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                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                         8560--B
                                                                Cal. No. 610
 
                               2009-2010 Regular Sessions
 
                   IN ASSEMBLY
 
                                      May 28, 2009
                                       ___________
 
        Introduced  by M. of A. SWEENEY -- read once and referred to the Commit-
          tee on Environmental Conservation --  reported  and  referred  to  the
          Committee  on  Rules  --  Rules  Committee  discharged,  bill amended,
          ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to the Committee on Rules

          -- reported from committee, advanced to a third reading,  amended  and
          ordered reprinted, retaining its place on the order of third reading
 
        AN  ACT  to  amend  the  environmental  conservation law, in relation to
          increasing the membership of the marine and coastal  district  of  New
          York conservation, education, and research board
 
          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
 
     1    Section 1. Subdivision 1 and paragraph (a) of subdivision 2 of section
     2  13-0503 of the environmental conservation law, subdivision 1 as  amended
     3  by chapter 263 of the laws of 2007 and paragraph (a) of subdivision 2 as
     4  amended  by  section 7 of part LL of chapter 59 of the laws of 2009, are
     5  amended to read as follows:
     6    1. There is hereby established in the department the marine and  coas-

     7  tal  district of New York conservation, education, and research board to
     8  be composed of [three] nine  members,  [one]  three  of  whom  shall  be
     9  appointed  by  the governor, [one] two of whom shall be appointed by the
    10  temporary president of the senate,  [and  one]  two  of  whom  shall  be
    11  appointed by the speaker of the assembly, one of whom shall be appointed
    12  by  the minority leader or the senate and one of whom shall be appointed
    13  by the minority leader of the assembly.  Each appointing official  shall
    14  also  appoint  an  alternate  who  may  serve in the place of the member
    15  appointed by such appointing official. A member or alternate  member  of
    16  the  board shall serve at the pleasure of the official by whom he or she

    17  is appointed. The members of the board shall choose their chairperson.
    18    (a) receive and review, and to  approve  or  deny,  applications  from
    19  eligible  recipients  for grants from the marine and coastal district of
    20  New York conservation, education, and research fund, created pursuant to
 
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD14098-08-0
        A. 8560--B                          2
 
     1  section ninety-five-c  of  the  state  finance  law,  for  conservation,
     2  research,  and  education  projects  relating to such marine and coastal
     3  district. Approval of any such proposed project may be granted  only  by

     4  [unanimous]  majority  vote of all [three] nine members of the board. In
     5  the event a member of the board is unable to  vote,  the  alternate  for
     6  such member may vote in his or her place;
     7    § 2.  This act shall take effect immediately.