S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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4918--A
2009-2010 Regular Sessions
I N S E N A T E
April 27, 2009
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Introduced by Sen. THOMPSON -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
printed to be committed to the Committee on Transportation -- recom-
mitted 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 adding two
member positions to the Niagara Frontier 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 1299-c of the
public authorities law, as amended by chapter 388 of the laws of 2007,
is amended to read as follows:
(a) There is hereby created the "Niagara Frontier transportation
authority." The authority shall be a body corporate and politic consti-
tuting a public benefit corporation. The authority shall consist of a
chairman, ten other members and shall have one non-voting member as
described in paragraph (b) of this subdivision appointed by the governor
by and with the advice and consent of the senate. The chairman and all
members shall be residents of the district. Of the ten members other
than the chairman, one shall be appointed upon the written recommenda-
tion of the Erie county executive, ONE SHALL BE APPOINTED UPON THE WRIT-
TEN RECOMMENDATION OF THE MAYOR OF THE CITY OF NIAGARA FALLS, ONE SHALL
BE APPOINTED UPON THE WRITTEN RECOMMENDATION OF THE NIAGARA FALLS COMMON
COUNCIL, and one shall be appointed upon the written recommendation of
the Erie county legislature. The chairman and each of the members shall
be appointed for a term of eight years, provided however, that the
chairman first appointed shall serve for a term ending June thirtieth,
nineteen hundred seventy-three, and of the eight other members first
appointed, one shall serve for a term ending June thirtieth, nineteen
hundred sixty-eight, two shall serve for a term ending June thirtieth,
nineteen hundred sixty-nine, one shall serve for a term ending June
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
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thirtieth, nineteen hundred seventy, two shall serve for a term ending
June thirtieth, nineteen hundred seventy-one, one shall serve for a term
ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred seventy-two and one shall serve
for a term ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred seventy-three. The
term of one of the members appointed to memberships first created by law
after April first, nineteen hundred sixty-nine shall end on June thirti-
eth, nineteen hundred seventy-four, and the term of the other such
member shall end on June thirtieth, nineteen hundred seventy-five.
Following the expiration of any term ending on or after June thirtieth,
nineteen hundred eighty-seven, each member shall be appointed for a term
of five years beginning on the day after the expiration date of such
prior term; provided, however, that the term of the member first
appointed upon the written recommendation of the Erie county executive
and the term of the member first appointed upon the written recommenda-
tion of the Erie county legislature shall be for a term ending on June
thirtieth, nineteen hundred ninety-six; PROVIDED FURTHER, HOWEVER, THAT
THE TERM OF THE MEMBER FIRST APPOINTED UPON THE WRITTEN RECOMMENDATION
OF THE MAYOR OF THE CITY OF NIAGARA FALLS AND THE TERM OF THE MEMBER
FIRST APPOINTED UPON THE WRITTEN RECOMMENDATION OF THE NIAGARA FALLS
COMMON COUNCIL SHALL BE FOR A TERM ENDING JUNE THIRTIETH, TWO THOUSAND
SIXTEEN.
S 2. This act shall take effect on the thirtieth day after it shall
have become a law.