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Assembly Bill A231

2011-2012 Legislative Session

Relates to the commissioners of the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey

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2011-A231 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Corporations, Authorities And Commissions
Law Section:
Port Authority of New York and New Jersey
Laws Affected:
Amd Art 4 ยง1, Chap 154 of 1921
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2009-2010: A713
2013-2014: A1189
2015-2016: A1379

2011-A231 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to the commissioners of the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey; requires that at least one of whom shall be a resident voter from either the county of Dutchess, Orange, Sullivan or Ulster.

2011-A231 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                   231

                       2011-2012 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                               (PREFILED)

                             January 5, 2011
                               ___________

Introduced  by M. of A. CAHILL, GUNTHER -- read once and referred to the
  Committee on Corporations, Authorities and Commissions

AN ACT to amend chapter 154 of the laws of 1921, relating  to  the  port
  authority of New York and New Jersey, in relation to the commissioners
  of such authority

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

  Section 1. Article 4 of section 1 of chapter 154 of the laws of  1921,
relating to the port authority of New York and New Jersey, as amended by
chapter 419 of the laws of 1930, is amended to read as follows:
                               ARTICLE IV
  The port authority shall consist of twelve commissioners, six resident
voters  from the state of New York, at least four of whom shall be resi-
dent voters of the city of New York AND AT LEAST ONE OF WHOM SHALL BE  A
RESIDENT  VOTER  FROM EITHER THE COUNTY OF DUTCHESS, ORANGE, SULLIVAN OR
ULSTER, and six resident voters from the state of New Jersey,  at  least
four  of  whom shall be resident voters within the New Jersey portion of
the district, the New York members to be chosen by the state of New York
and the New Jersey members by the state of New Jersey in the manner  and
for  the terms fixed and determined from time to time by the legislature
of each state respectively, except as herein provided. Each commissioner
may be removed or suspended from office as provided by the  law  of  the
state from which he shall be appointed.
  S  2.  This  act  shall take effect upon the enactment into law by the
state of New Jersey of legislation having an identical effect with  this
act,  but  if  the  state  of New Jersey shall have already enacted such
legislation, this act shall take effect immediately; provided  that  the
state  of  New Jersey shall notify the legislative bill drafting commis-
sion upon the occurrence of the enactment of  the  legislation  provided
for in section one of this act in order that the commission may maintain

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

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