Assembly Bill A2737

Signed By Governor
2015-2016 Legislative Session

Relates to the port authority of New York and New Jersey deemed an agency; repealer

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  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2015-A2737 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S1698
Law Section:
Port Authority of New York and New Jersey
Laws Affected:
Rpld & add Art XV-B, §1 of Chap 154 of 1921

2015-A2737 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Repeals provisions relating to the records of the port authority; relates to the port authority of New York and New Jersey being deemed an agency.

2015-A2737 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  2737

                       2015-2016 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                            January 20, 2015
                               ___________

Introduced  by M. of A. PAULIN, BRENNAN -- read once and referred to the
  Committee on Corporations, Authorities 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 port authori-
  ty  deemed an agency; and to repeal article XV-B of section 1 of chap-
  ter 154 of the laws of 1921, relating to the  port  authority  of  New
  York and New Jersey, in relation to the records of the port authority

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

  Section 1. Article XV-B of section 1 of chapter 154  of  the  laws  of
1921  relating  to  the  port  authority  of  New York and New Jersey is
REPEALED and a new article XV-B is added to read as follows:
                              ARTICLE XV-B
  NOTWITHSTANDING ANY LAW TO THE CONTRARY, THE PORT AUTHORITY  SHALL  BE
DEEMED  AN  "AGENCY" AND TREATED AS SUCH UNDER THE LAWS OF NEW YORK, FOR
ALL PURPOSES UNDER ARTICLES SIX AND SIX-A OF THE  PUBLIC  OFFICERS  LAW,
AND  SHALL  BE  DEEMED  A  "PUBLIC AGENCY" AND TREATED AS SUCH UNDER NEW
JERSEY, P.L. 1963, C. 73 (C.47:1A-1 ET SEQ.), PERTAINING TO THE  DISCLO-
SURE OF GOVERNMENT RECORDS.
  S 2. Severability clause. If any clause, sentence, paragraph, subdivi-
sion,  section  or  part  of  this act shall be adjudged by any court of
competent jurisdiction to be invalid, such judgment  shall  not  affect,
impair,  or  invalidate  the remainder thereof, but shall be confined in
its operation to the clause, sentence, paragraph,  subdivision,  section
or part thereof directly involved in the controversy in which such judg-
ment shall have been rendered. It is hereby declared to be the intent of
the  legislature  that  this  act  would  have been enacted even if such
invalid provisions had not been included herein.
  S 3. 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

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD07569-03-5

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