Assembly Bill A2788

2013-2014 Legislative Session

Transfers control of the Yonkers Education Construction Fund Board to the mayor of the city of Yonkers

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  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2013-A2788 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Education
Law Section:
Education Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §477, Ed L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2011-2012: A9445
2015-2016: A1996

2013-A2788 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Transfers control of the Yonkers Education Construction Fund Board to the mayor of the city of Yonkers.

2013-A2788 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                  2788

                       2013-2014 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                            January 18, 2013
                               ___________

Introduced  by M. of A. PRETLOW -- read once and referred to the Commit-
  tee on Education

AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to  transferring  control
  of  the  Yonkers education construction fund board to the mayor of the
  city of Yonkers

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

  Section 1. Subdivision 1 of section 477 of the education law, as added
by chapter 931 of the laws of 1971, is amended to read as follows:
  1.   There   is  hereby  created  the  "city  of  Yonkers  educational
construction fund." The fund shall be a  corporate  governmental  agency
constituting a public benefit corporation. It shall be administered by a
board  of  trustees  consisting  of  the [chairman] MAYOR OF THE CITY OF
YONKERS, THE CHAIRPERSON of the board of education of the city of  Yonk-
ers,  [four members of such board appointed by the president thereof and
four members appointed by the mayor of the city of Yonkers.  The  chair-
man  of  the  board  of education shall be the chairman of the fund. The
chairman] THE CITY COUNCIL PRESIDENT, THE CITY COUNCIL MAJORITY  LEADER,
THE  CITY  COUNCIL  MINORITY  LEADER, AND FOUR TRUSTEES APPOINTED BY THE
MAYOR OF THE CITY OF YONKERS, TWO OF WHICH SHALL BE MEMBERS OF THE BOARD
OF EDUCATION OF THE CITY OF YONKERS. THE MAYOR, THE CHAIRPERSON  OF  THE
BOARD  OF  EDUCATION,  and the trustees who are members of the [board of
education] CITY COUNCIL shall serve during their  terms  of  office  [as
chairman  and  members,  respectively,  of  the  board of education. The
members first appointed by the mayor shall serve for terms  ending  two,
three,  four  and  five  years,  respectively,  from  the  date of their
appointment. Their successors shall serve for terms of five years  each]
AND  THE  TRUSTEES APPOINTED BY THE MAYOR SHALL SERVE AT THE PLEASURE OF
THE MAYOR.  THE FUND SHALL ELECT ITS  OWN  CHAIRPERSON  FROM  AMONG  ITS
MEMBERS.
  S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD02492-01-3

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