Assembly Bill A9234A

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                 9234--A

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                              April 2, 2014
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Introduced  by M. of A. McDONALD -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. STEC,
  TEDISCO -- read once and referred to the  Committee  on  Corporations,
  Authorities  and  Commissions  --  committee discharged, bill amended,
  ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee

AN ACT to amend the public authorities law, in relation to  the  member-
  ship of the Saratoga county water authority

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

  Section 1. Subdivision 1 of section 1199-ddd of the public authorities
law, as amended by chapter 184 of the laws of 1995, is amended  to  read
as follows:
  1. A public corporation known as the "Saratoga county water authority"
is  hereby  created  for the public purposes and charged with the duties
and having the powers provided in this title. The authority shall  be  a
corporate  governmental agency constituting a public benefit corporation
and shall be a "public district" for the  purposes  of  section  eighty-
nine-l  of  the public service law. The authority shall be governed by a
board consisting of seven members, who shall be residents of the  county
and  be  appointed  by  the  chairman  of  the  board of supervisors and
confirmed by the board of supervisors. At least four  members  shall  be
elected  officials.  The  first members appointed shall be appointed for
the following terms: four for a term ending  on  December  thirty-first,
nineteen  hundred  ninety-six; three for a term ending on December thir-
ty-first, nineteen  hundred  ninety-seven.  [Subsequent  appointment  of
members  shall  be  made  in  the  same manner, except that at least one
member shall be a resident of each municipality with which the authority
has service or distribution contracts, and for terms of two years ending
in each case on December thirty-first of the last year  of  such  term.]
SUBSEQUENT  APPOINTMENTS  OF  BOARD  MEMBERS  SHALL  BE MADE IN THE SAME
MANNER, EXCEPT THAT AT LEAST FIVE OF THE SEVEN MEMBERS SHALL EACH  BE  A
RESIDENT  OF  A  MUNICIPALITY  WITH WHICH THE AUTHORITY HAS A SERVICE OR
DISTRIBUTION CONTRACT, EACH OF THE SAID RESIDENT BOARD MEMBERS SHALL NOT
BE A RESIDENT OF THE SAME  MUNICIPALITY  AS  ANY  OTHER  RESIDENT  BOARD
MEMBER  AND  MAY BE ONE OR MORE OF THE AFOREMENTIONED ELECTED OFFICIALS.

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

                                                           LBD14423-05-4

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SUBSEQUENT APPOINTMENTS OF BOARD MEMBERS SHALL BE FOR TERMS OF TWO YEARS
AND END, IN EACH CASE, ON DECEMBER THIRTY-FIRST OF THE LAST YEAR OF SUCH
TERM. All members shall continue to hold office until  their  successors
are  appointed  and  have  qualified.   Vacancies shall be filled in the
manner provided for original appointment. Vacancies occurring  otherwise
than  by  expiration  of terms of office, shall be filled by appointment
for the unexpired terms.  Members may be removed  from  office  for  the
same  reasons  and  in the same manner as may be provided by law for the
removal of officers of the county. In addition, members may  be  removed
from  office  by  the  board of supervisors for inefficiency, neglect of
duty or misconduct in office, after the board of supervisors  has  given
such  member  a  copy  of  the charges against him and opportunity to be
heard in person or by counsel in his defense, upon  not  less  than  ten
days notice. If a member fails to attend three consecutive regular meet-
ings  of  the  authority,  unless  such absence is for good cause and is
excused by the chairperson of the authority or other presiding  officer,
or  in  the case of the chairperson of the authority, by the chairperson
of the board of supervisors, the office may be  deemed  vacant  for  the
purposes  of  the nomination and appointment of a successor. The members
of the authority shall receive no salary from the authority. Members and
officers shall be entitled to reimbursement of their actual  and  neces-
sary  expenses  including  travel expenses, incurred in the discharge of
their duties.
  S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.