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                              2015-2016 Regular Sessions
                                   I N  S E N A T E
                                   January 13, 2015
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       Introduced  by  Sen. KENNEDY -- 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 transpor-
         tation authorities
         THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section  1. Section 1299-a of the public authorities law is amended by
    2  adding two new subdivisions 18 and 19 to read as follows:
    3    18. "TRANSIT DEPENDENT" SHALL MEAN AN INDIVIDUAL  WHO  IS  LIMITED  TO
    4  PUBLIC TRANSIT AS THEIR PRIMARY MODE OF TRANSPORTATION BECAUSE THE INDI-
    5  VIDUAL, (A) HAS NO MEANS OF PRIVATE TRANSPORTATION, (B) IS ELDERLY (OVER
    6  AGE  65);  (C) IS A YOUTH (UNDER AGE 18); OR (D) LIVES BELOW THE POVERTY
    7  OR MEDIAN INCOME LEVELS AS DEFINED BY THE U.S. CENSUS BUREAU;
    8    19. "PARA-TRANSIT DEPENDENT" SHALL MEAN AN INDIVIDUAL WHO  IS  LIMITED
    9  TO  PUBLIC  TRANSIT  AS THEIR PRIMARY MODE OF TRANSPORTATION AND WHO HAS
   10  EITHER A PERMANENT OR TEMPORARY DISABILITY.
   11    S 2. Subdivision 1 of section 1299-c of the public authorities law, as
   12  amended by chapter 220 of the laws of 2012, paragraph (c) as amended  by
   13  chapter 176 of the laws of 2012, is amended to read as follows:
   14    1.  (a)  There  is hereby created the "Niagara Frontier transportation
   15  authority." The authority shall be a body corporate and politic  consti-
   16  tuting  a  public  benefit corporation. The authority shall consist of a
   17  chairman, [ten] NOT MORE THAN TWELVE other members and  shall  have  two
   18  non-voting members as described in paragraphs (b) and (c) of this subdi-
   19  vision  appointed  by the governor by and with the advice and consent of
   20  the senate. The chairman and all  members  shall  be  residents  of  the
   21  district.  Of  the  [ten]  members other than the chairman, one shall be
   22  appointed upon the written recommendation of the Erie  county  executive
   23  [and],  one  shall  be  appointed upon the written recommendation of the
   24  Erie county legislature, AND AT LEAST ONE SHALL BE APPOINTED AS A REPRE-
   25  SENTATIVE OF THE TRANSIT DEPENDENT COMMUNITY AND AT LEAST ONE  SHALL  BE
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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    1  APPOINTED  AS  A REPRESENTATIVE OF THE PARA-TRANSIT DEPENDENT COMMUNITY,
    2  AS DESCRIBED IN PARAGRAPH (D) OF THIS SUBDIVISION.    The  chairman  and
    3  each  of  the  members  shall  be  appointed  for a term of eight years,
    4  provided  however,  that  the chairman first appointed shall serve for a
    5  term ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred seventy-three, and  of  the
    6  eight  other  members first appointed, one shall serve for a term ending
    7  June thirtieth, nineteen hundred sixty-eight, two shall serve for a term
    8  ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred sixty-nine, one shall serve  for
    9  a  term ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred seventy, two shall serve
   10  for a term ending June  thirtieth,  nineteen  hundred  seventy-one,  one
   11  shall  serve for a term ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred seventy-
   12  two and one shall serve for  a  term  ending  June  thirtieth,  nineteen
   13  hundred  seventy-three.  The  term  of  one  of the members appointed to
   14  memberships first created by law after  April  first,  nineteen  hundred
   15  sixty-nine  shall  end on June thirtieth, nineteen hundred seventy-four,
   16  and the term of the other such member shall end on June thirtieth, nine-
   17  teen hundred seventy-five. Following the expiration of any  term  ending
   18  on  or  after June thirtieth, nineteen hundred eighty-seven, each member
   19  shall be appointed for a term of five years beginning on the  day  after
   20  the expiration date of such prior term; provided, however, that the term
   21  of  the  member  first  appointed upon the written recommendation of the
   22  Erie county executive and the term of the member  first  appointed  upon
   23  the written recommendation of the Erie county legislature shall be for a
   24  term ending on June thirtieth, nineteen hundred ninety-six.
