NY Transp L § 41 (2021)
2021 New York Laws TRA - Transportation Article 2-D - Utica Transit Authority 41 - Organization.

§ 41. Organization.  1.  There  is  hereby  created  the Utica transit   authority.  The  authority  shall  be  a  body  corporate  and   politic   constituting  a  public  benefit  corporation  and shall be perpetual in   duration and consist of at least  five  members.  The  chairman  of  the   authority  shall,  before  the  authority becomes operative, cause to be   filed in the office of the commissioner, and a duplicate in  the  office   of  the  secretary  of  state,  a  certificate signed by him and setting   forth: (a) the date of the passage of the special act  establishing  the   authority;  (b)  the  name  of  the  authority; and (c) the names of the   members and their terms, specifying which member is chairman.2. Three members, no more than two from any political party, shall  be   appointed by the Mayor of the city of Utica; one for a term of two years   to  terminate  on the thirty-first day of December, nineteen hundred and   seventy-one; one  for  a  term  of  three  years  to  terminate  on  the   thirty-first  day of December, nineteen hundred and seventy-one; and one   for a term of four  years  to  terminate  on  the  thirty-first  day  of   December  nineteen  hundred and seventy-three. Two members, no more than   one from any political party, shall be appointed by the  common  council   of  the  city  of Utica; one for a term of two years to be terminated on   the thirty-first day of December nineteen hundred and  seventy-one;  one   for  a  term  of  three  years  to  terminate on the thirty-first day of   December nineteen hundred and seventy-one. The present membership of the   Utica transit commission, already so appointed under  local  law  number   six  of  nineteen  hundred  and  sixty-five  of the city of Utica, shall   constitute the membership of  the  Utica  transit  authority  for  terms   coinciding  with the present terms of the Utica transit commission.  The   present chairman of the Utica transit commission shall continue to serve   his current term as chairman of the Utica transit authority.  The  mayor   of  the city of Utica, the majority leader of the common council and the   minority leader of the common council, as they have already been serving   pursuant  to  said  local  law  number  six  of  nineteen  hundred   and   sixty-five,  shall  serve as ex-officio members without voting rights of   the Utica transit authority.Other municipalities electing to participate shall by their  governing   body  appoint  one  member to the Utica transit authority to serve for a   term of three years and who shall have a proportional vote multiplied by   five  based  upon  the  same  percentage  as  the  population   of   the   municipality he represents bears to the population of the city of Utica,   said  populations  to  be  determined  by  the last decennial or federal   county-wide special census. Any member of the authority shall  lose  his   voting  rights  for  such  period  of  time as the municipality which he   represents fails to make a pro-rata contribution toward the expenses  of   the operation of the authority.A  member  of  the  authority  shall  continue  to hold office until a   successor is appointed and has qualified.3. A majority of the whole number of members of a mass  transportation   authority  then  in office shall constitute a quorum for the transaction   of any business or the exercise of any power of the  authority.  A  mass   transportation  authority  shall  have power to act by a majority of the   members present at any meeting at which a quorum is in attendance.