S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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4480--B
2009-2010 Regular Sessions
I N S E N A T E
April 23, 2009
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Introduced by Sens. DILAN, DIAZ, HASSELL-THOMPSON, KRUEGER, MONTGOMERY
-- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to
the Committee on Transportation -- recommitted to the Committee on
Transportation in accordance with Senate Rule 6, sec. 8 -- committee
discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted
to said committee -- reported favorably from said committee with
amendments and committed to the Committee on Finance
AN ACT to amend the public authorities law, in relation to the board of
the metropolitan transportation authority; and providing for the
repeal of such provisions upon expiration thereof
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 of section 1263 of the
public authorities law, as amended by section 4 of part H of chapter 25
of the laws of 2009, is amended to read as follows:
[(a) 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
and sixteen other members 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 of expertise: trans-
portation, public administration, business management, finance, account-
ing, 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 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 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
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
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required to reside pursuant to the provisions of this subdivision. Of
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; and 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 arti-
cle shall terminate upon the effective date of such county's withdrawal
from such district. Of the five 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. The chairman and each of the members shall
be appointed for a term of six years, provided however, that the chair-
man first appointed shall serve for a term ending June thirtieth, nine-
teen hundred eighty-one, provided that thirty days after the effective
date of the chapter of the laws of two thousand nine which amended this
paragraph, the term of the chairman shall expire; provided, further,
that such chairman may continue to discharge the duties of his 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 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, nine-
teen 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 thirtieth, nineteen hundred eighty and one
shall serve for a term ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred eighty-
five. The members from the counties of Dutchess, Orange, Putnam and
Rockland shall cast one collective vote.]
(A) (1) THERE IS HEREBY CREATED THE "METROPOLITAN TRANSPORTATION
AUTHORITY." THE AUTHORITY SHALL BE A BODY CORPORATE AND POLITIC CONSTI-
TUTING 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 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 SHALL BE APPOINTED ON THE WRITTEN RECOMMENDATION OF
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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 RECOMMENDATIONS 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 ARTICLE SHALL TERMINATE UPON THE EFFEC-
TIVE DATE OF SUCH COUNTY'S WITHDRAWAL FROM SUCH DISTRICT. OF THE FIVE
VOTING MEMBERS, OTHER THAN THE CHAIRMAN, APPOINTED BY THE GOVERNOR WITH-
OUT 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 AFOREMEN-
TIONED COUNTIES IN THE METROPOLITAN COMMUTER TRANSPORTATION DISTRICT.
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 TEN WHICH ADDED THIS SUBPARAGRAPH, THE TERM OF THE
CHAIRMAN SHALL EXPIRE; PROVIDED, FURTHER, THAT SUCH CHAIRMAN MAY CONTIN-
UE 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 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) 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
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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. THE CHAIRMAN OF THE AUTHORITY, AT HIS
DISCRETION, MAY EXCLUDE SUCH NON-VOTING MEMBER OR ALTERNATE NON-VOTING
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 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 EIGH-
