Senate Bill S3990

2013-2014 Legislative Session

Grants each of the representatives of the counties of Dutchess, Putnam, Orange and Rockland a vote during the proceedings of the metropolitan transportation authority

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  • 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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2013-S3990 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A1194
Current Committee:
Senate Transportation
Law Section:
Public Authorities Law
Laws Affected:
Amd ยง1263, Pub Auth L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2009-2010: A9786
2011-2012: A407
2015-2016: S2211, A1824
2017-2018: S3718, A459
2019-2020: A2080
2021-2022: A202
2023-2024: A2545

2013-S3990 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Grants each of the representatives of the counties of Dutchess, Putnam, Orange and Rockland a vote during the proceedings of the metropolitan transportation authority.

2013-S3990 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2013-S3990 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                  3990

                       2013-2014 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                              March 4, 2013
                               ___________

Introduced  by  Sen.  LARKIN -- 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 granting each
  of the representatives of the counties of Dutchess, Putnam, Orange and
  Rockland on the metropolitan transportation authority a vote

  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 3 of part H of
chapter 25 of the laws of 2009, 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. 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 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 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

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD02369-01-3
              

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