Senate Bill S3837

2019-2020 Legislative Session

Relates to membership on the board 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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2019-S3837 - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A6770
Current Committee:
Senate Transportation
Law Section:
Public Authorities Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §1263, Pub Auth L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2021-2022: S2889, A1603
2023-2024: S20, A923

2019-S3837 - Summary

Relates to increasing membership on the board of the metropolitan transportation authority, including members representative of commuters' advisory councils.

2019-S3837 - Sponsor Memo

2019-S3837 - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   3837
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             February 19, 2019
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by Sen. GOUNARDES -- 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 membership on
   the board of the metropolitan transportation authority
 
   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  1263  of  the
 public  authorities  law,  as amended by chapter 549 of the laws of 1994
 and subparagraph 1 as amended by section 3 of part H of  chapter  25  of
 the laws of 2009, is amended to read as follows:
   (a)  (1)  There  is  hereby  created  the "metropolitan transportation
 authority." The authority shall be a body corporate and politic  consti-
 tuting  a  public  benefit corporation. The authority shall consist of a
 [chairman] CHAIRPERSON, [sixteen] TWENTY 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, engineer-
 ing,  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]
 TWENTY voting members other than the  [chairman]  CHAIRPERSON  shall  be
 appointed  on the written recommendation of the mayor of the city of New
 York; ONE OF THE TWENTY VOTING MEMBERS OTHER THAN THE CHAIRPERSON  SHALL
 BE  APPOINTED ON THE WRITTEN RECOMMENDATION OF THE NEW YORK CITY TRANSIT
 AUTHORITY ADVISORY COUNCIL; ONE OF THE TWENTY VOTING MEMBERS OTHER  THAN
 THE  CHAIRPERSON SHALL BE APPOINTED ON THE WRITTEN RECOMMENDATION OF THE
 METRO-NORTH RAIL COMMUTER COUNCIL; ONE  OF  THE  TWENTY  VOTING  MEMBERS
 OTHER THAN THE CHAIRPERSON SHALL BE APPOINTED ON THE WRITTEN RECOMMENDA-
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

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2019-S3837A (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A6770
Current Committee:
Senate Transportation
Law Section:
Public Authorities Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §1263, Pub Auth L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2021-2022: S2889, A1603
2023-2024: S20, A923

2019-S3837A (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to increasing membership on the board of the metropolitan transportation authority, including members representative of commuters' advisory councils.

2019-S3837A (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2019-S3837A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                  3837--A
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             February 19, 2019
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by Sens. GOUNARDES, BIAGGI, GIANARIS, KAPLAN, KAVANAGH, MONT-
   GOMERY,  RAMOS  -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to
   be committed to the Committee on Transportation -- recommitted to  the
   Committee  on  Transportation in accordance with Senate Rule 6, sec. 8
   -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered  reprinted  as  amended
   and recommitted to said committee
 
 AN ACT to amend the public authorities law, in relation to membership on
   the board of the metropolitan transportation authority
 
   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  1263  of  the
 public  authorities  law,  as amended by chapter 549 of the laws of 1994
 and subparagraph 1 as amended by section 1 of part E of  chapter  39  of
 the laws of 2019, is amended to read as follows:
   (a)(1)  There  is  hereby  created  the  "metropolitan  transportation
 authority."  The authority shall be a body corporate and politic consti-
 tuting a public benefit corporation. The authority shall  consist  of  a
 [chairman] CHAIRPERSON, [sixteen] TWENTY 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, engineer-
 ing, 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]
 TWENTY  voting  members  other  than the [chairman] CHAIRPERSON shall be
 appointed on the written recommendation of the mayor of the city of  New
 York;  ONE OF THE TWENTY VOTING MEMBERS OTHER THAN THE CHAIRPERSON SHALL
 BE APPOINTED ON THE WRITTEN RECOMMENDATION OF THE NEW YORK CITY  TRANSIT
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

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