NY State Senate Bill 2017-S2893

Senate Bill S2893

2017-2018 Legislative Session

Requires that a member of the Westchester county industrial development agency is a member of the governing body of Westchester county

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Jan 03, 2018	referred to local government
Jan 18, 2017	referred to local government

2017-S2893 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:: A1257
Current Committee:: Senate Local Government
Law Section:: General Municipal Law
Laws Affected:: Amd §923-a, Gen Muni L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:: 2011-2012: S4304, A6831
2013-2014: S4297, A1233
2015-2016: S1642, A920
2019-2020: S5580, A1722
2021-2022: A4792

2017-S2893 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Allows that the Westchester county governing body appoint an additional member of the Westchester county industrial development agency.

2017-S2893 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2017-S2893 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   2893
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             January 18, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  STEWART-COUSINS -- read twice and ordered printed,
   and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Local Government
 
 AN ACT to amend the general municipal law, in relation to  allowing  the
   governing  body of Westchester county to appoint a member of the West-
   chester county industrial development agency

   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  Section 923-a of the general municipal law, as amended by
 chapter 564 of the laws of 1983, is amended to read as follows:
   § 923-a. County of Westchester industrial development agency.  For the
 benefit of the county of Westchester and  the  inhabitants  thereof,  an
 industrial  development agency, to be known as the COUNTY OF WESTCHESTER
 INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT AGENCY, is hereby established for the accomplish-
 ment of any or all of the purposes specified in  title  one  of  article
 eighteen-A  of  this chapter.   It shall constitute a body corporate and
 politic, and be perpetual in duration.   It shall have  the  powers  and
 duties  now or hereafter conferred by title one of article eighteen-A of
 this chapter upon industrial development agencies and provided that  the
 exercise of the powers by such agency with respect to the acquisition of
 real  property  whether by purchase, condemnation or otherwise, shall be
 limited to the corporate limits of the county of  Westchester  and  such
 agency shall take into consideration the local zoning and planning regu-
 lations  as well as regional and local land use plans.  The agency shall
 not use its funds to commence any project unless  (i)  at  least  thirty
 days'  prior  notice of such project shall have been given to each local
 municipality in which a part or parts of the project is, or  is  to  be,
 located  and  (ii)  no objection, by resolution of the governing body of
 such municipality, shall have been made  and  delivered  to  the  agency
 within  such  thirty  days.  Notwithstanding  the provisions of the next
 preceding sentence, in the case of a project which  is,  or  is  to  be,
 located  within  a  village  within the county of Westchester, notice to
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.

                                                            LBD02747-01-7

 S. 2893                             2
 
 such village shall be sufficient as to any part or parts of the  project
 within  the village and no other notice shall be required to be given to
 any other municipality in which such village  is  located  with  respect
 thereto.  It shall be organized in a manner prescribed by and be subject
 to the provisions of title one of article eighteen-A of this chapter and
 shall consist of [seven] EIGHT members. Its members shall  be  appointed
 by  the chief executive officer of the county of Westchester, subject to
 confirmation by its governing body, EXCEPT  THAT  ONE  MEMBER  SHALL  BE
 APPOINTED  BY  THE PRESIDING OFFICER OF THE GOVERNING BODY OF THE COUNTY
 OF WESTCHESTER, SUBJECT TO CONFIRMATION BY ITS GOVERNING BODY,  WHO  MAY
 BE  A MEMBER OF SUCH GOVERNING BODY. THE MEMBER APPOINTED BY THE PRESID-
 ING OFFICER SHALL BE A NON-VOTING MEMBER. The agency, its members, offi-
 cers and employees, and its  operations  and  activities  shall  in  all
 respects  be  governed  by  the provisions of title one of article eigh-
 teen-A of this chapter.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.

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