Bill Text: NY S06934 | 2013-2014 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relates to the membership of the Saratoga county water authority.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2014-06-17 - SUBSTITUTED BY A9234A [S06934 Detail]

Download: New_York-2013-S06934-Introduced.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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           S. 6934                                                  A. 9234
                             S E N A T E - A S S E M B L Y
                                     April 2, 2014
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       IN  SENATE  --  Introduced  by  Sen. MARCHIONE -- read twice and ordered
         printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee  on  Corpo-
         rations, Authorities and Commissions
       IN ASSEMBLY -- Introduced by M. of A. McDONALD -- read once and referred
         to the Committee on Corporations, Authorities and Commissions
       AN  ACT  to amend the public authorities law, in relation to the member-
         ship of the Saratoga county water 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 1199-ddd of the public authorities
    2  law,  as  amended by chapter 184 of the laws of 1995, is amended to read
    3  as follows:
    4    1. A public corporation known as the "Saratoga county water authority"
    5  is hereby created for the public purposes and charged  with  the  duties
    6  and  having  the powers provided in this title. The authority shall be a
    7  corporate governmental agency constituting a public benefit  corporation
    8  and  shall  be  a  "public district" for the purposes of section eighty-
    9  nine-l of the public service law. The authority shall be governed  by  a
   10  board  consisting of seven members, who shall be residents of the county
   11  and be appointed by  the  chairman  of  the  board  of  supervisors  and
   12  confirmed  by  the  board of supervisors. At least four members shall be
   13  elected officials. The first members appointed shall  be  appointed  for
   14  the  following  terms:  four for a term ending on December thirty-first,
   15  nineteen hundred ninety-six; three for a term ending on  December  thir-
   16  ty-first,  nineteen  hundred  ninety-seven.  Subsequent  appointment  of
   17  members shall be made in the same manner,  except  that  at  least  [one
   18  member]  THREE  MEMBERS shall be [a resident] RESIDENTS of [each munici-
   19  pality] MUNICIPALITIES with which the authority has service or  distrib-
   20  ution  contracts, WHICH MEMBERS MAY BE ONE OR MORE OF THE AFOREMENTIONED
   21  ELECTED OFFICIALS, and for terms of two years ending  in  each  case  on
   22  December  thirty-first  of the last year of such term. All members shall
   23  continue to hold office until their successors are  appointed  and  have
   24  qualified.    Vacancies  shall  be  filled  in  the  manner provided for
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                  LBD14423-04-4
       S. 6934                             2                            A. 9234
    1  original appointment. Vacancies occurring otherwise than  by  expiration
    2  of  terms  of  office,  shall be filled by appointment for the unexpired
    3  terms.  Members may be removed from office for the same reasons  and  in
    4  the same manner as may be provided by law for the removal of officers of
    5  the county. In addition, members may be removed from office by the board
    6  of  supervisors  for  inefficiency,  neglect  of  duty  or misconduct in
    7  office, after the board of supervisors has given such member a  copy  of
    8  the  charges  against  him  and  opportunity to be heard in person or by
    9  counsel in his defense, upon not less than ten days notice. If a  member
   10  fails  to  attend  three  consecutive regular meetings of the authority,
   11  unless such absence is for good cause and is excused by the  chairperson
   12  of  the  authority  or  other  presiding  officer, or in the case of the
   13  chairperson of the authority, by the chairperson of the board of  super-
   14  visors,  the  office  may be deemed vacant for the purposes of the nomi-
   15  nation and appointment of a successor.  The  members  of  the  authority
   16  shall  receive  no salary from the authority. Members and officers shall
   17  be entitled to reimbursement of  their  actual  and  necessary  expenses
   18  including travel expenses, incurred in the discharge of their duties.
   19    S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.