Assembly Bill A4504

Signed By Governor
2023-2024 Legislative Session

Relates to requiring one voting member of the metropolitan transportation authority be a transit dependent individual

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    • 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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2023-A4504 - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S5069
Law Section:
Public Authorities Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §1263, Pub Auth L
Versions Introduced in 2021-2022 Legislative Session:
A8365, S8030

2023-A4504 - Summary

Requires one voting member of the metropolitan transportation authority be a transit dependent individual.

2023-A4504 - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   4504
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             February 16, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M.  of  A. EPSTEIN, CRUZ, SEAWRIGHT, GIBBS, COOK -- read
   once and referred to the Committee on  Corporations,  Authorities  and
   Commissions
 
 AN ACT to amend the public authorities law, in relation to requiring one
   voting member of the metropolitan transportation authority be a person
   with a disability

   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 1 of part E of
 chapter 39 of the laws of 2019, 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.  EITHER THE CHAIRMAN OR ONE OF THE OTHER
 SIXTEEN VOTING MEMBERS APPOINTED TO A TERM COMMENCING ON OR  AFTER  JUNE
 THIRTIETH, TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-FOUR SHALL BE A PERSON WITH A DISABILITY.
 FOR  THE PURPOSES OF THIS SUBPARAGRAPH, "PERSON WITH A DISABILITY" MEANS
 ANY PERSON WITH A DISABILITY AS THAT  TERM  IS  DEFINED  IN  SUBDIVISION
 TWENTY-ONE  OF SECTION TWO HUNDRED NINETY-TWO OF THE EXECUTIVE LAW. 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
 
              

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2023-A4504A (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S5069
Law Section:
Public Authorities Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §1263, Pub Auth L
Versions Introduced in 2021-2022 Legislative Session:
A8365, S8030

2023-A4504A (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires one voting member of the metropolitan transportation authority be a transit dependent individual.

2023-A4504A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                  4504--A
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             February 16, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by M. of A. EPSTEIN, CRUZ, SEAWRIGHT, GIBBS, COOK, DINOWITZ,
   COLTON, GLICK, SANTABARBARA, REYES, SHIMSKY, STERN,  CUNNINGHAM,  RAGA
   --  read  once and referred to the Committee on Corporations, Authori-
   ties and Commissions -- committee discharged,  bill  amended,  ordered
   reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee

 AN ACT to amend the public authorities law, in relation to requiring one
   voting member of the metropolitan transportation authority be a trans-
   it dependent individual
 
   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 1 of part E of
 chapter 39 of the laws of 2019, 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]
 CHAIRPERSON, 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 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.  Four of the sixteen voting members other
 than the [chairman] CHAIRPERSON shall be appointed on the written recom-
 mendation of the mayor of the city of New York; and each of seven  other
 voting  members other than the [chairman] CHAIRPERSON 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
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD05301-02-3
              

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