Assembly Bill A818

2011-2012 Legislative Session

Alters membership of industrial development agencies

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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-A818 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Local Governments
Law Section:
General Municipal Law
Laws Affected:
Amd ยง856, Gen Muni L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2009-2010: A2384
2013-2014: A45
2015-2016: A492
2017-2018: A174
2019-2020: A3449

2011-A818 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Increases the minimum number of members of an industrial development agency's board of directors from three to four; provides that the board must include representatives of labor, business, local government and local school boards.

2011-A818 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                   818

                       2011-2012 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                               (PREFILED)

                             January 5, 2011
                               ___________

Introduced  by M. of A. GANTT -- read once and referred to the Committee
  on Local Governments

AN ACT to amend the general municipal law,  in  relation  to  industrial
  development agencies

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

  Section 1.  Subdivision 2 of section 856 of the general municipal law,
as amended by chapter 356 of the laws of 1993, is  amended  to  read  as
follows:
  2.  An agency shall be a corporate governmental agency, constituting a
public benefit corporation. Except as otherwise provided by special  act
of  the legislature, an agency shall consist of not less than [three nor
more than seven] FOUR members who shall be appointed  by  the  governing
body  of  each  municipality  and who shall serve at the pleasure of the
appointing authority. Such members [may] SHALL  include  representatives
of  local  government,  school  boards,  organized labor and business. A
member shall  continue  to  hold  office  until  [his]  A  successor  is
appointed  and  has  qualified.  The governing body of each municipality
shall designate the first chairman and file with the secretary of  state
a  certificate  of  appointment  or  reappointment  of  any member. Such
members shall receive no compensation for their services  but  shall  be
entitled  to  the  necessary  expenses,  including  traveling  expenses,
incurred in the discharge of their duties.
  S 2. This act shall take effect one year next succeeding the  date  on
which it shall have become a law.


 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD03248-01-1

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