S03092 Summary:
| BILL NO | S03092 |
| SAME AS | No Same As |
| SPONSOR | ORTT |
| COSPNSR | |
| MLTSPNSR | |
| Amd §1299-c, Pub Auth L | |
| Relates to adding two more members to the Niagara Frontier transportation authority. | |
S03092 Text:
Go to topSTATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 3092 2025-2026 Regular Sessions IN SENATE January 23, 2025 ___________ 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: 1 Section 1. Paragraph (a) of subdivision 1 of section 1299-c of the 2 public authorities law, as amended by chapter 801 of the laws of 2022, 3 is amended to read as follows: 4 (a) There is hereby created the "Niagara Frontier transportation 5 authority." The authority shall be a body corporate and politic consti- 6 tuting a public benefit corporation. The authority shall consist of a 7 [chairman] chair, [ten] twelve voting members and shall have one non- 8 voting member as described in paragraph (b) of this subdivision 9 appointed by the governor by and with the advice and consent of the 10 senate. The [chairman] chair and all members shall be residents of the 11 district. Of the [ten] twelve voting members other than the [chairman] 12 chair, one shall be appointed upon the written recommendation of the 13 Erie county executive, one shall be appointed upon the written recommen- 14 dation of the Erie county legislature, two shall be appointed upon the 15 written recommendation of the Niagara county legislature and at least 16 one shall be a transit dependent individual. The [chairman] chair and 17 each of the members shall be appointed for a term of eight years, 18 provided however, that the [chairman] chair first appointed shall serve 19 for a term ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred seventy-three, and of 20 the eight other members first appointed, one shall serve for a term 21 ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred sixty-eight, two shall serve for 22 a term ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred sixty-nine, one shall 23 serve for a term ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred seventy, two 24 shall serve for a term ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred seventy- 25 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. LBD02786-01-5S. 3092 2 1 seventy-two and one shall serve for a term ending June thirtieth, nine- 2 teen hundred seventy-three. The term of one of the members appointed to 3 memberships first created by law after April first, nineteen hundred 4 sixty-nine shall end on June thirtieth, nineteen hundred seventy-four, 5 and the term of the other such member shall end on June thirtieth, nine- 6 teen hundred seventy-five. Following the expiration of any term ending 7 on or after June thirtieth, nineteen hundred eighty-seven, each member 8 shall be appointed for a term of five years beginning on the day after 9 the expiration date of such prior term; provided, however, that the term 10 of the member first appointed upon the written recommendation of the 11 Erie county executive and the term of the member first appointed upon 12 the written recommendation of the Erie county legislature shall be for a 13 term ending on June thirtieth, nineteen hundred ninety-six. 14 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.