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A10137 Summary:
BILL NO | A10137 |
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SAME AS | SAME AS S09530 |
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SPONSOR | Rules (Zebrowski) |
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MLTSPNSR | |
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Amd §§2053-b, 2053-c, 2053-e & 2053-g, Pub Auth L; amd §§114 & 400, Ag & Mkts L | |
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Relates to the name of the Rockland County Solid Waste Authority; subjects such authority to regulation by the department of agriculture and markets; eliminates the ability of the authority to allow a subsidiary to perform certain functions relating to the care of unwanted animals; makes a technical change; relates to public authorities providing shelter services for the care of unwanted animals. |
A10137 Actions:
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05/09/2024 | referred to corporations, authorities and commissions | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
05/14/2024 | reported referred to ways and means | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
05/22/2024 | reported referred to rules | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
05/28/2024 | reported | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
05/28/2024 | rules report cal.212 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
05/28/2024 | ordered to third reading rules cal.212 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
05/30/2024 | passed assembly | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
05/30/2024 | delivered to senate | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
05/30/2024 | REFERRED TO CORPORATIONS, AUTHORITIES AND COMMISSIONS | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
06/03/2024 | SUBSTITUTED FOR S9530 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
06/03/2024 | 3RD READING CAL.1667 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
06/03/2024 | PASSED SENATE | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
06/03/2024 | RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY |
A10137 Committee Votes:
Zebrowski | Aye | Lemondes | Aye | ||||||
Cook | Aye | Blankenbush | Aye | ||||||
Otis | Aye | Friend | Aye | ||||||
Rozic | Aye | Palmesano | Aye | ||||||
Kim | Aye | Angelino | Aye | ||||||
Dilan | Aye | Jensen | Aye | ||||||
Pheffer Amato | Aye | Curran | Aye | ||||||
Vanel | Aye | Pirozzolo | Aye | ||||||
Carroll | Aye | ||||||||
Fall | Aye | ||||||||
Jean-Pierre | Aye | ||||||||
Gonzalez-Rojas | Aye | ||||||||
Zinerman | Aye | ||||||||
Tapia | Aye | ||||||||
Jacobson | Aye | ||||||||
Bores | Aye | ||||||||
Shimsky | Aye | ||||||||
Simone | Aye | ||||||||
Weinstein | Aye | Ra | Aye | ||||||
Glick | Aye | Fitzpatrick | Excused | ||||||
Pretlow | Aye | Hawley | Aye | ||||||
Colton | Aye | Blankenbush | Aye | ||||||
Cook | Aye | Norris | Aye | ||||||
Aubry | Aye | Brabenec | Aye | ||||||
Benedetto | Aye | Palmesano | Aye | ||||||
Weprin | Aye | Walsh | Aye | ||||||
Ramos | Aye | DeStefano | Aye | ||||||
Braunstein | Aye | Manktelow | Aye | ||||||
McDonald | Aye | Smullen | Aye | ||||||
Rozic | Aye | ||||||||
Dinowitz | Aye | ||||||||
Magnarelli | Aye | ||||||||
Zebrowski | Aye | ||||||||
Bronson | Aye | ||||||||
Dilan | Aye | ||||||||
Seawright | Aye | ||||||||
Hyndman | Aye | ||||||||
Walker | Aye | ||||||||
Bichotte Hermel | Aye | ||||||||
Simon | Aye | ||||||||
Cruz | Aye | ||||||||
Fahy | Aye | ||||||||
Heastie | Excused | Barclay | Aye | ||||||
Weinstein | Aye | Hawley | Aye | ||||||
Pretlow | Aye | Giglio | Aye | ||||||
Cook | Aye | Blankenbush | Aye | ||||||
Glick | Aye | Norris | Aye | ||||||
Aubry | Excused | Ra | Aye | ||||||
Dinowitz | Aye | Brabenec | Aye | ||||||
Colton | Aye | Palmesano | Aye | ||||||
Magnarelli | Aye | Reilly | Aye | ||||||
Paulin | Aye | ||||||||
Peoples-Stokes | Aye | ||||||||
Benedetto | Aye | ||||||||
Lavine | Aye | ||||||||
Lupardo | Aye | ||||||||
Zebrowski | Aye | ||||||||
Thiele | Aye | ||||||||
Braunstein | Aye | ||||||||
Dickens | Excused | ||||||||
Davila | Aye | ||||||||
Hyndman | Aye | ||||||||
Rozic | Aye | ||||||||
Bronson | Aye | ||||||||
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A10137 Floor Votes:
Yes
Alvarez
Yes
Byrnes
Yes
Fall
Yes
Kelles
Yes
Otis
Yes
Simpson
Yes
Anderson
Yes
Carroll
Yes ‡
Fitzpatrick
Yes
Kim
Yes
Palmesano
Yes
Slater
Yes
Angelino
Yes
Chandler-Waterm
Yes
Flood
Yes
Lavine
Yes
Paulin
Yes
Smith
Yes
Ardila
Yes
Chang
Yes
Forrest
Yes
Lee
Yes
Peoples-Stokes
Yes
Smullen
Yes
Aubry
Yes
Clark
Yes
Friend
Yes
Lemondes
Yes
Pheffer Amato
Yes
Solages
Yes
Barclay
Yes
Colton
Yes
Gallagher
Yes
Levenberg
Yes
Pirozzolo
Yes
Steck
Yes
