STATE OF NEW YORK
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7390
IN SENATE
May 14, 2014
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Introduced by Sen. BALL -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
printed to be committed to the Committee on Corporations, Authorities
and Commissions
AN ACT to amend the public authorities law, in relation to the Westches-
ter county health care corporation
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Paragraph (b) of subdivision 1 of section 3303 of the
2 public authorities law, as added by chapter 11 of the laws of 1997, is
3 amended to read as follows:
4 (b) The corporation shall be governed by [fifteen] twenty-one voting
5 directors of which [eight] fourteen directors shall be appointed by the
6 governor and seven directors shall be appointed by the legislature of
7 the county of Westchester subject to approval by the county executive.
8 The governor shall make appointments to the corporation as follows:
9 three directors from a recommendation submitted by the county executive;
10 three directors from a recommendation submitted by the legislature of
11 the county of Westchester; one director, who shall be a resident of
12 Westchester county, from a recommendation submitted by the speaker of
13 the assembly; one director, who shall be a resident of Westchester coun-
14 ty, from a recommendation submitted by the temporary president of the
15 senate, and six directors from a recommendation submitted by the board
16 of directors of the corporation based on the need of the corporation for
17 directors with (i) specific expertise related to the provision of
18 healthcare and related services, (ii) regional diversity, and (iii) the
19 ability to meet requirements for healthcare provider boards of directors
20 imposed by regulatory bodies.
21 The terms of the initial voting directors appointed by the governor
22 shall be five years for such directors appointed upon recommendation of
23 the temporary president of the senate and the speaker of the assembly.
24 The terms of the initial voting directors appointed by the governor upon
25 the recommendation of the county executive shall be five years for one,
26 four years for one and three years for one. The terms of the initial
27 voting directors appointed by the governor upon the recommendation of
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
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1 the legislature of the county shall be four years for two and three
2 years for one. The terms of the initial voting directors appointed by
3 the legislature of the county with the approval of the county executive
4 shall be one year for three of such directors, two years for three of
5 such directors and three years for one of such directors.
6 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
