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2023 New York Laws › PBA - Public Authorities › Article 5 - Public Utility Authorities › Title 11 - Metropolitan Commuter Transportation Authority › 1269-E - Financial and Operational Reports.

§  1269-e.  Financial  and  operational  reports.  The authority shall
  submit to the governor, the temporary president of the  senate  and  the
  speaker  of  the  assembly,  no  later  than  thirty  days following the
  submission of the annual independent audit report  pursuant  to  section
  twenty-eight  hundred two of this chapter, a complete detailed report or
  reports setting  forth,  to  the  extent  such  matters  are  not  fully
  addressed in the annual independent audit report, the following:
1. its financial reports, including:
a.  audited  financials  in accordance with all applicable regulations
  and following generally accepted accounting  principles  as  defined  in
  subdivision ten of section two of the state finance law;
b. grant and subsidy programs;
c. operating and financial risks;
d.  current  ratings  of its bonds issued by recognized municipal bond
  rating agencies and notice changes in such ratings; and
e. long-term liabilities, including leases and employee benefit plans;
  and
2.  an  assessment  of  the  effectiveness  of  its  internal  control
  structure and procedures, including:
a. descriptions of the authority and its major units and subsidiaries;
b.  the  number  of  employees,  and minority and women employees, for
  each;
c. an organizational chart;
d. its charter, if any and by-laws;
e. the extent of participation by minority and women owned enterprises
  in authority contracts and services in accordance with article fifteen-A
  of the executive law; and
f. a listing of material changes in internal operations  and  programs
  during the reporting year.
2023 New York Laws › PBA - Public Authorities › Article 5 - Public Utility Authorities › Title 11 - Metropolitan Commuter Transportation Authority › 1269-F - Mission Statement and Measurement Report.

§  1269-f.  Mission statement and measurement report. 1. The authority
  shall submit to the governor, the temporary president of the senate  and
  the  speaker  of  the  assembly,  on or before October thirty-first, two
  thousand nine, a  proposed  authority  mission  statement  and  proposed
  measurements.  The  proposed mission statement and proposed measurements
  shall  have  the  following  components:  a  brief   mission   statement
  expressing  the purpose and goals of the authority; a description of the
  stakeholders of the authority and their reasonable expectations from the
  authority, which stakeholders shall include at a minimum: the  residents
  and  taxpayers  of  the  area  of the state served by the authority, the
  persons that use  the  services  provided  by  the  authority,  and  the
  employees  of  the authority and any employee organization; the goals of
  the authority in response to the needs of each  group  of  stakeholders;
  and  a  list  of  measures by which performance of the authority and the
  achievement of its goals may be evaluated.
2. The authority shall thereafter reexamine its mission statement  and
  measurements  on  an  annual  basis,  and  publish  on  its website self
  evaluations based on the stated measures.
2023 New York Laws › PBA - Public Authorities › Article 5 - Public Utility Authorities › Title 11 - Metropolitan Commuter Transportation Authority › 1270 - Reserve Funds and Appropriations.

§ 1270. Reserve funds and appropriations. The authority may create and
  establish  one  or more reserve funds in accordance with agreements with
  bondholders, noteholders or the holders  of  other  obligations  of  the
  authority   and   may  pay  into  such  reserve  funds  (a)  any  monies
  appropriated and made available by the state for the  purposes  of  such
  funds,  (b) any proceeds of sale of notes, bonds or other obligations to
  the extent provided in the resolution of the authority  authorizing  the
  issuance  thereof,  and (c) any other monies which may be made available
  to the authority for the purpose of such funds from any other source  or
  sources.  In  lieu  thereof,  the  authority may provide for the deposit
  therein of, or substitute for moneys on deposit therein, a liquidity  or
  credit facility, surety bond or other similar agreement.
2023 New York Laws › PBA - Public Authorities › Article 5 - Public Utility Authorities › Title 11 - Metropolitan Commuter Transportation Authority › 1270-B - Metropolitan Transportation Authority Dutchess, Orange and Rockland Fund.

