New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 9 - EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT › Subtitle A - Governor's Office › Chapter I - Executive Orders › Part 5 - Executive Orders (George E. Pataki) › Section 5.137 - Executive order no. 137: creating an inventory and classification of state and local public authorities and their subsidiaries

Current through Register Vol. 46, No. 28, July 10, 2024
WHEREAS, it is necessary and desirable to increase the
					 effectiveness, accountability and openness of State government and public
					 authorities;
WHEREAS, building upon sweeping reforms, innovations and
					 improvements that have been made since 1995, I established the Public Authority
					 Governance Advisory Committee, chaired by renowned corporate governance expert
					 Ira Millstein, in 2004 to work with the State's public authorities to develop
					 the Model Governance Principles;
WHEREAS, while the Public Authority Governance Advisory
					 Committee made tremendous progress in working with the State's public
					 authorities to improve oversight and promote accountability and openness,
					 earlier this year, pursuant to Executive Order No. 135, I established the New
					 York State Commission on Public Authority Reform to build upon the progress
					 made to date;
WHEREAS, in order to define the different types of public
					 authorities, clarify their role and function and examine opportunities for
					 potential dissolution or consolidation, the New York State Commission on Public
					 Authority Reform has requested that an inventory of public authorities and
					 their subsidiaries should be made that would categorize all of the public
					 authorities and subsidiaries that have been created, both at the State and
					 local level, and identify those which, while existing in statute, have ceased
					 or suspended operations;
NOW, THEREFORE, I, GEORGE E. PATAKI, Governor of the State
					 of New York, by virtue of the authority vested in me by the Constitution and
					 the Laws of the State of New York, do hereby order as follows:
I. DEFINITIONS
1. "Commission" shall mean the New York State
				  Commission on Public Authority Reform established by Executive Order No.
				  135.
2. "Local authority" shall
				  mean:
(i) a public authority or public
				  benefit corporation created by or existing under the laws of the State of New
				  York whose members do not hold a civil office of the State, are not appointed
				  by the Governor or are appointed by the Governor specifically upon the
				  recommendation of the local government or governments;
(ii) a not-for-profit corporation affiliated
				  with, sponsored by, or created by a county, city, town or village government;
(iii) a local industrial
				  development agency or authority or other local public benefit corporation; or
(iv) an affiliate of such public
				  authority.
3. "Mission
				  statement" shall mean a general statement describing the public authority's
				  legal and operational structure, history, purpose and objectives.
4. "Program objectives" shall mean a listing
				  of the public authority's programs that includes a general description of the
				  purpose and objectives of such programs.
5. "State authority" shall mean a public
				  authority or public benefit corporation created by or existing under the laws
				  of State of New York, with one or more of its members appointed by the
				  Governor, or who serve as members by virtue of holding a civil office of the
				  State, other than an interstate or international authority or public benefit
				  corporation.