   25    (b)  The  first  non-voting  member  of the authority who shall not be
   26  considered in determining a quorum, shall be recommended to the governor
   27  by the labor organization representing the plurality  of  the  employees
   28  within  the  authority  and  shall be a resident of the Niagara Frontier
   29  transportation district as described in section twelve  hundred  ninety-
   30  nine-b  of  this  title. Such first non-voting member shall be appointed
   31  for a term of eight years, provided, however, that if at any time during
   32  the term of appointment such non-voting member ceases to  be  affiliated
   33  with  the  labor  organization  representing  the plurality of employees
   34  within the authority, then such  labor  organization  may  at  any  time
   35  during  such term recommend a new member to the governor who shall serve
   36  the remainder of the term. If the local bargaining unit decertifies  its
   37  existing  union  affiliation  and certifies a new union, the union which
   38  represents the plurality of the employees may recommend a new member  to
   39  the governor who shall serve the remainder of the term.  The chairman of
   40  the  authority,  at  his  or her discretion, may exclude such non-voting
   41  member from attending any portion of a meeting of the  authority  or  of
   42  any committee held for the purpose of discussing negotiations with labor
   43  organizations,  pending  litigation involving the labor organization, or
   44  the investigation, evaluation, or discipline of an employee.
   45    (c) There shall also be a second non-voting member of  the  authority,
   46  who shall not be considered in determining a quorum. The second non-vot-
   47  ing member shall be appointed by the governor as a representative of the
   48  transit  dependent community and/or people with disabilities. The second
   49  non-voting member shall be appointed for a term of five years.
   50    (D) THERE SHALL BE AT LEST TWO MEMBERS OF THE AUTHORITY  APPOINTED  BY
   51  THE  GOVERNOR AS REPRESENTATIVES OF THE TRANSIT DEPENDENT AND PARA-TRAN-
   52  SIT DEPENDENT COMMUNITY. THE GOVERNOR SHALL MAKE INITIAL APPOINTMENTS TO
   53  THE AUTHORITY IN SUCH NUMBER AND FROM LISTS  SUBMITTED  AS  FOLLOWS:  AT
   54  LEAST TWO MEMBERS SHALL BE APPOINTED TO THE AUTHORITY FROM A LIST OF NOT
   55  LESS  THAN  FOUR NAMES, SUBMITTED TO THE GOVERNOR BY LOCAL AND STATEWIDE
   56  TRANSIT ADVOCACY ORGANIZATIONS. THE MEMBERS  SHALL  BE  RESIDENTS  OF  A
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    1  COUNTY  DESCRIBED  IN  PARAGRAPH  (A) OF THIS SUBDIVISION.   THE MEMBERS
    2  SHALL BE APPOINTED FOR A TERM OF FIVE YEARS. IF A  VACANCY  SHALL  OCCUR
    3  FOR  THESE MEMBER POSITIONS, A REPLACEMENT SHALL BE APPOINTED WITHIN SIX
    4  MONTHS.
    5    S  3.  Section  1299-bb  of  the  public authorities law is amended by
    6  adding two new subdivisions 25 and 26 to read as follows:
