Assembly Bill A459

2017-2018 Legislative Session

Grants each of the representatives of the counties of Dutchess, Putnam, Orange and Rockland a vote during the proceedings of the metropolitan transportation authority

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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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2017-A459 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S3718
Current Committee:
Assembly Corporations, Authorities And Commissions
Law Section:
Public Authorities Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §1263, Pub Auth L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2009-2010: A9786
2011-2012: A407
2013-2014: A1194, S3990
2015-2016: A1824, S2211
2019-2020: A2080
2021-2022: A202
2023-2024: A2545

2017-A459 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Grants each of the representatives of the counties of Dutchess, Putnam, Orange and Rockland a vote during the proceedings of the metropolitan transportation authority.

2017-A459 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                    459
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                              January 9, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by M. of A. GUNTHER, JAFFEE, ZEBROWSKI, GALEF, CAHILL, SKAR-
   TADOS, MAYER, BARRETT, SKOUFIS, BUCHWALD, WALKER -- Multi-Sponsored by
   -- M. of A.  RIVERA -- read once and  referred  to  the  Committee  on
   Corporations, Authorities and Commissions
 
 AN ACT to amend the public authorities law, in relation to granting each
   of the representatives of the counties of Dutchess, Putnam, Orange and
   Rockland on the metropolitan transportation authority a vote
 
   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,  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 thir-
 tieth, two thousand nine shall have experience in one  or  more  of  the
 following areas: transportation, public administration, business manage-
 ment,  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  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 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
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

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