STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 815 2023-2024 Regular Sessions IN SENATE January 6, 2023 ___________ Introduced by Sen. KENNEDY -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules AN ACT to amend the public authorities law, in relation to transporta- tion authorities The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Subdivision 18 of section 1299-a of the public authorities 2 law, as added by a chapter of the laws of 2022 amending the public 3 authorities law relating to various transportation authorities, as 4 proposed in legislative bills numbers S. 3959-B and A. 7822-C, is 5 amended to read as follows: 6 18. "Transit dependent individual" shall mean an individual who is 7 limited to public transit as their primary mode of transportation 8 because the individual has [either] a permanent [or temporary] disabili- 9 ty. 10 § 2. Paragraph (c) of subdivision 1 of section 1299-c of the public 11 authorities law, as amended by a chapter of the laws of 2022 amending 12 the public authorities law relating to various transportation authori- 13 ties, as proposed in legislative bills numbers S. 3959-B and A. 7822-C, 14 is amended to read as follows: 15 (c) The transit dependent individual appointed pursuant to [subdivi- 16 sion (a) of this section] paragraph (a) of this subdivision shall be 17 appointed by the governor [at the recommendation of a local or statewide 18 transit advocacy organization]. Such member shall be a resident of a 19 county described in paragraph (a) of this subdivision. If a vacancy 20 shall occur, a replacement shall be appointed within six months, subject 21 to the same appointment process set forth in this paragraph. Any local 22 or statewide transit advocacy organization may recommend one or more 23 transit dependent individuals to be considered for appointment pursuant 24 to this section. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD03967-01-3
S. 815 2 1 § 3. Subdivision 25 of section 1299-bb of the public authorities law, 2 as amended by a chapter of the laws of 2022 amending the public authori- 3 ties law relating to various transportation authorities, as proposed in 4 legislative bills numbers S. 3959-B and A. 7822-C, is amended to read as 5 follows: 6 25. "Transit dependent individual" shall mean an individual who is 7 limited to public transit as their primary mode of transportation 8 because the individual has [either] a permanent [or temporary] disabili- 9 ty. 10 § 4. Paragraphs (a) and (c) of subdivision 1 of section 1299-dd of the 11 public authorities law, as amended by a chapter of the laws of 2022 12 amending the public authorities law relating to various transportation 13 authorities, as proposed in legislative bills numbers S. 3959-B and A. 14 7822-C, are amended to read as follows: 15 (a) There is hereby created the Rochester-Genesee regional transporta- 16 tion authority. The authority shall be a body corporate and politic 17 constituting a public benefit corporation. It shall consist of: (i) at 18 least one member from each county that elects to join the authority 19 except that the county of Monroe shall have seven members of whom three 20 shall be appointed from the city of Rochester and four at large from the 21 county of Monroe, (ii) and a voting member who is a transit dependent 22 individual appointed pursuant to paragraph (c) of this subdivision, and 23 [shall have] (iii) one non-voting member as described in paragraph (b) 24 of this subdivision. The members shall be appointed by the governor by 25 and with the advice and consent of the senate. The governor shall make 26 initial appointments to the authority in such number and from lists 27 submitted as follows: three members shall be appointed to the authority 28 from a list of not less than six names, all of whom must be residents of 29 the city of Rochester, submitted to the governor by the council of the 30 city of Rochester; four persons from a list of not less than eight 31 persons, all of whom must be residents of the county of Monroe submitted 32 by the legislature of the county of Monroe. Other counties electing to 33 participate shall each submit to the governor a list of not less than 34 two persons for each one hundred thousand or major fraction of the total 35 population, as determined by the last federal decennial or federal coun- 36 ty-wide special census. From the counties outside the county of Monroe 37 which shall elect to participate, the governor shall appoint one member 38 for each one hundred thousand or major fraction of the total population, 39 as determined by the last federal decennial or federal county-wide 40 special census, with a minimum of one member to represent each county 41 outside the county of Monroe so electing to participate. All members of 42 the authority shall be residents of the area from which they are nomi- 43 nated. 44 (c) The voting member who is a transit dependent individual as 45 described in paragraph (a) of this subdivision shall be appointed by the 46 governor [at the recommendation of a local or statewide transit advocacy 47 organization] for a term of five years. Such member shall be a resident 48 of a county within the district. If a vacancy occurs for such position, 49 a replacement shall be appointed within six months pursuant to this 50 process. Any local or statewide transit advocacy organization may 51 recommend one or more transit dependent individuals to be considered 52 pursuant to this section. 53 § 5. Subdivision 26 of section 1301 of the public authorities law, as 54 amended by a chapter of the laws of 2022 amending the public authorities 55 law relating to various transportation authorities, as proposed in