    7    25. "TRANSIT DEPENDENT" SHALL MEAN AN INDIVIDUAL  WHO  IS  LIMITED  TO
    8  PUBLIC TRANSIT AS THEIR PRIMARY MODE OF TRANSPORTATION BECAUSE THE INDI-
    9  VIDUAL, (A) HAS NO MEANS OF PRIVATE TRANSPORTATION, (B) IS ELDERLY (OVER
   10  AGE  65);  (C) IS A YOUTH (UNDER AGE 18); OR (D) LIVES BELOW THE POVERTY
   11  OR MEDIAN INCOME LEVELS AS DEFINED BY THE U.S. CENSUS BUREAU;
   12    26. "PARA-TRANSIT DEPENDENT" SHALL MEAN AN INDIVIDUAL WHO  IS  LIMITED
   13  TO  PUBLIC  TRANSIT  AS THEIR PRIMARY MODE OF TRANSPORTATION AND WHO HAS
   14  EITHER A PERMANENT OR TEMPORARY DISABILITY.
   15    S 4. Subdivision 1 of section 1299-dd of the public  authorities  law,
   16  as  amended  by  chapter  388 of the laws of 2007, is amended to read as
   17  follows:
   18    1. (a) There is hereby created the Rochester-Genesee  regional  trans-
   19  portation authority. The authority shall be a body corporate and politic
   20  constituting  a public benefit corporation. It shall consist of at least
   21  one member from each county that elects to  join  the  authority  except
   22  that  the  county of Monroe shall have seven members of whom three shall
   23  be appointed from the city of Rochester and four at large from the coun-
   24  ty of Monroe and shall have one non-voting member as described in  para-
   25  graph (b) of this subdivision , AND AT LEAST ONE SHALL BE APPOINTED AS A
   26  REPRESENTATIVE OF THE TRANSIT DEPENDENT COMMUNITY AND AT LEAST ONE SHALL
   27  BE  APPOINTED AS A REPRESENTATIVE OF THE PARA-TRANSIT DEPENDENT COMMUNI-
   28  TY, AS DESCRIBED IN PARAGRAPH (C) OF  THIS  SUBDIVISION.    The  members
   29  shall be appointed by the governor by and with the advice and consent of
   30  the senate. The governor shall make initial appointments to the authori-
   31  ty  in  such  number  and from lists submitted as follows: three members
   32  shall be appointed to the authority from a list of  not  less  than  six
   33  names, all of whom must be residents of the city of Rochester, submitted
   34  to  the  governor  by the council of the city of Rochester; four persons
   35  from a list of not less than eight persons, all of whom  must  be  resi-
   36  dents of the county of Monroe submitted by the legislature of the county
   37  of  Monroe.  Other counties electing to participate shall each submit to
   38  the governor a list of not less than two persons for  each  one  hundred
   39  thousand or major fraction of the total population, as determined by the
   40  last  federal  decennial or federal county-wide special census. From the
   41  counties outside the county of Monroe which shall elect to  participate,
   42  the  governor  shall appoint one member for each one hundred thousand or
   43  major fraction of the total population, as determined by the last feder-
   44  al decennial or federal county-wide special census, with  a  minimum  of
   45  one  member  to  represent  each  county outside the county of Monroe so
   46  electing to participate. All members of the authority shall be residents
   47  of the area from which they are nominated.
   48    (b) There shall also be one non-voting member of the authority,  which
   49  shall  not  be considered in determining a quorum. The non-voting member
   50  shall be recommended to the governor by the labor  organization  repres-
   51  enting  the plurality of the employees within the authority and shall be
   52  a resident of the Rochester-Genesee regional transportation district  as
   53  described  in  section  twelve hundred ninety-nine-cc of this title. The
   54  non-voting member shall be appointed for a term of five years, provided,
   55  however, that if at any time during the term of appointment the non-vot-
   56  ing member ceases to be affiliated with the labor  organization  repres-
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    1  enting  the plurality of employees within the authority, then such labor
    2  organization may at any time during such term recommend a new member  to
    3  the  governor  who  shall  serve the remainder of the term. If the local
    4  bargaining unit decertifies its existing union affiliation and certifies
    5  a  new  union, the union which represents the plurality of the employees
    6  may recommend a new member to the governor who shall serve the remainder
    7  of the term. The chairman of the authority, at his  or  her  discretion,
    8  may exclude such non-voting member from attending any portion of a meet-
    9  ing  of  the  authority  or  of  any  committee  held for the purpose of
   10  discussing negotiations with  labor  organizations,  pending  litigation
   11  involving  the  labor organization, or the investigation, evaluation, or
   12  discipline of an employee.
