Bill Text: NY A00266 | 2015-2016 | General Assembly | Introduced

New York Assembly Bill 266 (Prior Session Legislation)

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 12-2)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2016-01-06 - referred to corporations, authorities and commissions [A00266 Detail]

Download: New_York-2015-A00266-Introduced.html

                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                          266
                              2015-2016 Regular Sessions
                                 I N  A S S E M B L Y
                                      (PREFILED)
                                    January 7, 2015
                                      ___________
       Introduced by M. of A. ROZIC, BUCHWALD, COLTON, CUSICK, GUNTHER, HEVESI,
         HIKIND,  JAFFEE,  MARKEY,  McKEVITT  -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A.
         CLARK, CROUCH, GALEF, 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.
                                                                  LBD00319-01-5