S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                 1150--A

                       2009-2010 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                            January 26, 2009
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Introduced  by  Sens.  LARKIN, BONACIC, LEIBELL, MORAHAN, SALAND -- read
  twice and ordered printed, and when printed to  be  committed  to  the
  Committee  on Transportation -- recommitted to the Committee on Trans-
  portation 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 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:

  Section 1. Subparagraph 1 of paragraph (a) of subdivision 1 of section
1263 of the public authorities law, as amended by section 3 of part H of
chapter 25 of the laws of 2009, is amended to read as follows:
  (1) There is hereby created the "metropolitan transportation  authori-
ty."  The authority shall be a body corporate and politic constituting a
public benefit corporation. The authority shall consist of  a  chairman,
sixteen  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. Any member appointed to a term commencing on or after June thir-
tieth, two thousand nine shall have experience in one  or  more  of  the
following areas: transportation, public administration, business manage-
ment,  finance,  accounting,  law,  engineering,  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 voting  members  other
than  the  chairman  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 shall be appointed after selection from
a written list of three recommendations from the chief executive officer

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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of the county in which the  particular  member  is  required  to  reside
pursuant to the provisions of this subdivision. 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, one a resident of the county of Dutchess,  one  a
resident of the county of Orange, one a resident of the county of Putnam
and  one a resident of the county of Rockland, provided that the term of
any member who is a resident of a county that  has  withdrawn  from  the
metropolitan commuter transportation district pursuant to section twelve
hundred  seventy-nine-b  of this article shall terminate upon the effec-
tive date of such county's withdrawal from such district.  Of  the  five
voting members, other than the chairman, appointed by the governor with-
out recommendation from any other person, three shall be, at the time of
appointment,  residents of the city of New York and two shall be, at the
time of appointment, residents of such city or of any of  the  aforemen-
tioned  counties  in  the metropolitan commuter transportation district.
The chairman and each of the members shall be appointed for  a  term  of
six  years,  provided  however,  that the chairman first appointed shall
serve for a term ending June  thirtieth,  nineteen  hundred  eighty-one,
provided that thirty days after the effective date of the chapter of the
laws  of  two thousand nine which amended this subparagraph, the term of
the chairman shall expire; provided, further,  that  such  chairman  may
continue to discharge the duties of his or her office until the position
of chairman is filled by appointment by the governor upon the advice and
consent  of the senate and the term of such new chairman shall terminate
June thirtieth, two thousand fifteen. The sixteen  other  members  first
appointed  shall  serve  for  the  following terms: The members from the
counties of Nassau and Westchester shall each serve for  a  term  ending
June thirtieth, nineteen hundred eighty-five; the members from the coun-
ty  of  Suffolk  and  from  the counties of Dutchess, Orange, Putnam and
Rockland shall each serve for a term  ending  June  thirtieth,  nineteen
hundred  ninety-two;  two  of the members appointed on recommendation of
the mayor of the city of New York shall each serve  for  a  term  ending
June  thirtieth,  nineteen hundred eighty-four and, two shall each serve
for a term ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred  eighty-one;  two  of
the  members appointed by the governor without the recommendation of any
other person shall each serve for a term ending June thirtieth, nineteen
hundred eighty-two, two shall each serve for a term ending June  thirti-
eth,  nineteen hundred eighty and one shall serve for a term ending June
thirtieth, nineteen hundred eighty-five. The  two  non-voting  and  four
alternate  non-voting members shall serve until January first, two thou-
sand one. [The members from the counties of Dutchess, Orange, Putnam and
Rockland shall cast one collective vote.]
  S 2. Paragraph (a) of subdivision 1 of  section  1263  of  the  public
authorities  law, as amended by section 4 of part H of chapter 25 of the
laws of 2009, is amended to read as follows:
  (a) There is hereby created the "metropolitan transportation  authori-
ty."  The authority shall be a body corporate and politic constituting a
public benefit corporation. The authority shall consist  of  a  chairman
and  sixteen  other  members  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 of expertise:    trans-
portation, public administration, business management, finance, account-
ing, law, engineering, land use, urban and regional planning, management

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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  members  other than the chairman shall be appointed on the
written recommendation of the mayor of the city of New York; and each of
seven  other  members  other  than the chairman shall be appointed after
selection from a written list of three recommendations  from  the  chief
executive  officer  of  the  county  in  which  the particular member is
required to reside pursuant to the provisions of  this  subdivision.  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  resi-
dent  of  the  county  of  Dutchess[,];  one a resident of the county of
Orange[,]; one a resident of the county of Putnam; and one a resident of
the county of Rockland, provided that the term of any member  who  is  a
resident  of  a county that has withdrawn from the metropolitan commuter
transportation   district   pursuant   to   section    twelve    hundred
seventy-nine-b  of  this article shall terminate upon the effective date
of such county's withdrawal from such district.  Of  the  five  members,
other  than  the chairman, appointed by the governor without recommenda-
tion from any other person, three shall be, at the time of  appointment,
residents  of  the  city  of  New  York and two shall be, at the time of
appointment, residents of such city or  of  any  of  the  aforementioned
counties  in  the  metropolitan  commuter  transportation  district. The
chairman and each of the members shall be appointed for a  term  of  six
years,  provided  however, that the chairman first appointed shall serve
for a term ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred eighty-one,  provided
that  thirty days after the effective date of the chapter of the laws of
two thousand nine which amended this paragraph, the term of the chairman
shall expire; provided, further, that  such  chairman  may  continue  to
discharge  the  duties  of  his office until the position of chairman is
filled by appointment by the governor upon the advice and consent of the
senate and the term of such new chairman shall terminate June thirtieth,
two thousand fifteen. The sixteen other members  first  appointed  shall
serve  for  the following terms: The members from the counties of Nassau
and Westchester shall each serve for a term ending June thirtieth, nine-
teen hundred eighty-five; the members from the  county  of  Suffolk  and
from  the  counties  of Dutchess, Orange, Putnam and Rockland shall each
serve for a term ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred ninety-two; two
of the members appointed on recommendation of the mayor of the  city  of
New  York  shall  each  serve for a term ending June thirtieth, nineteen
hundred eighty-four and, two shall each serve for  a  term  ending  June
thirtieth,  nineteen hundred eighty-one; two of the members appointed by
the governor without the recommendation of any other person  shall  each
serve for a term ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred eighty-two, two
shall  each  serve  for  a  term ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred
eighty and one shall serve for a term ending  June  thirtieth,  nineteen
hundred eighty-five. [The members from the counties of Dutchess, Orange,
Putnam and Rockland shall cast one collective vote.]
  S  3. This act shall take effect immediately, provided that the amend-
ments to subparagraph 1 of paragraph (a) of  subdivision  1  of  section
1263 of the public authorities law made by section one of this act shall
be subject to the expiration and reversion of such paragraph pursuant to
section 3 of chapter 549 of the laws of 1994, as amended, when upon such
date the provisions of section two of this act shall take effect.