Barrett
Yes ‡
Conrad
Yes
Gallahan
ER
Lucas
Yes
Pretlow
Yes
Stern
Yes
Beephan
Yes
Cook
Yes
Gandolfo
Yes
Lunsford
Yes
Ra
Yes
Stirpe
Yes
Bendett
Yes
Cruz
Yes
Gibbs
Yes
Lupardo
Yes
Raga
Yes
Tague
Yes
Benedetto
Yes
Cunningham
Yes
Giglio JA
Yes
Magnarelli
Yes
Rajkumar
Yes
Tannousis
Yes
Berger
Yes
Curran
Yes
Giglio JM
Yes
Maher
Yes
Ramos
Yes
Tapia
Yes
Bichotte Hermel
Yes
Dais
Yes
Glick
ER
Mamdani
Yes
Reilly
Yes
Taylor
Yes
Blankenbush
Yes
Darling
Yes
Gonzalez-Rojas
Yes
Manktelow
Yes
Reyes
Yes
Thiele
Yes
Blumencranz
Yes
Davila
Yes
Goodell
Yes
McDonald
Yes
Rivera
Yes
Vanel
Yes
Bores
Yes
De Los Santos
Yes
Gray
Yes ‡
McDonough
Yes
Rosenthal
Yes
Walker
Yes
Brabenec
Yes
DeStefano
Yes
Gunther
ER
McGowan
Yes
Rozic
Yes
Wallace
Yes
Braunstein
Yes ‡
Dickens
Yes
Hawley
Yes
McMahon
Yes
Santabarbara
Yes
Walsh
Yes
Bronson
Yes
Dilan
Yes
Hevesi
Yes
Meeks
Yes
Sayegh
Yes
Weinstein
Yes
Brook-Krasny
Yes
Dinowitz
Yes
Hunter
Yes
Mikulin
Yes
Seawright
Yes
Weprin
Yes
Brown EA
Yes ‡
DiPietro
Yes
Hyndman
Yes
Miller
Yes
Septimo
Yes
Williams
ER
Brown K
Yes
Durso
Yes
Jackson
Yes
Mitaynes
Yes
Shimsky
Yes
Woerner
Yes
Burdick
Yes
Eachus
Yes
Jacobson
Yes
Morinello
Yes
Shrestha
Yes
Zaccaro
Yes
Burgos
Yes
Eichenstein
Yes
Jean-Pierre
Yes
Norris
Yes
Sillitti
Yes
Zebrowski
ER
Burke
Yes
Epstein
Yes
Jensen
Yes
Novakhov
Yes
Simon
Yes
Zinerman
Yes
Buttenschon
Yes
Fahy
Yes
Jones
ER
O'Donnell
Yes
Simone
Yes
Mr. Speaker
‡ Indicates voting via videoconference
A10137 Text:
Go to top STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 10137 IN ASSEMBLY May 9, 2024 ___________ Introduced by COMMITTEE ON RULES -- (at request of M. of A. Zebrowski) -- read once and referred to the Committee on Corporations, Authori- ties and Commissions AN ACT to amend the public authorities law, in relation to the name of the Rockland County Solid Waste Authority, subjecting such authority to regulation by the department of agriculture and markets, and making a technical change; and to amend the agriculture and markets law, in relation to public authorities providing shelter services for the care of unwanted animals The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Subdivision 3 of section 2053-b of the public authorities 2 law, as amended by chapter 553 of the laws of 2022, is amended to read 3 as follows: 4 3. "Authority" shall mean the public benefit corporation created by 5 section two thousand fifty-three-c of this title, known as the Rockland 6 county solid waste management authority and shall also hereby be known 7 as Rockland Green and/or RG Cares. 8 § 2. Subdivision 1 of section 2053-c of the public authorities law, as 9 amended by chapter 553 of the laws of 2022, is amended to read as 10 follows: 11 1. Upon compliance with the requirements of subdivision seven of this 12 section, a corporation known as the Rockland county solid waste manage- 13 ment authority shall be deemed to have been created hereby for the 14 public purposes and charged with the duties and having the powers 15 provided in this title. The authority shall be a body corporate and 16 politic constituting a public benefit corporation. In order to be more 17 consistent with the authority's goals, mission and objectives, the 18 authority shall also be known as Rockland Green and/or RG Cares. 19 § 3. Subdivision 22 of section 2053-e of the public authorities law, 20 as amended by chapter 553 of the laws of 2022, is amended to read as 21 follows: 22 22. The authority may acquire, hold, own, lease, establish, construct, 23 effectuate, operate, maintain, renovate, improve, extend or repair any EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD15334-02-4A. 10137 2 1 of its facilities [through, and cause any one or more of its powers,2duties, functions or activities to be exercised or performed by, no more3than one wholly-owned subsidiary corporation of the authority] for the 4 [sole] purposes of operating an animal shelter and providing animal 5 management services on behalf of one or more municipalities located in 6 the county of Rockland pursuant to the agriculture and markets law[.7Such subsidiary corporation shall be deemed an animal shelter for the8purposes of registration, inspection or any oversight required by law or9regulation by the department of agriculture and markets. The authority10may transfer to or from any such corporation, or between such corpo-11rations, any moneys, real property or other property or the services of12any officers, employees or consultants for any of the purposes of this13title. The directors or members of such subsidiary corporation shall be14the same persons holding the offices of members of the authority. Such15subsidiary corporation and any of its property, functions and activities16shall have all of the privileges, immunities, tax exemptions and other17exemptions of the authority and of the authority's property, functions18and activities. Such subsidiary corporation shall be subject to the19restrictions and limitations to which the authority may be subject. Such20subsidiary corporation shall be subject to suit in accordance with21section two thousand fifty-three-u this title. The employees of any such22subsidiary corporation, except those who are also employees of the23authority, shall not be deemed employees of the authority] and will be 24 subject to regulation by the department of agriculture and markets for 25 the purposes of registration, inspection, and any oversight or regu- 26 lation. 