Bill Text: NY A05800 | 2023-2024 | General Assembly | Introduced

New York Assembly Bill 5800

Introduced

Bill Title: Enacts the "MTA board member attendance act"; requires members of the metropolitan transportation authority to attend the majority of public hearings on fare hikes in order to cast a vote.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced) 2024-01-03 - referred to corporations, authorities and commissions [A05800 Detail]

Download: New_York-2023-A05800-Introduced.html




                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________

                                          5800

                               2023-2024 Regular Sessions

                   IN ASSEMBLY

                                     March 23, 2023
                                       ___________

        Introduced  by M. of A. GUNTHER -- read once and referred to the Commit-
          tee on Corporations, Authorities and Commissions

        AN ACT to amend the public authorities law, in relation to enacting  the
          "MTA board member attendance act"

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

     1    Section 1. Short title. This act shall be known and may  be  cited  as
     2  the "MTA board member attendance act".
     3    §  2.  Subdivision  3 of section 1263 of the public authorities law is
     4  amended by adding a new paragraph (e) to read as follows:
     5    (e) In order to cast a vote on proposed fare  hikes,  a  board  member
     6  shall attend a majority of public hearings.
     7    § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.







         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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