Relates to the term of appointment for the non-voting member recommended by the labor organization representing the plurality of employees within the authority to the board of the Niagara Frontier transportation authority; requires such non-voting member to be appointed for a term of five years.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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5333
2017-2018 Regular Sessions
IN SENATE
March 22, 2017
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Introduced by Sen. RANZENHOFER -- 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 term of
appointment for the non-voting member recommended by the labor organ-
ization representing the plurality of employees within the authority
to the board of the Niagara Frontier transportation authority
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Paragraph (b) of subdivision 1 of section 1299-c of the
2 public authorities law, as amended by chapter 220 of the laws of 2012,
3 is amended to read as follows:
4 (b) The first non-voting member of the authority who shall not be
5 considered in determining a quorum, shall be recommended to the governor
6 by the labor organization representing the plurality of the employees
7 within the authority and shall be a resident of the Niagara Frontier
8 transportation district as described in section twelve hundred ninety-
9 nine-b of this title. Such first non-voting member shall be appointed
10 for a term of [eight] five years, provided, however, that if at any time
11 during the term of appointment such non-voting member ceases to be
12 affiliated with the labor organization representing the plurality of
13 employees within the authority, then such labor organization may at any
14 time during such term recommend a new member to the governor who shall
15 serve the remainder of the term. If the local bargaining unit decerti-
16 fies its existing union affiliation and certifies a new union, the union
17 which represents the plurality of the employees may recommend a new
18 member to the governor who shall serve the remainder of the term. The
19 chairman of the authority, at his or her discretion, may exclude such
20 non-voting member from attending any portion of a meeting of the author-
21 ity or of any committee held for the purpose of discussing negotiations
22 with labor organizations, pending litigation involving the labor organ-
23 ization, or the investigation, evaluation, or discipline of an employee.
24 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
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