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Assembly Bill A2346

2013-2014 Legislative Session

Enacts the "MTA board member attendance act"

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2013-A2346 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S6845
Current Committee:
Assembly Corporations, Authorities And Commissions
Law Section:
Public Authorities Law
Laws Affected:
Amd ยง1263, Pub Auth L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2009-2010: A1243
2011-2012: A204
2015-2016: A266, S1423
2017-2018: A1210, S1367
2019-2020: A4575, S524
2021-2022: S4246
2023-2024: S2723

2013-A2346 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Enacts the "MTA board member attendance act"; requires members of the Metropolitan transportation authority to attend the majority of public hearings on fare hikes in order to cast a vote.

2013-A2346 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  2346

                       2013-2014 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                            January 14, 2013
                               ___________

Introduced by M. of A. ROZIC, HEVESI, GUNTHER, MARKEY, MILLMAN, KELLNER,
  McKEVITT,  JAFFEE, CUSICK, HIKIND, NOLAN, COLTON -- Multi-Sponsored by
  -- M. of A. BOYLAND, CLARK, CROUCH, GALEF, ROSENTHAL, SCHIMEL --  read
  once  and  referred  to the Committee on Corporations, Authorities and
  Commissions

AN ACT to amend the public authorities law, in relation to enacting  the
  "MTA board member attendance act"

  THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section 1. Short title. This act shall be known and may  be  cited  as
the "MTA board member attendance act".
  S  2.  Subdivision  3 of section 1263 of the public authorities law is
amended by adding a new paragraph (e) to read as follows:
  (E) IN ORDER TO CAST A VOTE ON PROPOSED FARE  HIKES,  A  BOARD  MEMBER
SHALL ATTEND A MAJORITY OF PUBLIC HEARINGS.
  S 3. This act shall take effect immediately.






 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD05092-01-3

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