NY State Senate Bill 2023-S815

Current Bill Status Via A1004 - Signed by Governor

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Mar 03, 2023	signed chap.44 delivered to governor
Feb 06, 2023	returned to assembly passed senate 3rd reading cal.24 substituted for s815
Feb 06, 2023	substituted by a1004
Jan 09, 2023	ordered to third reading cal.24
Jan 06, 2023	referred to rules

Votes

- Feb 6, 2023 - Floor Vote
  A1004
  
  60
  
  Aye
  
  3
  
  Nay
  
  0
  
  Absent
  
  0
  
  Excused
  
  0
  
  Abstained
  - - Floor Vote: Feb 6, 2023
      
      aye (60)
      
      Addabbo Jr.
      
      Ashby
      
      Bailey
      
      Borrello
      
      Breslin
      
      Brisport
      
      Brouk
      
      Canzoneri-Fitzpatrick
      
      Chu
      
      Cleare
      
      Comrie
      
      Cooney
      
      Felder
      
      Fernandez
      
      Gallivan
      
      Gianaris
      
      Gonzalez
      
      Gounardes
      
      Harckham
      
      Helming
      
      Hinchey
      
      Hoylman-Sigal
      
      Jackson
      
      Kavanagh
      
      Kennedy
      
      Krueger
      
      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
      
      Webb
      
      Weber
      
      Weik
      
      nay (3)
      
      Griffo
      
      Lanza
      
      Walczyk
  Jan 9, 2023 - Rules Committee Vote
  S815
  
  19
  
  Aye
  
  0
  
  Nay
  
  0
  
  Aye with Reservations
  
  0
  
  Absent
  
  2
  
  Excused
  
  0
  
  Abstained
  - - Rules Committee Vote: Jan 9, 2023
      
      aye (19)
      
      Addabbo Jr.
      
      Bailey
      
      Breslin
      
      Comrie
      
      Fernandez
      
      Gallivan
      
      Gianaris
      
      Helming
      
      Kennedy
      
      Krueger
      
      Liu
      
      Mayer
      
      O'Mara
      
      Ortt
      
      Parker
      
      Sepúlveda
      
      Stec
      
      Stewart-Cousins
      
      Thomas
      
      excused (2)
      
      Griffo
      
      Lanza

2023-S815 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:: A1004
Law Section:: Public Authorities Law
Laws Affected:: Amd §§1299-a, 1299-c, 1299-bb, 1299-dd, 1301, 1303, 1326 & 1328, Pub Auth L (as proposed in S.3959-B & A.7822-C)

2023-S815 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to members of transportation authorities; provides that any local or statewide transit advocacy organization may recommend one or more transit dependent individuals to be considered; makes related provisions.

2023-S815 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

                                 
BILL NUMBER: S815

SPONSOR: KENNEDY
 
TITLE OF BILL:

An act to amend the public authorities law, in relation to transporta-
tion authorities

 
PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL:

Amends a 2022 chapter relating to the appointment of a transit dependent
representative on various transportation authorities.

 
SUMMARY OF SPECIFIC PROVISIONS:

Sections 1 through 8 amends Chapter 801 of the Laws of 2022, which
requires the Niagara Frontier Transit Authority (NFTA), Rochester-Gene-
see Regional Transportation Authority (RGRTA), Capital District Trans-
portation Authority (CDTA), and Central New York Regional Transportation
Authority (Centro) to have at least one voting member who is an individ-
ual who is limited to public transit as their primary transportation
mode because of a disability.

The chapter amendment modifies the definition of "transit dependent"
members to clarify that voting members must be transit dependent due to
a permanent disability, and also permits any local or statewide transit
advocacy organization to make recommendations of transit dependent indi-
viduals for the Governor's consideration when making her appointments.

Section 9 is the effective date.

 
JUSTIFICATION:

Transit dependent individuals throughout upstate New York have recently
witnessed a reduction in routes serviced and an increase in fees, given
the tight fiscal climate and overall economic stresses of the past
several years. Key decisions regarding re-routing, termination of
certain bus and train lines, and rate increases have been made and it is
important that when contemplating these issues, regional transportation
authority's hear the voices of those most directly affected.

