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This bill changes the Albany convention center authority board's meeting requirement from monthly to quarterly.
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Reduce Meeting Frequency
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Sponsors
1 Co-sponsor
History
- Substituted by A8136
- Ordered to third reading cal.1820
- Referred to rules
Companion bill
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Reduce Board Meetings Frequency
Signed by Governor · Sponsor John T. McDonald III
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STATE OF NEW YORK
6552
2017-2018 Regular Sessions
IN SENATE
June 2, 2017
Introduced by Sens. BRESLIN, AMEDORE -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules
AN ACT to amend the public authorities law, in relation to the scheduling of meetings of the board of the Albany convention center authority
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows:
Section 1. Subdivision 6 of section 2675-d of the public authorities law, as added by chapter 468 of the laws of 2004, is amended to read as follows:
6. The board shall hold at least one regular meeting [every month] quarterly. The chairperson, or in his or her absence the vice-chairperson, or any four members, may call a special meeting by notice as specified by the board. All meetings of the board shall be subject to article seven of the public officers law.
§ 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
LBD11896-03-7
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Sponsor's memo
Title of bill
An act to amend the public authorities law, in relation to the scheduling of meetings of the board of the Albany convention center authority
Purpose or general idea of bill
The purpose of this bill is to change the schedule of meetings of the board of the Albany Convention Center Authority from monthly to quarterly.
Summary of specific provisions
Section one of this bill amends subdivision 6 of section 2675-d of the public authorities law to require the Albany Convention Center Authority board to hold quarterly meetings on an annual basis.
Section two provides for an immediate effective date.
Justification
Currently, the Albany Convention Center Authority (ACCA) Board is required to meet on a monthly basis as enacted in the ACCA enabling legislation. The planning, development, and construction phases of the ACCA mission statement have been completed as of March 2017 and a full-time manager for the Albany Capital Center has been contracted. Accordingly, the ACCA Board meeting on a quarterly basis during the operations phase would lead to more efficiency in the execution of its fiduciary duties. A quarterly meeting schedule would coincide well with the operator reporting functions, the quarterly distribution of the Albany County Hotel Motel Occupancy Tax (H.O.T.) while still providing both accountability and transparency in all business matters to come before The Albany Convention Center Authority.
Prior legislative history
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