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A08136 Summary:

A08136 Actions:

A08136 Committee Votes:

Committee:CORPORATIONS, AUTHORITIES AND COMMISSIONS   Chair:Dinowitz      
DATE:06/07/2017AYE/NAY:24/0  Action: Favorable refer to committee Rules        
Dinowitz
Aye
Lawrence
Aye
Cook
Aye
Lopez
Aye
Galef
Aye
Blankenbush
Aye
Jenne
Aye
Friend
Aye
Rodriguez
Aye
Malliotakis
Aye
Abinanti
Aye
Palmesano
Aye
Quart
Aye
Montesano
Aye
Otis
Aye
Rozic
Aye
Kim
Aye
Buchwald
Aye
Moya
Aye
Seawright
Aye
Dilan
Aye
Simotas
Excused
Richardson
Absent
De La Rosa
Aye
Pheffer Amato
Aye
Vanel
Aye

Committee:RULES   Chair:Heastie      
DATE:06/12/2017AYE/NAY:27/0  Action: Favorable         
Heastie
Aye
Kolb
Aye
Gottfried
Aye
Oaks
Aye
Lentol
Excused
Butler
Aye
Farrell
Aye
Crouch
Aye
Gantt
Aye
Finch
Aye
Nolan
Aye
Barclay
Aye
Weinstein
Aye
Raia
Aye
Hooper
Excused
Hawley
Aye
Ortiz
Excused
Pretlow
Aye
Cook
Aye
Glick
Aye
Morelle
Aye
Aubry
Aye
Englebright
Aye
Dinowitz
Aye
Colton
Aye
Magnarelli
Aye
Perry
Excused
Galef
Aye
Paulin
Aye
Titus
Aye
Peoples-Stokes
Aye

A08136 Floor Votes:

A08136 Memo:

NEW YORK STATE ASSEMBLY
MEMORANDUM IN SUPPORT OF LEGISLATION
 submitted in accordance with Assembly Rule III, Sec 1(f)



 
BILL NUMBER: A8136
 
SPONSOR: McDonald

 
TITLE OF BILL:  An act to amend the public authorities law, in
relation to the scheduling of meetings of the board of the Albany
convention center authority
 
 
PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL:
 
The purpose of this bill is to change the schedule of meetings of the
board of the Albany Convention Center Authority from monthly to quarter-
ly.
 
 
SUMMARY OF SPECIFIC PROVISIONS:
 
Section one of this bill amends subdivision 6 of section 2675-d of the
public authorities law to require the Albany Convention Center Authority
board to hold quarterly meetings on an annual basis.
 
Section two provides for an immediate effective date.
 
 
JUSTIFICATION:
 
Currently, the Albany Convention Center Authority (ACCA) Board is
required to meet on a monthly basis as enacted in the ACCA enabling
legislation. The planning, development, and construction phases of the
ACCA mission statement have been completed as of March 2017 and a full-
time manager for the Albany Capital Center has been contracted.  Accord-
ingly, the ACCA Board meeting on a quarterly basis during the operations
phase would lead to more efficiency in the execution of its fiduciary
duties. A quarterly meeting schedule would coincide well with the opera-
tor reporting functions, the quarterly distribution of the Albany County
Hotel Motel Occupancy Tax (H.C.T.)  while still providing both account-
ability and transparency in all business matters to come before The
Albany Convention Center Authority.
 
 
PRIOR LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:
 
New Bill
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

A08136 Text:

 
                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                          8136
 
                               2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                   IN ASSEMBLY
 
                                      May 31, 2017
                                       ___________
 
        Introduced  by  M. of A. McDONALD, FAHY -- read once and referred to the
          Committee on Corporations, Authorities and Commissions
 
        AN ACT to amend the public authorities law, in relation to the  schedul-
          ing of meetings of the board of the Albany convention center authority
 
          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
 
     1    Section 1. Subdivision 6 of section 2675-d of the  public  authorities
     2  law,  as added by chapter 468 of the laws of 2004, is amended to read as
     3  follows:
     4    6. The board shall hold at least one  regular  meeting  [every  month]
     5  quarterly.  The chairperson, or in his or her absence the vice-chairper-
     6  son, or any four members, may call a special meeting by notice as speci-
     7  fied by the board.  All meetings of the board shall be subject to  arti-
     8  cle seven of the public officers law.
     9    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
 
 
 
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD11896-03-7