Assembly Actions -
Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE |
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Nov 20, 2019 |
signed chap.495 |
Nov 08, 2019 |
delivered to governor |
Jun 11, 2019 |
returned to assembly passed senate 3rd reading cal.1254 substituted for s5389 |
Jun 11, 2019 |
substituted by a3066 ordered to third reading cal.1254 committee discharged and committed to rules |
Apr 29, 2019 |
referred to transportation |
Senate Bill S5389
Signed By Governor2019-2020 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(D) 14th Senate District
Archive: Last Bill Status Via A3066 - Signed by Governor
- Introduced
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- In Committee Assembly
- In Committee Senate
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- On Floor Calendar Assembly
- On Floor Calendar Senate
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- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
- Delivered to Governor
- Signed By Governor
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2019-S5389 (ACTIVE) - Details
2019-S5389 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER: S5389 SPONSOR: COMRIE TITLE OF BILL: An act to amend the public authorities law, in relation to the composition of the Rochester-Genesee regional transpor- tation authority PURPOSE: To provide a representative of the transit dependent and/or disabled community a non-voting position on the RGRTA Board of Commissioners. Such a person would be appointed by the Governor. SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS: Amends subdivision 1 of section 1299-dd of the public authorities law. JUSTIFICATION: Under current law, the RGRTA Board of Commissioners consists of twelve
2019-S5389 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 5389 2019-2020 Regular Sessions I N S E N A T E April 29, 2019 ___________ Introduced by Sen. COMRIE -- 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 Rochester-Genesee regional 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-dd of the public authorities law, as amended by chapter 388 of the laws of 2007, is amended to read as follows: 1. (a) There is hereby created the Rochester-Genesee regional trans- portation authority. The authority shall be a body corporate and politic constituting a public benefit corporation. It shall consist of at least one member from each county that elects to join the authority except that the county of Monroe shall have seven members of whom three shall be appointed from the city of Rochester and four at large from the coun- ty of Monroe and shall have [one] TWO non-voting [member] MEMBERS as described in [paragraph] PARAGRAPHS (b) AND (C) of this subdivision. The members shall be appointed by the governor by and with the advice and consent of the senate. The governor shall make initial appointments to the authority in such number and from lists submitted as follows: three members shall be appointed to the authority from a list of not less than six names, all of whom must be residents of the city of Rochester, submitted to the governor by the council of the city of Rochester; four persons from a list of not less than eight persons, all of whom must be residents of the county of Monroe submitted by the legislature of the county of Monroe. Other counties electing to participate shall each submit to the governor a list of not less than two persons for each one hundred thousand or major fraction of the total population, as deter- mined by the last federal decennial or federal county-wide special census. From the counties outside the county of Monroe which shall elect to participate, the governor shall appoint one member for each one EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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