Bill Text: NY S01865 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Increases the membership of the board of the Niagara frontier transportation authority to include a representative of the transit dependent community.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-01-08 - REFERRED TO TRANSPORTATION [S01865 Detail]
Download: New_York-2019-S01865-Introduced.html
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 1865 2019-2020 Regular Sessions IN SENATE January 17, 2019 ___________ Introduced by Sen. ORTT -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Transportation AN ACT to amend the public authorities law, in relation to the composi- tion of the board of the Niagara Frontier transportation authority 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 1299-c of the public authorities 2 law, as amended by chapter 220 of the laws of 2012, paragraph (b) as 3 amended by chapter 197 of the laws of 2017, and paragraph (c) as amended 4 by chapter 176 of the laws of 2012, is amended to read as follows: 5 1. (a) There is hereby created the "Niagara Frontier transportation 6 authority." The authority shall be a body corporate and politic consti- 7 tuting a public benefit corporation. The authority shall consist of a 8 chairman, [ten] eleven other members and shall have [two] one non-voting 9 [members] member as described in [paragraphs (b) and (c)] paragraph (b) 10 of this subdivision appointed by the governor by and with the advice and 11 consent of the senate. The chairman and all members shall be residents 12 of the district. Of the [ten] eleven members other than the chairman, 13 one shall be appointed upon the written recommendation of the Erie coun- 14 ty executive [and], one shall be appointed upon the written recommenda- 15 tion of the Erie county legislature, and one shall be appointed as a 16 representative of the transit dependent community or people with disa- 17 bilities as described in paragraph (c) of this subdivision. The chair- 18 man and each of the members shall be appointed for a term of eight 19 years, provided however, that the chairman first appointed shall serve 20 for a term ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred seventy-three, and of 21 the eight other members first appointed, one shall serve for a term 22 ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred sixty-eight, two shall serve for 23 a term ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred sixty-nine, one shall 24 serve for a term ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred seventy, two 25 shall serve for a term ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred seventy- EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD02494-01-9S. 1865 2 1 one, one shall serve for a term ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred 2 seventy-two and one shall serve for a term ending June thirtieth, nine- 3 teen hundred seventy-three. The term of one of the members appointed to 4 memberships first created by law after April first, nineteen hundred 5 sixty-nine shall end on June thirtieth, nineteen hundred seventy-four, 6 and the term of the other such member shall end on June thirtieth, nine- 7 teen hundred seventy-five. Following the expiration of any term ending 8 on or after June thirtieth, nineteen hundred eighty-seven, each member 9 shall be appointed for a term of five years beginning on the day after 10 the expiration date of such prior term; provided, however, that the term 11 of the member first appointed upon the written recommendation of the 12 Erie county executive and the term of the member first appointed upon 13 the written recommendation of the Erie county legislature shall be for a 14 term ending on June thirtieth, nineteen hundred ninety-six. 15 (b) The first non-voting member of the authority who shall not be 16 considered in determining a quorum, shall be recommended to the governor 17 by the labor organization representing the plurality of the employees 18 within the authority and shall be a resident of the Niagara Frontier 19 transportation district as described in section twelve hundred ninety- 20 nine-b of this title. Such first non-voting member shall be appointed 21 for a term of five years, provided, however, that if at any time during 22 the term of appointment such non-voting member ceases to be affiliated 23 with the labor organization representing the plurality of employees 24 within the authority, then such labor organization may at any time 25 during such term recommend a new member to the governor who shall serve 26 the remainder of the term. If the local bargaining unit decertifies its 27 existing union affiliation and certifies a new union, the union which 28 represents the plurality of the employees may recommend a new member to 29 the governor who shall serve the remainder of the term. The chairman of 30 the authority, at his or her discretion, may exclude such non-voting 31 member from attending any portion of a meeting of the authority or of 32 any committee held for the purpose of discussing negotiations with labor 33 organizations, pending litigation involving the labor organization, or 34 the investigation, evaluation, or discipline of an employee. 35 (c) There shall [also] be a second non-voting member of the authori- 36 ty[, who shall not be considered in determining a quorum. The second37non-voting member shall be] appointed by the governor as a represen- 38 tative of the transit dependent community and/or people with disabili- 39 ties. The second non-voting member shall be appointed for a term of five 40 years. 41 § 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after 42 it shall have become a law.