   13    (C) THERE SHALL BE AT LEST TWO MEMBERS OF THE AUTHORITY  APPOINTED  BY
   14  THE  GOVERNOR AS REPRESENTATIVES OF THE TRANSIT DEPENDENT AND PARA-TRAN-
   15  SIT DEPENDENT COMMUNITY. THE GOVERNOR SHALL MAKE INITIAL APPOINTMENTS TO
   16  THE AUTHORITY IN SUCH NUMBER AND FROM LISTS  SUBMITTED  AS  FOLLOWS:  AT
   17  LEAST TWO MEMBERS SHALL BE APPOINTED TO THE AUTHORITY FROM A LIST OF NOT
   18  LESS  THAN  FOUR NAMES, SUBMITTED TO THE GOVERNOR BY LOCAL AND STATEWIDE
   19  TRANSIT ADVOCACY ORGANIZATIONS. THE MEMBERS  SHALL  BE  RESIDENTS  OF  A
   20  COUNTY  DESCRIBED  IN  PARAGRAPH  (A) OF THIS SUBDIVISION.   THE MEMBERS
   21  SHALL BE APPOINTED FOR A TERM OF FIVE YEARS. IF A  VACANCY  SHALL  OCCUR
   22  FOR  THESE MEMBER POSITIONS, A REPLACEMENT SHALL BE APPOINTED WITHIN SIX
   23  MONTHS.
   24    S 5. Section 1301 of the public authorities law is amended  by  adding
   25  two new subdivisions 26 and 27 to read as follows:
   26    26.  "TRANSIT  DEPENDENT"  SHALL  MEAN AN INDIVIDUAL WHO IS LIMITED TO
   27  PUBLIC TRANSIT AS THEIR PRIMARY MODE OF TRANSPORTATION BECAUSE THE INDI-
   28  VIDUAL, (A) HAS NO MEANS OF PRIVATE TRANSPORTATION, (B) IS ELDERLY (OVER
   29  AGE 65); (C) IS A YOUTH (UNDER AGE 18); OR (D) LIVES BELOW  THE  POVERTY
   30  OR MEDIAN INCOME LEVELS AS DEFINED BY THE U.S. CENSUS BUREAU;
   31    27.  "PARA-TRANSIT  DEPENDENT" SHALL MEAN AN INDIVIDUAL WHO IS LIMITED
   32  TO PUBLIC TRANSIT AS THEIR PRIMARY MODE OF TRANSPORTATION  AND  WHO  HAS
   33  EITHER A PERMANENT OR TEMPORARY DISABILITY.
   34    S  6.  Subdivision 1 of section 1303 of the public authorities law, as
   35  amended by chapter 388 of the laws  of  2007,  is  amended  to  read  as
   36  follows:
   37    1.  (a)  There  is  hereby created the Capital District transportation
   38  authority. The authority shall be a body corporate and  politic  consti-
   39  tuting  a  public benefit corporation. It shall consist of not less than
   40  eight nor more than fifteen members, including a chairman and shall have
   41  one non-voting member as described in paragraph (b) of this subdivision,
   42  AND AT LEAST ONE SHALL BE APPOINTED AS A REPRESENTATIVE OF  THE  TRANSIT
   43  DEPENDENT  COMMUNITY  AND AT LEAST ONE SHALL BE APPOINTED AS A REPRESEN-
   44  TATIVE OF THE PARA-TRANSIT DEPENDENT COMMUNITY, AS  DESCRIBED  IN  PARA-
   45  GRAPH  (C)  OF THIS SUBDIVISION.   The members shall be appointed by the
   46  governor by and with the advice and consent of the senate. The  governor
   47  shall make initial appointments to the authority in such number and from
   48  lists  submitted  as  follows:  three  members shall be appointed to the
   49  authority from a list of six names, all of whom shall  be  residents  of
   50  the  county  of  Albany,  four  of which names shall be submitted to the
   51  governor by the majority party of the legislature of the county of Alba-
   52  ny and two of which names shall be submitted by the  minority  party  of
   53  such legislature; two members shall be appointed to the authority from a
   54  list  of  four  names,  all  of whom shall be residents of the county of
   55  Schenectady, three of which names shall be submitted to the governor  by
   56  the  majority  party of the legislature of the county of Schenectady and
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    1  one of which names shall be submitted by  the  minority  party  of  such
    2  legislature; two members shall be appointed to the authority from a list
    3  of  four  names, all of whom shall be residents of the county of Rensse-
    4  laer,  three  of  which  names shall be submitted to the governor by the
    5  majority party of the legislature of the county of Rensselaer and one of
    6  which names shall be submitted by the minority party  of  such  legisla-
    7  ture;  two  members  shall  be appointed to the authority from a list of
    8  four names, all of whom shall be residents of the  county  of  Saratoga,
    9  three  of which names shall be submitted to the governor by the majority
   10  party of the legislature of the county of  Saratoga  and  one  of  which
   11  names  shall  be  submitted  by  the minority party of such legislature.
   12  Other counties electing to participate shall each submit to the governor
   13  a list of two persons each of whom shall be a resident of  such  county,
   14  one  of  which  names shall be submitted to the governor by the majority
   15  party of the legislature of such county and one of which names shall  be
   16  submitted  by  the minority party of such legislature, from which number
   17  the governor shall appoint one member for each such county  so  electing
   18  to participate.
