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Assembly Bill A9521

2011-2012 Legislative Session

Imposes a residency requirement for public members to the board of directors of the Roosevelt Island operating corporation

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2011-A9521 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S6645
Current Committee:
Assembly Corporations, Authorities And Commissions
Law Section:
Public Corporations
Laws Affected:
Amd ยง3, Chap 899 of 1984

2011-A9521 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Imposes a residency requirement for public members to the board of directors of the Roosevelt Island operating corporation.

2011-A9521 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  9521

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                              March 7, 2012
                               ___________

Introduced  by M. of A. KELLNER -- read once and referred to the Commit-
  tee on Corporations, Authorities and Commissions

AN ACT to amend chapter 899 of the laws of 1984, relating to creating  a
  public  benefit  corporation  to  plan,  develop, operate and maintain
  Roosevelt Island, in relation to imposing a residency requirement  for
  members

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

  Section 1. Subdivision 2 of section 3 of chapter 899 of  the  laws  of
1984,  relating to creating a public benefit corporation to plan, devel-
op, operate and maintain Roosevelt Island, as amended by chapter 766  of
the laws of 2005, is amended to read as follows:
  2. The board of directors of the corporation shall be composed of nine
members.  One  member  shall be the commissioner, who shall serve as the
chair; one member shall be the director of the budget; and seven  public
members shall be RESIDENTS OF ROOSEVELT ISLAND WHO SHALL BE appointed by
the  governor  with  the  advice and consent of the senate. Of the seven
public members, two members[, one of whom shall be a resident of  Roose-
velt Island,] shall be appointed upon the recommendation of the mayor of
the  city[;  and four additional members shall be residents of Roosevelt
Island].   FOR PURPOSES OF THIS SUBDIVISION,  "RESIDENT"  SHALL  MEAN  A
PERSON OVER THE AGE OF EIGHTEEN RESIDING ON ROOSEVELT ISLAND FOR A PERI-
OD OF NOT LESS THAN ONE YEAR. Each member shall serve for a term of four
years and until his or her successor shall have been appointed and shall
have  qualified,  except  that  [(a)  two  of the initial public members
appointed by the governor, one  of  whom  is  a  resident  of  Roosevelt
Island,  and  the  Roosevelt  Island  resident member appointed upon the
recommendation of the mayor of the city shall serve  for  terms  of  two
years  each,  and  (b)]  the commissioner and the director of the budget
shall serve so long as they continue to hold their  respective  offices.
Any  action  taken by the directors of the corporation shall be taken by
majority vote of the directors then in office. The elected public  offi-
cials  who  represent  Roosevelt  Island shall be representatives to the
board of directors of the corporation entitled to receive notice of  and

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

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