Bill Text: NY A03067 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Introduced


Bill Title: Establishes the Nassau county and Queens county border task force to review jurisdiction and boundary disputes.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-01-08 - referred to local governments [A03067 Detail]

Download: New_York-2019-A03067-Introduced.html


                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          3067
                               2019-2020 Regular Sessions
                   IN ASSEMBLY
                                    January 28, 2019
                                       ___________
        Introduced  by M. of A. SOLAGES -- read once and referred to the Commit-
          tee on Local Governments
        AN ACT relating to establishing the  Nassau  county  and  Queens  county
          border task force, and providing for its powers and duties
          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section 1. A task force, to be known as the Nassau county  and  Queens
     2  county border task force, is hereby created to examine, investigate, and
     3  review  such issues as are related to jurisdiction and boundary disputes
     4  of such counties.
     5    § 2. The task force shall have the power to:
     6    (a) conduct public hearings in furtherance of the performance  of  its
     7  duties under this act;
     8    (b)  issue subpoenas for and to compel attendance of witnesses and the
     9  production of books, records, documents, and  other  relevant  evidence;
    10  and
    11    (c)  to  recommend  legislation  consistent  with the purposes of this
    12  section.
    13    § 3. The task force shall consist of seven members  appointed  by  the
    14  governor as follows:
    15    (a) one member appointed on the recommendation of the temporary presi-
    16  dent of the senate;
    17    (b)  one  member appointed on the recommendation of the speaker of the
    18  assembly;
    19    (c) one member appointed on the recommendation of the minority  leader
    20  of the senate;
    21    (d)  one member appointed on the recommendation of the minority leader
    22  of the assembly;
    23    (e) one member appointed on the recommendation of the county executive
    24  of the county of Nassau;
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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     1    (f) one member appointed on the recommendation of the  borough  presi-
     2  dent of the county of Queens; and
     3    (g)  one  member appointed on the recommendation of the superintendent
     4  of the state police.
     5    § 4. There shall be two chairpersons selected from among  the  members
     6  of  the  Nassau  county  and Queens county border task force. One chair-
     7  person shall be selected by  the  county  executive  of  the  county  of
     8  Nassau,  and  one chairperson shall be selected by the borough president
     9  of the county of Queens. Such  chairpersons  shall  schedule  the  first
    10  meeting  of the task force, which shall be held no later than sixty days
    11  after the effective date of this act.
    12    § 5. The members of the Nassau county and Queens  county  border  task
    13  force  shall  serve  without  compensation, except that members shall be
    14  allowed their necessary and actual expenses incurred in the  performance
    15  of their duties under this act.
    16    § 6. The state police shall provide the Nassau county and Queens coun-
    17  ty  border task force with such facilities, assistance, and data as will
    18  enable such task force to carry  out  its  powers  and  duties.    Addi-
    19  tionally, all other departments or agencies of the state or subdivisions
    20  thereof  shall,  at  the  request of the chairpersons, provide such task
    21  force with such facilities, assistance, and data  as  will  enable  such
    22  task force to carry out its powers and duties.
    23    § 7. The Nassau county and Queens county border task force shall issue
    24  a report of its findings and recommendations to the governor, the tempo-
    25  rary  president  of  the senate and the speaker of the assembly no later
    26  than January 1, 2021.
    27    § 8. This act shall take effect immediately.
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