NY State Senate Bill 2025-S754

Senate Bill S754

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Relates to the number of persons recommended for appointment to the commission for the governor to choose from

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	Assembly Actions - Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE
Jan 13, 2025	ordered to third reading cal.29
Jan 08, 2025	referred to rules

Votes

- Jan 13, 2025 - Rules Committee Vote
  S754
  
  14
  
  Aye
  
  7
  
  Nay
  
  0
  
  Aye with Reservations
  
  0
  
  Absent
  
  0
  
  Excused
  
  0
  
  Abstained
  - - Rules Committee Vote: Jan 13, 2025
      
      aye (14)
      
      Addabbo Jr.
      
      Bailey
      
      Comrie
      
      Fernandez
      
      Gianaris
      
      Harckham
      
      Hoylman-Sigal
      
      Krueger
      
      Liu
      
      Mayer
      
      Myrie
      
      Parker
      
      Sepúlveda
      
      Stewart-Cousins
      
      nay (7)
      
      Gallivan
      
      Griffo
      
      Helming
      
      Lanza
      
      O'Mara
      
      Ortt
      
      Stec

2025-S754 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:: A2746
Law Section:: Transportation Law
Laws Affected:: Amd §402, Transp L (as proposed in S.9475 & A.10336)

2025-S754 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to the number of persons recommended for appointment to the Republic airport commission for the governor to choose from which shall be a list of no fewer than three persons.

2025-S754 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

                                 
BILL NUMBER: S754

SPONSOR: MARTINEZ
 
TITLE OF BILL:

An act to amend the transportation law, in relation to the membership of
the Republic airport commission

 
PURPOSE:

Chapter Amendment. To simplify the nomination and appointment process
for the Republic Airport Commission (RAC).

 
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:

Chapter Amendment.

Section 1: Maintains the requirements that a list of 3 candidates must
be submitted to the Governor's office, of which 1 will be appointed to
the RAC.

Revises referenced to the Commissioner to gender neutral language.

Section 2. Provides that the effective dates shall take effect on the
same date and in the same manner as proposed in legislative bills
numbers S. 9475 and A. 10336, take effect.

Underlying Bill:

Section 1: Amends section 402 of transportation law in relation to the
membership of the Republic Airport Commission, replacing existing resi-
dency language with a general residency requirement in either Nassau or
Suffolk counties; removes the 6-3 Suffolk-Nassau county resident compo-
sition requirement; removes the necessity of Senate confirmation for
appointments; removes the requirement of candidate list submissions to
the Governor; replaces staggered initial appointment terms with set
four-year terms, and removes outdated language on the initial PILOT
study conducted by Commission.

Section 2: Provides the effective date.

 
JUSTIFICATION:

The Republic Airport Commission (RAC) serves as an advisory council to
the Commissioner of the New York State Department of Transportation
(NYSDOT) with respect to the administration and management of Republic
Airport, located in East Farmingdale in Suffolk County. The current
process for nominating and appointing members to the RAC requires three
names for each vacancy looking to be filled, all of which must meet the
residency requirements for the seat. The existing residency requirements
themselves are unnecessarily complex, with town and locality specifica-
tions, and an overarching mandate that the board be composed of six
members from Suffolk, and three from Nassau.

This legislation would amend this process and simplify the residency
requirements by removing the specific town and locality residency
mandates, and instead simply require that the nominee be a resident of
Suffolk or Nassau County, eliminating the 6-3-County composition.  It
would also remove the requirement that a list of three candidates be
submitted for each vacant seat that an appointment is being made for and
eliminate the need for Senate confirmation. Lastly, this bill would
standardize the terms of each initial appointment to four years each.
These changes will simplify the overall process, expand the pool of
candidates available to be recommended for nomination, and will reduce
unnecessary delays and redundancy in filling appointments to the Commis-
sion.

 
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:

2024:

S.9475 (Martinez) - Passed Senate on 6/4/24, 36-21.
A.10336(Jean-Pierre)- Passed Assembly on 6/4/24, 99-46.

 
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:

Undetermined.

