Assembly Bill A1958

2021-2022 Legislative Session

Relates to the metropolitan transportation authority's voting members; and repeals certain provisions of such law relating thereto

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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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2021-A1958 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S4557
Current Committee:
Assembly Corporations, Authorities And Commissions
Law Section:
Public Authorities Law
Laws Affected:
Rpld §1263 sub 1 ¶(a), amd §1263, Pub Auth L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2019-2020: A5042
2023-2024: A7774, S4374

2021-A1958 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Changes the structure of the metropolitan transportation authority's voting members; requires a two-thirds vote for such authority to take on any new obligations.

2021-A1958 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   1958
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 13, 2021
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M. of A. BARNWELL, MONTESANO -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M.
   of A. HEVESI -- read once and referred  to  the  Committee  on  Corpo-
   rations, Authorities and Commissions
 
 AN ACT to amend the public authorities law, in relation to the metropol-
   itan  transportation  authority's  voting  members  and  requires such
   authority to approve new financial obligations by a  two-thirds  vote;
   and to repeal certain provisions of such law relating thereto
 
   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 public  authorities  law is REPEALED and a new paragraph (a) is added to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,  EIGHT OTHER VOTING MEMBERS OR COLLECTIVES, 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 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. TWO OF THE EIGHT VOTING MEMBERS OR COLLEC-
 TIVES  OTHER THAN THE CHAIRMAN SHALL BE MEMBERS APPOINTED ON THE WRITTEN
 RECOMMENDATION OF THE MAYOR OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK UPON THE ADVICE  AND
 CONSENT  OF  THE  NEW YORK CITY COUNCIL; TWO OF THE VOTING MEMBERS OTHER
 THAN THE CHAIRMAN SHALL BE MEMBERS APPOINTED BY THE  GOVERNOR  UPON  THE
 ADVICE  AND  CONSENT OF THE SENATE; ONE OF THE VOTING MEMBERS OTHER THAN
 THE CHAIRMAN SHALL BE THE COMPTROLLER FOR NEW  YORK  CITY;  ONE  OF  THE
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

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