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Home » US Law » 2022 New York Laws » Consolidated Laws » PBA - Public Authorities » Article 9 - General Provisions » Title 2 - Boards of Public Authorities » 2825 – Membership on Authorities and Commissions; Independence; and Financial Disclosure.
§  2825.  Membership on authorities and commissions; independence; and
financial disclosure. Notwithstanding the  provisions  of  any  general,
special  or  local  law,  municipal  charter  or ordinance: 1. No public
officer or employee shall be ineligible for appointment as a trustee  or
member  of  the governing body of a state or local authority, as defined
in section two of this chapter, and any public officer or  employee  may
accept  such  appointment  and  serve  as such trustee or member without
forfeiture of any other public office or position of  public  employment
by reason thereof.
  2.    Except  for  members who serve as members by virtue of holding a
civil office of the state, the majority of the remaining members of  the
governing  body  of  every state or local authority shall be independent
members;  provided,  however,  that  this  provision  shall   apply   to
appointments  made  on  or  after  the  effective  date of chapter seven
hundred sixty-six of the laws of two  thousand  five  which  added  this
subdivision.  The  official or officials having the authority to appoint
or remove such remaining members shall  take  such  actions  as  may  be
necessary  to  satisfy  this requirement and further, shall consider the
prospective diversity of the members of a state  authority  when  making
their  determinations  to  appoint  any member. For the purposes of this
section, an independent member is one who:

(a) is not, and in the past two years has not been, employed by the public authority or an affiliate in an executive capacity;

(b) is not, and in the past two years has not been, employed by an entity that received remuneration valued at more than fifteen thousand dollars for goods and services provided to the public authority or received any other form of financial assistance valued at more than fifteen thousand dollars from the public authority;

(c) is not a relative of an executive officer or employee in an executive position of the public authority or an affiliate; and

(d) is not, and in the past two years has not been, a lobbyist registered under a state or local law and paid by a client to influence the management decisions, contract awards, rate determinations or any other similar actions of the public authority or an affiliate. 3. Notwithstanding any other provision of any general, special or local law, municipal charter or ordinance to the contrary, board members, officers, and employees of a state authority shall file annual financial disclosure statements as required by section seventy-three-a of the public officers law. Board members, officers, and employees of a local public authority shall file annual financial disclosure statements with the county board of ethics for the county in which the local public authority has its primary office pursuant to article eighteen of the general municipal law.