Assembly Bill A3290

2011-2012 Legislative Session

Relates to the manner in which members of the New York state energy research and development authority shall be appointed

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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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2011-A3290 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Corporations, Authorities And Commissions
Law Section:
Public Authorities Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §1852, Pub Auth L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2009-2010: A4676
2013-2014: A5384
2015-2016: A3395
2017-2018: A6008

2011-A3290 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to the manner in which members of the New York state energy research and development authority shall be appointed; reduces Governor's appointments by three.

2011-A3290 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  3290

                       2011-2012 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                            January 24, 2011
                               ___________

Introduced by M. of A. BRENNAN, COLTON, PHEFFER -- Multi-Sponsored by --
  M.  of  A. CLARK, GABRYSZAK, GLICK, GOTTFRIED, HOOPER, JACOBS, SWEENEY
  -- read once and referred to the Committee  on  Consumer  Affairs  and
  Protection

AN ACT to amend the public authorities law, in relation to the manner in
  which  the  members of the New York state energy research and develop-
  ment authority shall be appointed

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

  Section  1.  Subdivision  2  of section 1852 of the public authorities
law, as amended by chapter 83 of the laws of 1995, is amended to read as
follows:
  2. The membership of the authority shall consist of thirteen  members,
to  be as follows: the commissioner of the department of transportation,
the commissioner of the department of  environmental  conservation,  the
chair of the public service commission, the chair of the power authority
of the State of New York, all of whom shall serve ex-officio; and [nine]
SIX members appointed by the governor by and with the advice and consent
of the senate[; one of whom shall be an engineer or a research scientist
with  a  degree in the physical sciences or engineering who has not been
employed in the nuclear fission field  for  three  years  preceding  the
appointment and who shall not be so employed during his or her term; one
of  whom  shall  be  an  economist who shall not have received more than
one-tenth of his or her income from an electric utility or  gas  utility
for  three  years  preceding the appointment and who shall not so derive
more than one-tenth of his or her income during such term; one  of  whom
who  shall  be  a member of a not-for-profit environmental group; one of
whom shall be a member of a not-for-profit consumer group; one  of  whom
who  shall  be an officer of a utility primarily engaged in the distrib-
ution of gas; and one whom shall be an officer of an electric utility.],
ONE MEMBER APPOINTED BY THE COMPTROLLER, ONE  MEMBER  APPOINTED  BY  THE

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD06023-01-1

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