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                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             February 16, 2023
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 Introduced  by M. of A. ZEBROWSKI, GUNTHER, JACOBSON, BRABENEC -- Multi-
   Sponsored by -- M. of A. McDONOUGH, 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.
                                                            LBD04557-01-3
 A. 4461                             2
              

 
   1. Commissioners. The port authority shall consist of  twelve  commis-
 sioners, 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.
   § 3. 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,  section  one  of  this  act shall take effect immediately;
 provided, however, if chapter 559 of the laws of  2015  shall  not  have
 taken  effect  on or before such date then section two of this act shall
 take effect on the same date and in the same manner as such  chapter  of
 the laws of 2015 takes effect, provided further, that the chairperson of
 the port authority shall notify the legislative bill drafting commission
 upon  the  enactment into law of such legislation by both such states 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 effecting the provisions of section 44 of the legislative
 law and section 70-b of the public officers law.