STATE OF NEW YORK
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130--B
2017-2018 Regular Sessions
IN SENATE(Prefiled)
January 4, 2017
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Introduced by Sen. SQUADRON -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
printed to be committed to the Committee on Corporations, Authorities
and Commissions -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered
reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee -- committee
discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted
to said committee
AN ACT to amend the public authorities law, in relation to the appoint-
ment of members of the Battery Park city authority
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 1973 of the public authorities
2 law, as amended by chapter 766 of the laws of 2005, is amended to read
3 as follows:
4 (1) There is hereby created the battery park city authority which
5 shall be a body corporate and politic, constituting a public benefit
6 corporation. Its membership shall consist of seven members to be
7 appointed by the governor with the advice and consent of the senate. One
8 of the members first appointed shall serve for a term ending four years
9 from January first next succeeding his appointment; one of such members
10 shall serve for a term ending five years from such date; and one of such
11 members shall serve for a term ending six years from such date.
12 Provided, however, that two board members first appointed on or after
13 the effective date of [the] chapter seven hundred sixty-six of the laws
14 of two thousand five [which amended this subdivision] shall serve an
15 initial term of two years; provided further that two other board members
16 first appointed on or after the effective date of [the] chapter seven
17 hundred sixty-six of the laws of two thousand five [which amended this
18 subdivision] shall serve an initial term of four years. Their successors
19 shall serve for terms of six years each. Members shall continue in
20 office until their successors have been appointed and qualified and the
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
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1 provisions of section thirty-nine of the public officers law shall
2 apply. In the event of a vacancy occurring in the office of a member by
3 death, resignation or otherwise, the governor shall appoint a successor
4 with the advice and consent of the senate to serve for the balance of
5 the unexpired term. After the effective date of the chapter of the laws
6 of two thousand seventeen that amended this subdivision, if the member-
7 ship of the corporation is such that less than two of the members are
8 residents of Battery Park city as described by the Battery Park project
9 area defined by subdivision five of section nineteen hundred seventy-two
10 of this title, any appointments made shall be residents of Battery Park
11 city. Appointments shall continue in such a manner until two of the
12 members of the corporation are residents of Battery Park city. There-
13 after, two of the corporation's members shall be residents of Battery
14 Park city.
15 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
