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                                  2083--A
     Cal. No. 1060
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             January 12, 2017
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 Introduced  by  Sens. O'MARA, KENNEDY -- read twice and ordered printed,
   and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Transportation --
   reported favorably from said committee and committed to the  Committee
   on  Finance  --  committee  discharged  and said bill committed to the
   Committee on Rules -- ordered to a third reading, amended and  ordered
   reprinted, retaining its place in the order of third reading
 
 AN  ACT to amend the transportation law, in relation to establishing the
   temporary advisory board on upstate transit funding; 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.  The transportation law is amended by adding a new article
 2-G to read as follows:
                                ARTICLE 2-G
            TEMPORARY ADVISORY BOARD ON UPSTATE TRANSIT FUNDING
 SECTION 74-A. TEMPORARY ADVISORY BOARD ON UPSTATE TRANSIT FUNDING.
         74-B. ASSISTANCE OF OTHER AGENCIES.
   § 74-A. TEMPORARY ADVISORY BOARD ON UPSTATE TRANSIT FUNDING.  1. THERE
 IS HEREBY CREATED IN THE DEPARTMENT A BOARD, TO BE KNOWN AS  THE  TEMPO-
 RARY  ADVISORY BOARD ON UPSTATE TRANSIT FUNDING. SUCH BOARD SHALL STUDY,
 DEVELOP AND MAKE SPECIFIC RECOMMENDATIONS WITH  RESPECT  TO  SUSTAINABLE
 STATE  FUNDING OPTIONS FOR THE GROWTH AND STABILITY OF THE PUBLIC TRANS-
 PORTATION SYSTEMS OPERATING ASSISTANCE ACCOUNT, HEREINAFTER REFERRED  TO
 AS  "PTSOA  ACCOUNT",  OF  THE  MASS TRANSPORTATION OPERATING ASSISTANCE
 FUND. AS PART OF SUCH STUDY, THE BOARD MAY PROVIDE  AN  OPPORTUNITY  FOR
 PUBLIC COMMENT INCLUDING PUBLIC HEARINGS.
   2. SUCH BOARD SHALL CONSIST OF THE COMMISSIONER AND NINE OTHER MEMBERS
 TO  BE APPOINTED BY THE GOVERNOR AS FOLLOWS: TWO UPON THE RECOMMENDATION
 OF THE TEMPORARY PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE, TWO UPON THE RECOMMENDATION OF
 THE SPEAKER OF THE ASSEMBLY, ONE UPON THE RECOMMENDATION OF THE MINORITY
 LEADER OF THE SENATE, ONE UPON THE RECOMMENDATION OF THE MINORITY LEADER
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
              

                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD07114-04-7

 S. 2083--A                          2
 
 OF THE ASSEMBLY, AND THREE WITHOUT RECOMMENDATION FROM ANY OTHER PERSON.
 OF THE NINE MEMBERS APPOINTED BY THE GOVERNOR, AT  LEAST  TWO  SHALL  BE
 REPRESENTATIVES  OF  LOCAL GOVERNMENTS RECEIVING PTSOA ACCOUNT FUNDS, AT
 LEAST  TWO SHALL BE REPRESENTATIVES OF PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITIES
 RECEIVING PTSOA ACCOUNT FUNDS, AT LEAST TWO SHALL BE REPRESENTATIVES  OF
 LABOR  UNIONS  AFFILIATED  WITH  PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS RECEIVING
 PTSOA ACCOUNT FUNDS, AND AT LEAST TWO SHALL BE REPRESENTATIVES OF RIDERS
 OF PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS RECEIVING PTSOA ACCOUNT FUNDS.
   3. THE COMMISSIONER SHALL SERVE AS CHAIR OF THE BOARD,  AND  PERSONNEL
 OF  THE  DEPARTMENT  SHALL PROVIDE, FROM EXISTING STAFF, SERVICES TO THE
 BOARD SO THAT IT MAY PERFORM ITS DUTIES.
   4. BOARD MEMBERS SHALL BE  APPOINTED  WITHIN  THIRTY  DAYS  AFTER  THE
 EFFECTIVE  DATE OF THIS ARTICLE; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, THAT AFTER THE EXPI-
 RATION OF THE THIRTY DAY PERIOD, THE APPOINTMENT OF A  MAJORITY  OF  THE
 MEMBERS  SHALL  CONSTITUTE  A  QUORUM. BOARD MEMBERS SHALL SERVE WITHOUT
 COMPENSATION.
   5. THE BOARD SHALL PREPARE A REPORT ON OR BEFORE DECEMBER  FIRST,  TWO
 THOUSAND  EIGHTEEN  ON  ITS  FINDINGS  AND  SPECIFIC RECOMMENDATIONS FOR
 SUSTAINABLE FUNDING OPTIONS FOR THE GROWTH AND STABILITY  OF  THE  PTSOA
 ACCOUNT.  SUCH  REPORT  SHALL BE DELIVERED BY SUCH DATE TO THE GOVERNOR,
 THE TEMPORARY PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE, THE SPEAKER OF THE ASSEMBLY,  THE
 CHAIR  OF  THE  SENATE FINANCE COMMITTEE, THE CHAIR OF THE ASSEMBLY WAYS
 AND MEANS COMMITTEE, THE CHAIR OF THE SENATE  TRANSPORTATION  COMMITTEE,
 THE  CHAIR  OF  THE  ASSEMBLY TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE, THE CHAIR OF THE
 SENATE CORPORATIONS, AUTHORITIES AND COMMISSIONS COMMITTEE AND THE CHAIR
 OF THE ASSEMBLY CORPORATIONS, AUTHORITIES AND COMMISSIONS COMMITTEE.
   § 74-B. ASSISTANCE OF OTHER AGENCIES. TO EFFECTUATE  THE  PURPOSES  OF
 THIS  ARTICLE,  THE BOARD MAY REQUEST AND SHALL RECEIVE FROM ANY DEPART-
 MENT, DIVISION, BOARD, BUREAU, COMMISSION OR OTHER AGENCY OF  THE  STATE
 OR  ANY  STATE PUBLIC AUTHORITY SUCH ASSISTANCE, INFORMATION AND DATA AS
 WILL ENABLE THE BOARD PROPERLY TO CONDUCT ITS STUDY AND MAKE ITS  RECOM-
 MENDATIONS.
   §  2.  This  act shall take effect immediately and shall expire and be
 deemed repealed on the one hundred twentieth  day  after  the  temporary
 advisory  board  on  upstate transit funding has submitted its completed
 report as required by section one of this act, provided that the commis-
 sioner of transportation of the state  of  New  York  shall  notify  the
 legislative   bill  drafting  commission  upon  the  occurrence  of  the
 submission of the completed report as required by section  one  of  this
 act  in  order  that  the commission may maintain an accurate and timely
 effective data base of the official text of the laws of the state of New
 York in furtherance of effectuating the provisions of section 44 of  the
 legislative law and section 70-b of the public officers law.