This legislation requires that the NFTA, RGRTA, CDTA, and Centro have at
least one of their voting members be an individual who relies on public
transit as their main mode of transportation because the individual has
a permanent or temporary disability. This individual would be appointed
by the Governor; local or statewide transit advocacy organizations may
make recommendations of transit dependent individuals to be considered
for appointment.  Public transit systems are very important to a wide
variety of communities across the state, who rely upon them for access
to services, healthcare, and employment, affordable means of transporta-
tion, and the efficient movement of people throughout regions. These
transit dependent individuals' needs are unique to each region, and
including them in the decision-making process would inform each regional
transportation authority of the specific needs and challenges faced by a
region.

 
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:

2022: Underlying bill (S.3959-3) passed unanimously. Chapter 801
 
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:

None.

 
EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act shall take effect in the same manner as the underlying chapter.

2023-S815 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                    815
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                              January 6, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen. KENNEDY -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules
 
 AN ACT to amend the public authorities law, in relation  to  transporta-
   tion authorities
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section 1. Subdivision 18 of section 1299-a of the public  authorities
 law,  as  added  by  a  chapter  of the laws of 2022 amending the public
 authorities law  relating  to  various  transportation  authorities,  as
 proposed  in  legislative  bills  numbers  S.  3959-B  and A. 7822-C, is
 amended to read as follows:
   18. "Transit dependent INDIVIDUAL" shall mean  an  individual  who  is
 limited  to  public  transit  as  their  primary  mode of transportation
 because the individual has [either] a permanent [or temporary] disabili-
 ty.
   § 2. Paragraph (c) of subdivision 1 of section 1299-c  of  the  public
 authorities  law,  as  amended by a chapter of the laws of 2022 amending
 the public authorities law relating to various  transportation  authori-
 ties,  as proposed in legislative bills numbers S. 3959-B and A. 7822-C,
 is amended to read as follows:
   (c) The transit dependent individual appointed pursuant  to  [subdivi-
 sion  (a)  of  this  section] PARAGRAPH (A) OF THIS SUBDIVISION shall be
 appointed by the governor [at the recommendation of a local or statewide
 transit advocacy organization]. Such member shall be  a  resident  of  a
 county  described  in  paragraph  (a) of this subdivision.  If a vacancy
 shall occur, a replacement shall be appointed within six months, subject
 to the same appointment process set forth in this paragraph.  ANY  LOCAL
 OR  STATEWIDE  TRANSIT  ADVOCACY  ORGANIZATION MAY RECOMMEND ONE OR MORE
 TRANSIT DEPENDENT INDIVIDUALS TO BE CONSIDERED FOR APPOINTMENT  PURSUANT
 TO THIS SECTION.

  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD03967-01-3
 S. 815                              2

 
   §  3. Subdivision 25 of section 1299-bb of the public authorities law,
 as amended by a chapter of the laws of 2022 amending the public authori-
 ties law relating to various transportation authorities, as proposed  in
 legislative bills numbers S. 3959-B and A. 7822-C, is amended to read as
 follows:
   25.  "Transit  dependent  INDIVIDUAL"  shall mean an individual who is
 limited to public  transit  as  their  primary  mode  of  transportation
 because the individual has [either] a permanent [or temporary] disabili-
 ty.
   § 4. Paragraphs (a) and (c) of subdivision 1 of section 1299-dd of the
 public  authorities  law,  as  amended  by a chapter of the laws of 2022
 amending the public authorities law relating to  various  transportation
 authorities,  as  proposed in legislative bills numbers S. 3959-B and A.
 7822-C, are amended to read as follows:
   (a) There is hereby created the Rochester-Genesee regional transporta-
 tion authority. The authority shall be  a  body  corporate  and  politic
 constituting  a  public benefit corporation. It shall consist of: (I) 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
 county of Monroe, (II) and a voting member who is  a  transit  dependent
 individual  appointed pursuant to paragraph (c) of this subdivision, and
 [shall have] (III) one non-voting member as described in  paragraph  (b)
 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 determined by the last federal decennial or federal coun-
 ty-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 hundred thousand or major fraction of the total population,
 as  determined  by  the  last  federal  decennial or federal county-wide
 special census, with a minimum of one member to  represent  each  county
 outside  the county of Monroe so electing to participate. All members of
 the authority shall be residents of the area from which they  are  nomi-
 nated.
   (c)  The  voting  member  who  is  a  transit  dependent individual as
 described in paragraph (a) of this subdivision shall be appointed by the
 governor [at the recommendation of a local or statewide transit advocacy
 organization] for a term of five years. SUCH MEMBER SHALL BE A  RESIDENT
 OF  A COUNTY WITHIN THE DISTRICT. If a vacancy occurs for such position,
 a replacement shall be appointed within  six  months  pursuant  to  this
 process.    ANY  LOCAL  OR  STATEWIDE  TRANSIT ADVOCACY ORGANIZATION MAY
 RECOMMEND ONE OR MORE TRANSIT DEPENDENT  INDIVIDUALS  TO  BE  CONSIDERED
 PURSUANT TO THIS SECTION.
   §  5. Subdivision 26 of section 1301 of the public authorities law, as
 amended by a chapter of the laws of 2022 amending the public authorities
 law relating to  various  transportation  authorities,  as  proposed  in
 S. 815                              3

