Assembly Bill A10291

2011-2012 Legislative Session

Amends the membership of the New York city water board to include the five borough presidents

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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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2011-A10291 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Corporations, Authorities And Commissions
Law Section:
Public Authorities Law
Laws Affected:
Amd ยง1045-f, Pub Auth L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2013-2014: A131
2015-2016: A7197
2017-2018: A4595
2019-2020: A8875
2021-2022: A7005
2023-2024: A7709

2011-A10291 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Amends the membership of the New York city water board to include the five borough presidents, the mayor or a public member appointed by the mayor and a public member appointed by the governor who has experience in the science of water resource development.

2011-A10291 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  10291

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                              May 18, 2012
                               ___________

Introduced by M. of A. CUSICK -- read once and referred to the Committee
  on Corporations, Authorities and Commissions

AN  ACT  to amend the public authorities law, in relation to the member-
  ship of the board of directors of the New York city water board

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

  Section  1.  Subdivision 2 of section 1045-f of the public authorities
law, as added by chapter 513 of the laws of 1984, is amended to read  as
follows:
  2.  The  water  board shall consist of seven members [appointed by the
mayor]  AS FOLLOWS: THE BOROUGH PRESIDENT OF EACH BOROUGH OF THE CITY OF
NEW YORK, THE MAYOR OR A PUBLIC MEMBER APPOINTED  BY  THE  MAYOR  AND  A
PUBLIC  MEMBER  APPOINTED  BY  THE  GOVERNOR  WHO  HAS EXPERIENCE IN THE
SCIENCE OF WATER RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT.  Terms of office of  the  members
shall  be  two  years except that the terms of four of the board members
first appointed shall be one year. [At least one member shall have expe-
rience in the science of water resource development.] No member shall be
a director of the authority.  The mayor shall appoint  a  chairman  from
among  the  members  of  the board.   All members shall continue to hold
office until their successors are  appointed  and  qualified.  Vacancies
shall be filled in the manner provided for original appointments. Vacan-
cies, occurring otherwise than by expiration of term of office, shall be
filled  in  the  same  manner as original appointments for the unexpired
terms.
  S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.




 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD15733-01-2

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