Provides that the Seaview/Ocean Bay Park garbage district shall have 7 commissioners; provides for the requirements for appointment of such commissioners.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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9597
IN ASSEMBLY
January 21, 2026
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Introduced by M. of A. GANDOLFO -- read once and referred to the Commit-
tee on Local Governments
AN ACT to amend chapter 787 of the laws of 1934 relating to the
collection and disposal of garbage and other refuse substances, in
relation to the appointment of commissioners for the Seaview/Ocean Bay
Park garbage district
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Subdivision 1 of section 8-a of section 1 of chapter 787 of
2 the laws of 1934, relating to the collection and disposal of garbage and
3 other refuse substances, as added by chapter 478 of the laws of 1982, is
4 amended to read as follows:
5 1. a. Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter or any other
6 general, special or local law, chapter, code or regulation to the
7 contrary, in the towns of Brookhaven and Islip in the county of Suffolk,
8 or in either of them, the governing board of a joint garbage, metal and
9 refuse disposal system shall, except as otherwise provided for the
10 Seaview/Ocean Bay Park garbage district under paragraph b of this subdi-
11 vision, consist of five garbage commissioners, who shall be elected from
12 the entire territory of such garbage district as hereinafter set forth
13 and shall be known as the board of garbage commissioners thereof. Such
14 garbage commissioners individually, and such board of garbage commis-
15 sioners as an entity, shall have all the functions and powers of a trus-
16 tee or the board of trustees, respectively, as otherwise set forth in
17 this chapter insofar as feasible and consistent with the provisions of
18 this section.
19 b. Notwithstanding the provisions of paragraph a of this subdivision,
20 on and after July 1, 2026, the governing board of the Seaview/Ocean Bay
21 Park garbage district shall consist of seven commissioners. Five of such
22 commissioners shall be elected in accordance with paragraph a of this
23 subdivision except that two of such elected commissioners shall be resi-
24 dents of the Seaview community, two of such elected commissioners shall
25 be residents of the Ocean Bay Park community, and one of such elected
26 commissioners shall be elected from the entire territory of the
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
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1 Seaview/Ocean Bay Park garbage district. The remaining two of the seven
2 commissioners shall consist of the elected president of Seaview and the
3 elected president of Ocean Bay Park, who shall have all the functions
4 and powers as the five commissioners elected in accordance with para-
5 graph a of this subdivision.
6 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
