Assembly Bill A1477

2017-2018 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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2017-A1477 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Corporations, Authorities And Commissions
Law Section:
Port Authority of New York and New Jersey
Laws Affected:
Amd Art 4 §1, Chap 154 of 1921
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2009-2010: A8084
2011-2012: A2214
2013-2014: A1437
2015-2016: A1717
2019-2020: A2398
2021-2022: A6789
2023-2024: A4461

2017-A1477 (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.

2017-A1477 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   1477
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 12, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by M. of A. ZEBROWSKI, GUNTHER, JAFFEE, SKOUFIS, BRABENEC --
   Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. LOPEZ, McDONOUGH, RAIA, THIELE --  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.
   §  2.  Subdivision  1  of 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 559 of the laws of 2015, is  amended  to  read  as
 follows:

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

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