Amends the membership of the New York city water board to include the five borough presidents, the mayor or a public member appointed by the mayor and a public member appointed by the governor who has experience in the science of water resource development.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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S. 4091 A. 4595
2017-2018 Regular Sessions
SENATE - ASSEMBLY
February 3, 2017
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IN SENATE -- Introduced by Sen. SANDERS -- read twice and ordered print-
ed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Corporations,
Authorities and Commissions
IN ASSEMBLY -- Introduced by M. of A. CUSICK, SIMANOWITZ -- read once
and referred to the Committee on Corporations, Authorities and Commis-
sions
AN ACT to amend the public authorities law, in relation to the member-
ship of the board of directors of the New York city 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. The water board shall consist of seven members [appointed by the
5 mayor] as follows: the borough president of each borough of the city of
6 New York, the mayor or a public member appointed by the mayor and a
7 public member appointed by the governor who has experience in the
8 science of water resource development. Terms of office of the members
9 shall be two years except that the terms of four of the board members
10 first appointed shall be one year. [At least one member shall have expe-
11 rience in the science of water resource development.] No member shall be
12 a director of the authority. The mayor shall appoint a chairman from
13 among the members of the board. All members shall continue to hold
14 office until their successors are appointed and qualified. Vacancies
15 shall be filled in the manner provided for original appointments. Vacan-
16 cies, occurring otherwise than by expiration of term of office, shall be
17 filled in the same manner as original appointments for the unexpired
18 terms.
19 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
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