N.Y. Transportation Law § 401: Stewart airport commission

* § 401. Stewart airport commission. 1. Upon assumption by the

department of transportation of jurisdiction over the airport facility

and surrounding area located in the county of Orange, known as Stewart

airport, there shall thereupon be created a Stewart airport commission.

This commission will be an advisory council to the commissioner with

respect to administration and management of the Stewart airport

facilities and its surrounding areas with respect to projects to be

undertaken and operations and management of the facilities at such

airport. The commission shall be composed of ten members of which six

must be residents of Orange county, two must be residents of Dutchess

county and two residents from Ulster county. By virtue of their offices,

the commissioner of transportation or the commissioner's designee, the

Orange county executive, the Dutchess county executive and the

chairperson of the Ulster county legislature shall be ex officio members

of the commission. The members of the commission shall be appointed by

the governor with the advice and consent of the senate and, except for

the initial appointment terms, shall serve for a term of four years.

However, two of the appointments must be from a list submitted by the

temporary president and majority leader of the senate, and two must be

from a list submitted by the speaker of the assembly. Initial

appointments shall be to staggered terms with three of the nominees of

the governor being made to initial one-year terms and the other three

nominees to initial four-year terms, the members nominated by the

speaker of the assembly to initial two-year and three-year terms,

respectively, and the members nominated by the temporary president and

majority leader of the senate to initial two-year and three-year terms,

respectively. If any member shall thereafter no longer meet the

residency requirement of his or her appointment, such position shall be

declared vacant. In the event of a vacancy, the vacancy shall be filled

in the same manner as the initial appointments except that the term

shall be for the unexpired portion of the term of such members. All such

members shall be deemed officers of the state in connection with the

provisions of section seventeen of the public officers law. The members

of the commission shall appoint a chairman from among their number.

Members shall not receive a salary or other compensation, but shall be

reimbursed for their actual and necessary expenses incurred in the

performance of their official duties.

2. The Stewart airport commission shall assist in the development of a

program relative to the administration and management of the Stewart

airport and to advise the commissioner of transportation with regard to

such other programs relative to the Stewart airport as he may undertake.

Such program shall include, but not be limited to identification of

future capital needs, examining the means and methods of financing such

future capital needs, the promotion and examination of the financing

means and methods for the economic development of the area around the

airport, the joining together of such economic development and the

airport operations, the identification and implementation of ways of

working with the local community to accomplish the program and the

identification of non-aviation uses and purposes and prorations of use

or purposes for determinations of in lieu of tax payments. Once the

commission has been established, the commissioner and/or the department

shall effectuate the authorizations, powers and/or duties set forth in

section four hundred of this article only following the consultation,

guidance, advice and assistance of the commission. The Stewart airport

commission shall meet at least six times a year at the call of the

commissioner of transportation or the chairman of the commission and

shall keep a record of all its proceedings and recommendations. Staff

services for the commission shall be performed by personnel of the

department of transportation. In carrying out the functions and

responsibilities of the commissioner and the commission, the

commissioner shall designate an executive secretary from among the staff

of the department of transportation who will act as the administrative

agent of the commission and assist the commission in fulfilling its

duties and functions.

* NB There are 2 § 401's