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, Putnam, Rockland, Sullivan, Ulster or Westchester and one of whom shall be a resident voter from either the county of Nassau or Suffolk.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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2015-2016 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
January 12, 2015
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Introduced by M. of A. ZEBROWSKI, GUNTHER, JAFFEE, SKOUFIS -- Multi-
Sponsored by -- M. of A. LOPEZ, McDONOUGH, RAIA, THIELE -- read once
and referred to the Committee on Corporations, Authorities and Commis-
sions
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
7 resident voters of the city of New York, one of whom shall be a resident
8 voter from either the county of Dutchess, Orange, Putnam, Rockland,
9 Sullivan, Ulster or Westchester and one of whom shall be a resident
10 voter from either the county of Nassau or Suffolk, and six resident
11 voters from the state of New Jersey, at least four of whom shall be
12 resident voters within the New Jersey portion of the district, the New
13 York members to be chosen by the state of New York and the New Jersey
14 members by the state of New Jersey in the manner and for the terms fixed
15 and determined from time to time by the legislature of each state
16 respectively, except as herein provided. Each commissioner may be
17 removed or suspended from office as provided by the law of the state
18 from which he shall be appointed.
19 § 2. This act shall take effect upon the enactment into law by the
20 state of New Jersey of legislation having an identical effect with this
21 act, but if the state of New Jersey shall have already enacted such
22 legislation, this act shall take effect immediately; provided that the
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
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1 state of New Jersey shall notify the legislative bill drafting commis-
2 sion upon the occurrence of the enactment of the legislation provided
3 for in section one of this act in order that the commission may maintain
4 an accurate and timely effective data base of the official text of the
5 laws of the state of New York in furtherance of effectuating the
6 provisions of section 44 of the legislative law and section 70-b of the
7 public officers law.