§  1270-b.  Metropolitan transportation authority Dutchess, Orange and
  Rockland fund. 1. The authority shall create and establish a fund to  be
  known as the "metropolitan transportation authority Dutchess, Orange and
  Rockland  fund"  which  shall  be  kept  separate  from and shall not be
  commingled with any other moneys of the authority. The Dutchess,  Orange
  and  Rockland  fund  shall  consist  of three separate accounts: (i) the
  "Dutchess account"; (ii) the "Orange account"; and (iii)  the  "Rockland
  account".
2.  The  metropolitan  transportation  authority  Dutchess, Orange and
  Rockland fund shall consist  of  moneys  transferred  by  the  authority
  pursuant to subdivision four of section twelve hundred seventy-a of this
  title.
3.  Moneys  in  the  Dutchess  account,  the  Orange  account, and the
  Rockland account shall on a quarterly basis be (i) paid to the  counties
  of  Dutchess,  Orange  and  Rockland,  respectively, for the purposes of
  providing  mass  transportation  operating  assistance,  including  debt
  service on bonds or notes issued for such purposes, or for providing the
  following  types  of  capital  projects within such county: capacity and
  infrastructure improvements to state, county, town, city, village roads,
  highways, parkways or bridges; or state,  county,  town,  city,  village
  mass  transportation  projects;  or  (ii)  transferred  to  the suburban
  transportation fund pursuant  to  a  resolution,  which  is  irrevocable
  during the term of any outstanding bonds or notes issued, adopted by the
  county  legislature of Dutchess county, the county legislature of Orange
  county or the  county  legislature  of  Rockland  county  directing  the
  authority to make all such future transfers of funds from its respective
  account to the suburban transportation fund. The first quarterly payment
  or  transfer  shall  occur  during  the quarter beginning January first,
  nineteen hundred eighty-nine.
2023 New York Laws › PBA - Public Authorities › Article 5 - Public Utility Authorities › Title 11 - Metropolitan Commuter Transportation Authority › 1270-E - Implementation of the Transportation Infrastructure Bond Act of 2000.

* §  1270-e.  Implementation of the Transportation Infrastructure Bond
Act of 2000. 1. In accordance with the provisions of the  Transportation
Infrastructure  Bond  Act  of  2000  authorizing the creation of general
obligation debt in the amount of three  billion  eight  hundred  million
dollars ($3,800,000,000), the moneys received by the state from the sale
of  the  bonds and/or notes shall be expended for uses eligible pursuant
to the Transportation Infrastructure Bond Act of 2000 pursuant to annual
appropriations as follows:
(a) One billion  nine  hundred  million  dollars  ($1,900,000,000)  as
authorized  by  paragraph (a) of subdivision two of section four hundred
seventy of the transportation law;
(b) Three hundred million  dollars  ($300,000,000)  as  authorized  by
paragraph  (b) of subdivision two of section four hundred seventy of the
transportation law; and
(c) One  billion  six  hundred  million  dollars  ($1,600,000,000)  as
authorized by subdivision two of this section.
2.  One  billion six hundred million dollars of moneys received by the
state from  the  sale  of  bonds  and/or  notes  sold  pursuant  to  the
Transportation  Infrastructure  Bond  Act  of  2000  for  uses  eligible
pursuant  to  subdivision  c  of  section  four  of  the  Transportation
Infrastructure  Bond  Act  of  2000 shall be expended pursuant to annual
appropriations  for  the  construction,   reconstruction,   replacement,
improvement,  reconditioning,  rehabilitation and preservation including
engineering, construction management, the preparation of designs, plans,
specifications, estimates, environmental impact  statements,  appraisals
and  surveys, and the acquisition of real property and interests therein
and site preparation and clearances, required or expected to be required
in connection therewith, of urban and  commuter  passenger  and  freight
rail,  omnibus,  mass  transit and rapid transit systems, facilities and
equipment, including acquisition, and including the  full-length  Second
Avenue  subway  and  the Long Island Rail Road East-Side access project,
all of which are capital elements described  in  the  two  thousand--two
thousand  four  capital  program  plans  approved  by  the  metropolitan
transportation authority capital program review board.
3. All actions taken by the authority in connection with  the  receipt
and expenditure of moneys received from the state from the sale of bonds
pursuant  to the Transportation Infrastructure Bond Act of 2000 shall be
reviewed for consistency with provisions of the federal internal revenue
code  and  regulations  thereunder,  in   accordance   with   procedures
established  in  connection  with  the  issuance  of any such tax exempt
bonds, to preserve the tax exempt status of such bonds.
* NB Not effective due to defeat of the  Transportation  Bond  Act  of
2000
2023 New York Laws › PBA - Public Authorities › Article 5 - Public Utility Authorities › Title 11 - Metropolitan Commuter Transportation Authority › 1270-F - Implementation of the Rebuild and Renew New York Transportation Bond Act of 2005.

