Bill Text: NY A01871 | 2015-2016 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Establishes terms of members of the board of the thruway authority; staggers terms; provides for termination upon inauguration of a new governor unless reappointed.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2016-01-06 - referred to corporations, authorities and commissions [A01871 Detail]
Download: New_York-2015-A01871-Introduced.html
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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1871
2015-2016 Regular Sessions
I N A S S E M B L Y
January 13, 2015
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Introduced by M. of A. GANTT, SILVER -- read once and referred to the
Committee on Corporations, Authorities and Commissions
AN ACT to amend the public authorities law, in relation to establishing
the terms of the members of the board of the New York state thruway
authority
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
1 Section 1. Subdivision 1 of section 352 of the public authorities law,
2 as amended by chapter 766 of the laws of 2005, is amended to read as
3 follows:
4 1. (A) A board to be known as "New York state thruway authority" is
5 hereby created. Such board shall be a body corporate and politic consti-
6 tuting a public corporation. It shall consist of seven members appointed
7 by the governor by and with the advice and consent of the senate. [The
8 members first appointed shall serve for terms ending three, six and nine
9 years, respectively from January first next succeeding their appoint-
10 ment. Provided, however, that two board members first appointed on or
11 after the effective date of the chapter of the laws of two thousand five
12 which amended this subdivision shall serve an initial term of two years;
13 provided further that two other board members first appointed on or
14 after the effective date of the chapter of the laws of two thousand five
15 which amended this subdivision shall serve an initial term of three
16 years. Their successors shall be appointed for terms of nine years
17 each.] A member to be designated as chairman in his or her appointment
18 as a member shall be chairman of such board until his or her term as
19 member expires. The chairman and the other members shall serve without
20 salary or other compensation, but shall be entitled to reimbursement for
21 their actual and necessary expenses incurred in the performance of their
22 official duties.
23 (B) NOTWITHSTANDING ANY OTHER PROVISION OF LAW OR THE PROVISIONS OF
24 ANY APPOINTMENT BY A GOVERNOR, THE TERMS OF ALL MEMBERS SERVING AS SUCH
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
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1 ON MARCH THIRTY-FIRST, TWO THOUSAND FIFTEEN, OR ON THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF
2 THIS PARAGRAPH, WHICHEVER DATE IS LATER, SHALL IMMEDIATELY TERMINATE
3 EXCEPT THAT SUCH MEMBERS SHALL CONTINUE TO SERVE UNTIL THEIR SUCCESSORS
4 ARE APPOINTED AND HAVE QUALIFIED.
5 (C) TWO MEMBERS OF THE BOARD APPOINTED ON OR AFTER APRIL FIRST, TWO
6 THOUSAND FIFTEEN, SHALL BE APPOINTED TO TERMS OF THREE YEARS; TWO OTHER
7 MEMBERS OF THE BOARD SHALL BE APPOINTED TO TERMS OF FOUR YEARS; AND
8 THREE MEMBERS OF THE BOARD SHALL BE APPOINTED TO TERMS OF FIVE YEARS,
9 PROVIDED, HOWEVER, THAT SUCH MEMBERS SHALL CONTINUE TO SERVE AFTER THE
10 END OF THEIR TERMS UNTIL THEIR SUCCESSORS ARE APPOINTED AND HAVE QUALI-
11 FIED, AND PROVIDED FURTHER THAT NOTWITHSTANDING THE TERM TO WHICH ANY
12 SUCH MEMBER SHALL HAVE BEEN APPOINTED, THE TERM OF EACH MEMBER THEN
13 SERVING SHALL TERMINATE ON THE SIXTIETH DAY AFTER THE INAUGURATION OF A
14 GOVERNOR OTHER THAN THE ONE THAT ORIGINALLY APPOINTED SUCH MEMBER UNLESS
15 SUCH NEW GOVERNOR SHALL ORDER THE CONTINUATION OF THE TERM OF SUCH
16 MEMBER. SUCH A CONTINUATION OF THE TERM OF A MEMBER SHALL NOT REQUIRE
17 CONFIRMATION BY THE SENATE.
18 S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
