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Senate Bill S10119

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Relates to expanded approval power for actions taken at meetings of the New York state energy research and development authority

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2025-S10119 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Energy And Telecommunications
Law Section:
Public Authorities Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §1853, Pub Auth L

2025-S10119 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Expands approval power for actions taken at meetings of the New York state energy research and development authority to include the temporary president of the senate, the speaker of the assembly, the minority leader of the senate, and the minority leader of the assembly.

2025-S10119 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   10119
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                              April 30, 2026
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  O'MARA -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on  Energy  and  Telecommuni-
   cations
 
 AN  ACT  to  amend  the  public authorities law, in relation to expanded
   approval power
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section  1.  Section  1853  of the public authorities law, as added by
 chapter 210 of the laws of 1962, is amended to read as follows:
   § 1853. Approval power of the governor AND LEGISLATURE. 1.  No  action
 taken  at  any meeting of the authority shall have force or effect until
 the governor, THE TEMPORARY PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE, THE SPEAKER OF  THE
 ASSEMBLY,  THE MINORITY LEADER OF THE SENATE, AND THE MINORITY LEADER OF
 THE ASSEMBLY shall have an opportunity to approve or veto the same.
   2. For the purpose of procuring such approval or veto,  the  authority
 shall  by  rule designate an officer of the authority to transmit to THE
 FOLLOWING: the governor at the executive chamber in Albany,  THE  TEMPO-
 RARY  PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE AT THEIR ALBANY OFFICE, THE SPEAKER OF THE
 ASSEMBLY AT THEIR ALBANY OFFICE, THE MINORITY LEADER OF  THE  SENATE  AT
 THEIR  ALBANY  OFFICE,  AND THE MINORITY LEADER OF THE ASSEMBLY AT THEIR
 ALBANY OFFICE a certified copy of the minutes of every  meeting  of  the
 authority  as soon after the holding of such meeting as such minutes can
 be written out. The governor, THE TEMPORARY PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE, THE
 SPEAKER OF THE ASSEMBLY, THE MINORITY  LEADER  OF  THE  SENATE  AND  THE
 MINORITY  LEADER  OF  THE ASSEMBLY shall, within fifteen days after such
 minutes shall have been delivered [to the executive chamber]  as  afore-
 said,  cause  the same to be returned to the authority either with [his]
 THEIR approval or with [his] THEIR veto of any action therein recited as
 having been taken, provided, however, that if the governor,  THE  TEMPO-
 RARY  PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE, THE SPEAKER OF THE ASSEMBLY, THE MINORITY
 LEADER OF THE SENATE, OR THE MINORITY LEADER OF THE ASSEMBLY  shall  not
 return  the  said  minutes within the said period then at the expiration
 thereof any action therein recited shall  have  full  force  and  effect
 according to the wording thereof.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.

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