NY State Senate Bill 2023-S5069A

Senate Bill S5069A

Signed By Governor

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Relates to requiring one voting member of the metropolitan transportation authority be a transit dependent individual

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Current Bill Status Via A4504 - Signed by Governor

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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	Assembly Actions - Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE
Nov 20, 2023	approval memo.32 signed chap.672
Nov 13, 2023	delivered to governor
Jun 06, 2023	returned to assembly passed senate 3rd reading cal.1639 substituted for s5069a
Jun 06, 2023	substituted by a4504a ordered to third reading cal.1639 committee discharged and committed to rules
Apr 25, 2023	print number 5069a
Apr 25, 2023	amend (t) and recommit to transportation
Feb 22, 2023	referred to transportation

Votes

- Jun 6, 2023 - Floor Vote
  A4504
  
  62
  
  Aye
  
  0
  
  Nay
  
  0
  
  Absent
  
  1
  
  Excused
  
  0
  
  Abstained
  - - Floor Vote: Jun 6, 2023
      
      aye (62)
      
      Addabbo Jr.
      
      Ashby
      
      Bailey
      
      Borrello
      
      Breslin
      
      Brisport
      
      Brouk
      
      Canzoneri-Fitzpatrick
      
      Chu
      
      Cleare
      
      Comrie
      
      Cooney
      
      Fernandez
      
      Gallivan
      
      Gianaris
      
      Gonzalez
      
      Gounardes
      
      Griffo
      
      Harckham
      
      Helming
      
      Hinchey
      
      Hoylman-Sigal
      
      Jackson
      
      Kavanagh
      
      Kennedy
      
      Krueger
      
      Lanza
      
      Liu
      
      Mannion
      
      Martinez
      
      Martins
      
      Mattera
      
      May
      
      Mayer
      
      Murray
      
      Myrie
      
      O'Mara
      
      Oberacker
      
      Ortt
      
      Palumbo
      
      Parker
      
      Persaud
      
      Ramos
      
      Rhoads
      
      Rivera
      
      Rolison
      
      Ryan
      
      Salazar
      
      Sanders Jr.
      
      Scarcella-Spanton
      
      Sepúlveda
      
      Serrano
      
      Skoufis
      
      Stavisky
      
      Stec
      
      Stewart-Cousins
      
      Tedisco
      
      Thomas
      
      Walczyk
      
      Webb
      
      Weber
      
      Weik
      
      excused (1)
      
      Felder
  Jun 6, 2023 - Rules Committee Vote
  S5069A
  
  21
  
  Aye
  
  0
  
  Nay
  
  0
  
  Aye with Reservations
  
  0
  
  Absent
  
  0
  
  Excused
  
  0
  
  Abstained
  - - Rules Committee Vote: Jun 6, 2023
      
      aye (21)
      
      Addabbo Jr.
      
      Bailey
      
      Breslin
      
      Comrie
      
      Fernandez
      
      Gallivan
      
      Gianaris
      
      Griffo
      
      Helming
      
      Kennedy
      
      Krueger
      
      Lanza
      
      Liu
      
      Mayer
      
      O'Mara
      
      Ortt
      
      Parker
      
      Sepúlveda
      
      Stec
      
      Stewart-Cousins
      
      Thomas

Bill Amendments

Original

A (Active)

2023-S5069 - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:: A4504
Law Section:: Public Authorities Law
Laws Affected:: Amd §1263, Pub Auth L
Versions Introduced in 2021-2022 Legislative Session:: S8030, A8365

2023-S5069 - Summary

Requires one voting member of the metropolitan transportation authority be a transit dependent individual.

2023-S5069 - Sponsor Memo

2023-S5069 - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   5069
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             February 22, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen. PERSAUD -- 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 requiring one
   voting member of the metropolitan transportation authority be a person
   with a disability

   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  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 thir-
 tieth, two thousand nine shall have experience in one  or  more  of  the
 following areas: transportation, public administration, business manage-
 ment,  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.  EITHER THE CHAIRMAN OR ONE OF  THE  OTHER
 SIXTEEN  VOTING  MEMBERS APPOINTED TO A TERM COMMENCING ON OR AFTER JUNE
 THIRTIETH, TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-FOUR SHALL BE A PERSON WITH A DISABILITY.
 FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS SUBPARAGRAPH, "PERSON WITH A DISABILITY"  MEANS
 ANY  PERSON  WITH  A  DISABILITY  AS THAT TERM IS DEFINED IN SUBDIVISION
 TWENTY-ONE OF SECTION TWO HUNDRED NINETY-TWO OF THE EXECUTIVE LAW.  Four
 of the sixteen voting members other than the chairman shall be appointed
 on  the written recommendation of the mayor of the city of New York; and
 each of seven other voting members other  than  the  chairman  shall  be
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD05301-01-3

