Senate Bill S7072

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Expands the Tompkins county industrial development agency from seven to nine members

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Current Bill Status - In Senate Committee Local Government 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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2025-S7072 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A7620
Current Committee:
Senate Local Government
Law Section:
General Municipal Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §895-b, Gen Muni L

2025-S7072 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Expands the Tompkins county industrial development agency from a maximum of seven members to nine members.

2025-S7072 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2025-S7072 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   7072
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                               April 1, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  WEBB  --  read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Local Government
 
 AN ACT to amend the general municipal law, in relation to expanding  the
   Tompkins  county  industrial  development  agency  from  seven to nine
   members

   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  Section  895-b  of the general municipal law, as added by
 chapter 535 of the laws of 1971, is amended to read as follows:
   § 895-b. Tompkins county industrial development agency. For the  bene-
 fit of the county of Tompkins and the inhabitants thereof, an industrial
 development agency, to be known as the TOMPKINS COUNTY INDUSTRIAL DEVEL-
 OPMENT  AGENCY,  is  hereby established for the accomplishment of any or
 all of the purposes specified in title one of article eighteen-A of this
 chapter. It shall constitute  a  body  corporate  and  politic,  and  be
 perpetual  in duration. It shall have the powers and duties now or here-
 after conferred by title one of article eighteen-A of this chapter  upon
 industrial development agencies and, provided however, that the exercise
 of  the  powers  by  such agency with respect to the acquisition of real
 property whether  by  purchase,  condemnation  or  otherwise,  shall  be
 subject to the local zoning and planning regulations and shall take into
 consideration  the  regional  and local comprehensive land use plans. It
 shall be organized in a manner prescribed  by  and  be  subject  to  the
 provisions  of  title  one  of  article  eighteen-A of this chapter. Its
 members shall be appointed by the governing body of the county of  Tomp-
 kins. The agency, its members, officers and employees and its operations
 and  activities  shall  in all respects be governed by the provisions of
 title one of article eighteen-A of this chapter PROVIDED, HOWEVER,  THAT
 NOTWITHSTANDING  THE  PROVISIONS  OF  SUBDIVISION  TWO  OF SECTION EIGHT
 HUNDRED FIFTY-SIX OF  THIS  CHAPTER  REQUIRING  A  MUNICIPAL  INDUSTRIAL
 DEVELOPMENT  AGENCY  TO CONSIST OF NO MORE THAN SEVEN MEMBERS, THE TOMP-
 KINS COUNTY LEGISLATURE IS HEREBY AUTHORIZED TO APPOINT NINE MEMBERS  TO
 THE COUNTY OF TOMPKINS INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT AGENCY.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.

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