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                                    459
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                              January 9, 2017
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 Introduced  by M. of A. GUNTHER, JAFFEE, ZEBROWSKI, GALEF, CAHILL, SKAR-
   TADOS, MAYER, BARRETT, SKOUFIS, BUCHWALD, WALKER -- Multi-Sponsored by
   -- M. of A.  RIVERA -- read once and  referred  to  the  Committee  on
   Corporations, Authorities and Commissions
 
 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
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

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 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, 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 nine which amended this subparagraph, the  term  of
 the  chairman  shall  expire;  provided, further, that such chairman may
 continue 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 a 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.  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

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 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
 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 resi-
 dent 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  effective  date
 of  such  county's  withdrawal  from such district. Of the five members,
 other than the chairman, appointed by the governor  without  recommenda-
 tion  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  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 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, nine-
 teen  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, nineteen 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.]
   § 3. This act shall take effect immediately, provided that the  amend-
 ments  to  subparagraph  1  of paragraph (a) of subdivision 1 of section
 1263 of the public authorities law made by section one of this act shall
 be subject to the expiration and reversion of such paragraph pursuant to
 section 3 of chapter 549 of the laws of 1994, as amended, when upon such
 date the provisions of section two of this act shall take effect.