N.Y. Public Authorities Law § 1269-a: Metropolitan transportation authority capital program review board

§ 1269-a. Metropolitan transportation authority capital program review

board. 1. The metropolitan transportation authority capital program

review board is hereby created to exercise the powers, duties and

prerogatives as hereinafter provided in sections twelve hundred

sixty-nine-b and twelve hundred sixty-nine-c of this title.

2. The voting membership of the board shall consist of four persons

appointed by the governor of which one shall be upon the recommendation

of the temporary president of the senate, one upon the recommendation of

the speaker of the assembly and one upon the recommendation of the mayor

of the city of New York. The member appointed upon the recommendation of

the mayor of the city of New York shall participate and be entitled to

vote only with respect to bond resolutions and the capital program plans

and any amendments or modifications thereof for transit facilities

operated by the New York city transit authority, its subsidiaries and

the Staten Island rapid transit operating authority. Upon

recommendation of the nominating party, the governor may replace any

member in accordance with the provision contained herein for the

appointment of members. The governor shall designate one of the members

to serve as chairman. Any determination of the board shall be evidenced

by a certification thereof executed by all the members entitled to vote

on the matter so certified. Each member of the board shall be entitled

to designate a representative to attend meetings of the board in his

place and to vote or otherwise act on his behalf in his absence. Notice

of such designation shall be furnished in writing to the board by the

designating member. A representative shall serve at the pleasure of the

designating member during the member's term of office. A representative

shall not be authorized to delegate any of his duties or functions to

any other person.

3. The governor shall also appoint two non-voting members to the

metropolitan transportation authority capital program review board of

which one shall be upon the recommendation of the minority leader of the

senate and one upon the recommendation of the minority leader of the

assembly. Each non-voting member shall be entitled to designate a

representative to attend meetings of the board in his place.

4. The members of the metropolitan transportation authority capital

program review board, and their representatives shall be deemed

employees within the meaning of such term as provided for in section

seventeen of the public officers law.