Bill Text: NY S07409 | 2023-2024 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relates to increasing the membership of the special district operations and development committee; provides that the committee shall consist of no less than nine members and no more than fifteen.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced) 2024-01-03 - REFERRED TO LOCAL GOVERNMENT [S07409 Detail]

Download: New_York-2023-S07409-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          7409

                               2023-2024 Regular Sessions

                    IN SENATE

                                      May 23, 2023
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        Introduced  by  Sen. BRESLIN -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
          printed to be committed to the Committee on Local Government

        AN ACT to amend chapter 453 of the laws of 1977, authorizing the city of
          Schenectady in the county of Schenectady, to create special assessment
          districts within such city, in relation to increasing  the  membership
          of the special district operations and development committee

          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:

     1    Section 1. Subdivision a of section 8 of chapter 453 of  the  laws  of
     2  1977,  authorizing the city of Schenectady in the county of Schenectady,
     3  to create special assessment districts within such city, is  amended  to
     4  read as follows:
     5    a.  The  committee is to consist of no less than nine and no more than
     6  fifteen members appointed by the city manager of the city of Schenectady
     7  with the consent of the city council to serve for  terms  to  be  estab-
     8  lished by the city. At least [seven of the nine members of the committee
     9  must  be  taxpayers  or their agents] three-quarters of the then current
    10  complement of committee members shall be owners of assessable real prop-
    11  erty within the special assessment district, or agents of  such  owners.
    12  Members are to serve without compensation.
    13    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.




         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD07312-02-3