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                                   4162
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             February 1, 2019
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 Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  KOLB,  MONTESANO, FRIEND, BRABENEC, SMITH --
   Multi-Sponsored by -- M.  of  A.  BARCLAY,  CROUCH,  DiPIETRO,  FINCH,
   FITZPATRICK,  GOODELL,  HAWLEY, RAIA, THIELE -- read once and referred
   to the Committee on Corporations, Authorities and Commissions
 
 AN ACT to amend the public authorities law, in relation to  the  powers,
   functions  and duties of the New York state public authorities control
   board
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1. Subdivision 2 of section 50 of the public authorities law,
 as amended by chapter 838 of the laws of 1983, is  amended  to  read  as
 follows:
   2. The membership of the board shall consist of five persons appointed
 by  the  governor,  of which one shall be upon the recommendation of the
 temporary president of the senate, one upon the  recommendation  of  the
 speaker  of  the  assembly,  one upon the recommendation of the minority
 leader of the senate and one upon the  recommendation  of  the  minority
 leader  of the assembly. [The members appointed by the governor upon the
 recommendation of the minority leader of the  senate  and  the  minority
 leader  of the assembly shall be non-voting members whose comments shall
 be entered upon any official record of board  proceedings  in  the  same
 manner as voting members' comments, unless objection is raised by any of
 the  voting  members in which case, notwithstanding any provision of law
 to the contrary, such comments by non-voting members  shall  not  be  so
 entered.]  The  term of the members first appointed shall continue until
 January thirty-first, nineteen hundred seventy-seven,  except  that  the
 term  of  the  members  first  appointed upon the recommendations of the
 minority leader of the senate and the minority leader  of  the  assembly
 shall continue until January thirty-first, nineteen hundred eighty-four,
 and  thereafter  their  successors  shall  serve  for a term of one year
 ending on January thirty-first in each year. Upon recommendation of  the
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

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 nominating party, the governor may replace any member in accordance with
 the provision contained [herein] IN THIS SUBDIVISION for the appointment
 of  members. The governor shall designate one of the members to serve as
 chairman.  The  board shall act by [unanimous] A FOUR-FIFTHS vote of the
 [voting] members of the board.  Any determination of the board shall  be
 evidenced  by  a  certification  thereof  executed  by  all the [voting]
 members. Each member of the board  shall  be  entitled  to  designate  a
 representative  to attend meetings of the board in his OR HER place, and
 to vote or otherwise act on his OR HER behalf in  his  OR  HER  absence.
 Notice of such designation shall be furnished in writing to the board by
 the  designating member. A representative shall serve at the pleasure of
 the designating member during the member's term of office.  A  represen-
 tative  shall  not be authorized to delegate any of his OR HER duties or
 functions to any other person.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.