHROEDER, JAFFEE, COOK -- Multi-Sponsored by --
  M. of A. BARCLAY, BURLING, FINCH, KOLB, P. LOPEZ, MAGEE, MAISEL, MOLI-
  NARO -- read once and  referred  to  the  Committee  on  Corporations,
  Authorities and Commissions

AN ACT to create a temporary state commission to provide for the dissol-
  ution  of the New York state thruway authority and the reassignment of
  the powers, obligations and duties thereof;  abolishes  the  New  York
  state  thruway  authority;  and  providing  for  the repeal of certain
  provisions upon expiration thereof

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

  Section  1. A temporary state commission on the dissolution of the New
York state thruway authority, hereinafter referred to as the commission,
is hereby created to develop and propose legislation  to  implement  the
abolishment of the New York state thruway authority and recommending the
appropriate  state  and  local agencies or offices to assume the various
responsibilities and obligations of such authority.
  S 2. The commission shall consist of fifteen members to  be  appointed
as follows: seven members to be appointed by the governor; three members
to  be appointed by the temporary president of the senate; three members
to be appointed by the  speaker  of  the  assembly;  one  member  to  be
appointed  by the minority leader of the senate; and one to be appointed
by the minority leader of the assembly.  A chair of the commission shall
be appointed by the governor from among his appointees. Vacancies  shall
be filled in the same manner as the original appointments.
  S  3.  The members of the commission shall receive no compensation for
their services, but shall be allowed their actual and necessary expenses
incurred in the performance of their duties hereunder.
  S 4. To the maximum extent feasible, the commission shall be  entitled
to  request  and  receive  and  shall  utilize and be provided with such
facilities, resources, and data  of  any  department,  division,  board,

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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bureau,  commission, or agency of the state or any political subdivision
thereof as it deems necessary or desirable to  carry  out  properly  its
powers and duties hereunder.
  S 5. Once the commission has been established, the chairman of the New
York  state  thruway  authority shall submit a letter to such commission
justifying the existence of such authority.
  S 6. The commission shall submit its findings and recommendations  for
legislation  and  transfer  of the powers, obligations and duties of the
New York state thruway authority in a report to the governor, the tempo-
rary president of the senate, and the speaker of the assembly not  later
than April 1, 2012.
  S  7.  The New York state thruway authority, as constituted by title 9
of article 2 of the public authorities law is hereby abolished  and  the
powers, functions, obligations and duties of such entity shall be trans-
ferred,  assumed or eliminated pursuant to the recommendations set forth
in the report of the commission submitted in accordance with section six
of this act.
  S 8. This act shall take effect immediately; provided that the members
of the commission created by this act shall be appointed  within  thirty
days  of  such  effective date; and provided, further, that sections one
through six of this act shall remain in effect until one hundred  twenty
days  after the commission submits the report required by section six of
this act, at which time sections one  through  six  of  this  act  shall
expire  and be deemed repealed; and provided, further that section seven
of this act shall take effect  December  31,  2012  and  the  amendment,
enactment  or  repeal  of  any  laws,  rules or regulations necessary to
effectuate the provisions of such section seven  are  authorized  to  be
made before such date.