Bill Text: NY A02671 | 2009-2010 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Creates a temporary state commission to provide for the dissolution of the New York state thruway authority and the reassignment of the powers and duties thereof; abolishes the New York state thruway authority; provides for the repeal of such provisions upon expiration thereof.

Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 15-6)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2011-01-19 - referred to corporations, authorities and commissions [A02671 Detail]

Download: New_York-2009-A02671-Introduced.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         2671
                              2011-2012 Regular Sessions
                                 I N  A S S E M B L Y
                                   January 19, 2011
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       Introduced  by M. of A. SCHROEDER, JAFFEE, COOK -- Multi-Sponsored by --
         M. of A. BARCLAY, BURLING, FINCH, KOLB, P. LOPEZ, MAGEE, MAISEL, MOLI-
         NARO -- read once and  referred  to  the  Committee  on  Corporations,
         Authorities and Commissions
       AN ACT to create a temporary state commission to provide for the dissol-
         ution  of the New York state thruway authority and the reassignment of
         the powers, obligations and duties thereof;  abolishes  the  New  York
         state  thruway  authority;  and  providing  for  the repeal of certain
         provisions upon expiration thereof
         THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section  1. A temporary state commission on the dissolution of the New
    2  York state thruway authority, hereinafter referred to as the commission,
    3  is hereby created to develop and propose legislation  to  implement  the
    4  abolishment of the New York state thruway authority and recommending the
    5  appropriate  state  and  local agencies or offices to assume the various
    6  responsibilities and obligations of such authority.
    7    S 2. The commission shall consist of fifteen members to  be  appointed
    8  as follows: seven members to be appointed by the governor; three members
    9  to  be appointed by the temporary president of the senate; three members
   10  to be appointed by the  speaker  of  the  assembly;  one  member  to  be
   11  appointed  by the minority leader of the senate; and one to be appointed
   12  by the minority leader of the assembly.  A chair of the commission shall
   13  be appointed by the governor from among his appointees. Vacancies  shall
   14  be filled in the same manner as the original appointments.
   15    S  3.  The members of the commission shall receive no compensation for
   16  their services, but shall be allowed their actual and necessary expenses
   17  incurred in the performance of their duties hereunder.
   18    S 4. To the maximum extent feasible, the commission shall be  entitled
   19  to  request  and  receive  and  shall  utilize and be provided with such
   20  facilities, resources, and data  of  any  department,  division,  board,
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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    1  bureau,  commission, or agency of the state or any political subdivision
    2  thereof as it deems necessary or desirable to  carry  out  properly  its
    3  powers and duties hereunder.
    4    S 5. Once the commission has been established, the chairman of the New
    5  York  state  thruway  authority shall submit a letter to such commission
    6  justifying the existence of such authority.
    7    S 6. The commission shall submit its findings and recommendations  for
    8  legislation  and  transfer  of the powers, obligations and duties of the
    9  New York state thruway authority in a report to the governor, the tempo-
   10  rary president of the senate, and the speaker of the assembly not  later
   11  than April 1, 2012.
   12    S  7.  The New York state thruway authority, as constituted by title 9
   13  of article 2 of the public authorities law is hereby abolished  and  the
   14  powers, functions, obligations and duties of such entity shall be trans-
   15  ferred,  assumed or eliminated pursuant to the recommendations set forth
   16  in the report of the commission submitted in accordance with section six
   17  of this act.
   18    S 8. This act shall take effect immediately; provided that the members
   19  of the commission created by this act shall be appointed  within  thirty
   20  days  of  such  effective date; and provided, further, that sections one
   21  through six of this act shall remain in effect until one hundred  twenty
   22  days  after the commission submits the report required by section six of
   23  this act, at which time sections one  through  six  of  this  act  shall
   24  expire  and be deemed repealed; and provided, further that section seven
   25  of this act shall take effect  December  31,  2012  and  the  amendment,
   26  enactment  or  repeal  of  any  laws,  rules or regulations necessary to
   27  effectuate the provisions of such section seven  are  authorized  to  be
   28  made before such date.