Bill Text: NY S05059 | 2023-2024 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Grants each of the representatives of the counties of Dutchess, Putnam, Orange and Rockland a vote during the proceedings of the metropolitan transportation authority.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced) 2024-01-03 - REFERRED TO TRANSPORTATION [S05059 Detail]

Download: New_York-2023-S05059-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________

                                          5059

                               2023-2024 Regular Sessions

                    IN SENATE

                                    February 22, 2023
                                       ___________

        Introduced  by  Sen. HINCHEY -- 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 granting each
          of the representatives of the counties of Dutchess, Putnam, Orange and
          Rockland on the metropolitan transportation authority a vote

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

     1    Section 1. Subparagraph 1 of paragraph (a) of subdivision 1 of section
     2  1263 of the public authorities law, as amended by section 1 of part E of
     3  chapter 39 of the laws of 2019, is amended to read as follows:
     4    (1)  There is hereby created the "metropolitan transportation authori-
     5  ty."  The authority shall be a body corporate and politic constituting a
     6  public benefit corporation. The authority shall consist of  a  chairman,
     7  sixteen  other  voting  members,  and  two non-voting and four alternate
     8  non-voting members, as described in subparagraph two of  this  paragraph
     9  appointed  by  the  governor  by  and with the advice and consent of the
    10  senate. Any member appointed to a term commencing on or after June thir-
    11  tieth, two thousand nine shall have experience in one  or  more  of  the
    12  following areas: transportation, public administration, business manage-
    13  ment,  finance,  accounting,  law,  engineering,  land  use,  urban  and
    14  regional  planning,  management  of  large   capital   projects,   labor
    15  relations,  or have experience in some other area of activity central to
    16  the mission of the authority. Four of the sixteen voting  members  other
    17  than  the  chairman  shall be appointed on the written recommendation of
    18  the mayor of the city of New  York;  and  each  of  seven  other  voting
    19  members  other than the chairman shall be appointed after selection from
    20  a written list of three recommendations from the chief executive officer
    21  of the county in which the  particular  member  is  required  to  reside
    22  pursuant to the provisions of this subdivision. Of the members appointed
    23  on  recommendation  of the chief executive officer of a county, one such
    24  member shall be, at the time of appointment, a resident of the county of