   19    (b)  There shall also be one non-voting member of the authority, which
   20  shall not be considered in determining a quorum. The  non-voting  member
   21  shall  be  recommended to the governor by the labor organization repres-
   22  enting the plurality of the employees within the authority and shall  be
   23  a  resident of the Capital District transportation district as described
   24  in section thirteen hundred two of this  title.  The  non-voting  member
   25  shall  be appointed for a term of five years, provided, however, that if
   26  at any time during the term of appointment the non-voting member  ceases
   27  to  be affiliated with the labor organization representing the plurality
   28  of employees within the authority, then such labor organization  may  at
   29  any  time  during  such  term recommend a new member to the governor who
   30  shall serve the remainder of the term.  If  the  local  bargaining  unit
   31  decertifies  its  existing  union affiliation and certifies a new union,
   32  the union which represents the plurality of the employees may  recommend
   33  a  new member to the governor who shall serve the remainder of the term.
   34  The chairman of the authority, at his or  her  discretion,  may  exclude
   35  such  non-voting  member  from attending any portion of a meeting of the
   36  authority or of any committee held for the purpose of discussing negoti-
   37  ations with labor organizations, pending litigation involving the  labor
   38  organization,  or  the  investigation,  evaluation,  or discipline of an
   39  employee.
   40    (C) THERE SHALL BE AT LEST TWO MEMBERS OF THE AUTHORITY  APPOINTED  BY
   41  THE  GOVERNOR AS REPRESENTATIVES OF THE TRANSIT DEPENDENT AND PARA-TRAN-
   42  SIT DEPENDENT COMMUNITY. THE GOVERNOR SHALL MAKE INITIAL APPOINTMENTS TO
   43  THE AUTHORITY IN SUCH NUMBER AND FROM LISTS  SUBMITTED  AS  FOLLOWS:  AT
   44  LEAST TWO MEMBERS SHALL BE APPOINTED TO THE AUTHORITY FROM A LIST OF NOT
   45  LESS  THAN  FOUR NAMES, SUBMITTED TO THE GOVERNOR BY LOCAL AND STATEWIDE
   46  TRANSIT ADVOCACY ORGANIZATIONS. THE MEMBERS  SHALL  BE  RESIDENTS  OF  A
   47  COUNTY  DESCRIBED  IN  PARAGRAPH  (A) OF THIS SUBDIVISION.   THE MEMBERS
   48  SHALL BE APPOINTED FOR A TERM OF FIVE YEARS. IF A  VACANCY  SHALL  OCCUR
   49  FOR  THESE MEMBER POSITIONS, A REPLACEMENT SHALL BE APPOINTED WITHIN SIX
   50  MONTHS.
   51    S 7. Section 1326 of the public authorities law is amended  by  adding
   52  two new subdivisions 26 and 27 to read as follows:
   53    26.  "TRANSIT  DEPENDENT"  SHALL  MEAN AN INDIVIDUAL WHO IS LIMITED TO
   54  PUBLIC TRANSIT AS THEIR PRIMARY MODE OF TRANSPORTATION BECAUSE THE INDI-
   55  VIDUAL, (A) HAS NO MEANS OF PRIVATE TRANSPORTATION, (B) IS ELDERLY (OVER
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    1  AGE 65); (C) IS A YOUTH (UNDER AGE 18); OR (D) LIVES BELOW  THE  POVERTY
