Assembly Bill A6915

2021-2022 Legislative Session

Modifies the membership 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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2021-A6915 (ACTIVE) - Details

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:
2019-2020: A7469
2023-2024: A5162

2021-A6915 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Increases the membership of the metropolitan transportation authority from sixteen to seventeen members; provides for the appointment for one member from each of New York City's boroughs on the written recommendation of the mayor of New York City.

2021-A6915 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   6915
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                              April 13, 2021
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  TANNOUSIS  --  read once and referred to the
   Committee on Corporations, Authorities and Commissions
 
 AN ACT to amend the public authorities law, in relation to  the  member-
   ship 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. Subparagraph 1 of paragraph (a) of subdivision 1 of section
 1263 of the public authorities law, as amended by section 1 of part E of
 chapter 39 of the laws of 2019, 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] SEVENTEEN 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 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. Four of the [sixteen] SEVENTEEN voting
 members, ONE MEMBER FROM EACH OF  NEW  YORK  CITY'S  FIVE  BOROUGHS,  AS
 DEFINED  IN  SECTION 2-202 OF THE ADMINISTRATIVE CODE OF THE CITY OF NEW
 YORK, other than the chairman shall be appointed on the  written  recom-
 mendation  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 on recommendation of the chief  executive  officer
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

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