TEEN 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.
S 2. Paragraph (b) of subdivision 4 of section 1263 of the public
authorities law, as amended by chapter 494 of the laws of 1990, is
amended to read as follows:
[(b) The chairman shall establish committees to assist him in the
performance of his duties and shall appoint members of the authority to
such committees. Among such committees, there shall be a committee on
operations of the New York city transit authority, the Manhattan and
Bronx surface transit operating authority and the Staten Island rapid
transit operating authority; a committee on operations of the Long
Island Rail Road and the metropolitan suburban bus authority; a commit-
tee on operations of the Metro-North commuter railroad; a committee on
operations of the Triborough bridge and tunnel authority; a committee on
finance; and a committee on capital program oversight. The committee on
capital program oversight shall include not less than three members, and
shall include the chairpersons of the committee on operations of the New
York city transit authority, the Manhattan and Bronx surface transit
operating authority and the Staten Island rapid transit operating
authority, the committee on operations of the Long Island Rail Road and
the metropolitan suburban bus authority, and the committee on operations
of the Metro-North commuter railroad. Such committee shall, with respect
to any approved or proposed capital program plans, (i) monitor the
current and future availability of funds to be utilized for such plans
approved or proposed to be submitted to the metropolitan transportation
capital program review board as provided in section twelve hundred
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sixty-nine-b of this title; (ii) monitor the contract awards of the
metropolitan transportation authority and the New York city transit
authority to insure that such awards are consistent with (A) provisions
of law authorizing United States content and New York state content; (B)
collective bargaining agreements; (C) provisions of law providing for
participation by minority and women-owned businesses; (D) New York state
labor laws; (E) competitive bidding requirements including those regard-
ing sole source contracts; and (F) any other relevant requirements
established by law; (iii) monitor the award of contracts to determine if
such awards are consistent with the manner in which the work was tradi-
tionally performed in the past provided, however, that any such determi-
nation shall not be admissible as evidence in any arbitration or judi-
cial proceeding; (iv) review the relationship between capital
expenditures pursuant to each such capital program plan and current and
future operating budget requirements; (v) monitor the progress of capi-
tal elements described in each capital program plan approved as provided
in section twelve hundred sixty-nine-b of this title; (vi) monitor the
expenditures incurred and to be incurred for each such element; and
(vii) identify capital elements not progressing on schedule, ascertain
responsibility therefor and recommend those actions required or appro-
priate to accelerate their implementation. The committee shall issue a
quarterly report on its activities and findings, and shall in connection
with the preparation of such quarterly report, consult with the state
division of the budget, the state department of transportation, the
members of the metropolitan transportation authority capital program
review board and any other group the committee deems relevant, including
public employee organizations, and, at least annually, with a nationally
recognized independent transit engineering firm. Such report shall be
made available to the members of the authority, to the members of the
metropolitan transportation authority capital program review board, and
the directors of the municipal assistance corporation for the city of
New York.]
(B) THE CHAIRMAN SHALL ESTABLISH COMMITTEES TO ASSIST HIM IN THE
PERFORMANCE OF HIS DUTIES AND SHALL APPOINT MEMBERS OF THE AUTHORITY TO
SUCH COMMITTEES. AMONG SUCH COMMITTEES, THERE SHALL BE A COMMITTEE ON
OPERATIONS OF THE NEW YORK CITY TRANSIT AUTHORITY, THE MANHATTAN AND
BRONX SURFACE TRANSIT OPERATING AUTHORITY AND THE STATEN ISLAND RAPID