§   1270-f.   Implementation   of  the  rebuild  and  renew  New  York
transportation bond act of two thousand five. 1. In accordance with  the
provisions  of the rebuild and renew New York transportation bond act of
two thousand five authorizing the creation of general obligation debt in
the amount of two billion nine hundred million dollars ($2,900,000,000),
the moneys received by the state from the sale of the bonds and/or notes
shall be expended for uses eligible pursuant to the  rebuild  and  renew
New York transportation bond act of two thousand five pursuant to annual
appropriations as follows:
(a) One billion four hundred fifty million dollars ($1,450,000,000) as
authorized  by  subdivision  two  of  section four hundred eighty of the
transportation law;
(b) One billion four hundred fifty million dollars ($1,450,000,000) as
authorized by subdivision two of this section.
2. One billion four hundred fifty million dollars ($1,450,000,000)  of
moneys  received  by  the state from the sale of bonds and/or notes sold
pursuant to the rebuild and renew New York transportation  bond  act  of
two thousand five for uses eligible pursuant to subdivision b of section
four  of  the  rebuild and renew New York transportation bond act of two
thousand five shall be expended pursuant to  annual  appropriations  for
the     construction,    reconstruction,    replacement,    improvement,
reconditioning, rehabilitation and preservation  including  engineering,
construction,   management,   the   preparation   of   designs,   plans,
specifications, estimates, environmental impact  statements,  appraisals
and  surveys, and the acquisition of real property and interests therein
and site preparation and clearances, required or expected to be required
in connection therewith, of urban and  commuter  passenger  and  freight
rail,  omnibus,  mass  transit and rapid transit systems, facilities and
equipment, including acquisition, all  of  which  are  capital  elements
described  in the two thousand five -- two thousand nine capital program
plans as submitted to and approved by  the  metropolitan  transportation
authority capital program review board, whether before, on, or after the
effective  date  of  the  chapter of the laws of two thousand five which
added this section.
3. All actions taken by the authority in connection with  the  receipt
and expenditure of moneys received from the state from the sale of bonds
pursuant  to  the  rebuild and renew New York transportation bond act of
two thousand five shall be reviewed for consistency with  provisions  of
the  federal  internal  revenue  code  and  regulations  thereunder,  in
accordance with procedures established in connection with  the  issuance
of  any such tax exempt bonds, to preserve the tax exempt status of such
bonds.
2023 New York Laws › PBA - Public Authorities › Article 5 - Public Utility Authorities › Title 11 - Metropolitan Commuter Transportation Authority › 1270-G - Regulation of Certain Authority Expenditures.

