BILL NO A00231
SAME AS No same as
SPONSOR Cahill (MS)
COSPNSR Gunther
MLTSPNSR
Amd Art 4 S1, Chap 154 of 1921
Relates to the commissioners of the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey;
requires that at least one of whom shall be a resident voter from either the
county of Dutchess, Orange, Sullivan or Ulster.
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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2011-2012 Regular Sessions
I N A S S E M B L Y
(PREFILED)
January 5, 2011
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Introduced by M. of A. CAHILL, GUNTHER -- read once and referred to the
Committee on Corporations, Authorities and Commissions
AN ACT to amend chapter 154 of the laws of 1921, relating to the port
authority of New York and New Jersey, in relation to the commissioners
of such authority
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
1 Section 1. Article 4 of section 1 of chapter 154 of the laws of 1921,
2 relating to the port authority of New York and New Jersey, as amended by
3 chapter 419 of the laws of 1930, is amended to read as follows:
4 ARTICLE IV
5 The port authority shall consist of twelve commissioners, six resident
6 voters from the state of New York, at least four of whom shall be resi-
7 dent voters of the city of New York AND AT LEAST ONE OF WHOM SHALL BE A
8 RESIDENT VOTER FROM EITHER THE COUNTY OF DUTCHESS, ORANGE, SULLIVAN OR
9 ULSTER, and six resident voters from the state of New Jersey, at least
10 four of whom shall be resident voters within the New Jersey portion of
11 the district, the New York members to be chosen by the state of New York
12 and the New Jersey members by the state of New Jersey in the manner and
13 for the terms fixed and determined from time to time by the legislature
14 of each state respectively, except as herein provided. Each commissioner
15 may be removed or suspended from office as provided by the law of the
16 state from which he shall be appointed.
17 S 2. This act shall take effect upon the enactment into law by the
18 state of New Jersey of legislation having an identical effect with this
19 act, but if the state of New Jersey shall have already enacted such
20 legislation, this act shall take effect immediately; provided that the
21 state of New Jersey shall notify the legislative bill drafting commis-
22 sion upon the occurrence of the enactment of the legislation provided
23 for in section one of this act in order that the commission may maintain
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
LBD01044-01-1
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1 an accurate and timely effective data base of the official text of the
2 laws of the state of New York in furtherance of effectuating the
3 provisions of section 44 of the legislative law and section 70-b of the
4 public officers law.
