New York A 4592: Relates to enacting the New York state thruway authority accountability act

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A04592 Summary:

BILL NOA04592 

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SAME ASNo Same As

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SPONSORBarclay (MS)

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COSPNSRMcDonough, Blankenbush, DiPietro, Hawley, Palmesano, Brabenec, Smullen, Walsh, Miller, Manktelow,
 Jensen, Gallahan, DeStefano, Lemondes, Tague

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MLTSPNSRAngelino, Brown K

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Amd §§352, 360 & 363, Pub Auth L; amd §§11 & 14, add §23, Transp L

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Enacts the New York state thruway authority accountability act; names the commissioner of DOT as chair of the thruway authority board; directs the commissioner of DOT to submit a plan to merge the thruway authority into the department of transportation.

Go to top A04592 Actions:

BILL NOA04592 

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02/04/2025referred to corporations, authorities and commissions

01/07/2026referred to corporations, authorities and commissions

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
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 4592

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 February 4, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by M. of A. BARCLAY, McDONOUGH, BLANKENBUSH, DiPIETRO,
 HAWLEY, PALMESANO, BRABENEC, SMULLEN, WALSH, MILLER, MANKTELOW,
 JENSEN, GALLAHAN, DeSTEFANO, LEMONDES, TAGUE -- Multi-Sponsored by --
 M. of A. ANGELINO, K. BROWN -- read once and referred to the Committee
 on Corporations, Authorities and Commissions

 AN ACT to amend the public authorities law and the transportation law,
 in relation to enacting the New York state thruway authority account-
 ability act

 The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
 bly, do enact as follows:

 1 Section 1. This act shall be known and be may cited as the "New York
 2 state thruway authority accountability act".
 3 § 2. Subdivision 1 of section 352 of the public authorities law, as
 4 amended by chapter 766 of the laws of 2005, is amended to read as
 5 follows:
 6 1. (a) A board to be known as "New York state thruway authority" is
 7 hereby created. Such board shall be a body corporate and politic consti-
 8 tuting a public corporation. It shall consist of seven members appointed
 9 by the governor by and with the advice and consent of the senate. [The
 10 members first appointed shall serve for terms ending three, six and nine
 11 years, respectively from January first next succeeding their appoint-
 12 ment. Provided, however, that two board members first appointed on or
 13 after the effective date of the chapter of the laws of two thousand five
 14 which amended this subdivision shall serve an initial term of two years;
 15 provided further that two other board members first appointed on or
 16 after the effective date of the chapter of the laws of two thousand five
 17 which amended this subdivision shall serve an initial term of three
 18 years. Their successors shall be appointed for terms of nine years each.
 19 A member to be designated as chairman in his or her appointment as a
 20 member shall be chairman of such board until his or her term as member
 21 expires.] The commissioner of transportation shall be designated and

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD05095-01-5

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 1 serve ex-officio as the chair of the board until the end of the term of
 2 the governor by whom they were appointed and their successor is
 3 appointed and has qualified. The [chairman] chair and the other members
 4 shall serve without additional salary or other compensation, but shall
 5 be entitled to reimbursement for their actual and necessary expenses
 6 incurred in the performance of their official duties.
 7 (b) Notwithstanding any other provision of law or the provisions of
 8 any appointment by the governor, the terms of all members serving as
 9 such as of March thirty-first, two thousand twenty-five, or on the
 10 effective date of this paragraph, whichever date is later, shall imme-
 11 diately terminate, except that such members shall continue to serve
 12 until their successors are appointed and have qualified.
 13 (c) Any member appointed shall have experience in one or more of the
 14 following areas: transportation, business management, finance, account-
 15 ing or manage