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Assembly Bill A7620

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Expands the Tompkins county industrial development agency from seven to nine members

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2025-A7620 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S7072
Law Section:
General Municipal Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §895-b, Gen Muni L

2025-A7620 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Expands the Tompkins county industrial development agency from a maximum of seven members to nine members.

2025-A7620 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   7620
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                               April 1, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. KELLES -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on Local Governments
 
 AN  ACT to amend the general municipal law, in relation to expanding the
   Tompkins county industrial  development  agency  from  seven  to  nine
   members
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Section 895-b of the general municipal  law,  as  added  by
 chapter 535 of the laws of 1971, is amended to read as follows:
   §  895-b. Tompkins county industrial development agency. For the bene-
 fit of the county of Tompkins and the inhabitants thereof, an industrial
 development agency, to be known as the TOMPKINS COUNTY INDUSTRIAL DEVEL-
 OPMENT AGENCY, is hereby established for the accomplishment  of  any  or
 all of the purposes specified in title one of article eighteen-A of this
 chapter.  It  shall  constitute  a  body  corporate  and politic, and be
 perpetual in duration. It shall have the powers and duties now or  here-
 after  conferred by title one of article eighteen-A of this chapter upon
 industrial development agencies and, provided however, 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
 subject to the local zoning and planning regulations and shall take into
 consideration 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  article  eighteen-A  of  this  chapter.  Its
 members  shall be appointed by the governing body of the county of Tomp-
 kins. The agency, its members, officers and employees and its operations
 and activities shall in all respects be governed by  the  provisions  of
 title  one of article eighteen-A of this chapter PROVIDED, HOWEVER, THAT
 NOTWITHSTANDING THE PROVISIONS  OF  SUBDIVISION  TWO  OF  SECTION  EIGHT
 HUNDRED  FIFTY-SIX  OF  THIS  CHAPTER  REQUIRING  A MUNICIPAL INDUSTRIAL
 DEVELOPMENT AGENCY TO CONSIST OF NO MORE THAN SEVEN MEMBERS,  THE  TOMP-
 KINS  COUNTY LEGISLATURE IS HEREBY AUTHORIZED TO APPOINT NINE MEMBERS TO
 THE COUNTY OF TOMPKINS INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT AGENCY.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.

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