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Assembly Bill A131

2013-2014 Legislative Session

Amends the membership of the New York city water board to include the five borough presidents

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2013-A131 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S7408
Current Committee:
Assembly Corporations, Authorities And Commissions
Law Section:
Public Authorities Law
Laws Affected:
Amd ยง1045-f, Pub Auth L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2011-2012: A10291
2015-2016: A7197, S3763
2017-2018: A4595, S4091
2019-2020: A8875, S2262
2021-2022: A7005, S3423
2023-2024: A7709, S4725
2025-2026: S6341

2013-A131 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Amends the membership of the New York city water board to include the five borough presidents, the mayor or a public member appointed by the mayor and a public member appointed by the governor who has experience in the science of water resource development.

2013-A131 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                   131

                       2013-2014 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                               (PREFILED)

                             January 9, 2013
                               ___________

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

AN ACT to amend the public authorities law, in relation to  the  member-
  ship of the board of directors of the New York city water board

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

  Section 1. Subdivision 2 of section 1045-f of the  public  authorities
law,  as added by chapter 513 of the laws of 1984, is amended to read as
follows:
  2. The water board shall consist of seven members  [appointed  by  the
mayor]  AS FOLLOWS: THE BOROUGH PRESIDENT OF EACH BOROUGH OF THE CITY OF
NEW  YORK,  THE  MAYOR  OR  A PUBLIC MEMBER APPOINTED BY THE MAYOR AND A
PUBLIC MEMBER APPOINTED BY  THE  GOVERNOR  WHO  HAS  EXPERIENCE  IN  THE
SCIENCE  OF  WATER RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT.  Terms of office of the members
shall be two years except that the terms of four of  the  board  members
first appointed shall be one year. [At least one member shall have expe-
rience in the science of water resource development.] No member shall be
a  director  of the authority.   The mayor shall appoint a chairman from
among the members of the board.   All members  shall  continue  to  hold
office  until  their  successors  are appointed and qualified. Vacancies
shall be filled in the manner provided for original appointments. Vacan-
cies, occurring otherwise than by expiration of term of office, shall be
filled in the same manner as original  appointments  for  the  unexpired
terms.
  S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.


 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD00848-01-3

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