Senate Bill S8833

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Relates to the residence of a certain non-voting member of the metropolitan transportation authority

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Current Bill Status Via A9229 - Passed Senate


  • 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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2023-S8833 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A9229
Law Section:
Public Authorities Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §1263, Pub Auth L

2023-S8833 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Allows the alternate non-voting member of the metropolitan transportation authority who is recommended by the labor organization representing the majority of employees of the Metro-North Commuter Railroad Company to be a resident of any state in which the Metro-North Commuter Railroad Company operates.

2023-S8833 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2023-S8833 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   8833
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                              March 19, 2024
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  COMRIE -- 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 residence
   of a certain non-voting  member  of  the  metropolitan  transportation
   authority
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Subparagraph 2 of paragraph (a) of subdivision 1 of section
 1263 of the public authorities law, as amended by  chapter  549  of  the
 laws of 1994, is amended to read as follows:
   (2)  There shall be two non-voting members and four alternate non-vot-
 ing members of the authority, as referred to in subparagraph one of this
 paragraph.
   The first non-voting member shall be a regular mass  transit  user  of
 the  facilities  of  the authority and be recommended to the governor by
 the New York city transit authority advisory council. The  first  alter-
 nate  non-voting  member  shall  be  a  regular mass transit user of the
 facilities of the authority and be recommended to the  governor  by  the
 Metro-North  commuter  council.  The  second alternate non-voting member
 shall be a regular mass transit user of the facilities of the  authority
 and  be  recommended  to  the  governor  by  the  Long  Island Rail Road
 commuter's council.
   The second non-voting member shall be recommended to the  governor  by
 the  labor  organization  representing  the majority of employees of the
 Long Island Rail Road. The third alternate non-voting  member  shall  be
 recommended  to  the governor by the labor organization representing the
 majority of employees of the New York city transit authority. The fourth
 alternate non-voting member shall be recommended to the governor by  the
 labor  organization representing the majority of employees of the Metro-
 North Commuter Railroad Company. NOTWITHSTANDING ANY OTHER PROVISION  OF
 LAW,  THE ALTERNATE NON-VOTING MEMBER RECOMMENDED BY THE LABOR ORGANIZA-
 TION REPRESENTING THE MAJORITY OF EMPLOYEES OF THE METRO-NORTH  COMMUTER
 RAILROAD COMPANY MAY BE A RESIDENT OF ANY STATE IN WHICH THE METRO-NORTH
 COMMUTER  RAILROAD  COMPANY  OPERATES. The chairman of the authority, at
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

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