 legislative bills numbers S. 3959-B and A. 7822-C, is amended to read as
 follows:
   26.  "Transit  dependent  INDIVIDUAL"  shall mean an individual who is
 limited to public  transit  as  their  primary  mode  of  transportation
 because the individual has a [temporary or] permanent disability.
   §  6.  Paragraph  (a)  of  subdivision 1 of section 1303 of the public
 authorities law, as amended by a chapter of the laws  of  2022  amending
 the  public  authorities law relating to various transportation authori-
 ties, as proposed in legislative bills numbers S. 3959-B and A.  7822-C,
 is amended to read as follows:
   (a)  There  is  hereby  created  the  Capital  District transportation
 authority. The authority shall be a body corporate and  politic  consti-
 tuting  a  public benefit corporation. It shall consist of not less than
 eight nor more than fifteen members, including a chairman and shall have
 one non-voting member as described in paragraph (b) of this subdivision.
 At least one voting member shall be a transit dependent  individual  who
 shall  be appointed by the governor [at the recommendation of a local or
 statewide transit advocacy organization, provided that if]. IF a vacancy
 occurs for such transit dependent INDIVIDUAL member position, a replace-
 ment shall be appointed within  six  months,  subject  to    the    same
 appointment    process  within  this  paragraph.  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 six names, all of  whom  shall
 be  residents  of  the  county  of  Albany, four of which names shall be
 submitted to the governor by the majority party of  the  legislature  of
 the  county  of  Albany and two of which names shall be submitted by the
 minority party of such legislature; two members shall  be  appointed  to
 the  authority from a list of four names, all of whom shall be residents
 of the county of Schenectady, three of which names shall be submitted to
 the governor by the majority party of the legislature of the  county  of
 Schenectady  and  one  of which names shall be submitted by the minority
 party of such legislature; two members shall be appointed to the author-
 ity from a list of four names, all of whom shall  be  residents  of  the
 county  of  Rensselaer,  three  of which names shall be submitted to the
 governor by the majority party of the legislature of the county of Rens-
 selaer and one of which names shall be submitted by the  minority  party
 of  such  legislature;  two  members shall be appointed to the authority
 from a list of four names, all of whom shall be residents of the  county
 of  Saratoga, three of which names shall be submitted to the governor by
 the majority party of the legislature of the county of Saratoga and  one
 of which names shall be submitted by the minority party of such legisla-
 ture.  Other  counties  electing to participate shall each submit to the
 governor a list of two persons each of whom shall be a resident of  such
 county,  one  of  which  names shall be submitted to the governor by the
 majority party of the legislature of such county and one of which  names
 shall be submitted by the minority party of such legislature, from which
 number  the  governor  shall  appoint one member for each such county so
 electing to participate.  IN ADDITION TO THE MEMBERS  REPRESENTING  EACH
 COUNTY,  THE  GOVERNOR  SHALL APPOINT ONE VOTING MEMBER WHO IS A TRANSIT
 DEPENDENT INDIVIDUAL WHO RESIDES IN A COUNTY WITHIN  THE  DISTRICT.  ANY
 LOCAL  OR  STATEWIDE  TRANSIT ADVOCACY ORGANIZATION MAY RECOMMEND ONE OR
 MORE TRANSIT DEPENDENT INDIVIDUALS  TO  BE  CONSIDERED  FOR  APPOINTMENT
 PURSUANT TO THIS SECTION.
 S. 815                              4
 
