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                                   8439
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                               June 11, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  WEBB  --  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  the  central
   New York regional 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 and subdivision 2 of section
 1328 of the public authorities law, paragraph (a) of  subdivision  1  as
 amended by chapter 44 of the laws of 2023, and subdivision 2 as added by
 chapter 714 of the laws of 1970, are 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] SIXTEEN members, including a [chairman]  CHAIR  and  shall
 have  one  non-voting  member, WHO DOES NOT COUNT TOWARDS THE MAXIMUM OF
 SIXTEEN, 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. If a vacancy occurs for such transit depend-
 ent individual member position, a replacement shall be appointed  within
 six  months,  subject  to the same appointment process within this para-
 graph. 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 members from a list  of  not  less
 than  ten  names, submitted by the legislature 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 coun-
 ties electing to participate shall each submit to the governor a list of
 not less than two persons [for each one hundred thousand or major  frac-

  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD11126-02-5
              

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 tion  of  the  total  population,  as determined by the nineteen hundred
 seventy or any  subsequent  federal  decennial  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]  AND
 THE  GOVERNOR  SHALL  APPOINT ONE MEMBER FOR EACH SUCH COUNTY, INCLUDING
 OSWEGO, CAYUGA, AND CORTLAND COUNTIES AS WELL AS ANY OTHER COUNTIES THAT
 MAY ELECT 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.
   2. The members of the authority shall continue in office  until  their
 successors  are  appointed  and  shall have qualified. One member recom-
 mended by the common council of the city  of  Syracuse  and  one  member
 recommended  by  the  legislature  of  the  county  of Onondaga shall be
 appointed for terms ending July thirty-first, nineteen hundred  seventy-
 five;  one member recommended by the common council of the city of Syra-
 cuse and two members recommended by the legislature  of  the  county  of
 Onondaga shall be appointed for terms ending July thirty-first, nineteen
 hundred seventy-six; and one member recommended by the common council of
 the  city  of Syracuse and two members recommended by the legislature of
 the county of Onondaga shall be appointed for terms ending July  thirty-
 first,  nineteen  hundred  seventy-seven. The member (or members) who is
 (or are) recommended by the other county legislatures or board of super-
 visors shall be appointed for a term (or terms) of seven years, but  all
 terminating  on the thirty-first day of July of the seventh year. There-
 after, upon expiration of the term  of  a  member  of  the  authority  a
 successor  shall  be appointed by the governor for a term expiring seven
 years after the expiration of the term of [his] SUCH MEMBER'S  predeces-
 sor.  IF  A  MEMBER  CONTINUES  IN OFFICE AFTER THE EXPIRATION OF A TERM
 BECAUSE NO SUCCESSOR IS APPOINTED, SUCH MEMBER SHALL CONTINUE IN  OFFICE
 UNTIL  THE CONCLUSION OF ANOTHER SEVEN YEAR TERM OR UNTIL A SUCCESSOR IS
 APPOINTED TO SERVE THE REMAINDER OF THAT TERM, WHICHEVER OCCURS EARLIER.
 If a vacancy shall occur by reason of death, disqualification,  resigna-
 tion  or  removal  of  a member, the successor shall be appointed by the
 governor for the unexpired term, OR IF NO SUCCESSOR IS APPOINTED  DURING
 THE  UNEXPIRED  TERM  THEN  UPON EXPIRATION OF THAT TERM THE SEQUENCE OF
 SUCCESSIVE SEVEN YEAR TERMS SHALL CONTINUE  AND,  WHEN  A  SUCCESSOR  IS
 APPOINTED,  THE  SUCCESSOR  SHALL  BE APPOINTED FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE
 UNEXPIRED TERM THEN IN EFFECT. Persons succeeding members recommended by
 the appropriate legislative bodies of the city of Syracuse and the coun-
 ties of Onondaga and Oneida on the authority shall be appointed  by  the
 same procedure as the original appointments. The same procedure shall be
 followed  for  the  filling of vacancies of members appointed from other
 counties. Members of the  authority  shall,  before  entering  upon  the
 duties  of their office, take the constitutional oath of office and file
 the same in the office of the secretary of state.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately and  shall  be  deemed  to
 have been in full force and effect on and after March 31, 2025.