Assembly Bill A9027

2017-2018 Legislative Session

Relates to gender balance in public authorities, industrial development agencies and local development corporations

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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-A9027 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Corporations, Authorities And Commissions
Law Section:
Public Authorities Law
Laws Affected:
Add §2829, Pub Auth L; add §856-a, Gen Muni L; add §1411-a, N-PC L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2019-2020: A587
2021-2022: A477
2023-2024: A5212

2017-A9027 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to gender balance in public authorities, industrial development agencies and local development corporations; requires members of a public authority, industrial development agency or local development corporation be appointed in a manner which will ensure that women comprise approximately fifty percent of the membership on such public authorities, industrial development agencies or local development corporations.

2017-A9027 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   9027
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 12, 2018
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by M. of A. ROZIC -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on Corporations, Authorities and Commissions
 
 AN ACT to amend the public authorities law, the  general  municipal  law
   and  the not-for-profit corporation law, in relation to gender balance
   in public  authorities,  industrial  development  agencies  and  local
   development corporations

   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. The public authorities law  is  amended  by  adding  a  new
 section 2829 to read as follows:
   § 2829. GENDER  BALANCE  IN PUBLIC AUTHORITIES. 1. FOR THE PURPOSES OF
 THIS SECTION, THE FOLLOWING TERMS SHALL  HAVE  THE  FOLLOWING  MEANINGS,
 UNLESS THE CONTEXT OTHERWISE REQUIRES:
   (A)  "GENDER  BALANCE" MEANS AN EQUAL NUMBER OF WOMEN AND MEN SELECTED
 TO APPOINTIVE POSITIONS;
   (B) "APPOINTING POWER" MEANS AN INDIVIDUAL OR GOVERNMENT  OR  LEGISLA-
 TIVE  BODY  OR INDIVIDUAL OR INDIVIDUALS CHARGED WITH THE RESPONSIBILITY
 TO APPOINT OTHERS TO APPOINTIVE POSITIONS  ON  STATE  AND  LOCAL  PUBLIC
 AUTHORITIES.
   2. (A) ALL APPOINTIVE STATE AND LOCAL PUBLIC AUTHORITIES HERETOFORE OR
 HEREAFTER ESTABLISHED BY LAW OR RESOLUTION SHALL BE GENDER BALANCED.
   (B)  NO PERSON SHALL BE APPOINTED OR REAPPOINTED TO ANY STATE OR LOCAL
 PUBLIC AUTHORITY IF THAT APPOINTMENT OR REAPPOINTMENT  WOULD  CAUSE  THE
 NUMBER  OF  MEMBERS OF SUCH PUBLIC AUTHORITY OF ONE GENDER TO BE GREATER
 THAN ONE-HALF OF THE PUBLIC AUTHORITY, PLUS ONE.
   3. (A) AN APPOINTING POWER SHALL MAKE APPOINTMENTS TO STATE AND  LOCAL
 PUBLIC  AUTHORITIES  CREATED  PRIOR  TO,  ON OR AFTER JANUARY FIRST, TWO
 THOUSAND NINETEEN, IN A MANNER WHICH WILL  ENSURE  THAT  WOMEN  COMPRISE
 APPROXIMATELY FIFTY PERCENT OF THE MEMBERSHIP ON EACH PUBLIC AUTHORITY.
   (B)  THE APPOINTING POWER SHALL APPOINT A PERSON FROM THE GENDER WHICH
 HAS FEWER APPOINTEES TO ANY  VACANT  POSITION  WHENEVER  THE  NUMBER  OF
 PERSONS  OF  ONE  GENDER  APPOINTED TO A STATE OR LOCAL PUBLIC AUTHORITY
 CREATED PRIOR TO, ON OR  AFTER  JANUARY  FIRST,  TWO  THOUSAND  NINETEEN
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.

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