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                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                         2083--A
            Cal. No. 1060
 
                               2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                    IN SENATE
 
                                    January 12, 2017
                                       ___________
 
        Introduced  by  Sens. O'MARA, KENNEDY -- read twice and ordered printed,
          and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Transportation --
          reported favorably from said committee and committed to the  Committee
          on  Finance  --  committee  discharged  and said bill committed to the
          Committee on Rules -- ordered to a third reading, amended and  ordered
          reprinted, retaining its place in the order of third reading
 
        AN  ACT to amend the transportation law, in relation to establishing the
          temporary advisory board on upstate transit funding; and providing for
          the repeal of such provisions upon expiration thereof
 
          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
 
     1    Section  1.  The transportation law is amended by adding a new article
     2  2-G to read as follows:
     3                                 ARTICLE 2-G
     4             TEMPORARY ADVISORY BOARD ON UPSTATE TRANSIT FUNDING
     5  Section 74-a. Temporary advisory board on upstate transit funding.
     6          74-b. Assistance of other agencies.
     7    § 74-a. Temporary advisory board on upstate transit funding.  1. There
     8  is hereby created in the department a board, to be known as  the  tempo-
     9  rary  advisory board on upstate transit funding. Such board shall study,
    10  develop and make specific recommendations with  respect  to  sustainable
    11  state  funding options for the growth and stability of the public trans-
    12  portation systems operating assistance account, hereinafter referred  to
    13  as  "PTSOA  account",  of  the  mass transportation operating assistance
    14  fund. As part of such study, the board may provide  an  opportunity  for
    15  public comment including public hearings.
    16    2. Such board shall consist of the commissioner and nine other members
    17  to  be appointed by the governor as follows: two upon the recommendation
    18  of the temporary president of the senate, two upon the recommendation of
    19  the speaker of the assembly, one upon the recommendation of the minority
    20  leader of the senate, one upon the recommendation of the minority leader
 
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD07114-04-7
        S. 2083--A                          2
 
     1  of the assembly, and three without recommendation from any other person.
     2  Of the nine members appointed by the governor, at  least  two  shall  be
     3  representatives  of  local governments receiving PTSOA account funds, at
     4  least  two shall be representatives of public transportation authorities
     5  receiving PTSOA account funds, at least two shall be representatives  of
     6  labor  unions  affiliated  with  public transportation systems receiving
     7  PTSOA account funds, and at least two shall be representatives of riders
     8  of public transportation systems receiving PTSOA account funds.
     9    3. The commissioner shall serve as chair of the board,  and  personnel
    10  of  the  department  shall provide, from existing staff, services to the
    11  board so that it may perform its duties.
    12    4. Board members shall be  appointed  within  thirty  days  after  the
    13  effective  date of this article; provided, however, that after the expi-
    14  ration of the thirty day period, the appointment of a  majority  of  the
    15  members  shall  constitute  a  quorum. Board members shall serve without
    16  compensation.
    17    5. The board shall prepare a report on or before December  first,  two
    18  thousand  eighteen  on  its  findings  and  specific recommendations for
    19  sustainable funding options for the growth and stability  of  the  PTSOA
    20  account.  Such  report  shall be delivered by such date to the governor,
    21  the temporary president of the senate, the speaker of the assembly,  the
    22  chair  of  the  senate finance committee, the chair of the assembly ways
    23  and means committee, the chair of the senate  transportation  committee,
    24  the  chair  of  the  assembly transportation committee, the chair of the
    25  senate corporations, authorities and commissions committee and the chair
    26  of the assembly corporations, authorities and commissions committee.
    27    § 74-b. Assistance of other agencies. To effectuate  the  purposes  of
    28  this  article,  the board may request and shall receive from any depart-
    29  ment, division, board, bureau, commission or other agency of  the  state
    30  or  any  state public authority such assistance, information and data as
    31  will enable the board properly to conduct its study and make its  recom-
    32  mendations.
    33    §  2.  This  act shall take effect immediately and shall expire and be
    34  deemed repealed on the one hundred twentieth  day  after  the  temporary
    35  advisory  board  on  upstate transit funding has submitted its completed
    36  report as required by section one of this act, provided that the commis-
    37  sioner of transportation of the state  of  New  York  shall  notify  the
    38  legislative   bill  drafting  commission  upon  the  occurrence  of  the
    39  submission of the completed report as required by section  one  of  this
    40  act  in  order  that  the commission may maintain an accurate and timely
    41  effective data base of the official text of the laws of the state of New
    42  York in furtherance of effectuating the provisions of section 44 of  the
    43  legislative law and section 70-b of the public officers law.