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Senate Bill S208
2011-2012 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(R) Senate District
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Energy And Telecommunications Committee
- Introduced
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- In Committee Assembly
- In Committee Senate
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- On Floor Calendar Assembly
- On Floor Calendar Senate
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- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
- Delivered to Governor
- Signed By Governor
Actions
co-Sponsors
(D, WF) Senate District
2011-S208 (ACTIVE) - Details
2011-S208 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER:S208 TITLE OF BILL: An act to amend the public authorities law, in relation to providing veto power to the governor over acts of the power authority of the state of New York PURPOSE: Provides veto power to the governor over acts of the Power Authority of the state of New York SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS: Adds Section 1003-a to the Public Authorities Law to read as follows: Power of Authority to be approved or vetoed by governor. The exercise of the veto power of the governor over any action of the authority is hereby granted. The governor may within ten days veto any action taken by the authority. If the governor shall not veto such action of the authority within such 10 day period, then at the expiration thereof, such action shall have full force and effect. JUSTIFICATION: The Legislature has an obligation to ensure that fiscal decisions made by the political subdivisions, agencies or authorities of state government have been reviewed and are deemed to be in the best interest of the public. This is particularly important in cases where the decision-makers are unelected and therefore unaccountable to the citizens of New York. In light of a series of recent decisions made by the Board of Trustees of the New York Power Authority, the Legislature recognizes that
2011-S208 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 208 2011-2012 Regular Sessions I N S E N A T E (PREFILED) January 5, 2011 ___________ Introduced by Sen. MAZIARZ -- 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 providing veto power to the governor over acts of 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 public authorities law is amended by adding a new section 1003-a to read as follows: S 1003-A. POWER OF AUTHORITY TO BE APPROVED OR VETOED BY GOVERNOR. THE EXERCISE OF THE VETO POWER OF THE GOVERNOR OVER ANY ACTION OF THE AUTHORITY IS HEREBY GRANTED. THE GOVERNOR MAY, WITHIN TEN DAYS VETO ANY ACTION TAKEN BY THE AUTHOR- ITY. IF THE GOVERNOR SHALL NOT VETO SUCH ACTION OF THE AUTHORITY WITHIN SUCH TEN DAY PERIOD, THEN AT THE EXPIRATION THEREOF, SUCH ACTION SHALL HAVE FULL FORCE AND EFFECT. S 2. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD01681-01-1
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