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Senate Bill S2336
2011-2012 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(D, WF) Senate District
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Local Government 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
2011-S2336 (ACTIVE) - Details
- See Assembly Version of this Bill:
- A3244
- Current Committee:
- Senate Local Government
- Law Section:
- Westchester County
- Laws Affected:
- Amd ยง3, Chap 654 of 1927
- Versions Introduced in 2009-2010 Legislative Session:
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S3071, A6527
2011-S2336 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER:S2336 TITLE OF BILL: An act to amend chapter 654 of the laws of 1927, relating to joint water works systems, in relation to compensation paid to members of the board of trustees of the Westchester joint water works PURPOSE: To allow the Westchester Joint Water Works, a non-profit utility, the authority to increase the per meeting compensation of the members of the Board of Trustees. SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS: Section 1 amends Subdivision 7 of section 3 of chapter 654 of the laws of 1927, as amended by chapter 232 of the laws of 2006, raising the limit of trustee compensation up to $200 per meeting. JUSTIFICATION: The members of the Board of Trustees had not had an increase in compensation for over 15 years, prior to 2006; a slight increase was authorized from the prior per meeting amount ($60), but the complexity of running the utility has added a significant number of hours to their management responsibilities. They have requested the authority to consider an increase for an amount not to exceed $200 per meeting. Any actual increase will be the decision of the Board of Trustees, all of whom are the chief elected officials of the jurisdictions served by
2011-S2336 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 2336 2011-2012 Regular Sessions I N S E N A T E January 18, 2011 ___________ Introduced by Sen. OPPENHEIMER -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Local Government AN ACT to amend chapter 654 of the laws of 1927, relating to joint water works systems, in relation to compensation paid to members of the board of trustees of the Westchester joint water works THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Subdivision 7 of section 3 of chapter 654 of the laws of 1927, relating to joint water works systems, as amended by chapter 232 of the laws of 2006, is amended to read as follows: 7. Each member of the board of trustees shall be entitled to receive the sum of ten dollars as compensation for his OR HER attendance at each meeting of the board of trustees except that each member of the board of trustees of the Westchester joint water works shall be entitled to receive the sum of up to [one] TWO hundred dollars. Prior to the opera- tion of a system under this act said compensation shall be added to the cost of acquisition thereof. After the commencement of the operation of such a system said compensation shall be chargeable to the cost of oper- ation thereof. S 2. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD06227-01-1
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