Assembly Bill A6789

2021-2022 Legislative Session

Relates to the commissioners of the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey

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  • 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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2021-A6789 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S1660
Current Committee:
Assembly Corporations, Authorities And Commissions
Law Section:
Port Authority of New York and New Jersey
Laws Affected:
Amd Art 4, §1 of Chap 154 of 1921
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2009-2010: A8084
2011-2012: A2214
2013-2014: A1437
2015-2016: A1717
2017-2018: A1477
2019-2020: A2398, S4909
2023-2024: A4461, S3410

2021-A6789 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to the commissioners of the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey; requires that at least one of whom shall be a resident voter from either the county of Dutchess, Orange, Putnam, Rockland, Sullivan, Ulster or Westchester and one of whom shall be a resident voter from either the county of Nassau or Suffolk.

2021-A6789 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   6789
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                               April 8, 2021
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by M. of A. ZEBROWSKI, GUNTHER, JACOBSON, BRABENEC -- Multi-
   Sponsored by -- M. of A. McDONOUGH, THIELE -- read once  and  referred
   to the Committee on Corporations, Authorities and Commissions
 
 AN  ACT  to  amend chapter 154 of the laws of 1921, relating to the port
   authority of New York and New Jersey, in relation to the commissioners
   of such authority
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1. Article 4 of section 1 of chapter 154 of the laws of 1921,
 relating to the port authority of New York and New Jersey, as amended by
 chapter 419 of the laws of 1930, is amended to read as follows:
                                ARTICLE IV
   The port authority shall consist of twelve commissioners, six resident
 voters from the state of New York, [at least]  four  of  whom  shall  be
 resident voters of the city of New York, ONE OF WHOM SHALL BE A RESIDENT
 VOTER  FROM  EITHER  THE  COUNTY  OF DUTCHESS, ORANGE, PUTNAM, ROCKLAND,
 SULLIVAN, ULSTER OR WESTCHESTER AND ONE OF  WHOM  SHALL  BE  A  RESIDENT
 VOTER  FROM  EITHER  THE  COUNTY  OF NASSAU OR SUFFOLK, and six resident
 voters from the state of New Jersey, at least  four  of  whom  shall  be
 resident  voters  within the New Jersey portion of the district, the New
 York members to be chosen by the state of New York and  the  New  Jersey
 members by the state of New Jersey in the manner and for the terms fixed
 and  determined  from  time  to  time  by  the legislature of each state
 respectively, except  as  herein  provided.  Each  commissioner  may  be
 removed  or  suspended  from  office as provided by the law of the state
 from which he shall be appointed.
   § 2. Subdivision 1 of article 4 of section 1 of  chapter  154  of  the
 laws of 1921, relating to the port authority of New York and New Jersey,
 as  amended  by  chapter  559 of the laws of 2015, is amended to read as
 follows:

  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD05845-01-1
              

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