Relates to increasing the membership of the special district operations and development committee; provides that the committee shall consist of no less than nine members and no more than fifteen.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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7409
2023-2024 Regular Sessions
IN SENATE
May 23, 2023
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Introduced by Sen. BRESLIN -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
printed to be committed to the Committee on Local Government
AN ACT to amend chapter 453 of the laws of 1977, authorizing the city of
Schenectady in the county of Schenectady, to create special assessment
districts within such city, in relation to increasing the membership
of the special district operations and development committee
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Subdivision a of section 8 of chapter 453 of the laws of
2 1977, authorizing the city of Schenectady in the county of Schenectady,
3 to create special assessment districts within such city, is amended to
4 read as follows:
5 a. The committee is to consist of no less than nine and no more than
6 fifteen members appointed by the city manager of the city of Schenectady
7 with the consent of the city council to serve for terms to be estab-
8 lished by the city. At least [seven of the nine members of the committee
9 must be taxpayers or their agents] three-quarters of the then current
10 complement of committee members shall be owners of assessable real prop-
11 erty within the special assessment district, or agents of such owners.
12 Members are to serve without compensation.
13 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
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