TRANSIT OPERATING AUTHORITY; A COMMITTEE ON OPERATIONS OF THE LONG
ISLAND RAIL ROAD AND THE METROPOLITAN SUBURBAN BUS AUTHORITY; A COMMIT-
TEE ON OPERATIONS OF THE METRO-NORTH COMMUTER RAILROAD; A COMMITTEE ON
OPERATIONS OF THE TRIBOROUGH BRIDGE AND TUNNEL AUTHORITY; A COMMITTEE ON
FINANCE; AND A COMMITTEE ON CAPITAL PROGRAM OVERSIGHT. IN ADDITION TO
SUCH APPOINTED MEMBERS, EACH OF THE NON-VOTING MEMBERS REFERRED TO IN
SUBPARAGRAPH TWO OF PARAGRAPH (A) OF SUBDIVISION ONE OF THIS SECTION
SHALL SERVE ON THE COMMITTEE ON CAPITAL PROGRAM OVERSIGHT, THE COMMITTEE
ON FINANCE, THE COMMITTEE ON OPERATIONS OF THE TRIBOROUGH BRIDGE AND
TUNNEL AUTHORITY, AND THE OPERATIONS COMMITTEE RELEVANT TO THE COMMUTER
COUNCIL THAT RECOMMENDED SUCH MEMBER. THE ALTERNATE NON-VOTING MEMBERS
SHALL EACH SERVE ON THE RESPECTIVE OPERATIONS COMMITTEE RELEVANT TO THE
COMMUTER COUNCIL THAT RECOMMENDED EACH MEMBER. THE COMMITTEE ON CAPITAL
PROGRAM OVERSIGHT SHALL INCLUDE NOT LESS THAN THREE MEMBERS, AND SHALL
INCLUDE THE CHAIRPERSONS OF THE COMMITTEE ON OPERATIONS OF THE NEW YORK
CITY TRANSIT AUTHORITY, THE MANHATTAN AND BRONX SURFACE TRANSIT OPERAT-
ING AUTHORITY AND THE STATEN ISLAND RAPID TRANSIT OPERATING AUTHORITY,
THE COMMITTEE ON OPERATIONS OF THE LONG ISLAND RAIL ROAD AND THE METRO-
POLITAN SUBURBAN BUS AUTHORITY, AND THE COMMITTEE ON OPERATIONS OF THE
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METRO-NORTH COMMUTER RAILROAD. SUCH COMMITTEE SHALL, WITH RESPECT TO ANY
APPROVED OR PROPOSED CAPITAL PROGRAM PLANS, (I) MONITOR THE CURRENT AND
FUTURE AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS TO BE UTILIZED FOR SUCH PLANS APPROVED OR
PROPOSED TO BE SUBMITTED TO THE METROPOLITAN TRANSPORTATION CAPITAL
PROGRAM REVIEW BOARD AS PROVIDED IN SECTION TWELVE HUNDRED SIXTY-NINE-B
OF THIS TITLE; (II) MONITOR THE CONTRACT AWARDS OF THE METROPOLITAN
TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY AND THE NEW YORK CITY TRANSIT AUTHORITY TO
INSURE THAT SUCH AWARDS ARE CONSISTENT WITH (A) PROVISIONS OF LAW
AUTHORIZING UNITED STATES CONTENT AND NEW YORK STATE CONTENT; (B)
COLLECTIVE BARGAINING AGREEMENTS; (C) PROVISIONS OF LAW PROVIDING FOR
PARTICIPATION BY MINORITY AND WOMEN-OWNED BUSINESSES; (D) NEW YORK STATE
LABOR LAWS; (E) COMPETITIVE BIDDING REQUIREMENTS INCLUDING THOSE REGARD-
ING SOLE SOURCE CONTRACTS; AND (F) ANY OTHER RELEVANT REQUIREMENTS
ESTABLISHED BY LAW; (III) MONITOR THE AWARD OF CONTRACTS TO DETERMINE IF
SUCH AWARDS ARE CONSISTENT WITH THE MANNER IN WHICH THE WORK WAS TRADI-
TIONALLY PERFORMED IN THE PAST PROVIDED, HOWEVER, THAT ANY SUCH DETERMI-
NATION SHALL NOT BE ADMISSIBLE AS EVIDENCE IN ANY ARBITRATION OR JUDI-
CIAL PROCEEDING; (IV) REVIEW THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN CAPITAL
EXPENDITURES PURSUANT TO EACH SUCH CAPITAL PROGRAM PLAN AND CURRENT AND
FUTURE OPERATING BUDGET REQUIREMENTS; (V) MONITOR THE PROGRESS OF CAPI-
TAL ELEMENTS DESCRIBED IN EACH CAPITAL PROGRAM PLAN APPROVED AS PROVIDED
IN SECTION TWELVE HUNDRED SIXTY-NINE-B OF THIS TITLE; (VI) MONITOR THE
EXPENDITURES INCURRED AND TO BE INCURRED FOR EACH SUCH ELEMENT; AND
(VII) IDENTIFY CAPITAL ELEMENTS NOT PROGRESSING ON SCHEDULE, ASCERTAIN
RESPONSIBILITY THEREFOR AND RECOMMEND THOSE ACTIONS REQUIRED OR APPRO-
PRIATE TO ACCELERATE THEIR IMPLEMENTATION. THE COMMITTEE SHALL ISSUE A
QUARTERLY REPORT ON ITS ACTIVITIES AND FINDINGS, AND SHALL IN CONNECTION
WITH THE PREPARATION OF SUCH QUARTERLY REPORT, CONSULT WITH THE STATE
DIVISION OF THE BUDGET, THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION, THE
MEMBERS OF THE METROPOLITAN TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY CAPITAL PROGRAM
REVIEW BOARD AND ANY OTHER GROUP THE COMMITTEE DEEMS RELEVANT, INCLUDING
PUBLIC EMPLOYEE ORGANIZATIONS, AND, AT LEAST ANNUALLY, WITH A NATIONALLY
RECOGNIZED INDEPENDENT TRANSIT ENGINEERING FIRM. SUCH REPORT SHALL BE
MADE AVAILABLE TO THE MEMBERS OF THE AUTHORITY, TO THE MEMBERS OF THE
METROPOLITAN TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY CAPITAL PROGRAM REVIEW BOARD, AND
THE DIRECTORS OF THE MUNICIPAL ASSISTANCE CORPORATION FOR THE CITY OF
NEW YORK.
S 3. This act shall take effect immediately and shall be deemed to
have been in full force and effect on and after January 1, 2010 and
shall expire and be deemed repealed January 1, 2012.
