NY State Senate Bill 2023-S7409

Senate Bill S7409

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Relates to increasing the membership of the special district operations and development committee

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Current Bill Status - In Senate Committee Local Government Committee

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- In Committee Assembly
- In Committee Senate
- On Floor Calendar Assembly
- On Floor Calendar Senate
- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
Delivered to Governor
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	Assembly Actions - Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE
Jan 03, 2024	referred to local government
Jun 10, 2023	recommitted to rules
Jun 07, 2023	ordered to third reading cal.1714 committee discharged and committed to rules
May 23, 2023	referred to local government

Votes

- Jun 7, 2023 - Rules Committee Vote
  S7409
  
  21
  
  Aye
  
  0
  
  Nay
  
  0
  
  Aye with Reservations
  
  0
  
  Absent
  
  0
  
  Excused
  
  0
  
  Abstained
  - - Rules Committee Vote: Jun 7, 2023
      
      aye (21)
      
      Addabbo Jr.
      
      Bailey
      
      Breslin
      
      Comrie
      
      Fernandez
      
      Gallivan
      
      Gianaris
      
      Griffo
      
      Helming
      
      Kennedy
      
      Krueger
      
      Lanza
      
      Liu
      
      Mayer
      
      O'Mara
      
      Ortt
      
      Parker
      
      Sepúlveda
      
      Stec
      
      Stewart-Cousins
      
      Thomas

2023-S7409 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:: A7058
Current Committee:: Senate Local Government
Law Section:: Schenectady County
Laws Affected:: Amd §8, Chap 453 of 1977

2023-S7409 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to increasing the membership of the special district operations and development committee; provides that the committee shall consist of no less than nine members and no more than fifteen.

2023-S7409 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

                                 
BILL NUMBER: S7409

SPONSOR: BRESLIN
 
TITLE OF BILL:

An act to amend chapter 453 of the laws of 1977, authorizing the city of
Schenectady in the county of Schenectady, to create special assessment
districts within such city, in relation to increasing the membership of
the special district operations and development committee

 
PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL:

This bill will allow the special district operations and development
committee, an entity also known as the Downtown Schenectady Improvement
Corporation (DSIC), which was formed through enabling legislation in
1977, to change the required number of members from nine to between nine
and fifteen members on its Board of Directors. This bill will also
require that three quarters of members shall be owners of assessable
real property within DSIC's special assessment district or agents of
such owners.

 
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:

Section 1, subsection a: the required number of members on the committee
is changed from "nine" to "no less than nine and no more than fifteen".
The requirement that seven of nine members must be taxpayers or their
agents is modified to a requirement that three-quarters of the committee
members shall be owners of assessable real property within the special
assessment district or agents of such owners.

 
JUSTIFICATION:

In 2020, the Downtown Schenectady Improvement Corporation (DSIC)
expanded its service boundaries for the first time since the organiza-
tion was founded in 1978. As a result, 73 additional properties and
dozens of additional businesses joined the Downtown Special Assessment
District and began contributing to the DSIC's operations. Expansion of
the DSIC's board of directors from nine up to a maximum of fifteen
members will allow for direct representation from the expansion areas
and the ability to further diversity the composition of the entire
board.

 
PRIOR LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:

None.

 
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS FOR STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS:

None.

 
EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act shall take effect immediately.

2023-S7409 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   7409
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                               May 23, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen. BRESLIN -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Local Government
 
 AN ACT to amend chapter 453 of the laws of 1977, authorizing the city of
   Schenectady in the county of Schenectady, to create special assessment
   districts within such city, in relation to increasing  the  membership
   of the special district operations and development committee
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Subdivision a of section 8 of chapter 453 of  the  laws  of
 1977,  authorizing the city of Schenectady in the county of Schenectady,
 to create special assessment districts within such city, is  amended  to
 read as follows:
   a.  The  committee is to consist of NO LESS THAN nine AND NO MORE THAN
 FIFTEEN members appointed by the city manager of the city of Schenectady
 with the consent of the city council to serve for  terms  to  be  estab-
 lished by the city. At least [seven of the nine members of the committee
 must  be  taxpayers  or their agents] THREE-QUARTERS OF THE THEN CURRENT
 COMPLEMENT OF COMMITTEE MEMBERS SHALL BE OWNERS OF ASSESSABLE REAL PROP-
 ERTY within the special assessment district, OR AGENTS OF  SUCH  OWNERS.
 Members are to serve without compensation.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD07312-02-3

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