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                       2015-2016 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                            January 12, 2015
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Introduced  by M. of A. CAHILL -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. GUNTHER
  -- read once and referred to the Committee on  Corporations,  Authori-
  ties and Commissions

AN  ACT  to  amend chapter 154 of the laws of 1921, relating to the port
  authority of New York and New Jersey, in relation to the commissioners
  of such authority

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

  Section  1. Article 4 of section 1 of chapter 154 of the laws of 1921,
relating to the port authority of New York and New Jersey, as amended by
chapter 419 of the laws of 1930, is amended to read as follows:
                               ARTICLE IV
  The port authority shall consist of twelve commissioners, six resident
voters from the state of New York, at least four of whom shall be  resi-
dent  voters of the city of New York AND AT LEAST ONE OF WHOM SHALL BE A
RESIDENT VOTER FROM EITHER THE COUNTY OF DUTCHESS, ORANGE,  SULLIVAN  OR
ULSTER,  and  six resident voters from the state of New Jersey, at least
four of whom shall be resident voters within the New Jersey  portion  of
the district, the New York members to be chosen by the state of New York
and  the New Jersey members by the state of New Jersey in the manner and
for the terms fixed and determined from time to time by the  legislature
of each state respectively, except as herein provided. Each commissioner
may  be  removed  or suspended from office as provided by the law of the
state from which he shall be appointed.
  S 2. This act shall take effect upon the enactment  into  law  by  the
state  of New Jersey of legislation having an identical effect with this
act, but if the state of New Jersey  shall  have  already  enacted  such
legislation,  this  act shall take effect immediately; provided that the
state of New Jersey shall notify the legislative bill  drafting  commis-
sion  upon  the  occurrence of the enactment of the legislation provided
for in section one of this act in order that the commission may maintain

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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an accurate and timely effective data base of the official text  of  the
laws  of  the  state  of  New  York  in  furtherance of effectuating the
provisions of section 44 of the legislative law and section 70-b of  the
public officers law.