Bill Text: NY A04676 | 2009-2010 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: An act to amend the public authorities law, in relation to the manner in which the members of the New York state energy research and development authority shall be appointed

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 14-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2010-01-06 - referred to corporations, authorities and commissions [A04676 Detail]

Download: New_York-2009-A04676-Introduced.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         4676
                              2009-2010 Regular Sessions
                                 I N  A S S E M B L Y
                                   February 5, 2009
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       Introduced by M. of A. BRENNAN, BENJAMIN, COLTON, PHEFFER -- Multi-Spon-
         sored by -- M. of A.  CHRISTENSEN, CLARK, GABRYSZAK, GLICK, GOTTFRIED,
         HOOPER,  JACOBS, JOHN, NOLAN, SWEENEY -- read once and referred to the
         Committee on Corporations, Authorities and Commissions
       AN ACT to amend the public authorities law, in relation to the manner in
         which the members of the New York state energy research  and  develop-
         ment authority shall be appointed
         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 1852  of  the  public  authorities
    2  law, as amended by chapter 83 of the laws of 1995, is amended to read as
    3  follows:
    4    2.  The membership of the authority shall consist of thirteen members,
    5  to be as follows: the commissioner of the department of  transportation,
    6  the  commissioner  of  the department of environmental conservation, the
    7  chair of the public service commission, the chair of the power authority
    8  of the State of New York, all of whom shall serve ex-officio; and [nine]
    9  SIX members appointed by the governor by and with the advice and consent
   10  of the senate[; one of whom shall be an engineer or a research scientist
   11  with a degree in the physical sciences or engineering who has  not  been
   12  employed  in  the  nuclear  fission  field for three years preceding the
   13  appointment and who shall not be so employed during his or her term; one
   14  of whom shall be an economist who shall  not  have  received  more  than
   15  one-tenth  of  his or her income from an electric utility or gas utility
   16  for three years preceding the appointment and who shall  not  so  derive
   17  more  than  one-tenth of his or her income during such term; one of whom
   18  who shall be a member of a not-for-profit environmental  group;  one  of
   19  whom  shall  be a member of a not-for-profit consumer group; one of whom
   20  who shall be an officer of a utility primarily engaged in  the  distrib-
   21  ution of gas; and one whom shall be an officer of an electric utility.],
   22  ONE  MEMBER  APPOINTED  BY  THE COMPTROLLER, ONE MEMBER APPOINTED BY THE
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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    1  TEMPORARY PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE,  AND  ONE  MEMBER  APPOINTED  BY  THE
    2  SPEAKER  OF  THE ASSEMBLY. THE MEMBERS APPOINTED BY THE COMPTROLLER, THE
    3  TEMPORARY PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE AND THE SPEAKER OF THE ASSEMBLY  SHALL
    4  NOT  BE  EMPLOYEES OF THE STATE. The governor shall designate the chair.
    5  [Of the nine members appointed by the governor, two shall  be  appointed
    6  for  terms expiring April first, nineteen hundred seventy-eight, two for
    7  terms expiring April first,  nineteen  hundred  eighty,  two  for  terms
    8  expiring  April  first, nineteen hundred eighty-one, and three for terms
    9  expiring April first, nineteen hundred eighty-two.] OF THE MEMBERS FIRST
   10  APPOINTED PURSUANT TO THE CHAPTER OF THE LAWS OF TWO THOUSAND NINE WHICH
   11  AMENDED THIS SUBDIVISION, TWO MEMBERS APPOINTED BY  THE  GOVERNOR  SHALL
   12  SERVE  FOR  TERMS  OF  TWO  YEARS, TWO MEMBERS APPOINTED BY THE GOVERNOR
   13  SHALL SERVE FOR TERMS OF FOUR YEARS, TWO MEMBERS APPOINTED BY THE GOVER-
   14  NOR SHALL SERVE FOR TERMS OF SIX YEARS,  THE  MEMBER  APPOINTED  BY  THE
   15  COMPTROLLER SHALL SERVE FOR A TERM OF SIX YEARS, THE MEMBER APPOINTED BY
   16  THE  TEMPORARY  PRESIDENT  OF  THE SENATE SHALL SERVE FOR A TERM OF FOUR
   17  YEARS AND THE MEMBER APPOINTED BY THE  SPEAKER  OF  THE  ASSEMBLY  SHALL
   18  SERVE  FOR  A TERM OF TWO YEARS. Persons appointed [by the governor] for
   19  full terms as successors to such members shall serve for  terms  of  six
   20  years  each  [commencing  as  of April first]. In the event of a vacancy
   21  occurring in the office of a member by death, resignation or  otherwise,
   22  the [governor] ORIGINAL APPOINTING AUTHORITY shall appoint a successor[,
   23  by  and with the advice and consent of the senate,] to serve the balance
   24  of the unexpired term.
   25    S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.