Bill Text: NY A00202 | 2021-2022 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Grants each of the representatives of the counties of Dutchess, Putnam, Orange and Rockland a vote during the proceedings of the metropolitan transportation authority.

Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 7-1)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2022-01-05 - referred to corporations, authorities and commissions [A00202 Detail]

Download: New_York-2021-A00202-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                           202

                               2021-2022 Regular Sessions

                   IN ASSEMBLY

                                       (Prefiled)

                                     January 6, 2021
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        Introduced by M. of A. GUNTHER, ZEBROWSKI, GALEF, CAHILL, BARRETT, WALK-
          ER  --  Multi-Sponsored  by  --  M.  of  A. J. RIVERA -- read once and
          referred to the Committee on Corporations, Authorities and Commissions

        AN ACT to amend the public authorities law, in relation to granting each
          of the representatives of the counties of Dutchess, Putnam, Orange and
          Rockland on the metropolitan transportation authority a vote

          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:

     1    Section 1. Subparagraph 1 of paragraph (a) of subdivision 1 of section
     2  1263 of the public authorities law, as amended by section 1 of part E of
     3  chapter 39 of the laws of 2019, is amended to read as follows:
     4    (1)  There is hereby created the "metropolitan transportation authori-
     5  ty."  The authority shall be a body corporate and politic constituting a
     6  public benefit corporation. The authority shall consist of  a  chairman,
     7  sixteen  other  voting  members,  and  two non-voting and four alternate
     8  non-voting members, as described in subparagraph two of  this  paragraph
     9  appointed  by  the  governor  by  and with the advice and consent of the
    10  senate. Any member appointed to a term commencing on or after June thir-
    11  tieth, two thousand nine shall have experience in one  or  more  of  the
    12  following areas: transportation, public administration, business manage-
    13  ment,  finance,  accounting,  law,  engineering,  land  use,  urban  and
    14  regional  planning,  management  of  large   capital   projects,   labor
    15  relations,  or have experience in some other area of activity central to
    16  the mission of the authority. Four of the sixteen voting  members  other
    17  than  the  chairman  shall be appointed on the written recommendation of
    18  the mayor of the city of New  York;  and  each  of  seven  other  voting
    19  members  other than the chairman shall be appointed after selection from
    20  a written list of three recommendations from the chief executive officer
    21  of the county in which the  particular  member  is  required  to  reside
    22  pursuant to the provisions of this subdivision. Of the members appointed

