Assembly Bill A11281

                             
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                                   11281
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                                May 5, 2026
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 Introduced  by  COMMITTEE  ON  RULES -- (at request of M. of A. Griffin,
   Solages) -- read once and referred to the Committee on  Local  Govern-
   ments
 
 AN  ACT  to  amend  the general municipal law and the public authorities
   law, in relation to county-wide shared services panels
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  Section 239-bb of the general municipal law is amended by
 adding a new subdivision 9 to read as follows:
   9. NOTWITHSTANDING ANY OTHER PROVISION OF LAW  TO  THE  CONTRARY,  THE
 SOUTH  NASSAU  WATER  AUTHORITY CREATED PURSUANT TO TITLE FIVE-B AND THE
 NORTH SHORE WATER AUTHORITY CREATED PURSUANT TO TITLE FIVE-A OF  ARTICLE
 FIVE  OF  THE  PUBLIC  AUTHORITIES LAW SHALL REMAIN ELIGIBLE FOR FUNDING
 FROM THE CLEAN WATER, CLEAN AIR, AND GREEN JOBS ENVIRONMENTAL  BOND  ACT
 FUND  PURSUANT  TO SECTION NINETY-SEVEN-TTTT OF THE STATE FINANCE LAW IN
 STATE FISCAL YEAR TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-SIX--TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-SEVEN.
   § 2. Title 5-A of article 5 of the public authorities law, as added by
 chapter 575 of the laws of 2021, is renumbered title  5-B  and  sections
 1114-a  through 1114-s, as added by chapter 575 of the laws of 2021, are
 renumbered sections 1114-aa through 1114-ss.
   § 3. Subdivisions 1 and 12 of section 1114-bb of the  public  authori-
 ties  law,  as added by chapter 575 of the laws of 2021 and such section
 as renumbered by section two  of  this  act,  are  amended  to  read  as
 follows:
   1.  "Authority"  shall  mean the corporation created by section eleven
 hundred [fourteen-d] FOURTEEN-DD of this title.
   12. "District" shall mean the water authority of  South  Nassau  water
 district  created  by section eleven hundred [fourteen-c] FOURTEEN-CC of
 this title.
   § 4. Paragraph (j) of subdivision 4 of section 1114-gg of  the  public
 authorities  law,  as  added by chapter 575 of the laws of 2021 and such
 section as renumbered by section two of this act, is amended to read  as
 follows:
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD00460-01-5
              

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   (j)  vesting  in a trustee or trustees such properties, rights, powers
 and duties in trust as the authority may determine,  which  may  include
 any  or all of the rights, powers and duties of the trustee appointed by
 the bondholders pursuant to section eleven  hundred  [fourteen-h]  FOUR-
 TEEN-HH of this title and limiting or abrogating the rights of the bond-
 holders  to appoint a trustee under such section or limiting the rights,
 duties and powers of such trustee;
   § 5. This act shall take effect immediately.