Bill Text: NY A01664 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Directs the governor to establish 10 regional economic development councils to provide long-term strategic planning for economic growth for the regions of the state; requires members of regional economic development councils to follow the financial disclosure requirements and the code of ethics in the public officers law.
Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 19-4)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-01-08 - referred to economic development [A01664 Detail]
Download: New_York-2019-A01664-Introduced.html
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 1664 2019-2020 Regular Sessions IN ASSEMBLY January 16, 2019 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. ABINANTI, SCHIMMINGER, HYNDMAN, GOTTFRIED, THIELE, MOSLEY, D'URSO, RA, STECK, BENEDETTO, BRAUNSTEIN, BARRON, WALKER, KIM, JAFFEE, BLAKE, CROUCH, LAWRENCE -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. ENGLEBRIGHT, NOLAN, SIMON, WALLACE, WALSH -- read once and referred to the Committee on Economic Development AN ACT to amend the economic development law and the public officers law, in relation to the establishment of regional economic development councils; and providing for the repeal of such provisions upon expira- tion thereof The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. The economic development law is amended by adding a new 2 section 11 to read as follows: 3 § 11. Regional economic development councils. 1. The governor shall 4 establish ten regional economic development councils, one for each of 5 the following regions of the state: 6 (a) Long Island (which consists of Suffolk and Nassau counties); 7 (b) the city of New York (which consists of Bronx, New York, Queens, 8 Kings, and Richmond counties); 9 (c) the Mid-Hudson region (which consists of Sullivan, Ulster, Dutch- 10 ess, Orange, Putnam, Westchester, and Rockland counties); 11 (d) the Southern tier (which consists of Steuben, Schuyler, Tompkins, 12 Chemung, Tioga, Chenango, Broome, and Delaware counties); 13 (e) the Capital region (which consists of Warren, Washington, Sarato- 14 ga, Schenectady, Rensselaer, Albany, Columbia, and Greene counties); 15 (f) the Mohawk valley (which consists of Oneida, Herkimer, Fulton, 16 Montgomery, Otsego, and Schoharie counties); 17 (g) the North country (which consists of Clinton, Franklin, St. 18 Lawrence, Jefferson, Lewis, Hamilton, and Essex counties); 19 (h) the Central region (which consists of Oswego, Cayuga, Onondaga, 20 Madison, and Cortland counties); EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD05119-01-9A. 1664 2 1 (i) the Finger Lakes region (which consists of Orleans, Monroe, Wayne, 2 Genesee, Wyoming, Livingston, Ontario, Seneca, and Yates counties); and 3 (j) the Western region (which consists of Niagara, Erie, Chautauqua, 4 Cattaraugus, and Allegany counties). 5 2. Each regional economic development council shall develop long-term 6 strategic plans for economic growth within its region of the state. 7 3. The members of each regional economic development council shall be 8 local experts and stakeholders from businesses, academia, municipalities 9 and non-governmental organizations within the region. All such members 10 shall be appointed by the governor and shall serve at the pleasure of 11 the governor. 12 4. All members of regional economic development councils shall be 13 subject to the provisions of section seventy-three-a of the public offi- 14 cers law. 15 § 2. Subparagraphs (ii) and (iii) of paragraph (c) of subdivision 1 of 16 section 73-a of the public officers law, as amended by section 5 of part 17 A of chapter 399 of the laws of 2011, are amended and a new subparagraph 18 (iv) is added to read as follows: 19 (ii) officers and employees of statewide elected officials, officers 20 and employees of state departments, boards, bureaus, divisions, commis- 21 sions, councils or other state agencies, who receive annual compensation 22 in excess of the filing rate established by paragraph (l) of this subdi- 23 vision or who hold policy-making positions, as annually determined by 24 the appointing authority and set forth in a written instrument which 25 shall be filed with the joint commission on public ethics established by 26 section ninety-four of the executive law during the month of February, 27 provided, however, that the appointing authority shall amend such writ- 28 ten instrument after such date within thirty days after the undertaking 29 of policy-making responsibilities by a new employee or any other employ- 30 ee whose name did not appear on the most recent written instrument; 31 [and] 32 (iii) members or directors of public authorities, other than multi- 33 state authorities, public benefit corporations and commissions at least 34 one of whose members is appointed by the governor, and employees of such 35 authorities, corporations and commissions who receive annual compen- 36 sation in excess of the filing rate established by paragraph (l) of this 37 subdivision or who hold policy-making positions, as determined annually 38 by the appointing authority and set forth in a written instrument which 39 shall be filed with the joint commission on public ethics established by 40 section ninety-four of the executive law during the month of February, 41 provided, however, that the appointing authority shall amend such writ- 42 ten instrument after such date within thirty days after the undertaking 43 of policy-making responsibilities by a new employee or any other employ- 44 ee whose name did not appear on the most recent written instrument[.]; 45 and 46 (iv) members of regional economic development councils. 47 § 3. Subdivision 1 of section 74 of the public officers law, as 48 amended by chapter 1012 of the laws of 1965, the opening paragraph as 49 amended by chapter 14 of the laws of 2007, is amended to read as 50 follows: 51 1. Definition. As used in this section: The term "state agency" shall 52 mean any state department, or division, board, commission, or bureau of 53 any state department or any public benefit corporation or public author- 54 ity at least one of whose members is appointed by the governor or corpo- 55 rations closely affiliated with specific state agencies as defined by 56 paragraph (d) of subdivision five of section fifty-three-a of the stateA. 1664 3 1 finance law or their successors or any regional economic development 2 council as established pursuant to section eleven of the economic devel- 3 opment law. 4 The term "legislative employee" shall mean any officer or employee of 5 the legislature but it shall not include members of the legislature. 6 § 4. This act shall take effect immediately and shall expire and be 7 deemed repealed December 31, 2020.
