Bill Text: NY S07400 | 2015-2016 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Increases membership on the New York city transit authority advisory council to sixteen, adding a member appointed upon the recommendation of the council of "LiveOn NY".

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2016-04-27 - REFERRED TO TRANSPORTATION [S07400 Detail]

Download: New_York-2015-S07400-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                    IN SENATE
                                     April 27, 2016
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        Introduced  by  Sen.  GOLDEN -- 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 membership on
          the New York city transit authority advisory council
          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section  1.  Subdivision 2 of section 1204-e of the public authorities
     2  law, as added by chapter 483 of the laws of 1981  and  such  section  as
     3  renumbered  by section 2 of part H of chapter 25 of the laws of 2009, is
     4  amended to read as follows:
     5    2. Such council shall consist of [fifteen] sixteen members  who  shall
     6  be  commuters  who  regularly  use  the  transportation services of such
     7  authorities. Five of such members shall be  appointed  by  the  governor
     8  upon  the recommendation of the mayor of the city of New York; five upon
     9  the recommendation of the president of the city council of the  city  of
    10  New York; [and] five other members appointed upon the recommendation one
    11  by  each  of  the  borough presidents of the boroughs of the city of New
    12  York; and one upon the recommendation of "LiveOn NY". The chairman shall
    13  be a member selected by the membership of the  committee.  Each  of  the
    14  members  shall serve for a term of two years, provided, however, that of
    15  the first appointments, two appointed upon  the  recommendation  of  the
    16  mayor  and two appointed upon the recommendation of the president of the
    17  city council shall serve for a term of  one  year.  Vacancies  occurring
    18  other  than  by expiration of term shall be filled in the same manner as
    19  the original appointments for the balance of the unexpired term.
    20    § 2. This act shall take effect on the sixtieth  day  after  it  shall
    21  have become a law.
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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