Assembly Bill A6008

2017-2018 Legislative Session

Relates to the manner in which members of the New York state energy research and development authority shall be appointed

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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-A6008 (ACTIVE) - Details

Law Section:
Public Authorities Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §1852, Pub Auth L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2009-2010: A4676
2011-2012: A3290
2013-2014: A5384
2015-2016: A3395

2017-A6008 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to the manner in which members of the New York state energy research and development authority shall be appointed.

2017-A6008 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   6008
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             February 21, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. DINOWITZ -- read once and referred to the Commit-
   tee on Corporations, Authorities and Commissions
 
 AN ACT to amend the public authorities law, in relation to the manner in
   which  the  members of the New York state energy research and develop-
   ment authority shall be appointed

   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  Subdivision  2  of section 1852 of the public authorities
 law, as amended by chapter 156 of the laws of 2014, is amended  to  read
 as follows:
   2.  The membership of the authority shall consist of thirteen members,
 to be as follows: the commissioner of the department of  transportation,
 the  commissioner  of  the department of environmental conservation, the
 chair of the public service commission, the president and  chief  execu-
 tive  officer  of  the  power authority of the State of New York, all of
 whom shall serve ex-officio; and [nine] SIX  members  appointed  by  the
 governor  by and with the advice and consent of the senate[; one of whom
 shall be an engineer or a research scientist with a degree in the  phys-
 ical  sciences  or  engineering who has not been employed in the nuclear
 fission field for three years preceding the appointment  and  who  shall
 not be so employed during his or her term; one of whom shall be an econ-
 omist  who  shall  not  have  received more than one-tenth of his or her
 income from an electric utility or gas utility for three years preceding
 the appointment and who shall not so derive more than one-tenth  of  his
 or  her  income during such term; one of whom who shall be a member of a
 not-for-profit environmental group; one of whom shall be a member  of  a
 not-for-profit  consumer group; one of whom who shall be an officer of a
 utility primarily engaged in the distribution of gas; and  one  of  whom
 shall  be  an  officer of an electric utility.], ONE MEMBER APPOINTED BY
 THE COMPTROLLER, ONE MEMBER APPOINTED BY THE TEMPORARY PRESIDENT OF  THE
 SENATE,  AND  ONE  MEMBER  APPOINTED BY THE SPEAKER OF THE ASSEMBLY. THE
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.

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