S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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5069--A
2023-2024 Regular Sessions
I N S E N A T E
February 22, 2023
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Introduced by Sen. PERSAUD -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
printed to be committed to the Committee on Transportation -- commit-
tee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recom-
mitted 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
required to reside pursuant to the provisions of this subdivision. Of
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
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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, 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 title
shall terminate upon the effective date of such county's withdrawal from
such district. Of the five voting members, other than the [chairman]
CHAIRPERSON, appointed by the governor without 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, resi-
dents of such city or of any of the aforementioned counties in the
metropolitan commuter transportation district. Provided however,
notwithstanding the foregoing residency requirement, one of the five
voting members appointed by the governor without recommendation from any
other person, other than the [chairman] CHAIRPERSON, may be the director
of the New York state division of the budget, and provided further that,
in the event of such appointment, the budget director's membership in
the authority shall be deemed ex-officio. PROVIDED FURTHER, ONE OF THE
FIVE VOTING MEMBERS, OTHER THAN THE CHAIRPERSON, APPOINTED BY THE GOVER-
NOR WITHOUT RECOMMENDATION BY ANY OTHER PERSON SHALL BE A TRANSIT
DEPENDENT INDIVIDUAL. A "TRANSIT DEPENDENT INDIVIDUAL" SHALL MEAN AN
INDIVIDUAL WHO IS LIMITED TO PUBLIC TRANSIT AS THEIR PRIMARY MODE OF
TRANSPORTATION BECAUSE THE INDIVIDUAL HAS A PERMANENT DISABILITY,
PROVIDED THAT ANY LOCAL OR STATEWIDE TRANSIT ADVOCACY ORGANIZATION MAY
RECOMMEND ONE OR MORE TRANSIT DEPENDENT INDIVIDUALS TO BE CONSIDERED FOR
APPOINTMENT PURSUANT TO THIS SECTION. The [chairman] CHAIRPERSON and
each of the members shall be appointed for a term of six years, provided
however, that the [chairman] CHAIRPERSON 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 [chair-
man] CHAIRPERSON shall expire; provided, further, that such [chairman]
CHAIRPERSON may continue to discharge the duties of his or her office
until the position of [chairman] CHAIRPERSON is filled by appointment by
the governor upon the advice and consent of the senate and the term of
such new [chairman] CHAIRPERSON 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 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 gover-
nor 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 two non-voting and four alternate non-voting members
shall serve until January first, two thousand one. The members from the
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counties of Dutchess, Orange, Putnam and Rockland shall cast one collec-
tive vote.
§ 2. This act shall take effect immediately; provided, however, that
the amendments 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 not affect the expiration of such paragraph and shall be
deemed expired therewith.
