senate Bill S1427

2019-2020 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


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Actions

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Assembly Actions - Lowercase
Senate Actions - UPPERCASE
Jan 08, 2020 referred to corporations, authorities and commissions
Jun 20, 2019 recommitted to rules
Mar 26, 2019 ordered to third reading cal.333
committee discharged and committed to rules
Jan 14, 2019 referred to corporations, authorities and commissions

Votes

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Mar 26, 2019 - Rules committee Vote

S1427
18
0
committee
18
Aye
0
Nay
1
Aye with Reservations
0
Absent
0
Excused
0
Abstained
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S1427 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A7021
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
2017-2018: S3109, A5481
2021-2022: S7621, A2550

S1427 (ACTIVE) - Summary

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

S1427 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

S1427 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf


                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                  1427

                       2019-2020 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                            January 14, 2019
                               ___________

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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