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Go to topSTATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 4924 2017-2018 Regular Sessions IN ASSEMBLY February 6, 2017 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. WEPRIN -- read once and referred to the Committee on Corporations, Authorities and Commissions AN ACT to amend the public authorities law, in relation to the city of New York water board The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Subdivision 2 of section 1045-f of the public authorities 2 law, as added by chapter 513 of the laws of 1984, is amended to read as 3 follows: 4 2. (a) The water board shall consist of [seven] eight members to be 5 appointed [by the mayor.] as follows: 6 (i) Four members appointed by the mayor; 7 (ii) One member appointed by the speaker of the city council; 8 (iii) One member appointed by the comptroller of the city of New York; 9 (iv) One member appointed by the public advocate; and 10 (v) One member appointed by the city council, who shall be a resident 11 of the water shed area. 12 (b) All members appointed to the board must be confirmed by the city 13 council before they may commence their term. 14 (c) Terms of office of the members shall be two years except that the 15 terms of four of the board members first appointed shall be one year. At 16 least one member shall have experience in the science of water resource 17 development. No member shall be a director of the authority. [The mayor18shall appoint a chairman from among the members of the board.] No 19 appointee shall be an officer or employee of the city, or have served in 20 such capacity in the preceding six month period. The chairman shall be 21 duly elected by the members of the board, subject to the same quorum and 22 voting requirements as provided for in subdivision seven of this 23 section. All members shall continue to hold office until their succes- 24 sors are appointed and qualified. Vacancies shall be filled in the 25 manner provided for original appointments. Vacancies, occurring other- 26 wise than by expiration of term of office, shall be filled in the same 27 manner as original appointments for the unexpired terms. 28 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD09100-01-7