STATE OF NEW YORK
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288
2019-2020 Regular Sessions
IN SENATE(Prefiled)
January 9, 2019
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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:
1 Section 1. Paragraph (a) 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 (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, [ten] twelve other members and shall have two non-voting
8 members as described in paragraphs (b) and (c) of this subdivision
9 appointed by the governor by and with the advice and consent of the
10 senate. The chairman and all members shall be residents of the district.
11 Of the [ten] twelve members other than the chairman, one shall be
12 appointed upon the written recommendation of the Erie county executive
13 [and], one shall be appointed upon the written recommendation of the
14 Erie county legislature and two shall be appointed upon the written
15 recommendation of the Niagara county legislature. The chairman and each
16 of the members shall be appointed for a term of eight years, provided
17 however, that the chairman first appointed shall serve for a term ending
18 June thirtieth, nineteen hundred seventy-three, and of the eight other
19 members first appointed, one shall serve for a term ending June thirti-
20 eth, nineteen hundred sixty-eight, two shall serve for a term ending
21 June thirtieth, nineteen hundred sixty-nine, one shall serve for a term
22 ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred seventy, two shall serve for a
23 term ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred seventy-one, one shall
24 serve for a term ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred seventy-two and
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
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1 one shall serve for a term ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred
2 seventy-three. The term of one of the members appointed to memberships
3 first created by law after April first, nineteen hundred sixty-nine
4 shall end on June thirtieth, nineteen hundred seventy-four, and the term
5 of the other such member shall end on June thirtieth, nineteen hundred
6 seventy-five. Following the expiration of any term ending on or after
7 June thirtieth, nineteen hundred eighty-seven, each member shall be
8 appointed for a term of five years beginning on the day after the expi-
9 ration date of such prior term; provided, however, that the term of the
10 member first appointed upon the written recommendation of the Erie coun-
11 ty executive and the term of the member first appointed upon the written
12 recommendation of the Erie county legislature shall be for a term ending
13 on June thirtieth, nineteen hundred ninety-six.
14 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.