Provides for the Beacon Institute Inc. as a public authority for certain purposes, and adds the Old Main Building at Clarkson University.

Sponsor: GRIFFO / Co-sponsor(s): OPPENHEIMER
Law Section: Public Authorities Law / Law: Amd S1676, Pub Auth L

S4521-2011 Actions

Jun 16, 2011: SUBSTITUTED BY A6726A
Jun 6, 2011: AMENDED ON THIRD READING 4521A
Jun 6, 2011: VOTE RECONSIDERED - RESTORED TO THIRD READING
Jun 6, 2011: returned to senate
Jun 6, 2011: RECALLED FROM ASSEMBLY
Jun 1, 2011: referred to corporations, authorities and commissions
Jun 1, 2011: DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
Jun 1, 2011: PASSED SENATE
May 10, 2011: ADVANCED TO THIRD READING
May 9, 2011: 2ND REPORT CAL.
May 4, 2011: 1ST REPORT CAL.547
Apr 8, 2011: REFERRED TO CORPORATIONS, AUTHORITIES AND COMMISSIONS

S4521-2011 Meetings

Corporations, Authorities and Commissions: May 4, 2011

S4521-2011 Calendars

Active List: Jun 1, 2011 , Floor Calendar: May 9, 2011 , Floor Calendar: May 10, 2011 , Floor Calendar: May 11, 2011 , Floor Calendar: May 16, 2011 , Floor Calendar: May 17, 2011 , Floor Calendar: May 18, 2011 , Floor Calendar: May 23, 2011 , Floor Calendar: May 24, 2011 , Floor Calendar: May 25, 2011 , Floor Calendar: Jun 1, 2011

S4521-2011 Votes

VOTE: COMMITTEE VOTE: - Corporations, Authorities and Commissions - May 4, 2011

Ayes (5): Ranzenhofer, Flanagan, Larkin, Martins, Squadron
Ayes W/R (1): Perkins

VOTE: FLOOR VOTE: - Jun 1, 2011

Ayes (59): Addabbo, Alesi, Avella, Ball, Bonacic, Breslin, Carlucci, DeFrancisco, Diaz, Dilan, Duane, Espaillat, Farley, Flanagan, Fuschillo, Gallivan, Gianaris, Golden, Griffo, Grisanti, Hannon, Hassell-Thomps, Huntley, Johnson, Kennedy, Klein, Kruger, Lanza, Larkin, LaValle, Libous, Little, Marcellino, Martins, Maziarz, McDonald, Montgomery, Nozzolio, O'Mara, Oppenheimer, Parker, Peralta, Ranzenhofer, Ritchie, Rivera, Robach, Saland, Sampson, Savino, Serrano, Seward, Skelos, Smith, Squadron, Stavisky, Stewart-Cousin, Valesky, Young, Zeldin
Nays (2): Krueger, Perkins
Excused (1): Adams

S4521-2011 Memo

BILL NUMBER:S4521

TITLE OF BILL:
An act
to amend the public authorities law, in relation to authorizing the
dormitory authority to construct and finance certain facilities
for The Beacon Institute, Inc.

PURPOSE:
This bill would allow The Beacon Institute, Inc. through the Dormitory
Authority to improve and construct research and education facilities
at its upstate research and development center located at the Old
Main Building at Clarkson University's downtown campus.

SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:
This bill amends paragraph (b) of subdivision 2 of section 1676 and
subdivision 1 of section 1680 of the Public Authorities Law to add
Clarkson University.

JUSTIFICATION:
This bill will enable The Beacon Institute to access Dormitory
Authority services for the development of future projects at Clarkson
University. The Beacon-Clarkson Center for Advanced Environmental
Technology (CAET) was founded by Beacon Institute and Clarkson
University to create and implement technological innovations that
advance research, public policy and education regarding water and
water resources. The 13,000 square foot Old Main Building, located at
Clarkson University in Potsdam NY will be equipped to provide
engineering and technology research and development functions in
conjunction with and support of the continued development of the
River and Estuary Observatory Network (REON) including but not
limited to design, fabrication, construction, testing and eventual
commercialization of technology. Funding for this project is already
available in the UDC (Urban Development Corporation).

LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:
New in Senate.

FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:
None.

EFFECTIVE DATE:
Immediate.

S4521-2011 Text

 S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 
                                          4521
 2011-2012 Regular Sessions
 I N  SENATE
 April 8, 2011
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  GRIFFO -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
 printed to be committed to the Committee on Corporations,  Authorities
 and Commissions
 AN  ACT  to amend the public authorities law, in relation to authorizing
 the dormitory authority to construct and  finance  certain  facilities
 for The Beacon Institute, Inc.
 

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

 

Section 1. The undesignated paragraph of paragraph (b) of  subdivision
 2  of  section 1676 of the public authorities law, as amended by chapter
 605 of the laws of 2007, is amended to read as follows:

 The Beacon Institute,  Inc.,  a  domestic  not-for-profit  corporation
 formerly  known  as the Rivers and Estuaries Center on the Hudson, Inc.,
 for  the  acquisition,  financing,  refinancing,  construction,   recon
 struction,  renovation,  development, improvement, expansion, furnishing
 and equipping or otherwise providing for  facilities  for  conducting  a
 program  of  research  and  education that advances the understanding of
 rivers and estuaries and develops policies and  practices  that  benefit
 the  human  and  natural  communities that depend upon these ecosystems,
 located at Beacon Harbor and Denning's Point in Beacon,  New  York,  The
 Upper Hudson Research Center at Troy, located at the waterfront in Troy,
 New  York  and  the Center for Tributary Study, located at Creek Road in
 Beacon, New York, AND THE  OLD  MAIN  BUILDING  AT  CLARKSON  UNIVERSITY
 LOCATED IN POTSDAM, NEW YORK.
 

S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD10436-01-1

S4521-2011: Provides for the Beacon Institute Inc. as a public authority for certain purposes, and adds the Old Main Building at Clarkson University