Assembly Bill A2569

2009-2010 Legislative Session

Increases membership of the metropolitan transportation authority to 21 members, with one member each to be appointed by the five N.Y. city borough presidents

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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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2009-A2569 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Corporations, Authorities And Commissions
Law Section:
Public Authorities Law
Laws Affected:
Amd ยง1263, Pub Auth L
Versions Introduced in 2011-2012 Legislative Session:
A982

2009-A2569 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Increases the membership of the metropolitan transportation authority from 16 to 21 members; 5 members appointed by recommendation of the borough presidents of the city of New York, one from each borough; provides counties of Dutchess, Orange, Putnam and Rockland with two collective votes; increases votes of counties of Nassau, Suffolk and Westchester from one to two each.

2009-A2569 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                  2569

                       2009-2010 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                            January 20, 2009
                               ___________

Introduced  by  M.  of  A. PHEFFER, MAYERSOHN, ABBATE, GREENE, WRIGHT --
  Multi-Sponsored by -- M.  of A. AUBRY, COOK, DINOWITZ, GLICK, MILLMAN,
  SEMINERIO, TOWNS -- read once and referred to the Committee on  Corpo-
  rations, Authorities and Commissions

AN  ACT  to amend the public authorities law, in relation to the member-
  ship 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,
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-ONE other voting  members,  and
two  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. Four of the  [sixteen]  TWENTY-ONE
voting  members other than the [chairman] CHAIRPERSON shall be appointed
on the written recommendation of the mayor of the city of New York;  and
each of seven other voting members other than the [chairman] CHAIRPERSON
shall  be  appointed after selection from a written list of three recom-
mendations from the chief executive officer of the county in  which  the
particular  member  is  required to reside pursuant to the provisions of
this subdivision AND FIVE MEMBERS OTHER THAN THE  CHAIRPERSON  SHALL  BE
APPOINTED  AFTER  SELECTION FROM A WRITTEN LIST OF THREE RECOMMENDATIONS
FROM EACH OF THE FIVE BOROUGH PRESIDENTS OF THE CITY OF NEW  YORK.    Of
the  members  appointed on recommendation of the chief executive officer
of a county, one such member shall be, at the  time  of  appointment,  a
resident  of  the  county  of  Nassau;  one  a resident of the county of
Suffolk; one a resident of the county of Westchester; and one a resident

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD04474-01-9

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