Senate Bill S1865

2019-2020 Legislative Session

Relates to membership of the board of the Niagara frontier authority

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Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Transportation Committee


  • 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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2019-S1865 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A3341
Current Committee:
Senate Transportation
Law Section:
Public Authorities Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §1299-c, Pub Auth L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2013-2014: A3133
2015-2016: A1081
2017-2018: S3460, A7159
2021-2022: S3620

2019-S1865 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Increases the membership of the board of the Niagara frontier transportation authority to include a representative of the transit dependent community.

2019-S1865 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2019-S1865 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   1865
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             January 17, 2019
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  ORTT  --  read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Transportation
 
 AN ACT to amend the public authorities law, in relation to the  composi-
   tion of the board of the Niagara Frontier transportation authority
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Subdivision 1 of section 1299-c of the  public  authorities
 law,  as  amended  by  chapter 220 of the laws of 2012, paragraph (b) as
 amended by chapter 197 of the laws of 2017, and paragraph (c) as amended
 by chapter 176 of the laws of 2012, is amended to read as follows:
   1. (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] ELEVEN other members and shall have [two] ONE non-voting
 [members]  MEMBER as described in [paragraphs (b) and (c)] PARAGRAPH (B)
 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] ELEVEN members other than the chairman,
 one shall be appointed upon the written recommendation of the Erie coun-
 ty executive [and], one shall be appointed upon the written  recommenda-
 tion  of  the  Erie  county legislature, AND ONE SHALL BE APPOINTED AS A
 REPRESENTATIVE OF THE TRANSIT DEPENDENT COMMUNITY OR PEOPLE  WITH  DISA-
 BILITIES  AS DESCRIBED IN PARAGRAPH (C) OF THIS SUBDIVISION.  The chair-
 man 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 thirtieth, nineteen hundred seventy-
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

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