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                       2015-2016 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                            January 12, 2015
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Introduced  by  M.  of  A. ZEBROWSKI, GUNTHER, JAFFEE, SKOUFIS -- Multi-
  Sponsored by -- M. of A.  LOPEZ, McDONOUGH, RAIA, THIELE -- read  once
  and referred to the Committee on Corporations, Authorities and Commis-
  sions

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

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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state of New Jersey shall notify the legislative bill  drafting  commis-
sion  upon  the  occurrence of the enactment of the legislation provided
for in section one of this act in order that the commission may maintain
an  accurate  and timely effective data base of the official text of the
laws of the state  of  New  York  in  furtherance  of  effectuating  the
provisions  of section 44 of the legislative law and section 70-b of the
public officers law.