NEW YORK STATE ASSEMBLY MEMORANDUM IN SUPPORT OF LEGISLATION submitted in accordance with Assembly Rule III, Sec 1(f)
BILL NUMBER: A10237
SPONSOR: Rules (Simone) TITLE OF BILL:
An act to amend chapter 549 of the laws of 1994, amending the public
authorities law relating to the membership composition of the metropol-
itan transportation authority board, in relation to extending the effec-
tiveness of such provisions
PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL:
This bill extends until 2028 the non-membership composition of the
metropolitan transportation authority board
SUMMARY OF SPECIFIC PROVISIONS:
Section 1 amends Section 1263 of the public authorities law to extend
the non-voting membership and board composition through June 30, 2028.
Section 2 sets the effective date.
JUSTIFICATION:
Theses provisions extend the non-voting members and alternate non-voting
members of the MTA board, who provide important perspectives from regu-
lar users of the system and from labor organizations representing the
authority's employees. It is important to extend their positions on the
board to ensure that as non-voting members and rotating alternates that
they continue to share their insights on perspective decisions before
the board and improve outcomes for their peers throughout the community.
PRIOR LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:
New Bill.
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:
None.
EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act shall take effect immediately.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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10237
IN ASSEMBLY
May 15, 2024
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Introduced by COMMITTEE ON RULES -- (at request of M. of A. Simone) --
read once and referred to the Committee on Corporations, Authorities
and Commissions
AN ACT to amend chapter 549 of the laws of 1994, amending the public
authorities law relating to the membership composition of the metro-
politan transportation authority board, in relation to extending the
effectiveness of such provisions
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Section 3 of chapter 549 of the laws of 1994, amending the
2 public authorities law relating to the membership composition of the
3 metropolitan transportation authority board, as amended by section 1 of
4 item X of subpart B of part XXX of chapter 58 of the laws of 2020, is
5 amended to read as follows:
6 § 3. This act shall take effect January 1, 1995 and shall expire and
7 be deemed repealed on June 30, [2024] 2028 and upon such date the
8 provisions of law amended by this act shall revert to and be read as if
9 the provisions of this act had not been enacted.
10 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
LBD15426-01-4
