Senate Bill S3109

2017-2018 Legislative Session

Relates to the office of chief executive officer of the Roosevelt Island operating corporation

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Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Corporations, Authorities And Commissions Committee


  • 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-S3109 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A5481
Current Committee:
Senate Corporations, Authorities And Commissions
Law Section:
Public Benefit Corporations
Laws Affected:
Amd §3, Chap 899 of 1984
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2015-2016: S7114, A9605
2019-2020: S1427, A7021
2021-2022: S7621, A2550

2017-S3109 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to the office of chief executive officer of the Roosevelt Island operating corporation.

2017-S3109 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2017-S3109 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   3109
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             January 19, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen. SERRANO -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Corporations,  Authorities
   and Commissions
 
 AN  ACT  to  amend  chapter  899  of  the  laws of 1984, relating to the
   creation of a public benefit corporation to  plan,  develop,  operate,
   maintain  and  manage  Roosevelt  Island, in relation to the office of
   chief executive officer of the Roosevelt Island operating corporation
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  Subdivision  2 of section 3 of chapter 899 of the laws of
 1984, relating to the creation of a public benefit corporation to  plan,
 develop,  operate,  maintain  and manage Roosevelt Island, as amended by
 chapter 766 of the laws of 2005, is amended and a new subdivision  6  is
 added to read as follows:
   2. The board of directors of the corporation shall be composed of nine
 members.  One  member  shall be the commissioner, who shall serve as the
 chair; one member shall be the director of the budget; and seven  public
 members  shall  be appointed by the governor with the advice and consent
 of the senate. Of the seven public members, two  members,  one  of  whom
 shall  be  a  resident  of Roosevelt Island, shall be appointed upon the
 recommendation of the mayor of the city;  and  four  additional  members
 shall  be  residents  of Roosevelt Island. Each member shall serve for a
 term of four years and until  his  or  her  successor  shall  have  been
 appointed  and  shall have qualified, except that (a) two of the initial
 public members appointed by the governor, one of whom is a  resident  of
 Roosevelt  Island,  and  the  Roosevelt Island resident member appointed
 upon the recommendation of the mayor of the city shall serve  for  terms
 of  two  years  each,  and  (b) the commissioner and the director of the
 budget shall serve so long as they continue  to  hold  their  respective
 offices.   Any action taken by the directors of the corporation shall be
 taken by majority vote of the directors  then  in  office.  The  elected
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

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