§  1270-g. Regulation of certain authority expenditures. The authority
  shall implement policies as appropriate to minimize unwarranted expenses
  and to protect against abuses in connection with (i) the granting of any
  privileges or benefits having financial value, other than wage  payments
  or  expense reimbursements, to members or staff of the authority, or any
  subsidiary or other authority created by the  authority;  and  (ii)  the
  full-time  and  part-time  assignment  and  use  of automobiles owned or
  leased by the authority, or any subsidiary or other authority created by
  the authority, and the use by authority employees and board  members  of
  livery  vehicles,  as defined in section one hundred twenty-one-e of the
  vehicle and traffic law.
2023 New York Laws › PBA - Public Authorities › Article 5 - Public Utility Authorities › Title 11 - Metropolitan Commuter Transportation Authority › 1270-J - Metropolitan Transportation Authority Commercial Gaming Revenue Fund.

§  1270-j.  Metropolitan  transportation  authority  commercial gaming
  revenue fund. 1. The authority shall establish a fund to be known as the
  "metropolitan transportation authority commercial gaming  revenue  fund"
  which  shall  be kept separate from and shall not be commingled with any
  other moneys of the authority.
2.  The  gaming  commission  shall  deposit  into   the   metropolitan
  transportation   authority   commercial  gaming  revenue  fund,  without
  appropriation, the revenue including taxes collected in accordance  with
  the  relevant  provisions  of  paragraphs  (b),  (c),  (d)  and  (e)  of
  subdivision one of section thirteen hundred  fifty-two  of  the  racing,
  pari-mutuel  wagering  and  breeding law and licensing fees collected in
  accordance with the relevant provisions of subdivision three of  section
  thirteen  hundred  twenty-one-e  of the racing, pari-mutuel wagering and
  breeding law.
3. Moneys in the fund may be used by  the  authority  for  payment  of
  operating  costs  of  or  for  the  authority, the New York city transit
  authority and their  subsidiaries  as  the  authority  shall  determine,
  including  debt  service.  Monies  in  the  fund shall not be pledged to
  secure bonds, notes or other obligations of the authority, the New  York
  city transit authority and their subsidiaries.
4.  Nothing  contained in this section shall be deemed to restrict the
  right of the State to amend, repeal, modify or otherwise alter  statutes
  imposing  or  relating  to  the  taxes, interest and penalties, fees and
  charges   producing   revenues   for   deposit   in   the   metropolitan
  transportation   authority   commercial   gaming  revenue  fund  or,  if
  applicable, any appropriations relating thereto.
2023 New York Laws › PBA - Public Authorities › Article 5 - Public Utility Authorities › Title 11 - Metropolitan Commuter Transportation Authority › 1271 - Agreement of the State.

§  1271.  Agreement  of the state. The state does hereby pledge to and
  agree with the authority and its subsidiaries,  New  York  city  transit
  authority  and  its  subsidiaries,  and  Triborough  bridge  and  tunnel
  authority, and the holders of any notes,  bonds  or  other  obligations,
  including  lease  obligations, issued or incurred under this title, that
  the state will  not  limit  or  alter  the  denial  of  authority  under
  subdivision  nine of section twelve hundred sixty-nine of this title, or
  the rights and powers vested in the authority and its subsidiaries,  New
  York  city transit authority and its subsidiaries, and Triborough bridge
  and tunnel  authority  by  this  title  to  fulfill  the  terms  of  any
  agreements  made  by any of them with the holders thereof, or in any way
  impair the rights and remedies of such holders until such  notes,  bonds
  or  other  obligations,  including  lease obligations, together with the
  interest thereon, with interest on any unpaid installments of  interest,
  and  all costs and expenses for which the authority or its subsidiaries,
  New York city transit authority and  its  subsidiaries,  and  Triborough
  bridge  and  tunnel authority is liable in connection with any action or
  proceeding  by  or  on  behalf  of  such  holders,  are  fully  met  and
  discharged.  The  authority  and its subsidiaries, New York city transit
  authority  and  its  subsidiaries,  and  Triborough  bridge  and  tunnel
  authority  are  each  authorized to include this pledge and agreement of
  the state in any agreement with the holders  of  such  notes,  bonds  or
  other obligations, including lease obligations.
2023 New York Laws › PBA - Public Authorities › Article 5 - Public Utility Authorities › Title 11 - Metropolitan Commuter Transportation Authority › 1272 - Right of State to Require Redemption of Bonds.

