NY State Senate Bill 2009-S504

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Date of Action	Assembly Actions - Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE
Jan 06, 2010	referred to transportation
Jan 07, 2009	referred to transportation

2009-S504 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:: Senate Transportation
Law Section:: Public Authorities Law
Laws Affected:: Amd §1263, Pub Auth L

2009-S504 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Increases the number of members of the metropolitan transportation authority from 16 to 18 and requires the appointees recommended by the mayor be from each of the five boroughs.

2009-S504 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

                                 BILL NUMBER:  S504

 TITLE OF BILL :
An act to amend the public authorities law, in relation to increasing
the number of members of the metropolitan transportation authority

 PURPOSE :
This legislation would increase the number of members of the MTA from
sixteen to eighteen.

 SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS :
This legislation amends §1263 of the Public Authorities Law by
increasing the number of members of the Metropolitan Transportation
Authority from sixteen to eighteen. to provide that each of the five
boroughs of the city of New York shall have a member on the Authority.

 JUSTIFICATION :
The Metropolitan Transportation Authority is one of the largest and
encompassing quasi governmental agencies affecting transportation in
and around the City of New York. Many of the tolls paid by a New
Yorker for mass transportation, bridge and tunnel use are paid into
the coffers of the MTA.  One of the largest revenue producers for the
MTA is the Verrazano-Narrows Bridge. The tolls for this bridge not
only serve to support the financing and maintenance of the bridge, but
also generate additional subsidies for the mass transportation within
the metropolitan area of the City of New York.  Ironically, each of

the counties surrounding the City of New York has one representative
designated to serve on the MTA Board of Directors.  The Mayor of the
City of New York has four designees to that board, but there is no
designation as to what boroughs these four representatives should be
appointed from. Furthermore, since there are five counties (boroughs)
within the City of New York it is reasonable to think that each of the
counties from the City of New York should be represented on the Board
of Directors.  This legislation would add one additional appointment
for the Mayor to the Board of Directors of the MTA and require that
the Mayor designate one person from each borough to serve on the
Board. This bill also gives the Governor an additional designee to
insure that there is a proportional number of representatives from
throughout the downstate region on the Board of Directors.  This
legislation will then insure that each county within the downstate
region is adequately represented on the Board of Directors to voice
their concerns on behalf of their neighbors and residents of their
county.

 LEGISLATIVE HISTORY :
2008:  S.5550 - Referred to Transportation/A.2416 - Referred to
Corporations
2007:  S.5550 - Referred to Transportation/A.2416 - Referred to
Corporations
2006:  S.6645 - Referred to Transportation/A.6645 - Referred to
Corporations
2005:  S.3345 - Referred to Transportation/A.6645 - Referred to
Corporations
2004:  S.6418 - Referred to Transportation.

 FISCAL IMPLICATIONS :
None.

 EFFECTIVE DATE :
This act shall take effect immediately, provided that the amendments
to 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 of1994, as amended, when upon such date the
provisions of section two of this act shall take effect.

2009-S504 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

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

                                   504

                       2009-2010 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                               (PREFILED)

                             January 7, 2009
                               ___________

Introduced  by  Sen.  LANZA  -- 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  increasing
  the number of members 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. Subparagraph 1 of 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:
  (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] EIGHTEEN 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] FIVE of the [sixteen] EIGHTEEN voting members
other than the chairman shall be appointed on the written recommendation
of the mayor of the city of New York,  PROVIDED  THAT  THE  MAYOR  SHALL
RECOMMEND  ONE  MEMBER FROM EACH OF THE FIVE BOROUGHS 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 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. 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 of the county of Dutchess,  one  a  resident  of  the
county of Orange, one a resident of the county of Putnam and one a resi-
dent of the county of Rockland, provided that the term of any member who

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

                                                           LBD01689-01-9

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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] SIX voting
members,  other  than  the  chairman,  appointed by the governor without
recommendation from any other person, three shall be,  at  the  time  of
appointment, residents of the city of New York and [two] THREE 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, and 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 county of Suffolk and from  the  coun-
ties  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 gover-
nor 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  two  non-voting and four alternate non-voting members
shall serve until January first, two thousand one. The members from  the
counties of Dutchess, Orange, Putnam and Rockland shall cast one collec-
tive vote.
  S  2.  Paragraph  (a)  of  subdivision 1 of section 1263 of the public
authorities law, as amended by chapter 929  of  the  laws  of  1986,  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] EIGHTEEN other members appointed by the  governor  by  and
with the advice and consent of the senate.  [Four] FIVE of the [sixteen]
EIGHTEEN members other than the chairman shall be appointed on the writ-
ten  recommendation  of the mayor of the city of New York, PROVIDED THAT
THE MAYOR SHALL RECOMMEND ONE MEMBER FROM EACH OF THE FIVE  BOROUGHS  OF
THE CITY NEW YORK; and each of seven other members other than the chair-
man  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 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 resi-
dent 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]  SIX

S. 504                              3

members,  other  than  the  chairman,  appointed by the governor without
recommendation from any other person, three shall be,  at  the  time  of
appointment, residents of the city of New York and [two] THREE 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, and 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 county of Suffolk and from  the  coun-
ties  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 gover-
nor 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  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.

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Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Transportation Committee

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