 S. 5069                             2
 
 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 subdivi-
 sion.  Of the members appointed on recommendation of the chief executive
 officer of a county, one such member shall be, at the time  of  appoint-
 ment,  a  resident of the county of Nassau, one a resident of the county
 of Suffolk, one a resident of the county of Westchester, one a  resident
 of the county of Dutchess, one a resident of the county of Orange, one a
 resident  of  the  county  of Putnam and one a resident of the county of
 Rockland, provided that the term of any member who is a  resident  of  a
 county  that has withdrawn from the metropolitan commuter transportation
 district pursuant to section twelve hundred seventy-nine-b of this title
 shall terminate upon the effective date of such county's withdrawal from
 such district. Of the five voting  members,  other  than  the  chairman,
 appointed  by the governor without recommendation from any other person,
 three shall be, at the time of appointment, residents of the city of New
 York and two shall be, at the time of  appointment,  residents  of  such
 city or of any of the aforementioned counties in the metropolitan commu-
 ter transportation district. Provided however, notwithstanding the fore-
 going residency requirement, one of the five voting members appointed by
 the  governor  without  recommendation from any other person, other than
 the chairman, may be the director of the New York state division of  the
 budget, and provided further that, in the event of such appointment, the
 budget  director's  membership in the authority shall be deemed ex-offi-
 cio. The chairman and each of the members shall be appointed for a  term
 of  six years, provided however, that the chairman first appointed shall
 serve for a term ending June  thirtieth,  nineteen  hundred  eighty-one,
 provided that thirty days after the effective date of the chapter of the
 laws  of  two thousand nine which amended this subparagraph, the term of
 the chairman shall expire; provided, further,  that  such  chairman  may
 continue to discharge the duties of his or her office until the position
 of chairman is filled by appointment by the governor upon the advice and
 consent  of the senate and the term of such new chairman shall terminate
 June thirtieth, two thousand fifteen. The sixteen  other  members  first
 appointed  shall  serve  for  the  following terms: The members from the
 counties of Nassau and Westchester shall each serve for  a  term  ending
 June thirtieth, nineteen hundred eighty-five; the members from the coun-
 ty  of  Suffolk  and  from  the counties of Dutchess, Orange, Putnam and
 Rockland shall each serve for a term  ending  June  thirtieth,  nineteen
 hundred  ninety-two;  two  of the members appointed on recommendation of
 the mayor of the city of New York shall each serve  for  a  term  ending
 June  thirtieth,  nineteen hundred eighty-four and, two shall each serve
 for a term ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred  eighty-one;  two  of
 the  members appointed by the governor without the recommendation of any
 other person shall each serve for a term ending June thirtieth, nineteen
 hundred eighty-two, two shall each serve for a term ending June  thirti-
 eth,  nineteen hundred eighty and one shall serve for a term ending June
 thirtieth, nineteen hundred eighty-five. The  two  non-voting  and  four
 alternate  non-voting members shall serve until January first, two thou-
 sand one. The members from the counties of Dutchess, Orange, Putnam  and
 Rockland shall cast one collective vote.
   §  2.  This act shall take effect immediately; provided, however, that
 the amendments to subparagraph 1 of paragraph (a) of  subdivision  1  of
 section  1263  of the public authorities law made by section one of this
 act shall not affect the expiration  of  such  paragraph  and  shall  be
 deemed expired therewith.

2023-S5069A (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:: A4504
Law Section:: Public Authorities Law
Laws Affected:: Amd §1263, Pub Auth L
Versions Introduced in 2021-2022 Legislative Session:: S8030, A8365

2023-S5069A (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires one voting member of the metropolitan transportation authority be a transit dependent individual.