 
EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act shall take effect on the same date and in the same manner as a
chapter of the laws of 2024 amending the transportation law relating to
the membership of the Republic airport commission, as proposed in legis-
lative bills numbers S. 9475 and A. 10336, takes effect.

2025-S754 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                    754
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                                (PREFILED)
 
                              January 8, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by Sen. MARTINEZ -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules
 
 AN ACT to amend the transportation law, in relation to the membership of
   the Republic airport commission

   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  Subdivisions 1 and 2 of section 402 of the transportation
 law, as amended by a chapter of the laws of 2024 amending the  transpor-
 tation  law  relating  to the membership of the Republic airport commis-
 sion, as proposed in legislative bills numbers S. 9475 and A. 10336, are
 amended to read as follows:
   1. Upon assumption by the department of transportation of jurisdiction
 over the airport facility and surrounding area located in the county  of
 Suffolk,  known  as Republic airport, there shall thereupon be created a
 Republic airport commission.  This commission will be an advisory  coun-
 cil to the commissioner with respect to administration and management of
 the  Republic  airport facilities and its surrounding areas with respect
 to projects to be undertaken and operations and management of the facil-
 ities at such airport. The commission shall be composed of nine  members
 who  are residents of Nassau county or Suffolk county, one of whom shall
 be appointed by the  governor  without  recommendation  from  any  other
 person,  four of whom shall be appointed by the governor upon the recom-
 mendation of the temporary president of the senate,  and  four  of  whom
 shall be appointed by the governor upon the recommendation of the speak-
 er  of  the  assembly.   FOR EACH APPOINTMENT UPON A RECOMMENDATION, THE
 RECOMMENDER SHALL SUBMIT A LIST OF NO FEWER  THAN  THREE  PERSONS,  FROM
 WHICH  THE  GOVERNOR  SHALL  APPOINT  ONE.  All  such  members  shall be
 appointed for a term of four years, except in the case  that  a  vacancy
 occurs  and  is  filled  before  the  expiration of a member's term, the
 member appointed to fill such vacancy shall be appointed to the  remain-
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.

                                                            LBD02829-01-5
 S. 754                              2
 
 der  of  such term. By virtue of such commissioner's office, the commis-
 sioner of transportation or the commissioner's designee shall be  an  ex
 officio  member  of  the  commission.   All such members shall be deemed
 officers  of  the  state  in  connection  with the provisions of section
 seventeen of the public officers law.  The  members  of  the  commission
 shall appoint a chair from among their number. Members shall not receive
 a salary or other compensation, but shall be reimbursed for their actual
 and  necessary  expenses  incurred  in the performance of their official
 duties.
   2. The Republic airport commission shall assist in the development  of
 a  program relative to the administration and management of the Republic
 airport and to advise the commissioner of transportation with regard  to
 such other programs relative to the Republic airport as [he] THE COMMIS-
 SIONER  may undertake. Such program shall include, but not be limited to
 identification of future capital needs, examining the means and  methods
 of financing such future capital needs, the promotion and examination of
 the financing means and methods for the economic development of the area
 around  the  airport,  the joining together of such economic development
 and the airport operations, the  identification  and  implementation  of
 ways  of  working with the local community to accomplish the program and
 the identification of non-aviation uses and purposes and  prorations  of
 use  or purposes for determinations of in lieu of tax payments. Once the
 commission has been established, the commissioner and/or the  department
 shall  effectuate  the authorizations, powers and/or duties set forth in
 section four hundred of this article only  following  the  consultation,
 guidance,  advice and assistance of the commission. The Republic airport
 commission shall meet at least six times a  year  at  the  call  of  the
 commissioner  of transportation or the chair of the commission and shall
 keep a record of all its proceedings and recommendations. Staff services
 for the commission shall be performed by personnel of the department  of
 transportation.  In  carrying  out the functions and responsibilities of
 the commissioner and the commission, the commissioner shall designate an
 executive secretary from among the staff of the department of  transpor-
 tation  who  will  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  same  date  and  in  the  same
 manner  as a chapter of the laws of 2024 amending the transportation law
 relating to the  membership  of  the  Republic  airport  commission,  as
 proposed  in  legislative  bills  numbers  S.  9475  and A. 10336, takes
 effect.

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