Assembly Bill A10936

2017-2018 Legislative Session

Establishes the commission on public authority reform to study and investigate reducing the number of public authorities and their subsidiaries

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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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2017-A10936 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S8328
Current Committee:
Assembly Corporations, Authorities And Commissions
Law Section:
Public Authorities
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2009-2010: S3827
2011-2012: S3643
2013-2014: S1964
2015-2016: S2264
2019-2020: A1269, S4516
2021-2022: S3817
2023-2024: S1838

2017-A10936 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Establishes a temporary state commission to be known as the commission on public authority reform to study and investigate reducing the number of public authorities and their subsidiaries in New York state; requires reporting; appropriates $100,000 therefor.

2017-A10936 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   10936
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                               May 29, 2018
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. PAULIN -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on Corporations, Authorities and Commissions
 
 AN  ACT  establishing a temporary state commission to study and investi-
   gate reducing the number of public authorities and their  subsidiaries
   in  the  state  of  New  York;  making  an appropriation therefor; and
   providing for the repeal of such provisions upon expiration thereof

   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. A temporary state commission, to be known as the commission
 on  public authority reform, hereafter referred to as the commission, is
 hereby  created  to  investigate,  evaluate  and  make   recommendations
 concerning  the  scope  and  effectiveness  involving  the  elimination,
 dissolution, consolidation or merger of  public  authorities  and  their
 subsidiaries in the state of New York.
   §  2.  (a)  The  commission  shall  consist of thirteen members, to be
 appointed as follows: three members to be  appointed  by  the  governor;
 three  members to be appointed by the temporary president of the senate;
 three members to be appointed by the speaker of the assembly; one member
 to be appointed by the minority leader of the senate; one member  to  be
 appointed  by  the  minority leader of the assembly; one member shall be
 appointed by the comptroller, and one member shall be appointed  by  the
 attorney  general.  The  appointees shall have demonstrated expertise in
 the development and financing of public authorities. The governor  shall
 designate  the  chairperson  and  vice-chairperson  of  the  commission.
 Vacancies in the membership of the commission  and  among  its  officers
 shall  be  filled  in  the  manner provided for original appointments or
 designations.
   (b) The members of the commission shall receive  no  compensation  for
 their services, but shall be allowed their actual and necessary expenses
 incurred  in the performance of their duties under this act. The commis-
 sion may employ and at pleasure remove such personnel  as  it  may  deem
 necessary  for  the  performance  of its functions and fix their compen-
 sation within the amounts made available by appropriation therefor.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

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