§ 1272. Right of state to require redemption of bonds. Notwithstanding
  and  in addition to any provisions for the redemption of bonds which may
  be contained in any contract with the holders of the  bonds,  the  state
  may, upon furnishing sufficient funds therefor, require the authority to
  redeem,  prior  to  maturity,  as  a  whole,  any  issue of bonds on any
  interest payment date not less than twenty years after the date  of  the
  bonds  of  such issue at one hundred five per centum of their face value
  and accrued interest or  at  such  lower  redemption  price  as  may  be
  provided  in  the  bonds in case of the redemption thereof as a whole on
  the redemption date. Notice of such redemption shall be published in  at
  least  two  newspapers  publishing  and  circulating respectively in the
  cities of Albany and New York at least twice, the first  publication  to
  be at least thirty days before the date of redemption.
2023 New York Laws › PBA - Public Authorities › Article 5 - Public Utility Authorities › Title 11 - Metropolitan Commuter Transportation Authority › 1274 - Notes and Bonds as Legal Investment.

§  1274.  Notes  and bonds as legal investment. The notes and bonds of
  the authority are hereby made securities in which  all  public  officers
  and   bodies   of   the  state  and  all  municipalities  and  political
  subdivisions, all insurance companies and associations and other persons
  carrying on an insurance business, all banks, bankers, trust  companies,
  savings  banks  and  savings  associations,  including  savings and loan
  associations, building and loan associations, investment  companies  and
  other  persons  carrying  on  a  banking  business,  all administrators,
  guardians, executors, trustees and  other  fiduciaries,  and  all  other
  persons  whatsoever  who  are  now or who may hereafter be authorized to
  invest in bonds or other obligations of  the  state,  may  properly  and
  legally  invest funds including capital in their control or belonging to
  them.  Notwithstanding any other provisions of law,  the  bonds  of  the
  authority  are  also  hereby made securities which may be deposited with
  and shall be received by all public officers and bodies  of  this  state
  and  all  municipalities  and political subdivisions for any purpose for
  which the deposit of bonds or other obligations of the state is  now  or
  may hereafter be authorized.
2023 New York Laws › PBA - Public Authorities › Article 5 - Public Utility Authorities › Title 11 - Metropolitan Commuter Transportation Authority › 1275 - Exemption From Taxation.

§  1275.  Exemption  from taxation. It is hereby found, determined and
  declared that the creation of the authority and the carrying out of  its
  purposes  is  in all respects for the benefit of the people of the state
  of New York and  for  the  improvement  of  their  health,  welfare  and
  prosperity  and  is  a  public  purpose,  and that the authority will be
  performing an essential governmental function in  the  exercise  of  the
  powers  conferred upon it by this title. Without limiting the generality
  of the following provisions of  this  section,  property  owned  by  the
  authority,  property leased by the authority and used for transportation
  purposes, and property used for transportation purposes by  or  for  the
  benefit  of  the  authority  exclusively pursuant to the provisions of a
  joint service arrangement or of a joint facilities agreement or trackage
  rights agreement shall all  be  exempt  from  taxation  and  special  ad
  valorem levies. The authority shall be required to pay no fees, taxes or
  assessments,  whether state or local, including but not limited to fees,
  taxes or assessments on real estate, franchise  taxes,  sales  taxes  or
  other  excise  taxes, upon any of its property, or upon the use thereof,
  or upon it activities in the operation and maintenance of its facilities
  or on any fares, tolls, rentals, rates, charges or other fees,  revenues
  or other income received by the authority and the bonds of the authority
  and  the  income  therefrom  shall at all times be exempt from taxation,
  except for gift and estate taxes and taxes on transfers.   This  section
  shall  constitute a covenant and agreement with the holders of all bonds
  issued by the authority. The terms "taxation" and  "special  ad  valorem
  levy" shall have the same meanings as defined in section one hundred two
  of  the  real  property  tax  law and the term "transportation purposes"
  shall have the same meaning as used in titles two-a and two-b of article
  four of such law.
2023 New York Laws › PBA - Public Authorities › Article 5 - Public Utility Authorities › Title 11 - Metropolitan Commuter Transportation Authority › 1276-A - Annual Audit of Authority.

