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                                 1698--A
    Cal. No. 30

                       2015-2016 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                            January 14, 2015
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Introduced  by  Sen.  RANZENHOFER -- read twice and ordered printed, and
  when printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules -- ordered to a
  third reading, amended and ordered reprinted, retaining its  place  in
  the order of third reading

AN  ACT  to  amend chapter 154 of the laws of 1921, relating to the port
  authority of New York and New Jersey, in relation to the port authori-
  ty deemed an agency; and to repeal article XV-B of section 1 of  chap-
  ter  154  of  the  laws of 1921, relating to the port authority of New
  York and New Jersey, in relation to the records of the port authority

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

  Section  1.  Article  XV-B  of section 1 of chapter 154 of the laws of
1921 relating to the port authority  of  New  York  and  New  Jersey  is
REPEALED and a new article XV-B is added to read as follows:
                              ARTICLE XV-B
  NOTWITHSTANDING  ANY  LAW TO THE CONTRARY, THE PORT AUTHORITY SHALL BE
DEEMED AN "AGENCY" AND TREATED AS SUCH UNDER THE LAWS OF NEW  YORK,  FOR
ALL  PURPOSES  UNDER  ARTICLES SIX AND SIX-A OF THE PUBLIC OFFICERS LAW,
AND SHALL BE DEEMED A "PUBLIC AGENCY" AND  TREATED  AS  SUCH  UNDER  NEW
JERSEY,  P.L. 1963, C. 73 (C.47:1A-1 ET SEQ.), PERTAINING TO THE DISCLO-
SURE OF GOVERNMENT RECORDS.
  S 2. Severability clause. If any clause, sentence, paragraph, subdivi-
sion, section or part of this act shall be  adjudged  by  any  court  of
competent  jurisdiction  to  be invalid, such judgment shall not affect,
impair, or invalidate the remainder thereof, but shall  be  confined  in
its  operation  to the clause, sentence, paragraph, subdivision, section
or part thereof directly involved in the controversy in which such judg-
ment shall have been rendered. It is hereby declared to be the intent of
the legislature that this act would  have  been  enacted  even  if  such
invalid provisions had not been included herein.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD07680-02-5
              

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  S  3.  This  act  shall take effect upon the enactment into law by the
state of New Jersey of legislation having an identical effect with  this
act,  but  if  the  state  of New Jersey shall have already enacted such
legislation, this act shall take effect immediately. The chairman of the
port  authority  shall  notify  the legislative bill drafting commission
upon the enactment into law of such legislation by both such  states  in
order  that the commission may maintain an accurate and timely effective
data base of the official text of the laws of the state of New  York  in
furtherance  of effecting the provision of section 44 of the legislative
law and section 70-b of the public officers law.