Bill Text: NY A05162 | 2023-2024 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Increases the membership of the metropolitan transportation authority from sixteen to seventeen members; provides for the appointment for one member from each of New York City's boroughs on the written recommendation of the mayor of New York City.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced) 2024-01-03 - referred to corporations, authorities and commissions [A05162 Detail]
Download: New_York-2023-A05162-Introduced.html
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 5162 2023-2024 Regular Sessions IN ASSEMBLY March 3, 2023 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. TANNOUSIS -- read once and referred to the Committee on Corporations, Authorities and Commissions AN ACT to amend the public authorities law, in relation to the member- ship of the metropolitan transportation authority 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] seventeen other voting members, and two non-voting and four 8 alternate non-voting members, as described in subparagraph two of this 9 paragraph appointed by the governor by and with the advice and consent 10 of the senate. Any member appointed to a term commencing on or after 11 June thirtieth, two thousand nine shall have experience in one or more 12 of the following areas: transportation, public administration, business 13 management, 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] seventeen voting 17 members, one member from each of New York city's five boroughs, as 18 defined in section 2-202 of the administrative code of the city of New 19 York, other than the chairman shall be appointed on the written recom- 20 mendation of the mayor of the city of New York; and each of seven other 21 voting members other than the chairman shall be appointed after 22 selection from a written list of three recommendations from the chief 23 executive officer of the county in which the particular member is 24 required to reside pursuant to the provisions of this subdivision. Of 25 the members appointed on recommendation of the chief executive officer EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD05133-01-3A. 5162 2 1 of a county, one such member shall be, at the time of appointment, a 2 resident of the county of Nassau, one a resident of the county of 3 Suffolk, one a resident of the county of Westchester, one a resident of 4 the county of Dutchess, one a resident of the county of Orange, one a 5 resident of the county of Putnam and one a resident of the county of 6 Rockland, provided that the term of any member who is a resident of a 7 county that has withdrawn from the metropolitan commuter transportation 8 district pursuant to section twelve hundred seventy-nine-b of this title 9 shall terminate upon the effective date of such county's withdrawal from 10 such district. Of the five voting members, other than the chairman, 11 appointed by the governor without recommendation from any other person, 12 three shall be, at the time of appointment, residents of the city of New 13 York and two shall be, at the time of appointment, residents of such 14 city or of any of the aforementioned counties in the metropolitan commu- 15 ter transportation district. Provided however, notwithstanding the fore- 16 going residency requirement, one of the five voting members appointed by 17 the governor without recommendation from any other person, other than 18 the chairman, may be the director of the New York state division of the 19 budget, and provided further that, in the event of such appointment, the 20 budget director's membership in the authority shall be deemed ex-offi- 21 cio. The chairman and each of the members shall be appointed for a term 22 of six years, provided however, that the chairman first appointed shall 23 serve for a term ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred eighty-one, 24 provided that thirty days after the effective date of the chapter of the 25 laws of two thousand nine which amended this subparagraph, the term of 26 the chairman shall expire; provided, further, that such chairman may 27 continue to discharge the duties of his or her office until the position 28 of chairman is filled by appointment by the governor upon the advice and 29 consent of the senate and the term of such new chairman shall terminate 30 June thirtieth, two thousand fifteen. The sixteen other members first 31 appointed shall serve for the following terms: The members from the 32 counties of Nassau and Westchester shall each serve for a term ending 33 June thirtieth, nineteen hundred eighty-five; the members from the coun- 34 ty of Suffolk and from the counties of Dutchess, Orange, Putnam and 35 Rockland shall each serve for a term ending June thirtieth, nineteen 36 hundred ninety-two; two of the members appointed on recommendation of 37 the mayor of the city of New York shall each serve for a term ending 38 June thirtieth, nineteen hundred eighty-four and, two shall each serve 39 for a term ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred eighty-one; two of 40 the members appointed by the governor without the recommendation of any 41 other person shall each serve for a term ending June thirtieth, nineteen 42 hundred eighty-two, two shall each serve for a term ending June thirti- 43 eth, nineteen hundred eighty and one shall serve for a term ending June 44 thirtieth, nineteen hundred eighty-five. Thirty days after the effec- 45 tive date of the chapter of the laws of two thousand twenty-three which 46 amended this subparagraph, the terms of the members appointed on recom- 47 mendation of the mayor of the city of New York shall expire, provided, 48 that such members may continue to discharge the duties of his or her 49 office until the positions are filled by appointment on recommendation 50 of the mayor of the city of New York and the term of three of such new 51 members shall terminate June thirtieth, two thousand twenty-six, and the 52 term of two of such new members shall terminate June thirtieth, two 53 thousand twenty-nine. The two non-voting and four alternate non-voting 54 members shall