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                       2015-2016 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                            January 22, 2015
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Introduced  by  M. of A. PEOPLES-STOKES -- read once and referred to the
  Committee on Corporations, Authorities and Commissions

AN ACT to amend the public authorities law,  in  relation  to  requiring
  that  two  member  positions  to  the  Niagara Frontier transportation
  authority be appointed by the mayor and common council of the city  of
  Buffalo

  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  1299-c  of  the
public  authorities  law, as amended by chapter 220 of the laws of 2012,
is amended to read as follows:
  (a) There is  hereby  created  the  "Niagara  Frontier  transportation
authority."  The authority shall be a body corporate and politic consti-
tuting a public benefit corporation. The authority shall  consist  of  a
chairman,  ten  other  members  and shall have two non-voting members as
described in paragraphs (b) and (c) of this subdivision appointed by the
governor by and with the advice and consent of the senate. The  chairman
and  all  members shall be residents of the district. Of the ten members
other than the chairman, one shall be appointed upon the written  recom-
mendation  of the Erie county executive, ONE SHALL BE APPOINTED UPON THE
WRITTEN RECOMMENDATION OF THE MAYOR OF THE CITY OF BUFFALO, ONE SHALL BE
APPOINTED UPON THE WRITTEN RECOMMENDATION OF THE BUFFALO COMMON COUNCIL,
and one shall be appointed upon the written recommendation of  the  Erie
county  legislature.  The  chairman  and  each  of  the members shall be
appointed for a term of eight years, provided however, that the chairman
first appointed shall serve for a term ending June  thirtieth,  nineteen
hundred  seventy-three,  and of the eight other members first appointed,
one shall serve for a  term  ending  June  thirtieth,  nineteen  hundred
sixty-eight,  two shall serve for a term ending June thirtieth, nineteen
hundred sixty-nine, one shall serve for a term  ending  June  thirtieth,
nineteen hundred seventy, two shall serve for a term ending June thirti-

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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eth,  nineteen  hundred  seventy-one,  one shall serve for a term ending
June thirtieth, nineteen hundred seventy-two and one shall serve  for  a
term  ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred seventy-three. The term of
one  of  the members appointed to memberships first created by law after
April first, nineteen hundred sixty-nine shall end  on  June  thirtieth,
nineteen  hundred  seventy-four,  and  the term of the other such member
shall end on June thirtieth, nineteen  hundred  seventy-five.  Following
the  expiration  of any term ending on or after June thirtieth, nineteen
hundred eighty-seven, each member shall be appointed for a term of  five
years beginning on the day after the expiration date of such prior term;
provided,  however, that the term of the member first appointed upon the
written recommendation of the Erie county executive and the term of  the
member first appointed upon the written recommendation of the Erie coun-
ty  legislature  shall  be for a term ending on June thirtieth, nineteen
hundred ninety-six; PROVIDED FURTHER, HOWEVER,  THAT  THE  TERM  OF  THE
MEMBER  FIRST  APPOINTED UPON THE WRITTEN RECOMMENDATION OF THE MAYOR OF
THE CITY OF BUFFALO AND THE TERM OF THE MEMBER FIRST APPOINTED UPON  THE
WRITTEN RECOMMENDATION OF THE BUFFALO COMMON COUNCIL SHALL BE FOR A TERM
ENDING JUNE THIRTIETH, TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-TWO.
  S  2.  This  act shall take effect on the thirtieth day after it shall
have become a law.