Assembly Bill A555

                             
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                                    555
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                                (PREFILED)
 
                              January 8, 2025
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 Introduced  by M. of A. PAULIN, COLTON, RIVERA -- read once and referred
   to the Committee on Local Governments
 
 AN ACT to amend the general municipal law, in relation to the establish-
   ment of the White Plains industrial development agency

   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  The  general  municipal  law  is  amended by adding a new
 section 902-d to read as follows:
   § 902-D. CITY OF WHITE PLAINS INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT AGENCY.  FOR  THE
 BENEFIT  OF  THE  CITY  OF  WHITE PLAINS AND THE INHABITANTS THEREOF, AN
 INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT AGENCY, TO BE KNOWN AS THE CITY OF  WHITE  PLAINS
 INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT AGENCY, IS HEREBY ESTABLISHED FOR THE ACCOMPLISH-
 MENT  OF ANY OR ALL OF THE PURPOSES SPECIFIED IN TITLE ONE OF THIS ARTI-
 CLE.  IT SHALL CONSTITUTE A BODY CORPORATE AND POLITIC, AND BE PERPETUAL
 IN DURATION.   IT SHALL HAVE THE POWERS  AND  DUTIES  NOW  OR  HEREAFTER
 CONFERRED BY TITLE ONE OF THIS ARTICLE UPON INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT AGEN-
 CIES,  EXCEPT THAT THE AGENCY'S POWER OF CONDEMNATION SHALL NOT BE EXER-
 CISED WITHOUT PRIOR APPROVAL OF  THE  CITY  COUNCIL  OF  THE  CITY,  AND
 PROVIDED  THAT THE EXERCISE OF THE POWERS BY SUCH AGENCY WITH RESPECT TO
 THE ACQUISITION OF REAL PROPERTY, WHETHER BY PURCHASE,  CONDEMNATION  OR
 OTHERWISE, SHALL BE LIMITED TO THE CORPORATE LIMITS OF THE CITY OF WHITE
 PLAINS,  AND  SUCH AGENCY SHALL TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION THE LOCAL ZONING
 AND PLANNING REGULATIONS AS WELL AS THE REGIONAL AND LOCAL COMPREHENSIVE
 LAND USE PLANS. IT SHALL BE ORGANIZED IN A MANNER PRESCRIBED BY  AND  BE
 SUBJECT  TO THE PROVISIONS OF TITLE ONE OF THIS ARTICLE, EXCEPT THAT THE
 MEMBERS SHALL BE APPOINTED BY THE MAYOR OF SAID CITY, SUBJECT TO CONFIR-
 MATION BY ITS GOVERNING BODY, AND SHALL SERVE AT  THE  PLEASURE  OF  THE
 MAYOR. THE MAYOR SHALL DESIGNATE THE CHAIR, WHO SHALL SERVE AT THE PLEA-
 SURE  OF  THE MAYOR.   EXCEPT AS OTHERWISE PROVIDED IN THIS SECTION, THE
 AGENCY, ITS MEMBERS, OFFICERS  AND  EMPLOYEES  AND  ITS  OPERATIONS  AND
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

                                                            LBD01994-01-5
 A. 555                              2
 
 ACTIVITIES  SHALL IN ALL RESPECTS BE GOVERNED BY THE PROVISIONS OF TITLE
 ONE OF THIS ARTICLE.
   §  2. This act shall take effect immediately; provided that the secre-
 tary of state or the secretary's appointed  designee  shall  notify  the
 legislative  bill drafting commission as to whether or not the office of
 the secretary of state has timely received the certificate  required  to
 be  filed  pursuant to section 856 of the general municipal law in order
 that the commission may maintain an accurate and timely  effective  data
 base of the official text of the laws of the state of New York in furth-
 erance  of  effecting the provisions of section 70-b of the public offi-
 cers law; and provided further that upon receiving notification from the
 secretary of state that such certificate has not been so  timely  filed,
 this  act shall be deemed repealed on the thirtieth day after the legis-
 lative bill drafting commission has received such notification of  fail-
 ure to timely file such certificate.