   §  7. Subdivision 26 of section 1326 of the public authorities law, as
 amended by a chapter of the laws of 2022 amending the public authorities
 law relating to  various  transportation  authorities,  as  proposed  in
 legislative bills numbers S. 3959-B and A. 7822-C, is amended to read as
 follows:
   26.  "Transit  dependent  INDIVIDUAL"  shall mean an individual who is
 limited to public  transit  as  their  primary  mode  of  transportation
 because the individual has a [temporary or] permanent disability.
   §  8.  Paragraph  (a)  of  subdivision 1 of section 1328 of the public
 authorities law, as amended by a chapter of the laws  of  2022  amending
 the  public  authorities law relating to various transportation authori-
 ties, as proposed in legislative bills numbers S. 3959-B and A.  7822-C,
 is amended to read as follows:
   (a)  There is hereby created the central New York regional transporta-
 tion authority. The authority shall be  a  body  corporate  and  politic
 constituting  a public benefit corporation. It shall consist of not more
 than twelve members, including a chairman and shall have one  non-voting
 member  as  described in paragraph (b) of this subdivision. At least one
 voting member shall be a  transit  dependent  individual  who  shall  be
 appointed by the governor [at the recommendation of a local or statewide
 transit  advocacy  organization,  provided that if]. IF a vacancy occurs
 for such transit dependent INDIVIDUAL  member  position,  a  replacement
 shall be appointed within six months, subject to  the  same  appointment
 process  within  this  paragraph.  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,  submitted  to  the
 governor  by  the common council of the city of Syracuse, five [persons]
 MEMBERS from a list of not less than ten names, submitted by the  legis-
 lature of the county of Onondaga and two members shall be appointed from
 a  list  of not less than four names submitted by the legislature of the
 county of Oneida. 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 nineteen hundred seventy or any subsequent federal decenni-
 al  or  federal  county-wide special census, of the counties outside the
 county of Onondaga which shall elect to participate, from  which  number
 the  governor  shall appoint one member for each one hundred thousand or
 major fraction of the total population, as determined  by  such  federal
 decennial or federal county-wide special census, with a maximum of three
 members  to  represent  such  counties outside the county of Onondaga so
 electing to participate.  IN ADDITION TO THE  MEMBERS  SPECIFIED  ABOVE,
 THE  GOVERNOR  SHALL  APPOINT A TRANSIT DEPENDENT INDIVIDUAL AS A VOTING
 MEMBER WHO RESIDES WITHIN A COUNTY WITHIN THE  DISTRICT.  ANY  LOCAL  OR
 STATEWIDE TRANSIT ADVOCACY ORGANIZATION MAY RECOMMEND ONE OR MORE TRANS-
 IT  DEPENDENT  INDIVIDUALS  TO BE CONSIDERED FOR APPOINTMENT PURSUANT TO
 THIS SECTION.
   § 9. This act shall take effect on the  same  date  and  in  the  same
 manner  as a chapter of the laws of 2022 amending the public authorities
 law relating to  various  transportation  authorities,  as  proposed  in
 legislative bills numbers S. 3959-B and A. 7822-C, takes effect.

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Senate Bill S815

Sponsored By

Current Bill Status Via A1004 - Signed by Governor

Feb 6, 2023 - Floor Vote

Floor Vote: Feb 6, 2023

Jan 9, 2023 - Rules Committee Vote

Rules Committee Vote: Jan 9, 2023

2023-S815 (ACTIVE) - Details

2023-S815 (ACTIVE) - Summary

2023-S815 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2023-S815 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

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Timothy M. Kennedy

Current Bill Status Via A1004 - Signed by Governor

2023-S815 (ACTIVE) - Details

2023-S815 (ACTIVE) - Summary

2023-S815 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2023-S815 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

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