         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD07059-01-3
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     1  Nassau, one a resident of the county of Suffolk, one a resident  of  the
     2  county  of  Westchester, one a resident of the county of Dutchess, one a
     3  resident of the county of Orange, one a resident of the county of Putnam
     4  and  one a resident of the county of Rockland, provided that the term of
     5  any member who is a resident of a county that  has  withdrawn  from  the
     6  metropolitan commuter transportation district pursuant to section twelve
     7  hundred  seventy-nine-b of this title shall terminate upon the effective
     8  date of such county's withdrawal from such district. Of the five  voting
     9  members,  other  than  the  chairman,  appointed by the governor without
    10  recommendation from any other person, three shall be,  at  the  time  of
    11  appointment,  residents of the city of New York and two shall be, at the
    12  time of appointment, residents of such city or of any of  the  aforemen-
    13  tioned  counties  in  the metropolitan commuter transportation district.
    14  Provided however, notwithstanding the foregoing  residency  requirement,
    15  one  of the five voting members appointed by the governor without recom-
    16  mendation from any other person, other than the  chairman,  may  be  the
    17  director  of  the  New  York  state division of the budget, and provided
    18  further that, in the event of such appointment,  the  budget  director's
    19  membership in the authority shall be deemed ex-officio. The chairman and
    20  each of the members shall be appointed for a term of six years, provided
    21  however, that the chairman first appointed shall serve for a term ending
    22  June  thirtieth,  nineteen hundred eighty-one, provided that thirty days
    23  after the effective date of the chapter of the laws of two thousand nine
    24  which amended this subparagraph, the term of the chairman shall  expire;
    25  provided,  further,  that  such  chairman  may continue to discharge the
    26  duties of his or her office until the position of chairman is filled  by
    27  appointment  by  the  governor upon the advice and consent of the senate
    28  and the term of such new chairman shall terminate  June  thirtieth,  two
    29  thousand  fifteen. The sixteen other members first appointed shall serve
    30  for the following terms: The members from the  counties  of  Nassau  and
    31  Westchester  shall each serve for a term ending June thirtieth, nineteen
    32  hundred eighty-five; the members from the county of Suffolk and from the
    33  counties of Dutchess, Orange, Putnam and Rockland shall each serve for a
    34  term ending June thirtieth, nineteen  hundred  ninety-two;  two  of  the
    35  members appointed on recommendation of the mayor of the city of New York
    36  shall  each  serve  for  a  term ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred
    37  eighty-four and, two shall each serve for a term ending June  thirtieth,
    38  nineteen  hundred eighty-one; two of the members appointed by the gover-
    39  nor without the recommendation of any other person shall each serve  for
    40  a  term  ending  June  thirtieth, nineteen hundred eighty-two, two shall
    41  each serve for a term ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred eighty and
    42  one shall serve for a  term  ending  June  thirtieth,  nineteen  hundred
    43  eighty-five.  The  two  non-voting and four alternate non-voting members
    44  shall serve until January first, two thousand one. [The members from the
    45  counties of Dutchess, Orange, Putnam and Rockland shall cast one collec-
    46  tive vote.]
    47    § 2. Paragraph (a) of subdivision 1 of  section  1263  of  the  public
    48  authorities  law, as amended by section 2 of part E of chapter 39 of the
    49  laws of 2019, is amended to read as follows:
    50    (a) There is hereby created the "metropolitan transportation  authori-
    51  ty."  The authority shall be a body corporate and politic constituting a
    52  public benefit corporation. The authority shall consist  of  a  chairman
    53  and  sixteen  other  members  appointed  by the governor by and with the
    54  advice and consent of  the  senate.  Any  member  appointed  to  a  term
    55  commencing  on  or  after  June  thirtieth, two thousand nine shall have
    56  experience in one or more of the following areas of expertise:    trans-
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     1  portation, public administration, business management, finance, account-
     2  ing, law, engineering, land use, urban and regional planning, management
     3  of  large  capital projects, labor relations, or have experience in some
     4  other  area of activity central to the mission of the authority. Four of
     5  the sixteen members other than the chairman shall be  appointed  on  the
     6  written recommendation of the mayor of the city of New York; and each of
     7  seven  other  members  other  than the chairman shall be appointed after
     8  selection from a written list of three recommendations  from  the  chief
     9  executive  officer  of  the  county  in  which  the particular member is
    10  required to reside pursuant to the provisions of  this  subdivision.  Of
    11  the  members  appointed on recommendation of the chief executive officer
    12  of a county, one such member shall be, at the  time  of  appointment,  a
    13  resident  of  the  county  of  Nassau;  one  a resident of the county of
    14  Suffolk; one a resident of the county of Westchester; and one a resident
    15  of the county of Dutchess, one a resident of the county of Orange, one a
    16  resident of the county of Putnam and one a resident  of  the  county  of
    17  Rockland,  provided  that  the term of any member who is a resident of a
    18  county that has withdrawn from the metropolitan commuter  transportation
    19  district pursuant to section twelve hundred seventy-nine-b of this title
    20  shall terminate upon the effective date of such county's withdrawal from
    21  such  district.  Of the five members, other than the chairman, appointed
    22  by the governor without recommendation  from  any  other  person,  three
    23  shall  be, at the time of appointment, residents of the city of New York
    24  and two shall be, at the time of appointment, residents of such city  or
    25  of  any  of  the  aforementioned  counties  in the metropolitan commuter
    26  transportation district. Provided however, notwithstanding the foregoing
    27  residency requirement, one of the five voting members appointed  by  the
    28  governor  without  recommendation  from any other person, other than the
    29  chairman, may be the director of the New  York  state  division  of  the
    30  budget, and provided further that, in the event of such appointment, the
    31  budget  director's  membership in the authority shall be deemed ex-offi-
    32  cio. The chairman and each of the members shall be appointed for a  term
    33  of  six years, provided however, that the chairman first appointed shall
    34  serve for a term ending June  thirtieth,  nineteen  hundred  eighty-one,
    35  provided that thirty days after the effective date of the chapter of the
    36  laws  of two thousand nine which amended this paragraph, the term of the
    37  chairman shall expire; provided, further, that such chairman may contin-
    38  ue to discharge the duties of his office until the position of  chairman
    39  is  filled by appointment by the governor upon the advice and consent of
    40  the senate and the term of such new chairman shall terminate June  thir-
    41  tieth,  two  thousand fifteen. The sixteen other members first appointed
    42  shall serve for the following terms: The members from  the  counties  of
    43  Nassau  and  Westchester shall each serve for a term ending June thirti-
    44  eth, nineteen hundred  eighty-five;  the  members  from  the  county  of
    45  Suffolk  and  from the counties of Dutchess, Orange, Putnam and Rockland
    46  shall each serve for a term  ending  June  thirtieth,  nineteen  hundred
    47  ninety-two;  two of the members appointed on recommendation of the mayor
    48  of the city of New York shall each serve for a term ending June  thirti-
    49  eth,  nineteen  hundred eighty-four and, two shall each serve for a term
    50  ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred eighty-one; two of  the  members
    51  appointed by the governor without the recommendation of any other person
    52  shall  each  serve  for  a  term ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred
    53  eighty-two, two shall each serve for a term ending June thirtieth, nine-
    54  teen hundred eighty and one shall serve for a term ending  June  thirti-
    55  eth,  nineteen  hundred  eighty-five.  [The members from the counties of
    56  Dutchess, Orange, Putnam and Rockland shall cast one collective vote.]
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     1    § 3. This act shall take effect immediately, provided that the  amend-
     2  ments  to  subparagraph  1  of paragraph (a) of subdivision 1 of section
     3  1263 of the public authorities law made by section one of this act shall
     4  be subject to the expiration and reversion of such paragraph pursuant to
     5  section 3 of chapter 549 of the laws of 1994, as amended, when upon such
     6  date the provisions of section two of this act shall take effect.