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Assembly Bill A838A

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Relates to the organization of industrial development agencies

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2025-A838 - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S4464
Current Committee:
Assembly Local Governments
Law Section:
General Municipal Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §§854 & 856, Gen Muni L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2019-2020: S7347
2021-2022: S237
2023-2024: A7532, S4040

2025-A838 - Summary

Relates to the organization of industrial development agencies and the definition of labor organization.

2025-A838 - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                    838
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                                (PREFILED)
 
                              January 8, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. SOLAGES, LEVENBERG, JACOBSON, OTIS, SANTABARBARA,
   SLATER -- read once and referred to the Committee on Local Governments
 
 AN  ACT to amend the general municipal law, in relation to the organiza-
   tion of industrial development agencies and the  definition  of  labor
   organization
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Section 854 of the general  municipal  law  is  amended  by
 adding a new subdivision 22 to read as follows:
   (22)  "LABOR  ORGANIZATION"--SHALL  MEAN ANY ORGANIZATION WHICH EXISTS
 AND IS CONSTITUTED FOR THE PURPOSE, IN WHOLE OR IN PART,  OF  COLLECTIVE
 BARGAINING, OR OF DEALING WITH EMPLOYERS CONCERNING GRIEVANCES, TERMS OR
 CONDITIONS OF EMPLOYMENT, OR OF OTHER MUTUAL AID OR PROTECTION AND WHICH
 IS NOT A COMPANY UNION.
   §  2.  Subdivision  2  of section 856 of the general municipal law, as
 amended by chapter 356 of the laws  of  1993,  is  amended  to  read  as
 follows:
   2.  (A) An agency shall be a corporate governmental agency, constitut-
 ing a public  benefit  corporation.  Except  as  otherwise  provided  by
 special act of the legislature, an agency shall consist of not less than
 three  nor more than seven members who shall be appointed by the govern-
 ing body of each municipality and who shall serve at the pleasure of the
 appointing authority. IF THE INITIAL ADDITION OF THE  MANDATORY  MEMBERS
 REQUIRED  PURSUANT  TO  PARAGRAPH (B) OF THIS SUBDIVISION WOULD INCREASE
 THE AGENCY SIZE TO ABOVE THE MAXIMUM SEVEN-MEMBER LIMIT, THE AGENCY  MAY
 TEMPORARILY INCREASE ITS SIZE TO ALLOW FOR THE ADDITION OF SUCH MANDATO-
 RY  MEMBERS.  PROVIDED, HOWEVER, THAT SUCH AGENCY SIZE SHALL DECREASE TO
 SEVEN OR FEWER  MEMBERS  AS  THE  SEATS  OF  NON-MANDATORY  MEMBERS  ARE
 VACATED.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD03309-01-5

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2025-A838A (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S4464
Current Committee:
Assembly Local Governments
Law Section:
General Municipal Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §§854 & 856, Gen Muni L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2019-2020: S7347
2021-2022: S237
2023-2024: A7532, S4040

2025-A838A (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to the organization of industrial development agencies and the definition of labor organization.

2025-A838A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                  838--A
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                                (PREFILED)
 
                              January 8, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. SOLAGES, LEVENBERG, JACOBSON, OTIS, SANTABARBARA,
   SLATER -- read once and referred to the Committee on Local Governments
   --  recommitted  to  the  Committee on Local Governments in accordance
   with Assembly Rule 3, sec. 2 -- committee  discharged,  bill  amended,
   ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee
 
 AN  ACT to amend the general municipal law, in relation to the organiza-
   tion of industrial development agencies and the  definition  of  labor
   organization
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Section 854 of the general  municipal  law  is  amended  by
 adding a new subdivision 22 to read as follows:
   (22)  "LABOR  ORGANIZATION"--SHALL  MEAN ANY ORGANIZATION WHICH EXISTS
 AND IS CONSTITUTED FOR THE PURPOSE, IN WHOLE OR IN PART,  OF  COLLECTIVE
 BARGAINING, OR OF DEALING WITH EMPLOYERS CONCERNING GRIEVANCES, TERMS OR
 CONDITIONS OF EMPLOYMENT, OR OF OTHER MUTUAL AID OR PROTECTION AND WHICH
 IS NOT A COMPANY UNION.
   §  2.  Subdivision  2  of section 856 of the general municipal law, as
 amended by chapter 356 of the laws  of  1993,  is  amended  to  read  as
 follows:
   2.  (A) An agency shall be a corporate governmental agency, constitut-
 ing a public  benefit  corporation.  Except  as  otherwise  provided  by
 special act of the legislature, an agency shall consist of not less than
 three  nor  more than [seven] NINE members who shall be appointed by the
 governing body of each municipality and who shall serve at the  pleasure
 of the appointing authority.
   (B)  Such  members  may  include representatives of local government[,
 school boards, organized labor] and business, AND SHALL AT LEAST INCLUDE
 A REPRESENTATIVE OF A LOCAL  LABOR  ORGANIZATION  AND  EITHER  A  SCHOOL
 DISTRICT  SUPERINTENDENT OR A REPRESENTATIVE OF A SCHOOL BOARD. A member
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.

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