Assembly Bill A8084

2009-2010 Legislative Session

Relates to the commissioners of the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey

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  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2009-A8084 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S1531
Current Committee:
Assembly Corporations, Authorities And Commissions
Law Section:
Port Authority of New York and New Jersey
Laws Affected:
Amd Art 4 ยง1, Chap 154 of 1921
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2011-2012: A2214
2013-2014: A1437
2015-2016: A1717
2017-2018: A1477
2019-2020: A2398
2021-2022: A6789
2023-2024: A4461

2009-A8084 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to the commissioners of the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey; requires that at least one of whom shall be a resident voter from either the county of Dutchess, Orange, Putnam, Rockland, Sullivan, Ulster or Westchester and one of whom shall be a resident voter from either the county of Nassau or Suffolk.

2009-A8084 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                  8084

                       2009-2010 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                               May 4, 2009
                               ___________

Introduced  by  M.  of  A. ZEBROWSKI, CALHOUN, GUNTHER, RABBITT, CASTRO,
  JAFFEE, SPANO, FIELDS, MOLINARO, WALKER -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of
  A. BRADLEY, McDONOUGH, RAIA, SWEENEY, THIELE, TOWNSEND, WEISENBERG  --
  read  once  and referred to the Committee on Corporations, Authorities
  and Commissions

AN ACT to amend chapter 154 of the laws of 1921, relating  to  the  port
  authority of New York and New Jersey, in relation to the commissioners
  of such authority

  THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section 1. Article 4 of section 1 of chapter 154 of the laws of  1921,
relating to the port authority of New York and New Jersey, as amended by
chapter 419 of the laws of 1930, is amended to read as follows:
                               ARTICLE IV
  The port authority shall consist of twelve commissioners, six resident
voters  from  the  state  of  New York, [at least] four of whom shall be
resident voters of the city of New York, ONE OF WHOM SHALL BE A RESIDENT
VOTER FROM EITHER THE COUNTY  OF  DUTCHESS,  ORANGE,  PUTNAM,  ROCKLAND,
SULLIVAN,  ULSTER  OR  WESTCHESTER  AND  ONE OF WHOM SHALL BE A RESIDENT
VOTER FROM EITHER THE COUNTY OF NASSAU  OR  SUFFOLK,  and  six  resident
voters  from  the  state  of  New Jersey, at least four of whom shall be
resident voters within the New Jersey portion of the district,  the  New
York  members  to  be chosen by the state of New York and the New Jersey
members by the state of New Jersey in the manner and for the terms fixed
and determined from time to  time  by  the  legislature  of  each  state
respectively,  except  as  herein  provided.  Each  commissioner  may be
removed or suspended from office as provided by the  law  of  the  state
from which he shall be appointed.
  S  2.  This  act  shall take effect upon the enactment into law by the
state of New Jersey of legislation having an identical effect with  this
act,  but  if  the  state  of New Jersey shall have already enacted such

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD01892-01-9
              

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