2013 New York Consolidated Laws
ENV - Environmental Conservation
Article 42 - (42-0101 - 42-0117) HISTORIC HUDSON-HOOSIC RIVERS PARTNERSHIP
42-0103 - The Historic Hudson-Hoosic Rivers Partnership.

 
  § 42-0103. * The Historic Saratoga-Washington on the Hudson Partnership.
    * NB  Effective  until  notification of receipt by the commissioner of
  environmental conservation
    * The Historic Hudson-Hoosic Rivers Partnership.
    * NB Effective upon notification of receipt  by  the  commissioner  of
  environmental conservation
    * 1.  The  Historic  Saratoga-Washington  on the Hudson Partnership is
  hereby established in the department to be a body corporate  and  public
  and  to  consist  of  up  to  twenty-two  voting  members. The following
  individuals shall be invited to become members: the  supervisor  of  the
  town  of  Saratoga,  the  supervisor  of  the  town  of Fort Edward, the
  supervisor of the town of Greenwich,  the  supervisor  of  the  town  of
  Easton,  the supervisor of the town of Stillwater, the supervisor of the
  town of Waterford, the supervisor of the  town  of  Northumberland,  the
  supervisor  of  the  town  of  Halfmoon,  the  supervisor of the town of
  Mechanicville, the mayor of the city of Mechanicville, the mayor of  the
  village of Schuylerville, the mayor of the village of Victory, the mayor
  of  the  village of Stillwater, the mayor of the village of Fort Edward,
  the mayor of the village of Greenwich, and the mayor of the  village  of
  Waterford.  In  addition, six members shall be appointed as follows: two
  shall be appointed by the  governor,  two  shall  be  appointed  by  the
  temporary  president  of  the  senate, and two shall be appointed by the
  speaker of the assembly.  The  commissioner  and  the  commissioners  of
  agriculture and markets, and parks, recreation and historic preservation
  shall  be  nonvoting  ex-officio  members  of  the  partnership. The six
  appointed members of the partnership, three of which shall be  residents
  of  Saratoga  county and three of which shall be residents of Washington
  county, shall by training, education and  experience  or  attainment  be
  qualified  to  analyze,  interpret  and/or  support  matters relevant to
  historical, environmental, economic or scenic preservation work  of  the
  partnership.  Each  ex-officio member of the partnership may designate a
  representative  to  attend,  in  his  or  her  place,  meetings  of  the
  partnership and to act in his or her behalf at meetings and with respect
  to the business of the partnership.
    * NB  Effective  until  notification of receipt by the commissioner of
  environmental conservation
    * 1.  The  Historic  Hudson-Hoosic  Rivers   Partnership   is   hereby
  established  in the department to be a body corporate and public, and to
  consist of up to thirty-seven voting members. The following  individuals
  shall  be  invited  to  become  members:  the  supervisor of the town of
  Saratoga, the supervisor of the town of Fort Edward, the  supervisor  of
  the  town  of  Greenwich,  the  supervisor  of  the  town of Easton, the
  supervisor of the town of Stillwater, the  supervisor  of  the  town  of
  Waterford,  the supervisor of the town of Northumberland, the supervisor
  of the town of Halfmoon, the supervisor of the  town  of  Mechanicville,
  the supervisor of the town of White Creek, the supervisor of the town of
  Cambridge,  the  supervisor of the town of Moreau, the supervisor of the
  town of Schaghticoke, the supervisor  of  the  town  of  Pittstown,  the
  supervisor  of  the  town  of  Hoosick,  the  supervisor  of the town of
  Kingsbury, the supervisor of the town of Corinth, the mayor of the  city
  of  Mechanicville,  the mayor of the village of Schuylerville, the mayor
  of the village of Victory, the mayor of the village of  Stillwater,  the
  mayor  of  the  village  of  Fort  Edward,  the  mayor of the village of
  Greenwich, the mayor of the village of South Glens Falls, the  mayor  of
  the  village of Cambridge, the mayor of the village of Hudson Falls, the
  mayor of the village of Valley  Falls,  the  mayor  of  the  village  of
  Schaghticoke,  the  mayor  of  the  village of Corinth, the mayor of the
  village of Hoosick Falls and the mayor of the village of  Waterford.  In

