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                                   6684
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                                May 1, 2023
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 Introduced  by M. of A. JONES -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on Housing
 
 AN ACT to establish the Adirondack park affordable housing  task  force;
   and providing for the repeal of such provisions upon expiration there-
   of
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. This act shall be known and may be cited as the "Adirondack
 park affordable housing act".
   § 2. 1. There is hereby  established  an  Adirondack  park  affordable
 housing  task  force,  hereinafter  referred  to as the "task force", to
 conduct a comprehensive review of affordable housing issues  within  the
 Adirondack park and to make recommendations for addressing those issues.
 The  task  force  shall  consist  of  twenty-seven  members  which shall
 include:   the commissioner of the division  of  housing  and  community
 renewal  or their designee; the commissioner of labor or their designee;
 the executive director of the Adirondack park agency or their  designee;
 one representative from each county which contains a part of the Adiron-
 dack  park, appointed by such counties' legislature or board of supervi-
 sors; the president of the Adirondack community housing trust  or  their
 designee;  and  ten  other  members  to  be appointed by the governor as
 follows: two upon the recommendation of the temporary president  of  the
 senate;  two upon the recommendation of the speaker of the assembly; one
 upon the recommendation of the minority leader of the senate;  one  upon
 the  recommendation  of  the  minority  leader of the assembly; and four
 without recommendation from any other person.
   2. Task force members shall receive no compensation for their services
 but shall be reimbursed for actual and necessary  expenses  incurred  in
 the  performance  of  their duties, to the extent funds are appropriated
 for such purpose. The commissioner of the division of housing and commu-
 nity renewal, or their designee,  and  the  executive  director  of  the

  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD10252-01-3
              

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 Adirondack  park  agency, or their designee, shall serve as joint chairs
 of the task force. A majority of the members of  the  task  force  shall
 constitute  a  quorum for the transaction of business or the exercise of
 any power or function of the task force. Any vacancies on the task force
 shall be filled in the manner provided for in the initial appointment.
   3.  The  task  force  shall  be authorized to hold public hearings and
 meetings, and to consult with any organization, educational institution,
 or government entity or person, to enable it to accomplish  its  duties.
 To  effectuate  the purposes of this act, the task force may request and
 shall receive from any department, division, board,  bureau,  commission
 or  other agency of the state or any state public authority such assist-
 ance, information and data as will enable the  task  force  to  properly
 carry out its powers and duties hereunder.
   4.  The task force shall undertake a review and assessment of afforda-
 ble housing within the Adirondack park, including, but not  limited  to:
 the  past, current and projected future availability of affordable hous-
 ing within the park; the factors causing or contributing to the lack  of
 affordable  housing  in  the  park;  and proposed legislative, policy or
 other measures that can be implemented to increase the  availability  of
 affordable housing in the park.
   5. The task force shall prepare and submit to the governor, the tempo-
 rary  president of the senate, the speaker of the assembly, the chair of
 the senate committee on housing, construction and community  development
 and the chair of the assembly committee on housing, on or before January
 first, two thousand twenty-six, a report containing:
   (a)  a  definition  of  what constitutes affordable housing within the
 Adirondack park;
   (b) the past, current and projected future availability of  affordable
 housing  within  each  county,  town,  village,  hamlet  and city in the
 Adirondack park;
   (c) the factors causing or contributing to a lack of affordable  hous-
 ing within the Adirondack park;
   (d)  recommendations for affordable housing targets for communities in
 the Adirondack park; and
   (e) recommendations for legislative, policy or other measures that can
 be implemented by state or local government to increase the availability
 of affordable housing in the Adirondack park and the achievement of  the
 affordable housing targets in paragraph (d) of this subdivision.
   §  3.  This  act shall take effect immediately and shall expire and be
 deemed repealed December 31, 2026.