Bill Text: NY A00204 | 2011-2012 | General Assembly | 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: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 19-3)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2012-01-04 - referred to corporations, authorities and commissions [A00204 Detail]

Download: New_York-2011-A00204-Introduced.html
                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                          204
                              2011-2012 Regular Sessions
                                 I N  A S S E M B L Y
                                      (PREFILED)
                                    January 5, 2011
                                      ___________
       Introduced  by  M.  of  A. LANCMAN, P. RIVERA, PHEFFER, HEVESI, GUNTHER,
         MARKEY, MILLMAN, KELLNER, McKEVITT, JAFFEE, CUSICK, HIKIND,  NOLAN  --
         Multi-Sponsored  by  --  M.  of  A.  BOYLAND,  CLARK,  CROUCH,  GALEF,
         V. LOPEZ, MOLINARO, ROSENTHAL, SCHIMEL -- read once  and  referred  to
         the Committee 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    S 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    S 3. This act shall take effect immediately.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                  LBD01232-01-1
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