Senate Bill S1531

2009-2010 Legislative Session

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

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Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Corporations, Authorities And Commissions Committee

  • 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-S1531 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A8084
Current Committee:
Senate 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-S1531 (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-S1531 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2009-S1531 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  1531

                       2009-2010 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                            February 2, 2009
                               ___________

Introduced  by  Sens.  MORAHAN,  BONACIC, O. JOHNSON, LARKIN, LAVALLE --
  read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to  be  committed  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
legislation,  this  act shall take effect immediately; provided that the
state of New Jersey shall notify the legislative bill  drafting  commis-

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

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