NY State Senate Bill 2023-S1275

Senate Bill S1275

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Relates to adding two trustees to the power authority to represent Niagara county and St. Lawrence county

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Current Bill Status - In Senate Committee Energy And Telecommunications Committee

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- On Floor Calendar Assembly
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- Passed Assembly
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Delivered to Governor
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	Assembly Actions - Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE
Jan 03, 2024	referred to energy and telecommunications
Jan 11, 2023	referred to energy and telecommunications

2023-S1275 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:: A4193
Current Committee:: Senate Energy And Telecommunications
Law Section:: Public Authorities Law
Laws Affected:: Amd §1003, Pub Auth L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:: 2019-2020: S4461, A6562
2021-2022: S3640, A4395

2023-S1275 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Adds two trustees to the power authority to represent Niagara county and St. Lawrence county.

2023-S1275 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2023-S1275 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   1275
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             January 11, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  ORTT  --  read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on  Energy  and  Telecommuni-
   cations
 
 AN  ACT  to  amend the public authorities law, in relation to adding two
   trustees to the power authority to represent Niagara  county  and  St.
   Lawrence county

   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Section 1003 of the public authorities law, as  amended  by
 chapter 766 of the laws of 2005, is amended to read as follows:
   §  1003.  Trustees.  The authority shall consist of [seven] NINE trus-
 tees, five of whom shall serve  respectively  for  terms  of  one,  two,
 three, four and five years, to be appointed by the governor, by and with
 the  advice  and  consent  of the senate. The sixth and seventh trustees
 shall be appointed by the governor, by and with the advice  and  consent
 of  the  senate,  and  shall  serve  initial  terms of one and two years
 respectively. THE EIGHTH AND NINTH TRUSTEES SHALL BE  APPOINTED  BY  THE
 GOVERNOR,  BY  AND  WITH THE ADVICE AND CONSENT OF THE SENATE, AND SHALL
 SERVE INITIAL TERMS OF ONE AND TWO YEARS RESPECTIVELY AND SHALL BE RESI-
 DENTS OF NIAGARA COUNTY AND  ST.  LAWRENCE  COUNTY,  RESPECTIVELY.  Each
 trustee shall hold office until a successor has been appointed and qual-
 ified.  At  the  expiration  of  the  term  of  each trustee and of each
 succeeding trustee the governor  shall,  by  and  with  the  advice  and
 consent  of the senate, appoint a successor, who shall hold office for a
 term of five years, or until a successor has been appointed  and  quali-
 fied.  In  the event of a vacancy occurring in the office of the trustee
 by death, resignation or otherwise, the governor shall, by and with  the
 advice  and  consent  of the senate, appoint a successor, who shall hold
 office for the unexpired term. Four trustees shall constitute  a  quorum
 for  the purpose of organizing the authority and conducting the business
 thereof.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD01834-01-3

 S. 1275                             2
 
   The trustee chosen as [chairman] CHAIRPERSON as  provided  in  section
 one  thousand  four  of this title, shall receive an annual salary which
 shall be set by the trustees of  the  authority,  and  which  shall  not
 exceed  the  salary prescribed for the positions listed in paragraph (f)
 of  subdivision  one  of section one hundred sixty-nine of the executive
 law. Each other trustee shall not receive  a  salary  or  other  compen-
 sation. Each trustee shall receive his or her reasonable expenses in the
 performance  of  his  or  her  duties  hereunder.  The trustee chosen as
 [chairman] CHAIRPERSON may elect to become a  member  of  the  New  York
 state  and  local  employees'  retirement  system  on  the basis of such
 compensation to which he or she shall be  entitled  as  herein  provided
 notwithstanding  the  provisions  of  any general, special or local law,
 municipal charter, or ordinance.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.

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