New York Laws
Title 21 - River Regulation by Storage Reservoirs
15-2137 - Hudson River-Black River Regulating District; Old Boards Abolished; New Board Created.

abolished; new board created.

1. The Hudson River Regulating District and the Black River Regulating
District created pursuant to this article are hereby consolidated into a
single district, to include the areas of both such districts, and to be
known as the Hudson River-Black River Regulating District.

2. Except as hereinafter provided, the board of the Hudson River
Regulating District and the board of the Black River Regulating District
are hereby abolished, and all of the jurisdiction, functions, powers,
duties and obligations possessed or exercised by, or for which
commitments have been made by, such boards, including lands or property
acquired, moneys of the boards, and actions taken or determinations made
by such boards, are hereby transferred to, assigned to and devolved upon
the Hudson River-Black River Regulating District and its board.

3. Notwithstanding any provision of titles 21, 23 and 25 of this
article, a board of the Hudson River-Black River Regulating District is
hereby created to consist of seven members to be appointed by the
governor not less than three of whom shall be residents of the territory
comprising the Black River area and not less than three of whom shall be
residents of the territory comprising the Hudson River area. The
governor shall appoint one member for a term ending September 1, 1960,
one for a term ending September 1, 1961, one for a term ending September
1, 1962, one for a term ending September 1, 1963, and one for a term
ending September 1, 1964, and thereafter, on the expiration of their
respective terms of office, appointments shall be made for terms of five
years. The governor shall appoint two additional board members, each of
whom shall serve for a term of five years from the effective date of his
or her appointment; provided, however, that the board members first
appointed on or after the effective date of the chapter of the laws of
two thousand five which amended this subdivision shall serve an initial
term of two years from the effective date of such appointment. The
governor shall fill any vacancy on such board within thirty days after
it occurs for the remainder of the term of office.