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Senate Bill S4725

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Amends the membership of the New York city water board to include the five borough presidents

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

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2023-S4725 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A7709
Current Committee:
Senate Corporations, Authorities And Commissions
Law Section:
Public Authorities Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §1045-f, Pub Auth L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2011-2012: A10291
2013-2014: S7408, A131
2015-2016: S3763, A7197
2017-2018: S4091, A4595
2019-2020: S2262, A8875
2021-2022: S3423, A7005
2025-2026: S6341

2023-S4725 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Amends the membership of the New York city water board to include the five borough presidents, the mayor or a public member appointed by the mayor and a public member appointed by the governor who has experience in the science of water resource development.

2023-S4725 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2023-S4725 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   4725
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             February 14, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen. SANDERS -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Corporations,  Authorities
   and Commissions
 
 AN  ACT  to amend the public authorities law, in relation to the member-
   ship of the board of directors of the New York city water 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 1045-f of the public authorities
 law, as added by chapter 513 of the laws of 1984, is amended to read  as
 follows:
   2.  The  water  board shall consist of seven members [appointed by the
 mayor]  AS FOLLOWS: THE BOROUGH PRESIDENT OF EACH BOROUGH OF THE CITY OF
 NEW YORK, THE MAYOR OR A PUBLIC MEMBER APPOINTED  BY  THE  MAYOR  AND  A
 PUBLIC  MEMBER  APPOINTED  BY  THE  GOVERNOR  WHO  HAS EXPERIENCE IN THE
 SCIENCE OF WATER RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT.  Terms of office of  the  members
 shall  be  two  years except that the terms of four of the board members
 first appointed shall be one year. [At least one member shall have expe-
 rience in the science of water resource development.] No member shall be
 a director of the authority.  The mayor shall appoint  a  chairman  from
 among  the  members  of  the board.   All members shall continue to hold
 office until their successors are  appointed  and  qualified.  Vacancies
 shall be filled in the manner provided for original appointments. Vacan-
 cies, occurring otherwise than by expiration of term of office, shall be
 filled  in  the  same  manner as original appointments for the unexpired
 terms.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD09529-01-3

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