Assembly Bill A7803

2015-2016 Legislative Session

Establishes metropolitan transportation authority disabled riders' council

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  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2015-A7803 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S3784
Current Committee:
Assembly Corporations, Authorities And Commissions
Law Section:
Public Authorities Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §1263, add §1266-k, Pub Auth L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2009-2010: A3954, S1386
2011-2012: A745, S1238
2013-2014: A945, S1284
2017-2018: A3599, S3617
2019-2020: A2937

2015-A7803 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Establishes the metropolitan transportation riders' council for persons with disabilities; provides for membership and powers and duties.

2015-A7803 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

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

                                  7803

                       2015-2016 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                              May 27, 2015
                               ___________

Introduced  by M. of A. ORTIZ -- read once and referred to the Committee
  on Corporations, Authorities and Commissions

AN ACT to amend the public authorities law, in relation to the board  of
  the  metropolitan  transportation  authority;  and  in relation to the
  establishment of the metropolitan transit  authority  riders'  council
  for persons with disabilities

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

  Section 1.  Subparagraphs 1 and 2 of paragraph (a) of subdivision 1 of
section 1263 of the public authorities law, subparagraph 1 as amended by
section 3 of part H of chapter 25 of the laws of 2009 and subparagraph 2
as amended by chapter 549 of the laws of 1994, are 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 TWENTY-FOUR
MEMBERS AND SHALL INCLUDE a [chairman] CHAIRPERSON, sixteen other voting
members, and  [two]  THREE  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 of the sixteen voting members other than the [chairman]
CHAIRPERSON shall be appointed on  the  written  recommendation  of  the
mayor  of  the  city of New York; and each of seven other voting members
other than the [chairman] CHAIRPERSON shall be appointed after selection
from a written list of three recommendations from  the  chief  executive

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD06902-01-5
              

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