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Assembly Bill A3799

2021-2022 Legislative Session

Relates to the Erie County Water Authority

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2021-A3799 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Corporations, Authorities And Commissions
Law Section:
Public Authorities Law
Laws Affected:
Add §§1058-a & 1070-a, Pub Auth L
Versions Introduced in 2019-2020 Legislative Session:
A7065

2021-A3799 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires the Erie County Water Authority to have skills training and apprenticeship programs; requires the comptroller perform a decennial audit of the Erie County Water Authority's ability to be merged with Erie county.

2021-A3799 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   3799
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 28, 2021
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by M. of A. BURKE -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on Corporations, Authorities and Commissions
 
 AN ACT to amend the public authorities law,  in  relation  to  the  Erie
   County Water Authority
 
   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 1058-a to read as follows:
   §  1058-A.  DUTY OF THE AUTHORITY TO MAINTAIN WORKFORCE ADEQUACY.  THE
 AUTHORITY SHALL MAINTAIN WORKFORCE ADEQUACY, INCLUDING THE  AVAILABILITY
 OF  SKILLED  LABORERS,  BY  HAVING  SKILLS  TRAINING  AND APPRENTICESHIP
 PROGRAMS.
   § 2. The public authorities law is amended by  adding  a  new  section
 1070-a to read as follows:
   §  1070-A.  DECENNIAL  MERGER  AUDIT;  MERGER. 1. THE CONTROLLER SHALL
 DECENNIALLY SUBMIT TO THE AUTHORITY, THE ERIE COUNTY LEGISLATURE AND THE
 ERIE COUNTY EXECUTIVE AN AUDIT WHICH PROVIDES AN ANALYSIS OF  THE  COSTS
 ASSOCIATED  WITH MERGING THE AUTHORITY WITH ERIE COUNTY. THE AUDIT SHALL
 ALSO INCLUDE A DETAILED DESCRIPTION  OF  THE  PROCESS  FOR  MERGING  THE
 AUTHORITY  WITH ERIE COUNTY. THE COMPTROLLER SHALL SUBMIT THE FIRST SUCH
 AUDIT ON OR BEFORE THE ONE HUNDRED  EIGHTIETH  DAY  AFTER  THIS  SECTION
 SHALL  HAVE BECOME A LAW AND SHALL SUBMIT A DECENNIAL MERGER AUDIT ON OR
 BEFORE  MARCH  FIRST  OF  EVERY  TENTH  YEAR  FOLLOWING   THE   PREVIOUS
 SUBMISSION.
   2. IN THE EVENT ERIE COUNTY PASSES A LOCAL LAW, EITHER BY A VOTE OF NO
 LESS  THAN TWO-THIRDS APPROVING SUCH LOCAL LAW IN THE COUNTY LEGISLATURE
 WITH THE APPROVAL OF THE COUNTY EXECUTIVE OR BY A UNANIMOUS VOTE BY  THE
 COUNTY  LEGISLATURE  FOR  SUCH  AN  ACTION, THE AUTHORITY AND THE COUNTY
 SHALL BE MERGED BY A PROCESS AS DESCRIBED IN THE MOST  RECENT  DECENNIAL
 MERGER AUDIT.
   §  3.  This  act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall
 have become a law.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets

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