serve until January first, two thousand one. The members 55 from the counties of Dutchess, Orange, Putnam and Rockland shall cast 56 one collective vote.A. 5162 3 1 § 2. Paragraph (a) of subdivision 1 of section 1263 of the public 2 authorities law, as amended by section 2 of part E of chapter 39 of the 3 laws of 2019, is amended to read as follows: 4 (a) 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 and [sixteen] seventeen other members appointed by the governor by and 8 with the advice and consent of the senate. Any member appointed to a 9 term commencing on or after June thirtieth, two thousand nine shall have 10 experience in one or more of the following areas of expertise: trans- 11 portation, public administration, business management, finance, account- 12 ing, law, engineering, land use, urban and regional planning, management 13 of large capital projects, labor relations, or have experience in some 14 other area of activity central to the mission of the authority. [Four] 15 Five of the [sixteen] seventeen members, one member from each of New 16 York city's five boroughs, as defined in section 2-202 of the adminis- 17 trative code of the city of New York, other than the chairman shall be 18 appointed on the written recommendation of the mayor of the city of New 19 York; and each of seven other members other than the chairman shall be 20 appointed after selection from a written list of three recommendations 21 from the chief executive officer of the county in which the particular 22 member is required to reside pursuant to the provisions of this subdivi- 23 sion. Of the members appointed on recommendation of the chief executive 24 officer of a county, one such member shall be, at the time of appoint- 25 ment, a resident of the county of Nassau; one a resident of the county 26 of Suffolk; one a resident of the county of Westchester; and one a resi- 27 dent of the county of Dutchess, one a resident of the county of Orange, 28 one a resident of the county of Putnam and one a resident of the county 29 of Rockland, provided that the term of any member who is a resident of a 30 county that has withdrawn from the metropolitan commuter transportation 31 district pursuant to section twelve hundred seventy-nine-b of this title 32 shall terminate upon the effective date of such county's withdrawal from 33 such district. Of the five members, other than the chairman, appointed 34 by the governor without recommendation from any other person, three 35 shall be, at the time of appointment, residents of the city of New York 36 and two shall be, at the time of appointment, residents of such city or 37 of any of the aforementioned counties in the metropolitan commuter 38 transportation district. Provided however, notwithstanding the foregoing 39 residency requirement, one of the five voting members appointed by the 40 governor without recommendation from any other person, other than the 41 chairman, may be the director of the New York state division of the 42 budget, and provided further that, in the event of such appointment, the 43 budget director's membership in the authority shall be deemed ex-offi- 44 cio. The chairman and each of the members shall be appointed for a term 45 of six years, provided however, that the chairman first appointed shall 46 serve for a term ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred eighty-one, 47 provided that thirty days after the effective date of the chapter of the 48 laws of two thousand nine which amended this paragraph, the term of the 49 chairman shall expire; provided, further, that such chairman may contin- 50 ue to discharge the duties of his office until the position of chairman 51 is filled by appointment by the governor upon the advice and consent of 52 the senate and the term of such new chairman shall terminate June thir- 53 tieth, two thousand fifteen. The sixteen other members first appointed 54 shall serve for the following terms: The members from the counties of 55 Nassau and Westchester shall each serve for a term ending June thirti- 56 eth, nineteen hundred eighty-five; the members from the county ofA. 5162 4 1 Suffolk and from the counties of Dutchess, Orange, Putnam and Rockland 2 shall each serve for a term ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred 3 ninety-two; two of the members appointed on recommendation of the mayor 4 of the city of New York shall each serve for a term ending June thirti- 5 eth, nineteen hundred eighty-four and, two shall each serve for a term 6 ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred eighty-one; two of the members 7 appointed by the governor without the recommendation of any other person 8 shall each serve for a term ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred 9 eighty-two, two shall each serve for a term ending June thirtieth, nine- 10 teen hundred eighty and one shall serve for a term ending June thirti- 11 eth, nineteen hundred eighty-five. Thirty days after the effective date 12 of the chapter of the laws of two thousand twenty-three which amended 13 this paragraph, the terms of the members appointed on recommendation of 14 the mayor of the city of New York shall expire, provided, that such 15 members may continue to discharge the duties of his or her office until 16 the positions are filled by appointment on recommendation of the mayor 17 of the city of New York and the term of three of such new members shall 18 terminate June thirtieth, two thousand twenty-six, and the term of two 19 of such new members shall terminate June thirtieth, two thousand twen- 20 ty-nine. The members from the counties of Dutchess, Orange, Putnam and 21 Rockland shall cast one collective vote. 22 § 3. This act shall take effect immediately; provided, however, the 23 amendments to subparagraph (1) of paragraph (a) of subdivision 1 of 24 section 1263 of the public authorities law made by section one of this 25 act shall be subject to the expiration and reversion of such paragraph 26 pursuant to section 3 of chapter 549 of the laws of 1994, as amended, 27 when upon such date the provisions of section two of this act shall take 28 effect.
