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Senate Bill S9461

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Relates to the appointment of commissioners for the Seaview/Ocean Bay Park garbage district

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2025-S9461 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A9597
Current Committee:
Senate Local Government
Law Section:
Municipalities
Laws Affected:
Amd §8-a, §1 of Chap 787 of 1934

2025-S9461 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Provides that the Seaview/Ocean Bay Park garbage district shall have 7 commissioners; provides for the requirements for appointment of such commissioners.

2025-S9461 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2025-S9461 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   9461
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                              March 13, 2026
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  MURRAY -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Local Government
 
 AN ACT to amend chapter  787  of  the  laws  of  1934  relating  to  the
   collection  and  disposal  of  garbage and other refuse substances, in
   relation to the appointment of commissioners for the Seaview/Ocean Bay
   Park garbage district

   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Subdivision 1 of section 8-a of section 1 of chapter 787 of
 the laws of 1934, relating to the collection and disposal of garbage and
 other refuse substances, as added by chapter 478 of the laws of 1982, is
 amended to read as follows:
   1. A. Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter or any other
 general,  special  or  local  law,  chapter,  code  or regulation to the
 contrary, in the towns of Brookhaven and Islip in the county of Suffolk,
 or in either of them, the governing board of a joint garbage, metal  and
 refuse  disposal  system  shall,  EXCEPT  AS  OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR THE
 SEAVIEW/OCEAN BAY PARK GARBAGE DISTRICT UNDER PARAGRAPH B OF THIS SUBDI-
 VISION, consist of five garbage commissioners, who shall be elected from
 the entire territory of such garbage district as hereinafter  set  forth
 and  shall  be known as the board of garbage commissioners thereof. Such
 garbage commissioners individually, and such board  of  garbage  commis-
 sioners as an entity, shall have all the functions and powers of a trus-
 tee  or  the  board of trustees, respectively, as otherwise set forth in
 this chapter insofar as feasible and consistent with the  provisions  of
 this section.
   B.  NOTWITHSTANDING THE PROVISIONS OF PARAGRAPH A OF THIS SUBDIVISION,
 ON AND AFTER JULY 1, 2026, THE GOVERNING BOARD OF THE SEAVIEW/OCEAN  BAY
 PARK GARBAGE DISTRICT SHALL CONSIST OF SEVEN COMMISSIONERS. FIVE OF SUCH
 COMMISSIONERS  SHALL  BE  ELECTED IN ACCORDANCE WITH PARAGRAPH A OF THIS
 SUBDIVISION EXCEPT THAT TWO OF SUCH ELECTED COMMISSIONERS SHALL BE RESI-
 DENTS OF THE SEAVIEW COMMUNITY, TWO OF SUCH ELECTED COMMISSIONERS  SHALL
 BE  RESIDENTS  OF  THE OCEAN BAY PARK COMMUNITY, AND ONE OF SUCH ELECTED
 COMMISSIONERS  SHALL  BE  ELECTED  FROM  THE  ENTIRE  TERRITORY  OF  THE
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.

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