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S 9461: Provides that the Seaview/Ocean Bay Park garbage district shall have 7 commissioners; provides for the requirements for appointment of such commissioners.

New York · Senate · 2025–2026 Legislative Session · last verified August 15, 2026

What S 9461 does, verified August 15, 2026

The bill aims to amend the current garbage collection and disposal laws in the state. The governing board of a joint garbage, metal, and refuse disposal system in the towns of Brookhaven and Islip in Suffolk County will consist of five elected garbage commissioners, who will have the same functions and powers as a trustee or board of trustees. Starting on July 1, 2026, the governing board of the Seaview/Ocean Bay Park garbage district will consist of seven commissioners. Five of these commissioners will be elected, with two residents of Seaview, two residents of Ocean Bay Park, and one elected from the entire territory. The remaining two commissioners will be the elected presidents of Seaview and Ocean Bay Park.

Bill journey
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Last action: RECOMMIT, ENACTING CLAUSE STRICKEN (2026-08-14)Alert me
Quick answers about S 9461
What is the current status of S 9461?
As of August 15, 2026, S 9461 is recorded as "Introduced": it has been introduced and is waiting for its first committee hearing or floor vote. The last recorded action, on August 14, 2026, was "RECOMMIT, ENACTING CLAUSE STRICKEN".
Did S 9461 pass?
Not yet. S 9461 has been introduced and has not passed either house.
Who wrote S 9461, and where is it now?
S 9461 was authored by Sen. Dean Murray.
Recent actions2 total · showing 2
Aug. 14, 2026RECOMMIT, ENACTING CLAUSE STRICKEN
Mar. 13, 2026REFERRED TO LOCAL GOVERNMENT
Latest bill textIntroduced version, March 13, 2026 · 501 words
  
  STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 9461  IN SENATE March 13, 2026 ___________ Introduced by Sen. MURRAY -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Local Government AN ACT to amend chapter 787 of the laws of 1934 relating to the collection and disposal of garbage and other refuse substances, in relation to the appointment of commissioners for the Seaview/Ocean Bay Park garbage district The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Subdivision 1 of section 8-a of section 1 of chapter 787 of 2 the laws of 1934, relating to the collection and disposal of garbage and 3 other refuse substances, as added by chapter 478 of the laws of 1982, is 4 amended to read as follows: 5 1. a. Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter or any other 6 general, special or local law, chapter, code or regulation to the 7 contrary, in the towns of Brookhaven and Islip in the county of Suffolk, 8 or in either of them, the governing board of a joint garbage, metal and 9 refuse disposal system shall, except as otherwise provided for the 10 Seaview/Ocean Bay Park garbage district under paragraph b of this subdi- 11 vision, consist of five garbage commissioners, who shall be elected from 12 the entire territory of such garbage district as hereinafter set forth 13 and shall be known as the board of garbage commissioners thereof. Such 14 garbage commissioners individually, and such board of garbage commis- 15 sioners as an entity, shall have all the functions and powers of a trus- 16 tee or the board of trustees, respectively, as otherwise set forth in 17 this chapter insofar as feasible and consistent with the provisions of 18 this section. 19 b. Notwithstanding the provisions of paragraph a of this subdivision, 20 on and after July 1, 2026, the governing board of the Seaview/Ocean Bay 21 Park garbage district shall consist of seven commissioners. Five of such 22 commissioners shall be elected in accordance with paragraph a of this 23 subdivision except that two of such elected commissioners shall be resi- 24 dents of the Seaview community, two of such elected commissioners shall 25 be residents of the Ocean Bay Park community, and one of such elected 26 commissioners shall be elected from the entire territory of the EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD14189-01-5 

 S. 9461 2 1 Seaview/Ocean Bay Park garbage district. The remaining two of the seven 2 commissioners shall consist of the elected president of Seaview and the 3 elected president of Ocean Bay Park, who shall have all the functions 4 and powers as the five commissioners elected in accordance with para- 5 graph a of this subdivision. 6 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately. 

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