Senate Bill S20

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Enacts the rider representation act relating to membership on the board of the metropolitan transportation authority

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  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2023-S20 - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A923
Current Committee:
Senate Transportation
Law Section:
Public Authorities Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §1263, Pub Auth L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2019-2020: S3837, A6770
2021-2022: S2889, A1603

2023-S20 - Summary

Increases membership on the board of the metropolitan transportation authority, including members representative of commuters' advisory councils.

2023-S20 - Sponsor Memo

2023-S20 - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                    20
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                                (PREFILED)
 
                              January 4, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by Sens. GOUNARDES, CLEARE, GIANARIS, KAVANAGH, RAMOS -- 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 board of the metropolitan transportation authority
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  Paragraph  (a)  of  subdivision  1 of section 1263 of the
 public authorities law, as amended by chapter 549 of the  laws  of  1994
 and  subparagraph  1  as amended by section 1 of part E of chapter 39 of
 the laws of 2019, is amended to read as follows:
   (a) (1) There  is  hereby  created  the  "metropolitan  transportation
 authority."  The authority shall be a body corporate and politic consti-
 tuting  a  public  benefit corporation. The authority shall consist of a
 [chairman] CHAIRPERSON, [sixteen] TWENTY other voting members, and [two]
 THREE non-voting [and four alternate non-voting members],  as  described
 in  subparagraph  two of this paragraph appointed by the governor by and
 with the advice and consent of the senate. Any  member  appointed  to  a
 term commencing on or after June thirtieth, two thousand nine shall have
 experience in one or more of the following areas: transportation, public
 administration, business management, finance, accounting, law, engineer-
 ing,  land use, urban and regional planning, management of large capital
 projects, labor relations, or have experience  in  some  other  area  of
 activity  central to the mission of the authority. Four of the [sixteen]
 TWENTY voting members other than the  [chairman]  CHAIRPERSON  shall  be
 appointed  on the written recommendation of the mayor of the city of New
 York; ONE OF THE TWENTY VOTING MEMBERS OTHER THAN THE CHAIRPERSON  SHALL
 BE  APPOINTED ON THE WRITTEN RECOMMENDATION OF THE NEW YORK CITY TRANSIT
 AUTHORITY ADVISORY COUNCIL; ONE OF THE TWENTY VOTING MEMBERS OTHER  THAN
 THE  CHAIRPERSON SHALL BE APPOINTED ON THE WRITTEN RECOMMENDATION OF THE
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

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2023-S20A (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A923
Current Committee:
Senate Transportation
Law Section:
Public Authorities Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §1263, Pub Auth L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2019-2020: S3837, A6770
2021-2022: S2889, A1603

2023-S20A (ACTIVE) - Summary

Increases membership on the board of the metropolitan transportation authority, including members representative of commuters' advisory councils.

2023-S20A (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2023-S20A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   20--A
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                                (PREFILED)
 
                              January 4, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced   by   Sens.   GOUNARDES,  CLEARE,  GIANARIS,  HOYLMAN-SIGAL,
   KAVANAGH, RAMOS -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to
   be committed to the Committee on Transportation -- recommitted to  the
   Committee  on  Transportation in accordance with Senate Rule 6, sec. 8
   -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered  reprinted  as  amended
   and recommitted to said committee
 
 AN  ACT to amend the public authorities law, in relation to enacting the
   rider representation act
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  Short  title. This act shall be known and may be cited as
 the "rider representation act".
   § 2. Paragraph (a) of subdivision 1 of  section  1263  of  the  public
 authorities law, as amended by chapter 549 of the laws of 1994, subpara-
 graph  1  as  amended  by chapter 672 of the laws of 2023, is amended to
 read as follows:
   (a) (1) There  is  hereby  created  the  "metropolitan  transportation
 authority."  The authority shall be a body corporate and politic consti-
 tuting  a  public  benefit corporation. The authority shall consist of a
 chairperson, [sixteen] TWENTY other voting members, and [two]  ONE  non-
 voting  and  [four]  TWO  alternate  non-voting members, as described in
 subparagraph two of this paragraph appointed by the governor by and with
 the advice and consent of the senate. Any member  appointed  to  a  term
 commencing  on  or  after  June  thirtieth, two thousand nine shall have
 experience in one or more of the following areas: transportation, public
 administration, business management, finance, accounting, law, engineer-
 ing, land use, urban and regional planning, management of large  capital
 projects,  labor  relations,  or  have  experience in some other area of
 activity central to the mission of the authority. Four of the  [sixteen]
 TWENTY  voting  members other than the chairperson shall be appointed on
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

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