§  1276-a. Annual audit of authority. The comptroller shall conduct an
  annual audit  of  the  books  and  records  of  the  authority  and  its
  subsidiary  corporations.  Such  audit  shall  include  a  complete  and
  thorough  examination  of  such  authority's  receipts,   disbursements,
  revenues  and  expenses  during the prior fiscal year in accordance with
  the categories or classifications established by such authority for  its
  own operating and capital outlay purposes; assets and liabilities at the
  end   of   its  last  fiscal  year  including  the  status  of  reserve,
  depreciation, special or other funds  and  including  the  receipts  and
  payments  of these funds; schedule of bonds and notes outstanding at the
  end of its fiscal year and  their  redemption  dates,  together  with  a
  statement  of the amounts redeemed and incurred during such fiscal year;
  operations, debt service  and  capital  construction  during  the  prior
  fiscal year.
The  comptroller,  upon  completion  of such audit, shall within sixty
  days  thereafter,  report  to  the  governor  and  the  legislature  his
  findings, conclusions and recommendations thereof.
2023 New York Laws › PBA - Public Authorities › Article 5 - Public Utility Authorities › Title 11 - Metropolitan Commuter Transportation Authority › 1276-C - Independent Audit of Authority.

§  1276-c.  Independent  audit  of  authority. The independent auditor
  retained  by  the  authority  shall  not  provide  to   the   authority,
  contemporaneously  with  the  audit  unless  it  shall  have  previously
  received written approval by the audit committee any non-audit  service,
  including:
1. routine bookkeeping or other services;
2. financial information systems design and implementation;
3. appraisal    or   valuation   services,   fairness   opinions,   or
  contribution-in-kind reports;
4. actuarial services;
5. outsourcing services;
6. authority management functions or human resources;
7. broker  or  dealer,  investment  advisor  or   investment   banking
  services;
8. legal services and expert services unrelated to the audit.
2023 New York Laws › PBA - Public Authorities › Article 5 - Public Utility Authorities › Title 11 - Metropolitan Commuter Transportation Authority › 1276-D - Independent Audit by the Legislature.

§  1276-d.  Independent audit by the legislature. After the submission
  of the annual independent audit report to the  legislature  pursuant  to
  section two thousand eight hundred two of this chapter, and after review
  of such report, the temporary president of the senate and the speaker of
  the assembly may commission an auditing firm, every two years, after the
  year  two  thousand  nine,  to  conduct  an  independent  audit  of  the
  authority, including its subsidiaries. The temporary  president  of  the
  senate  and  the  speaker  of  the  assembly shall set the scope of such
  audit, and determine the terms of the  request  for  proposal  for  such
  audit. Such audit shall be performed for the year two thousand nine. The
  authority shall fully cooperate with and assist in such an audit.
2023 New York Laws › PBA - Public Authorities › Article 5 - Public Utility Authorities › Title 11 - Metropolitan Commuter Transportation Authority › 1276-E - Reporting.

§  1276-e.  Reporting.  The  authority shall post on its website on or
  before the first of May, the law firms retained by the  authority  which
  in the past year received payment for services in such year.
2023 New York Laws › PBA - Public Authorities › Article 5 - Public Utility Authorities › Title 11 - Metropolitan Commuter Transportation Authority › 1277-A - Transfer and Receipt of Surplus Funds.

