Senate Bill S4557

2021-2022 Legislative Session

Relates to the metropolitan transportation authority's voting members; and repeals certain provisions of such law relating thereto

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Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Transportation Committee


  • 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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2021-S4557 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A1958
Current Committee:
Senate Transportation
Law Section:
Public Authorities Law
Laws Affected:
Rpld §1263 sub 1 ¶(a), amd §1263, Pub Auth L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2019-2020: A5042
2023-2024: S4374, A7774

2021-S4557 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Changes the structure of the metropolitan transportation authority's voting members; requires a two-thirds vote for such authority to take on any new obligations.

2021-S4557 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2021-S4557 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                   4557
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             February 5, 2021
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  BIAGGI -- 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 the metropol-
   itan transportation  authority's  voting  members  and  requires  such
   authority  to  approve new financial obligations by a two-thirds vote;
   and to repeal certain provisions of such law relating thereto
 
   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 public authorities law is REPEALED and a new paragraph (a) is  added  to
 read as follows:
   (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, EIGHT OTHER VOTING MEMBERS OR COLLECTIVES, 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. TWO OF THE EIGHT VOTING MEMBERS OR COLLEC-
 TIVES OTHER THAN THE CHAIRMAN SHALL BE MEMBERS APPOINTED ON THE  WRITTEN
 RECOMMENDATION  OF THE MAYOR OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK UPON THE ADVICE AND
 CONSENT OF THE NEW YORK CITY COUNCIL; TWO OF THE  VOTING  MEMBERS  OTHER
 THAN  THE  CHAIRMAN  SHALL BE MEMBERS APPOINTED BY THE GOVERNOR UPON THE
 ADVICE AND CONSENT OF THE SENATE; ONE OF THE VOTING MEMBERS  OTHER  THAN
 THE  CHAIRMAN  SHALL  BE  THE  COMPTROLLER FOR NEW YORK CITY; ONE OF THE
 VOTING MEMBERS OTHER THAN THE CHAIRMAN SHALL BE  THE  STATE  COMPTROLLER
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

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