Senate Bill S3437

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Establishes a procedure for appointing a president or chairperson upon a vacancy of such position and corrects certain gendered language

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Current Bill Status - In Assembly Committee


  • 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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2023-S3437 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Economic Development
Law Section:
Economic Development Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §4, UDC Act; amd §10, Ec Dev L
Versions Introduced in 2021-2022 Legislative Session:
S9148

2023-S3437 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Establishes a procedure for appointing a president or chairperson upon a vacancy of such position; corrects certain gendered language.

2023-S3437 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2023-S3437 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   3437
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             January 31, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen. SKOUFIS -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Corporations,  Authorities
   and Commissions
 
 AN ACT to amend the New York state urban development corporation act and
   the  economic development law, in relation to establishing a procedure
   for appointing a president or chairperson upon a vacancy of such posi-
   tion and correcting certain gendered language
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1. Section 4 of section 1 of chapter 174 of the laws of 1968,
 constituting the New  York  state  urban  development  corporation  act,
 subdivisions  1, 1-a and 3 as amended by chapter 280 of the laws of 1984
 and as further amended by section 104 of part A of  chapter  62  of  the
 laws  of  2011,  subdivision  2  as amended by chapter 55 of the laws of
 1992, subdivision 3-a as added by chapter 61 of the laws  of  1975,  and
 subdivisions  7  and 8 as amended by chapter 823 of the laws of 2022, is
 amended to read as follows:
   § 4. New York state urban development corporation. (1) There is hereby
 created the New York state urban  development  corporation.  The  corpo-
 ration shall be a corporate governmental agency of the state, constitut-
 ing  a political subdivision and public benefit corporation. Its member-
 ship shall consist of nine directors as follows: the  superintendent  of
 financial  services,  the  [chairman]  CHAIRPERSON of the New York state
 science and technology foundation, and seven directors to  be  appointed
 by  the  governor  with  the  advice and consent of the senate. From the
 seven directors appointed by him OR HER, the  governor  shall  designate
 the  [chairman]  CHAIRPERSON of the corporation and two others who shall
 all serve at the pleasure of the governor. Of the four remaining  direc-
 tors,  one  of  such directors first appointed by the governor after the
 effective date of this subdivision as amended shall  serve  for  a  term
 ending January first next succeeding his OR HER appointment, one of such
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD07043-01-3
              

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