Assembly Bill A3156A

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                  3156

                       2013-2014 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                            January 23, 2013
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Introduced  by M. of A. PRETLOW -- read once and referred to the Commit-
  tee on Corporations, Authorities and Commissions

AN ACT to amend the public authorities law, in  relation  to  increasing
  the membership of the board of the city of Yonkers parking authority

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

  Section 1. Section 1596-c of the public authorities law, as  added  by
chapter 673 of the laws of 1964, is amended to read as follows:
  S  1596-c.  City  of Yonkers parking authority. A board to be known as
"City of Yonkers parking authority" is hereby created. Such board  shall
be  a  body  corporate and politic, constituting a public benefit corpo-
ration, and its existence shall commence upon  the  appointment  of  the
members  as  [herein]  provided IN THIS SECTION.   It shall consist of a
chairman, appointed by the mayor of the  city  of  Yonkers,  and  [four]
EIGHT  other  members,  who  shall  also be appointed by the mayor.  The
[appointment of the] chairman shall [be] SERVE for a term of five  years
[and  of each of the other members for terms of one, two, three and four
years from the first day of April, nineteen hundred sixty-four.  At  the
expiration  of such terms, the terms of office of their successors shall
be five years so that the term of office of one-fifth  of  such  members
shall  expire  on the thirty-first day of March in each year]; PROVIDED,
HOWEVER, OF THE FOUR OFFICES OF  MEMBERS  ESTABLISHED  PURSUANT  TO  THE
CHAPTER  OF THE LAWS OF TWO THOUSAND THIRTEEN THAT AMENDED THIS SECTION,
ONE MEMBER SHALL BE APPOINTED FOR A TERM TO COMMENCE ON THE DAY  OF  HIS
OR  HER  APPOINTMENT  BY  THE  MAYOR  AND  WHICH  SHALL  EXPIRE  ON  THE
THIRTY-FIRST DAY OF MARCH, TWO THOUSAND FOURTEEN; ONE  MEMBER  SHALL  BE
APPOINTED FOR A TERM TO COMMENCE ON THE DAY OF HIS OR HER APPOINTMENT BY
THE  MAYOR  AND WHICH SHALL EXPIRE ON THE THIRTY-FIRST DAY OF MARCH, TWO
THOUSAND FIFTEEN; ONE MEMBER SHALL BE APPOINTED FOR A TERM  TO  COMMENCE
ON THE DAY OF HIS OR HER APPOINTMENT BY THE MAYOR AND WHICH SHALL EXPIRE
ON  THE  THIRTY-FIRST DAY OF MARCH, TWO THOUSAND SIXTEEN, AND ONE MEMBER

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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SHALL BE APPOINTED FOR A TERM TO COMMENCE ON  THE  DAY  OF  HIS  OR  HER
APPOINTMENT  BY THE MAYOR AND WHICH SHALL EXPIRE ON THE THIRTY-FIRST DAY
OF MARCH, TWO THOUSAND SEVENTEEN AND THEIR SUCCESSORS  SHALL  THEREAFTER
BE APPOINTED TO TERMS OF FIVE YEARS. Each member shall continue to serve
until the appointment and qualification of his OR HER successor.  Vacan-
cies  in  such  board occurring otherwise than by the expiration of such
term, shall be filled for the unexpired term. NOTHING  IN  THIS  SECTION
SHALL PRECLUDE CURRENT MEMBERS, AS OF JUNE FIRST, TWO THOUSAND THIRTEEN,
FROM  SERVING  OUT THE REMAINDER OF THEIR TERM. The members of the board
shall choose from their number a vice-chairman. The mayor may remove any
member of the board for inefficiency, neglect of duty or  misconduct  in
office,  giving  him OR HER a copy of the charges against him OR HER and
an opportunity of being heard in person, or by counsel, in  his  OR  HER
defense  upon  not  less than ten days' notice. The members of the board
shall be entitled to no compensation for their  services  but  shall  be
entitled  to  reimbursement  for  their  actual  and  necessary expenses
incurred in the performance of their official duties. The powers of  the
authority  shall be vested in and exercised by a majority of the members
of the board then in office. Such board may delegate to one or  more  of
its  members  or  to  its officers, agents and employees such powers and
duties as it may deem proper. Such board  and  its  corporate  existence
shall  continue  only  to  the  thirty-first  day  of December, nineteen
hundred ninety-nine, and thereafter until all its liabilities have  been
met  and  its  bonds have been paid in full or such liabilities or bonds
have otherwise been discharged. Upon  its  ceasing  to  exist,  all  its
rights and properties shall pass to the city.
  S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.