2023-S5069A (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2023-S5069A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                  5069--A
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             February 22, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen. PERSAUD -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Transportation --  commit-
   tee  discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recom-
   mitted to said committee
 
 AN ACT to amend the public authorities law, in relation to requiring one
   voting member of the metropolitan transportation authority be a trans-
   it dependent individual
 
   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]
 CHAIRPERSON,  sixteen  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 voting members  other
 than the [chairman] CHAIRPERSON 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] CHAIRPERSON 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
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD05301-03-3

 S. 5069--A                          2
 
 the members appointed on recommendation of the chief  executive  officer
 of  a  county,  one  such member shall be, at the time of appointment, a
 resident of the county of Nassau,  one  a  resident  of  the  county  of
 Suffolk,  one a resident of the county of Westchester, one a resident of
 the county of Dutchess, one a resident of the county of  Orange,  one  a
 resident  of  the  county  of Putnam and one a resident of the county of
 Rockland, provided that the term of any member who is a  resident  of  a
 county  that has withdrawn from the metropolitan commuter transportation
 district pursuant to section twelve hundred seventy-nine-b of this title
 shall terminate upon the effective date of such county's withdrawal from
 such district. Of the five voting members,  other  than  the  [chairman]
 CHAIRPERSON,  appointed  by the governor without recommendation from any
 other person, three shall be, at the time of appointment,  residents  of
 the city of New York and two shall be, at the time of appointment, resi-
 dents  of  such  city  or  of  any of the aforementioned counties in the
 metropolitan  commuter  transportation   district.   Provided   however,
 notwithstanding  the  foregoing  residency  requirement, one of the five
 voting members appointed by the governor without recommendation from any
 other person, other than the [chairman] CHAIRPERSON, may be the director
 of the New York state division of the budget, and provided further that,
 in the event of such appointment, the budget  director's  membership  in
 the  authority shall be deemed ex-officio.  PROVIDED FURTHER, ONE OF THE
 FIVE VOTING MEMBERS, OTHER THAN THE CHAIRPERSON, APPOINTED BY THE GOVER-
 NOR WITHOUT RECOMMENDATION BY  ANY  OTHER  PERSON  SHALL  BE  A  TRANSIT
 DEPENDENT  INDIVIDUAL.  A  "TRANSIT  DEPENDENT INDIVIDUAL" SHALL MEAN AN
 INDIVIDUAL WHO IS LIMITED TO PUBLIC TRANSIT AS  THEIR  PRIMARY  MODE  OF
 TRANSPORTATION  BECAUSE  THE  INDIVIDUAL  HAS  A  PERMANENT  DISABILITY,
 PROVIDED THAT ANY LOCAL OR STATEWIDE TRANSIT ADVOCACY  ORGANIZATION  MAY
 RECOMMEND ONE OR MORE TRANSIT DEPENDENT INDIVIDUALS TO BE CONSIDERED FOR
 APPOINTMENT  PURSUANT  TO  THIS  SECTION. The [chairman] CHAIRPERSON and
 each of the members shall be appointed for a term of six years, provided
 however, that the [chairman] CHAIRPERSON first appointed shall serve for
 a term ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred eighty-one, provided that
 thirty days after the effective date of the chapter of the laws  of  two
 thousand  nine  which amended this subparagraph, the term of the [chair-
 man] CHAIRPERSON shall expire; provided, further, that  such  [chairman]
 CHAIRPERSON  may  continue  to discharge the duties of his or her office
 until the position of [chairman] CHAIRPERSON is filled by appointment by
 the governor upon the advice and consent of the senate and the  term  of
 such  new  [chairman]  CHAIRPERSON  shall  terminate June thirtieth, two
 thousand fifteen. The sixteen other members first appointed shall  serve
 for  the  following  terms:  The members from the counties of Nassau and
 Westchester shall each serve for a term ending June thirtieth,  nineteen
 hundred eighty-five; the members from the county of Suffolk and from the
 counties of Dutchess, Orange, Putnam and Rockland shall each serve for a
 term  ending  June  thirtieth,  nineteen  hundred ninety-two; two of the
 members appointed on recommendation of the mayor of the city of New York
 shall each serve for a term  ending  June  thirtieth,  nineteen  hundred
 eighty-four  and, two shall each serve for a term ending June thirtieth,
 nineteen hundred eighty-one; two of the members appointed by the  gover-
 nor  without the recommendation of any other person shall each serve for
 a term ending June thirtieth, nineteen  hundred  eighty-two,  two  shall
 each serve for a term ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred eighty and
 one  shall  serve  for  a  term  ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred
 eighty-five. The two non-voting and four  alternate  non-voting  members
 shall  serve until January first, two thousand one. The members from the
 S. 5069--A                          3
 
 counties of Dutchess, Orange, Putnam and Rockland shall cast one collec-
 tive vote.
   §  2.  This act shall take effect immediately; provided, however, that
 the amendments to subparagraph 1 of paragraph (a) of  subdivision  1  of
 section  1263  of the public authorities law made by section one of this
 act shall not affect the expiration  of  such  paragraph  and  shall  be
 deemed expired therewith.

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