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A09229 Summary:

A09229 Actions:

A09229 Committee Votes:

Committee:CORPORATIONS, AUTHORITIES AND COMMISSIONS   Chair:Zebrowski      
DATE:02/27/2024AYE/NAY:25/0  Action: Favorable         
Zebrowski
Aye
Lemondes
Aye
Cook
Aye
Blankenbush
Aye
Otis
Aye
Friend
Aye
Rozic
Aye
Palmesano
Aye
Kim
Aye
Angelino
Aye
Dilan
Aye
Jensen
Aye
Pheffer Amato
Excused
Curran
Aye
Vanel
Aye
Pirozzolo
Aye
Carroll
Aye
Fall
Aye
Jean-Pierre
Aye
Gonzalez-Rojas
Aye
Zinerman
Aye
Tapia
Aye
Jacobson
Aye
Bores
Aye
Shimsky
Aye
Simone
Aye

A09229 Floor Votes:

A09229 Text:

 
                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                          9229
 
                   IN ASSEMBLY
 
                                    February 20, 2024
                                       ___________
 
        Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  ZEBROWSKI  --  read once and referred to the
          Committee on Corporations, Authorities and Commissions
 
        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:
 
     1    Section 1. Subparagraph 2 of paragraph (a) of subdivision 1 of section
     2  1263 of the public authorities law, as amended by  chapter  549  of  the
     3  laws of 1994, is amended to read as follows:
     4    (2)  There shall be two non-voting members and four alternate non-vot-
     5  ing members of the authority, as referred to in subparagraph one of this
     6  paragraph.
     7    The first non-voting member shall be a regular mass  transit  user  of
     8  the  facilities  of  the authority and be recommended to the governor by
     9  the New York city transit authority advisory council. The  first  alter-
    10  nate  non-voting  member  shall  be  a  regular mass transit user of the
    11  facilities of the authority and be recommended to the  governor  by  the
    12  Metro-North  commuter  council.  The  second alternate non-voting member
    13  shall be a regular mass transit user of the facilities of the  authority
    14  and  be  recommended  to  the  governor  by  the  Long  Island Rail Road
    15  commuter's council.
    16    The second non-voting member shall be recommended to the  governor  by
    17  the  labor  organization  representing  the majority of employees of the
    18  Long Island Rail Road. The third alternate non-voting  member  shall  be
    19  recommended  to  the governor by the labor organization representing the
    20  majority of employees of the New York city transit authority. The fourth
    21  alternate non-voting member shall be recommended to the governor by  the
    22  labor  organization representing the majority of employees of the Metro-
    23  North Commuter Railroad Company. Notwithstanding any other provision  of
    24  law,  the alternate non-voting member recommended by the labor organiza-
    25  tion representing the majority of employees of the Metro-North  Commuter
    26  Railroad Company may be a resident of any state in which the Metro-North
    27  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.
                                                                   LBD14382-01-4
        A. 9229                             2
 
     1  his direction, may exclude such non-voting member or alternate  non-vot-
     2  ing  member  from attending any portion of a meeting of the authority or
     3  of any committee established pursuant to paragraph  (b)  of  subdivision
     4  four  of  this  section  held for the purpose of discussing negotiations
     5  with labor organizations.
     6    The non-voting member and the two alternate non-voting members repres-
     7  enting the New York York city transit authority  advisory  council,  the
     8  Metro-North  commuter  council, and the Long Island Rail Road commuter's
     9  council shall serve eighteen month rotating terms, after which  time  an
    10  alternate  non-voting  member shall become the non-voting member and the
    11  rotation shall continue until each alternate member has served at  least
    12  one  eighteen  month  term  as a non-voting member. The other non-voting
    13  member and alternate non-voting members representing the New  York  city
    14  transit  authority,  Metro-North Commuter Railroad Company, and the Long
    15  Island Rail Road labor organizations shall serve eighteen month rotating
    16  terms, after which time an alternate non-voting member shall become  the
    17  non-voting  member  and the rotation shall continue until each alternate
    18  member has served at least one  eighteen  month  term  as  a  non-voting
    19  member.  The  transit  authority and the commuter railroads shall not be
    20  represented concurrently by the two non-voting members during  any  such
    21  eighteen month period.
    22    §  2.  This act shall take effect immediately; provided, however, that
    23  the amendments to subparagraph 2 of paragraph (a) of  subdivision  1  of
    24  section  1263  of the public authorities law made by section one of this
    25  act shall not affect the expiration  of  such  paragraph  and  shall  be
    26  deemed expired therewith.