Bill Text: NY A10862 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Extends the term of existence of the city of Syracuse parking authority by seventeen years.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-07-24 - referred to corporations, authorities and commissions [A10862 Detail]

Download: New_York-2019-A10862-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          10862

                   IN ASSEMBLY

                                      July 24, 2020
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        Introduced  by COMMITTEE ON RULES -- (at request of M. of A. Magnarelli)
          -- read once and referred to the Committee on  Corporations,  Authori-
          ties and Commissions

        AN ACT to amend the public authorities law, in relation to extending the
          term of existence of the city of Syracuse parking 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 1475-c of the  public  authorities
     2  law,  as added by chapter 477 of the laws of 2003, is amended to read as
     3  follows:
     4    1. A board to be known as "city  of  Syracuse  parking  authority"  is
     5  hereby  created.  Such  board  shall be a body corporate, constituting a
     6  public benefit corporation, and its existence shall  commence  upon  the
     7  appointment of the members as provided in this section. It shall consist
     8  of  a  chair and four other members, who shall be appointed by the mayor
     9  of the city. Of the members first appointed, one shall be appointed  for
    10  a period of one year, one for a period of two years, one for a period of
    11  three  years,  one  for  a period of four years, and one for a period of
    12  five years. At the expiration of such terms,  the  terms  of  office  of
    13  their  successors  shall  be five years.   Each member shall continue to
    14  serve until the appointment and qualification of his or  her  successor.
    15  Vacancies  in  such  board occurring otherwise than by the expiration of
    16  term shall be filled for the unexpired term. The members  of  the  board
    17  shall  choose  from their number a vice chair and may choose a secretary
    18  and treasurer who need not be members. The mayor may remove  any  member
    19  of  the  board  for neglect of duty or misconduct in office, giving such
    20  member a copy of the charges against him or her and  an  opportunity  of
    21  being  heard  in  person,  or by counsel, in his or her defense upon not
    22  less than ten days' notice. The members of the board shall  be  entitled
    23  to  no  compensation  for  their  services  but  shall  be  entitled  to
    24  reimbursement for their actual and necessary expenses  incurred  in  the
    25  performance of their official duties.  The powers of the authority shall
    26  be  vested  in  and exercised by a majority of the members of the board.
    27  Such board may delegate to one or more of its members or  to  its  offi-

         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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     1  cers, agents and employees such powers and duties as it may deem proper.
     2  Such  board and its corporate existence shall continue only for a period
     3  of [fifteen] thirty-two years, and thereafter until all its  liabilities
     4  have  been  met and its bonds have been paid in full or such liabilities
     5  or bonds have otherwise been discharged. Upon its ceasing to exist,  all
     6  its rights and properties shall pass to the city.
     7    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.