         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD02459-01-1
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     1  on  recommendation  of the chief executive officer of a county, one such
     2  member shall be, at the time of appointment, a resident of the county of
     3  Nassau, one a resident of the county of Suffolk, one a resident  of  the
     4  county  of  Westchester, one a resident of the county of Dutchess, one a
     5  resident of the county of Orange, one a resident of the county of Putnam
     6  and one a resident of the county of Rockland, provided that the term  of
     7  any  member  who  is  a resident of a county that has withdrawn from the
     8  metropolitan commuter transportation district pursuant to section twelve
     9  hundred seventy-nine-b of this title shall terminate upon the  effective
    10  date  of such county's withdrawal from such district. Of the five voting
    11  members, other than the chairman,  appointed  by  the  governor  without
    12  recommendation  from  any  other  person, three shall be, at the time of
    13  appointment, residents of the city of New York and two shall be, at  the
    14  time  of  appointment, residents of such city or of any of the aforemen-
    15  tioned counties in the metropolitan  commuter  transportation  district.
    16  Provided  however,  notwithstanding the foregoing residency requirement,
    17  one of the five voting members appointed by the governor without  recom-
    18  mendation  from  any  other  person, other than the chairman, may be the
    19  director of the New York state division  of  the  budget,  and  provided
    20  further  that,  in  the event of such appointment, the budget director's
    21  membership in the authority shall be deemed ex-officio. The chairman and
    22  each of the members shall be appointed for a term of six years, provided
    23  however, that the chairman first appointed shall serve for a term ending
    24  June thirtieth, nineteen hundred eighty-one, provided that  thirty  days
    25  after the effective date of the chapter of the laws of two thousand nine
    26  which  amended this subparagraph, the term of the chairman shall expire;
    27  provided, further, that such chairman  may  continue  to  discharge  the
    28  duties  of his or her office until the position of chairman is filled by
    29  appointment by the governor upon the advice and consent  of  the  senate
    30  and  the  term  of such new chairman shall terminate June thirtieth, two
    31  thousand fifteen. The sixteen other members first appointed shall  serve
    32  for  the  following  terms:  The members from the counties of Nassau and
    33  Westchester shall each serve for a term ending June thirtieth,  nineteen
    34  hundred eighty-five; the members from the county of Suffolk and from the
    35  counties of Dutchess, Orange, Putnam and Rockland shall each serve for a
    36  term  ending  June  thirtieth,  nineteen  hundred ninety-two; two of the
    37  members appointed on recommendation of the mayor of the city of New York
    38  shall each serve for a term  ending  June  thirtieth,  nineteen  hundred
    39  eighty-four  and, two shall each serve for a term ending June thirtieth,
    40  nineteen hundred eighty-one; two of the members appointed by the  gover-
    41  nor  without the recommendation of any other person shall each serve for
    42  a term ending June thirtieth, nineteen  hundred  eighty-two,  two  shall
    43  each serve for a term ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred eighty and
    44  one  shall  serve  for  a  term  ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred
    45  eighty-five. The two non-voting and four  alternate  non-voting  members
    46  shall serve until January first, two thousand one. [The members from the
    47  counties of Dutchess, Orange, Putnam and Rockland shall cast one collec-
    48  tive vote.]
    49    §  2.  Paragraph  (a)  of  subdivision 1 of section 1263 of the public
    50  authorities law, as amended by section 2 of part E of chapter 39 of  the
    51  laws of 2019, is amended to read as follows:
    52    (a)  There is hereby created the "metropolitan transportation authori-
    53  ty." The authority shall be a body corporate and politic constituting  a
    54  public  benefit  corporation.  The authority shall consist of a chairman
    55  and sixteen other members appointed by the  governor  by  and  with  the
    56  advice  and  consent  of  the  senate.  Any  member  appointed to a term
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     1  commencing on or after June thirtieth,  two  thousand  nine  shall  have
     2  experience  in  one or more of the following areas of expertise:  trans-
     3  portation, public administration, business management, finance, account-
     4  ing, law, engineering, land use, urban and regional planning, management
     5  of  large  capital projects, labor relations, or have experience in some
     6  other area of activity central to the mission of the authority. Four  of
     7  the  sixteen  members  other than the chairman shall be appointed on the
     8  written recommendation of the mayor of the city of New York; and each of
     9  seven other members other than the chairman  shall  be  appointed  after
    10  selection  from  a  written list of three recommendations from the chief
    11  executive officer of the  county  in  which  the  particular  member  is
    12  required  to  reside  pursuant to the provisions of this subdivision. Of
    13  the members appointed on recommendation of the chief  executive  officer
    14  of  a  county,  one  such member shall be, at the time of appointment, a
    15  resident of the county of Nassau;  one  a  resident  of  the  county  of
    16  Suffolk; one a resident of the county of Westchester; and one a resident
    17  of the county of Dutchess, one a resident of the county of Orange, one a
    18  resident  of  the  county  of Putnam and one a resident of the county of
    19  Rockland, provided that the term of any member who is a  resident  of  a
    20  county  that has withdrawn from the metropolitan commuter transportation
    21  district pursuant to section twelve hundred seventy-nine-b of this title
    22  shall terminate upon the effective date of such county's withdrawal from
    23  such district. Of the five members, other than the  chairman,  appointed
    24  by  the  governor  without  recommendation  from any other person, three
    25  shall be, at the time of appointment, residents of the city of New  York
    26  and  two shall be, at the time of appointment, residents of such city or
    27  of any of the  aforementioned  counties  in  the  metropolitan  commuter
    28  transportation district. Provided however, notwithstanding the foregoing
    29  residency  requirement,  one of the five voting members appointed by the
    30  governor without recommendation from any other person,  other  than  the
    31  chairman,  may  be  the  director  of the New York state division of the
    32  budget, and provided further that, in the event of such appointment, the
    33  budget director's membership in the authority shall be  deemed  ex-offi-
    34  cio.  The chairman and each of the members shall be appointed for a term
    35  of six years, provided however, that the chairman first appointed  shall
    36  serve  for  a  term  ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred eighty-one,
    37  provided that thirty days after the effective date of the chapter of the
    38  laws of two thousand nine which amended this paragraph, the term of  the
    39  chairman shall expire; provided, further, that such chairman may contin-
    40  ue  to discharge the duties of his office until the position of chairman
    41  is filled by appointment by the governor upon the advice and consent  of
    42  the  senate and the term of such new chairman shall terminate June thir-
    43  tieth, two thousand fifteen. The sixteen other members  first  appointed
    44  shall  serve  for  the following terms: The members from the counties of
    45  Nassau and Westchester shall each serve for a term ending  June  thirti-
    46  eth,  nineteen  hundred  eighty-five;  the  members  from  the county of
    47  Suffolk and from the counties of Dutchess, Orange, Putnam  and  Rockland
    48  shall  each  serve  for  a  term ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred
    49  ninety-two; two of the members appointed on recommendation of the  mayor
    50  of  the city of New York shall each serve for a term ending June thirti-
    51  eth, nineteen hundred eighty-four and, two shall each serve for  a  term
    52  ending  June  thirtieth, nineteen hundred eighty-one; two of the members
    53  appointed by the governor without the recommendation of any other person
    54  shall each serve for a term  ending  June  thirtieth,  nineteen  hundred
    55  eighty-two, two shall each serve for a term ending June thirtieth, nine-
    56  teen  hundred  eighty and one shall serve for a term ending June thirti-
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     1  eth, nineteen hundred eighty-five. [The members  from  the  counties  of
     2  Dutchess, Orange, Putnam and Rockland shall cast one collective vote.]
     3    §  3. This act shall take effect immediately, provided that the amend-
     4  ments to subparagraph 1 of paragraph (a) of  subdivision  1  of  section
     5  1263 of the public authorities law made by section one of this act shall
     6  be subject to the expiration and reversion of such paragraph pursuant to
     7  section 3 of chapter 549 of the laws of 1994, as amended, when upon such
     8  date the provisions of section two of this act shall take effect.