S. 815 3 1 legislative bills numbers S. 3959-B and A. 7822-C, is amended to read as 2 follows: 3 26. "Transit dependent individual" shall mean an individual who is 4 limited to public transit as their primary mode of transportation 5 because the individual has a [temporary or] permanent disability. 6 § 6. Paragraph (a) of subdivision 1 of section 1303 of the public 7 authorities law, as amended by a chapter of the laws of 2022 amending 8 the public authorities law relating to various transportation authori- 9 ties, as proposed in legislative bills numbers S. 3959-B and A. 7822-C, 10 is amended to read as follows: 11 (a) There is hereby created the Capital District transportation 12 authority. The authority shall be a body corporate and politic consti- 13 tuting a public benefit corporation. It shall consist of not less than 14 eight nor more than fifteen members, including a chairman and shall have 15 one non-voting member as described in paragraph (b) of this subdivision. 16 At least one voting member shall be a transit dependent individual who 17 shall be appointed by the governor [at the recommendation of a local or 18 statewide transit advocacy organization, provided that if]. If a vacancy 19 occurs for such transit dependent individual member position, a replace- 20 ment shall be appointed within six months, subject to the same 21 appointment process within this paragraph. The members shall be 22 appointed by the governor by and with the advice and consent of the 23 senate. The governor shall make initial appointments to the authority in 24 such number and from lists submitted as follows: three members shall be 25 appointed to the authority from a list of six names, all of whom shall 26 be residents of the county of Albany, four of which names shall be 27 submitted to the governor by the majority party of the legislature of 28 the county of Albany and two of which names shall be submitted by the 29 minority party of such legislature; two members shall be appointed to 30 the authority from a list of four names, all of whom shall be residents 31 of the county of Schenectady, three of which names shall be submitted to 32 the governor by the majority party of the legislature of the county of 33 Schenectady and one of which names shall be submitted by the minority 34 party of such legislature; two members shall be appointed to the author- 35 ity from a list of four names, all of whom shall be residents of the 36 county of Rensselaer, three of which names shall be submitted to the 37 governor by the majority party of the legislature of the county of Rens- 38 selaer and one of which names shall be submitted by the minority party 39 of such legislature; two members shall be appointed to the authority 40 from a list of four names, all of whom shall be residents of the county 41 of Saratoga, three of which names shall be submitted to the governor by 42 the majority party of the legislature of the county of Saratoga and one 43 of which names shall be submitted by the minority party of such legisla- 44 ture. Other counties electing to participate shall each submit to the 45 governor a list of two persons each of whom shall be a resident of such 46 county, one of which names shall be submitted to the governor by the 47 majority party of the legislature of such county and one of which names 48 shall be submitted by the minority party of such legislature, from which 49 number the governor shall appoint one member for each such county so 50 electing to participate. In addition to the members representing each 51 county, the governor shall appoint one voting member who is a transit 52 dependent individual who resides in a county within the district. Any 53 local or statewide transit advocacy organization may recommend one or 54 more transit dependent individuals to be considered for appointment 55 pursuant to this section.
S. 815 4 1 § 7. Subdivision 26 of section 1326 of the public authorities law, as 2 amended by a chapter of the laws of 2022 amending the public authorities 3 law relating to various transportation authorities, as proposed in 4 legislative bills numbers S. 3959-B and A. 7822-C, is amended to read as 5 follows: 6 26. "Transit dependent individual" shall mean an individual who is 7 limited to public transit as their primary mode of transportation 8 because the individual has a [temporary or] permanent disability. 9 § 8. Paragraph (a) of subdivision 1 of section 1328 of the public 10 authorities law, as amended by a chapter of the laws of 2022 amending 11 the public authorities law relating to various transportation authori- 12 ties, as proposed in legislative bills numbers S. 3959-B and A. 7822-C, 13 is amended to read as follows: 14 (a) There is hereby created the central New York regional transporta- 15 tion authority. The authority shall be a body corporate and politic 16 constituting a public benefit corporation. It shall consist of not more 17 than twelve members, including a chairman and shall have one non-voting 18 member as described in paragraph (b) of this subdivision. At least one 19 voting member shall be a transit dependent individual who shall be 20 appointed by the governor [at the recommendation of a local or statewide 21 transit advocacy organization, provided that if]. If a vacancy occurs 22 for such transit dependent individual member position, a replacement 23 shall be appointed within six months, subject to the same appointment 24 process within this paragraph. The members shall be appointed by the 25 governor by and with the advice and consent of the senate. The governor 26 shall make initial appointments to the authority in such number and from 27 lists submitted as follows: three members shall be appointed to the 28 authority from a list of not less than six names, submitted to the 29 governor by the common council of the city of Syracuse, five [persons] 30 members from a list of not less than ten names, submitted by the legis- 31 lature of the county of Onondaga and two members shall be appointed from 32 a list of not less than four names submitted by the legislature of the 33 county of Oneida. Other counties electing to participate shall each 34 submit to the governor a list of not less than two persons for each one 35 hundred thousand or major fraction of the total population, as deter- 36 mined by the nineteen hundred seventy or any subsequent federal decenni- 37 al or federal county-wide special census, of the counties outside the 38 county of Onondaga which shall elect to participate, from which number 39 the governor shall appoint one member for each one hundred thousand or 40 major fraction of the total population, as determined by such federal 41 decennial or federal county-wide special census, with a maximum of three 42 members to represent such counties outside the county of Onondaga so 43 electing to participate. In addition to the members specified above, 44 the governor shall appoint a transit dependent individual as a voting 45 member who resides within a county within the district. Any local or 46 statewide transit advocacy organization may recommend one or more trans- 47 it dependent individuals to be considered for appointment pursuant to 48 this section. 49 § 9. This act shall take effect on the same date and in the same 50 manner as a chapter of the laws of 2022 amending the public authorities 51 law relating to various transportation authorities, as proposed in 52 legislative bills numbers S. 3959-B and A. 7822-C, takes effect.