Assembly Bill A10751

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                  10751

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                              June 18, 2012
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Introduced  by  COMMITTEE ON RULES -- (at request of M. of A. Cusick) --
  read once and referred to the Committee on  Corporations,  Authorities
  and Commissions

AN  ACT  to amend the public authorities law, in relation to the member-
  ship of the metropolitan transportation authority; and to repeal para-
  graph (a-1) of subdivision 1 of section 1263 of the public authorities
  law relating thereto

  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, ALL OF WHOM SHALL BE REGULAR MASS TRANSIT
USERS OF THE FACILITIES OF THE AUTHORITY, 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 thirtieth, two thousand nine shall have experience in one  or  more
of  the following areas: transportation, public administration, business
management, 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] FIVE 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 EACH MEMBER TO REPRESENT ONE OF THE
COUNTIES THEREOF; 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 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

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

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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 effective date
of such county's withdrawal from  such  district.  Of  the  [five]  FOUR
voting members, other than the chairman, appointed by the governor with-
out  recommendation  from any other person, [three] TWO 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  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 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  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-1) of subdivision 1 of section 1263 of the public
authorities law is REPEALED.
  S 2. This act shall take effect immediately; provided,  however,  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 not  affect
the  expiration  of  such paragraph and shall be deemed to expire there-
with.