NY State Senate Bill 2023-S8833

Senate Bill S8833

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Relates to the residence of a certain non-voting member of the metropolitan transportation authority

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Current Bill Status - In Senate Committee Transportation Committee

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Mar 19, 2024	referred to transportation

2023-S8833 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:: A9229
Current Committee:: Senate Transportation
Law Section:: Public Authorities Law
Laws Affected:: Amd §1263, Pub Auth L

2023-S8833 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Allows the alternate non-voting member of the metropolitan transportation authority who is recommended by the labor organization representing the majority of employees of the Metro-North Commuter Railroad Company to be a resident of any state in which the Metro-North Commuter Railroad Company operates.

2023-S8833 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

                                 
BILL NUMBER: S8833

SPONSOR: COMRIE
 
TITLE OF BILL:

An act to amend the public authorities law, in relation to the residence
of a certain non-voting member of the metropolitan transportation
authority

 
PURPOSE:

This bill would allow the alternate non-voting member of the authority
recommended by the labor organizations representing the majority of
employees of the Metro-North Commuter Railroad Company to be a resident
of any State that the Metro-North Commuter Railroad Company operates.

 
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:

Section one amends subparagraph 2 of paragraph (a) of subdivision 1 of
section 2 1263 of the public authorities law, as amended by chapter 549
of the 3 laws of 1994 to allow for the alternate non-voting member
recommended by the labor organization representing the majority of the

employees of the Metro-North Commuter Railroad Company to be a resident
of any state in which the Metro-North Commuter Railroad Company oper-
ates.

Section two sets the effective date.

 
JUSTIFICATION:

Due to residency requirements under the current statute, the non-voting
member for labor organizations allowed to serve in this capacity is not
eligible due to residency requirements. This bill will ensure that the
nonvoting member of the authority recommended by the labor organization
is a resident of a state where the Metro-North Commuter Railroad Company
operates.

 
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:

New bill.

 
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:

None.

 
EFFECTIVE DATE:
This bill shall take effect immediately; provided however, that the
amendments to subparagraph 2 of paragraph (a) of subdivision 1 of
section 1263 of the public authorities law made by section ne of this
act shall not effect the expiration of such paragraph and shall be
deemed expired within.

2023-S8833 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   8833
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                              March 19, 2024
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  COMRIE -- 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 the residence
   of a certain non-voting  member  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 2 of paragraph (a) of subdivision 1 of section
 1263 of the public authorities law, as amended by  chapter  549  of  the
 laws of 1994, is amended to read as follows:
   (2)  There shall be two non-voting members and four alternate non-vot-
 ing members of the authority, as referred to in subparagraph one of this
 paragraph.
   The first non-voting member shall be a regular mass  transit  user  of
 the  facilities  of  the authority and be recommended to the governor by
 the New York city transit authority advisory council. The  first  alter-
 nate  non-voting  member  shall  be  a  regular mass transit user of the
 facilities of the authority and be recommended to the  governor  by  the
 Metro-North  commuter  council.  The  second alternate non-voting member
 shall be a regular mass transit user of the facilities of the  authority
 and  be  recommended  to  the  governor  by  the  Long  Island Rail Road
 commuter's council.
   The second non-voting member shall be recommended to the  governor  by
 the  labor  organization  representing  the majority of employees of the
 Long Island Rail Road. The third alternate non-voting  member  shall  be
 recommended  to  the governor by the labor organization representing the
 majority of employees of the New York city transit authority. The fourth
 alternate non-voting member shall be recommended to the governor by  the
 labor  organization representing the majority of employees of the Metro-
 North Commuter Railroad Company. NOTWITHSTANDING ANY OTHER PROVISION  OF
 LAW,  THE ALTERNATE NON-VOTING MEMBER RECOMMENDED BY THE LABOR ORGANIZA-
 TION REPRESENTING THE MAJORITY OF EMPLOYEES OF THE METRO-NORTH  COMMUTER
 RAILROAD COMPANY MAY BE A RESIDENT OF ANY STATE IN WHICH THE METRO-NORTH
 COMMUTER  RAILROAD  COMPANY  OPERATES. The chairman of the authority, at
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.

                                                            LBD14382-01-4
 S. 8833                             2
 
 his direction, may exclude such non-voting member or alternate  non-vot-
 ing  member  from attending any portion of a meeting of the authority or
 of any committee established pursuant to paragraph  (b)  of  subdivision
 four  of  this  section  held for the purpose of discussing negotiations
 with labor organizations.
   The non-voting member and the two alternate non-voting members repres-
 enting the New York York city transit authority  advisory  council,  the
 Metro-North  commuter  council, and the Long Island Rail Road commuter's
 council shall serve eighteen month rotating terms, after which  time  an
 alternate  non-voting  member shall become the non-voting member and the
 rotation shall continue until each alternate member has served at  least
 one  eighteen  month  term  as a non-voting member. The other non-voting
 member and alternate non-voting members representing the New  York  city
 transit  authority,  Metro-North Commuter Railroad Company, and the Long
 Island Rail Road labor organizations shall serve eighteen month rotating
 terms, after which time an alternate non-voting member shall become  the
 non-voting  member  and the rotation shall continue until each alternate
 member has served at least one  eighteen  month  term  as  a  non-voting
 member.  The  transit  authority and the commuter railroads shall not be
 represented concurrently by the two non-voting members during  any  such
 eighteen month period.
   §  2.  This act shall take effect immediately; provided, however, that
 the amendments to subparagraph 2 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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