27 § 4. Subdivision 1 of section 2053-g of the public authorities law, as 28 amended by chapter 553 of the laws of 2022, is amended to read as 29 follows: 30 1. The authority may fix and collect, on any equitable basis, rates, 31 rentals, fees and other charges for the use of facilities of or services 32 or commodities provided by the authority [or any subsidiary], including 33 the availability of any of the foregoing from the authority. Such rates, 34 rentals, fees and other charges may be fixed and collected from any 35 person to whom such facilities, services or commodities are provided by 36 or made available from the authority, including generators of solid 37 waste and owners of real property upon which solid waste is generated. 38 Such rates, rentals, fees and other charges may be the same or different 39 for each classification of user or service recipient and may, by way of 40 example, reflect the source and composition of solid waste and may 41 provide for fee reductions to the users or service recipients in propor- 42 tion to waste generated or to reflect participation in source separation 43 programs. In any instance where the county is or would be required by 44 law, with respect to solid waste management, to conduct a public hearing 45 in connection with a user or rate, rental, fee or other charge, the 46 authority shall not establish, fix, or revise any classification of user 47 or service recipient, rate, rental, fee or other charge unless and until 48 the authority has held a public hearing at which interested persons have 49 had an opportunity to be heard concerning the same; provided however, 50 that if the county has conducted a public hearing in connection with 51 such rate, rental, fee or other charge, the authority shall not be 52 required to hold a public hearing. Notice of any such public hearing 53 shall be published at least ten days before the date set therefor, in at 54 least one newspaper of general circulation in the county. Such notice 55 shall set forth the date, time and place of such hearing and shall 56 include a brief description of the matters to be considered at suchA. 10137 3 1 meeting. A copy of the notice shall be available for inspection by the 2 public. At any such hearing, any interested persons shall have an oppor- 3 tunity to be heard concerning the matters under consideration. Any deci- 4 sion by the authority at such public hearing shall be in writing and be 5 made available in the office of the authority for public inspection 6 during regular office hours. 7 § 5. Subdivision 2 of section 114 of the agriculture and markets law, 8 as amended by chapter 553 of the laws of 2022, is amended to read as 9 follows: 10 2. In lieu of or in addition to establishing and maintaining such 11 pound or shelter, any town or city, or any village in which licenses are 12 issued shall, and any other village and any county may, contract for 13 pound or shelter services with any other municipality or with any incor- 14 porated humane society or similar incorporated dog protective associ- 15 ation, or with a public authority providing shelter services [or its16subsidiary that is wholly created for the sole purpose of providing such17services], or shall establish and maintain, jointly or with one or more 18 other municipalities, a pound or shelter. 19 § 6. Paragraph d of subdivision 4 of section 400 of the agriculture 20 and markets law, as amended by chapter 553 of the laws of 2022, is 21 amended to read as follows: 22 (d) Any public authority providing shelter services for the care of 23 unwanted animals [or its subsidiary that is wholly created for the sole24purpose of providing such services]. 25 § 7. Paragraph d of subdivision 4 of section 400 of the agriculture 26 and markets law, as added by chapter 681 of the laws of 2022, is relet- 27 tered paragraph e. 28 § 8. This act shall take effect immediately; provided that section 29 seven of this act shall take effect on the same date and in the same 30 manner as chapter 681 of the laws of 2022 takes effect.