  addition,  six  members  shall  be  appointed  as  follows: two shall be
  appointed by the governor, two  shall  be  appointed  by  the  temporary
  president of the senate and two shall be appointed by the speaker of the
  assembly.  The  commissioner  and  the  commissioners of agriculture and
  markets, and  parks,  recreation  and  historic  preservation  shall  be
  nonvoting  ex-officio  members  of  the  partnership.  The six appointed
  members of the partnership, two of which shall be residents of  Saratoga
  county,  two of which shall be residents of Rensselaer county and two of
  which shall be  residents  of  Washington  county,  shall  by  training,
  education   and  experience  or  attainment  be  qualified  to  analyze,
  interpret and/or support matters relevant to historical,  environmental,
  economic or scenic preservation work of the partnership. Each ex-officio
  member  of  the partnership may designate a representative to attend, in
  his or her place, meetings of the partnership and to act in his  or  her
  behalf at meetings and with respect to the business of the partnership.
    * NB  Effective  upon  notification  of receipt by the commissioner of
  environmental conservation
    2. The term of office for appointees shall be four years. Members  may
  serve on the partnership until they resign or are replaced. In the event
  of  a vacancy occurring other than by the expiration of a member's term,
  such vacancy shall be filled for the balance of the  unexpired  term  in
  the same manner as the original appointment.
    3.  A  majority  of  the members of the partnership shall constitute a
  quorum.
    4. The members of the partnership shall receive  no  compensation  for
  their  services,  but  shall  be  entitled  to  reimbursement  for their
  expenses actually and necessarily incurred in the performance  of  their
  duties.
    * 5.  Notwithstanding  any  inconsistent  provisions  of law, general,
  special, or local, no officer or employee of  the  state  or  any  civil
  division thereof, shall be deemed to have forfeited or shall forfeit his
  or  her  office  or  employment  by  reason  of his or her acceptance of
  membership on the partnership.
    * NB Effective until notification of receipt by  the  commissioner  of
  environmental conservation
    * 5.  Notwithstanding  any  inconsistent  provisions  of law, general,
  special or local, no officer or employee  of  the  state  or  any  civil
  division thereof, shall be deemed to have forfeited or shall forfeit his
  or  her  office  or  employment  by  reason  of his or her acceptance of
  membership on the partnership.
    * NB Effective upon notification of receipt  by  the  commissioner  of
  environmental conservation
    6.  At  the initial meeting, the partnership shall elect officers, who
  shall serve at the pleasure of the partnership.
    * 7. The partnership shall come into being, upon the  receipt  by  the
  commissioner,   of  notice  from  eight  municipal  voting  members  the
  intention to join the partnership.
    * NB Repealed upon notification of  receipt  by  the  commissioner  of
  environmental conservation
    8.  The  partnership  shall  meet at least once every two months until
  approval of the plan by the commissioner as provided pursuant to section
  42-0109 of this article, and at least once every quarter thereafter.
    * 9. Every state agency and public corporation having jurisdiction  of
  land    within    municipalities    located    within    the    Historic
  Saratoga-Washington on the Hudson River Reserve shall,  to  the  fullest
  extent practicable, cooperate and assist the partnership in carrying out
  the provisions of this article.

    * NB  Effective  until  notification of receipt by the commissioner of
  environmental conservation
    * 9.  Every state agency and public corporation having jurisdiction of
  land within municipalities located  within  the  Historic  Hudson-Hoosic
  Rivers  Partnership  Reserve  shall,  to the fullest extent practicable,
  cooperate and assist the partnership in carrying out the  provisions  of
  this article.
    * NB  Effective  upon  notification  of receipt by the commissioner of
  environmental conservation