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                                   3092
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             January 23, 2025
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 Introduced  by  Sen.  ORTT  --  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  composi-
   tion of the Niagara Frontier transportation authority
 
   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  1299-c  of  the
 public  authorities  law, as amended by chapter 801 of the laws of 2022,
 is amended to read as follows:
   (a) There is  hereby  created  the  "Niagara  Frontier  transportation
 authority."  The authority shall be a body corporate and politic consti-
 tuting a public benefit corporation. The authority shall  consist  of  a
 [chairman]  CHAIR,  [ten]  TWELVE voting members and shall have one non-
 voting  member  as  described  in  paragraph  (b)  of  this  subdivision
 appointed  by  the  governor  by  and with the advice and consent of the
 senate. The [chairman] CHAIR and all members shall be residents  of  the
 district.  Of  the [ten] TWELVE voting members other than the [chairman]
 CHAIR, one shall be appointed upon the  written  recommendation  of  the
 Erie county executive, one shall be appointed upon the written recommen-
 dation  of  the Erie county legislature, TWO SHALL BE APPOINTED UPON THE
 WRITTEN RECOMMENDATION OF THE NIAGARA COUNTY LEGISLATURE  and  at  least
 one  shall  be  a transit dependent individual. The [chairman] CHAIR and
 each of the members shall be  appointed  for  a  term  of  eight  years,
 provided  however, that the [chairman] CHAIR first appointed shall serve
 for a term ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred seventy-three, and of
 the eight other members first appointed, one  shall  serve  for  a  term
 ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred sixty-eight, two shall serve for
 a  term  ending  June  thirtieth, nineteen hundred sixty-nine, one shall
 serve for a term ending June thirtieth, nineteen  hundred  seventy,  two
 shall  serve for a term ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred seventy-
 one, one shall serve for a term ending June thirtieth, nineteen  hundred
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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 seventy-two  and one shall serve for a term ending June thirtieth, nine-
 teen hundred seventy-three. The term of one of the members appointed  to
 memberships  first  created  by  law after April first, nineteen hundred
 sixty-nine  shall  end on June thirtieth, nineteen hundred seventy-four,
 and the term of the other such member shall end on June thirtieth, nine-
 teen hundred seventy-five. Following the expiration of any  term  ending
 on  or  after June thirtieth, nineteen hundred eighty-seven, each member
 shall be appointed for a term of five years beginning on the  day  after
 the expiration date of such prior term; provided, however, that the term
 of  the  member  first  appointed upon the written recommendation of the
 Erie county executive and the term of the member  first  appointed  upon
 the written recommendation of the Erie county legislature shall be for a
 term ending on June thirtieth, nineteen hundred ninety-six.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.