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                                   3629
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             February 3, 2023
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 Introduced  by M. of A. PRETLOW -- read once and referred to the Commit-
   tee on Transportation
 
 AN ACT to amend the transportation law, in  relation  to  reestablishing
   the Westchester parkway commission
 
   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
 14 to read as follows:
                                ARTICLE 14
                      WESTCHESTER PARKWAY COMMISSION
 SECTION 310. WESTCHESTER PARKWAY COMMISSION.
         311. GENERAL POWERS AND DUTIES OF THE COMMISSION.
         312. MEETINGS OF THE COMMISSION.
   §  310. WESTCHESTER PARKWAY COMMISSION. 1. THERE IS HEREBY CREATED THE
 WESTCHESTER PARKWAY COMMISSION. THE  COMMISSION  SHALL  BE  AN  ADVISORY
 COUNCIL  TO  THE  COMMISSIONER WITH RESPECT TO THE OPERATION AND MAINTE-
 NANCE OF THE SPECIAL PARKWAYS WITHIN THE COUNTY  OF  WESTCHESTER  DESIG-
 NATED  IN  SECTION  SEVENTY  OF THIS CHAPTER AND WITH RESPECT TO CAPITAL
 PROJECTS TO BE UNDERTAKEN.
   2. THE COMMISSION SHALL BE COMPOSED OF FIVE MEMBERS. THE MEMBERS SHALL
 BE RESIDENTS  OF  THE  COUNTY  OF  WESTCHESTER.  THE  MEMBERS  SHALL  BE
 APPOINTED BY THE GOVERNOR WITH THE ADVICE AND CONSENT OF THE SENATE AND,
 EXCEPT FOR THE INITIAL APPOINTMENT TERMS, SHALL SERVE FOR A TERM OF FOUR
 YEARS. THE GOVERNOR SHALL MAKE SUCH APPOINTMENTS, ONE UPON THE RECOMMEN-
 DATION  OF THE TEMPORARY PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE AND ONE UPON THE RECOM-
 MENDATION OF THE SPEAKER OF THE  ASSEMBLY,  EACH  INITIAL  APPOINTEE  TO
 SERVE  FOR A TERM OF ONE YEAR; ONE FROM A LIST OF NAMES SUBMITTED BY THE
 COUNTY EXECUTIVE, WHICH INITIAL APPOINTEE SHALL SERVE A  TERM  OF  THREE
 YEARS;  ONE  FROM  A  LIST  OF NAMES SUBMITTED BY THE CHAIRPERSON OF THE
 COUNTY LEGISLATIVE BODY, WHICH INITIAL APPOINTEE SHALL SERVE FOR A  TERM
 OF  TWO YEARS; AND ONE WHO SHALL BE THE CHAIRPERSON AS DESIGNATED BY THE
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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 GOVERNOR, WHICH INITIAL APPOINTEE SHALL SERVE FOR A TERM OF FOUR  YEARS.
 IN  THE  EVENT  OF  A  VACANCY,  THE VACANCY SHALL BE FILLED IN THE SAME
 MANNER AS THE ORIGINAL APPOINTMENT. THE  COMMISSIONER,  OR  HIS  OR  HER
 DESIGNEE, SHALL BE AN EX OFFICIO MEMBER OF THE COMMISSION. MEMBERS SHALL
 NOT  RECEIVE  A  SALARY  OR  OTHER COMPENSATION, BUT SHALL BE REIMBURSED
 THEIR ACTUAL AND NECESSARY EXPENSES INCURRED IN THE PERFORMANCE OF THEIR
 OFFICIAL DUTIES.
   § 311. GENERAL POWERS AND DUTIES OF THE  COMMISSION.  THE  WESTCHESTER
 PARKWAY COMMISSION SHALL HAVE THE FOLLOWING POWERS AND DUTIES:
   1.  TO  ASSIST  IN  THE DEVELOPMENT OF STANDARDS FOR THE OPERATION AND
 MAINTENANCE OF THE SPECIAL PARKWAYS IN WESTCHESTER COUNTY AND TO  ADVISE
 THE COMMISSIONER WITH REGARD TO SUCH STANDARDS FOR OPERATION AND MAINTE-
 NANCE ON SUCH PARKWAYS.
   2.  TO  MONITOR  THE  PARKWAY  OPERATION  AND  MAINTENANCE  ACTIVITIES
 PERFORMED ON THE SPECIAL PARKWAYS IN WESTCHESTER COUNTY BY  THE  DEPART-
 MENT  AND  TO  ADVISE AND REPORT TO THE COMMISSIONER WHETHER OR NOT SUCH
 STANDARDS AS MAY HAVE BEEN ADOPTED ARE BEING MET.
   3. TO ACT IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE COMMISSIONER WITH RESPECT TO ASSESS-
 MENT OF PARKWAY CAPITAL NEEDS AND EVALUATION  OF  PROJECT  ALTERNATIVES,
 AND PRIORITIES RELATING THERETO.
   §  312. MEETINGS OF THE COMMISSION. THE WESTCHESTER PARKWAY COMMISSION
 SHALL MEET AT LEAST FOUR TIMES A YEAR AT THE CALL  OF  THE  COMMISSIONER
 AND  SHALL  KEEP A RECORD OF ALL OF ITS PROCEEDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS.
 STAFF SERVICES FOR THE COMMISSION SHALL BE PERFORMED BY PERSONNEL OF THE
 DEPARTMENT. THE COMMISSIONER SHALL DESIGNATE AN EXECUTIVE SECRETARY FROM
 AMONG THE STAFF OF THE DEPARTMENT, WHO SHALL ACT AS  THE  ADMINISTRATIVE
 AGENT  OF  THE  COMMISSION  AND  ASSIST THE COMMISSION IN FULFILLING ITS
 DUTIES AND FUNCTIONS.
   § 2. This act shall take effect on the sixtieth  day  after  it  shall
 have become a law.