S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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2015-2016 Regular Sessions
I N A S S E M B L Y
January 22, 2015
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Introduced by M. of A. PEOPLES-STOKES -- read once and referred to the
Committee on Corporations, Authorities and Commissions
AN ACT to amend the public authorities law, in relation to requiring
that two member positions to the Niagara Frontier transportation
authority be appointed by the mayor and common council of the city of
Buffalo
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 220 of the laws of 2012,
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 two non-voting members as
described in paragraphs (b) and (c) 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 recom-
mendation of the Erie county executive, ONE SHALL BE APPOINTED UPON THE
WRITTEN RECOMMENDATION OF THE MAYOR OF THE CITY OF BUFFALO, ONE SHALL BE
APPOINTED UPON THE WRITTEN RECOMMENDATION OF THE BUFFALO 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 thirtieth,
nineteen hundred seventy, two shall serve for a term ending June thirti-
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
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eth, 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 thirtieth,
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 recommendation of the Erie coun-
ty 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 BUFFALO AND THE TERM OF THE MEMBER FIRST APPOINTED UPON THE
WRITTEN RECOMMENDATION OF THE BUFFALO COMMON COUNCIL SHALL BE FOR A TERM
ENDING JUNE THIRTIETH, TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-TWO.
S 2. This act shall take effect on the thirtieth day after it shall
have become a law.