    2  OR MEDIAN INCOME LEVELS AS DEFINED BY THE U.S. CENSUS BUREAU;
    3    27.  "PARA-TRANSIT  DEPENDENT" SHALL MEAN AN INDIVIDUAL WHO IS LIMITED
    4  TO PUBLIC TRANSIT AS THEIR PRIMARY MODE OF TRANSPORTATION  AND  WHO  HAS
    5  EITHER A PERMANENT OR TEMPORARY DISABILITY.
    6    S  8.  Subdivision 1 of section 1328 of the public authorities law, as
    7  separately amended by chapters 388 and 396  of  the  laws  of  2007,  is
    8  amended to read as follows:
    9    1. (a) There is hereby created the central New York regional transpor-
   10  tation  authority.  The  authority shall be a body corporate and politic
   11  constituting a public benefit corporation. It shall consist of not  more
   12  than  twelve members, including a chairman and shall have one non-voting
   13  member as described in paragraph (b) of this subdivision, AND  AT  LEAST
   14  ONE  SHALL  BE  APPOINTED  AS  A REPRESENTATIVE OF THE TRANSIT DEPENDENT
   15  COMMUNITY AND AT LEAST ONE SHALL BE APPOINTED AS A REPRESENTATIVE OF THE
   16  PARA-TRANSIT DEPENDENT COMMUNITY, AS DESCRIBED IN PARAGRAPH (C) OF  THIS
   17  SUBDIVISION.  The members shall be appointed by the governor by and with
   18  the  advice  and  consent of the senate. The governor shall make initial
   19  appointments to the authority in such number and from lists submitted as
   20  follows: three members shall be appointed to the authority from  a  list
   21  of  not  less  than  six  names, submitted to the governor by the common
   22  council of the city of Syracuse, five persons from a list  of  not  less
   23  than  ten  names, submitted by the legislature of the county of Onondaga
   24  and two members shall be appointed from a list of  not  less  than  four
   25  names  submitted by the legislature of the county of Oneida. Other coun-
   26  ties electing to participate shall each submit to the governor a list of
   27  not less than two persons for each one hundred thousand or  major  frac-
   28  tion  of  the  total  population,  as determined by the nineteen hundred
   29  seventy or any  subsequent  federal  decennial  or  federal  county-wide
   30  special  census,  of  the  counties outside the county of Onondaga which
   31  shall elect to participate, from which number the governor shall appoint
   32  one member for each one hundred thousand or major fraction of the  total
   33  population,  as  determined by such federal decennial or federal county-
   34  wide special census, with a maximum of three members to  represent  such
   35  counties outside the county of Onondaga so electing to participate.
   36    (b)  There shall also be one non-voting member of the authority, which
   37  shall not be considered in determining a quorum. The  non-voting  member
   38  shall  be  recommended to the governor by the labor organization repres-
   39  enting the plurality of the employees within the authority. The non-vot-
   40  ing member shall be appointed for  a  term  of  seven  years,  provided,
   41  however, that if at any time during the term of appointment the non-vot-
   42  ing  member  ceases to be affiliated with the labor organization repres-
   43  enting the plurality of employees within the authority, then such  labor
   44  organization  may at any time during such term recommend a new member to
   45  the governor who shall serve the remainder of the  term.  If  the  local
   46  bargaining unit decertifies its existing union affiliation and certifies
   47  a  new  union, the union which represents the plurality of the employees
   48  may recommend a new member to the governor who shall serve the remainder
   49  of the term. The chairman of the authority, at his  or  her  discretion,
   50  may exclude such non-voting member from attending any portion of a meet-
   51  ing  of  the  authority  or  of  any  committee  held for the purpose of
   52  discussing negotiations with  labor  organizations,  pending  litigation
   53  involving  the  labor organization, or the investigation, evaluation, or
   54  discipline of an employee.
   55    (C) THERE SHALL BE AT LEST TWO MEMBERS OF THE AUTHORITY  APPOINTED  BY
   56  THE  GOVERNOR AS REPRESENTATIVES OF THE TRANSIT DEPENDENT AND PARA-TRAN-
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    1  SIT DEPENDENT COMMUNITY. THE GOVERNOR SHALL MAKE INITIAL APPOINTMENTS TO
    2  THE AUTHORITY IN SUCH NUMBER AND FROM LISTS  SUBMITTED  AS  FOLLOWS:  AT
    3  LEAST TWO MEMBERS SHALL BE APPOINTED TO THE AUTHORITY FROM A LIST OF NOT
    4  LESS  THAN  FOUR NAMES, SUBMITTED TO THE GOVERNOR BY LOCAL AND STATEWIDE
    5  TRANSIT ADVOCACY ORGANIZATIONS. THE MEMBERS  SHALL  BE  RESIDENTS  OF  A
    6  COUNTY  DESCRIBED  IN  PARAGRAPH  (A) OF THIS SUBDIVISION.   THE MEMBERS
    7  SHALL BE APPOINTED FOR A TERM OF FIVE YEARS. IF A  VACANCY  SHALL  OCCUR
    8  FOR  THESE MEMBER POSITIONS, A REPLACEMENT SHALL BE APPOINTED WITHIN SIX
    9  MONTHS.
   10    S 9. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day  after  it  shall
   11  have become a law.