§  1277-a.  Transfer and receipt of surplus funds. Notwithstanding any
  provision of this title or any other provision of law, general,  special
  or  local,  the authority may from time to time transfer and pay over to
  New  York  city  transit  authority  or  triborough  bridge  and  tunnel
  authority  all  or any part of its surplus funds; and may accept and use
  any moneys transferred and paid over to it  by  New  York  city  transit
  authority or triborough bridge and tunnel authority.
2023 New York Laws › PBA - Public Authorities › Article 5 - Public Utility Authorities › Title 11 - Metropolitan Commuter Transportation Authority › 1278 - Title Not Affected if in Part Unconstitutional or Ineffective.

§ 1278. Title not affected if in part unconstitutional or ineffective.
  If any provision of any section of this title or the application thereof
  to  any  person  or circumstance shall be adjudged invalid by a court of
  competent jurisdiction, such order or judgment shall be confined in  its
  operation  to  the  controversy  in which it was rendered, and shall not
  affect or invalidate the remainder of any provision of  any  section  of
  this title or the application of any part thereof to any other person or
  circumstance  and  to  this  end  the provisions of each section of this
  title are hereby declared to be severable.
2023 New York Laws › PBA - Public Authorities › Article 5 - Public Utility Authorities › Title 11 - Metropolitan Commuter Transportation Authority › 1279-A - Management Advisory Board.

§ 1279-a. Management advisory board. 1. There is hereby created in the
  office  of the metropolitan transportation authority inspector general a
  management advisory board, consisting of thirteen members  appointed  by
  the  governor,  of  whom  two  shall be appointed upon nomination by the
  temporary president of the senate, two upon nomination by the speaker of
  the assembly, one upon nomination by the minority leader of  the  senate
  and  one  upon  nomination  by  the minority leader of the assembly. All
  members shall serve for a term of three years, except that, of  the  two
  members  first  appointed  upon nomination by the temporary president of
  the senate, one shall serve for a term of two years and one shall  serve
  for  a  term  of  one  year;  of  the  two  members first appointed upon
  nomination by the speaker of the assembly, one shall serve for a term of
  two years and one shall serve for a term of one year; and, of two of the
  members first appointed by the governor without nomination by any  other
  person,  two shall each serve for a term of two years and two shall each
  serve for a term of one year.  One  of  the  members  appointed  to  the
  management  advisory  board directly by the governor shall be designated
  by the governor to serve as its chairman.
2. All members of the management advisory board shall be residents  of
  the  metropolitan  transportation  district,  and  shall be persons with
  substantial experience in the management of private enterprise,  in  the
  delivery of public services, or in labor or labor-management relations.
3.  The  management  advisory  board  shall  assist  the  metropolitan
  transportation  authority  inspector  general  in  identifying  ways  to
  improve  services,  reduce  costs  and  increase  the  efficiency of the
  authority  and  its  subsidiaries,  the  Triborough  bridge  and  tunnel
  authority or the New York city transit authority and its subsidiary.
4.  No  later  than  April  first,  nineteen  hundred eighty-four, and
  annually thereafter, the management advisory board shall submit  to  the
  governor  and  the  legislature  a  report  on its activities during the
  previous year.
5. The office of the metropolitan transportation  authority  inspector
  general  shall  provide  the  management  advisory board with such staff
  support as may be required for the performance of its duties.
6. Members of  the  management  advisory  board  shall  serve  without
  compensation,  but  shall be reimbursed for expenses reasonably incurred
  in the performance of their duties.
2023 New York Laws › PBA - Public Authorities › Article 5 - Public Utility Authorities › Title 11 - Metropolitan Commuter Transportation Authority › 1279-C - The Office of Legislative and Community Input.

§  1279-c.  The  office  of  legislative  and  community input. 1. The
chairperson of the authority shall establish the office  of  legislative
and community input for the purpose of communicating information to, and
receiving  comments,  concerns  and recommendations from, members of the
legislature, and members of the permanent citizens advisory committee to
the authority, as defined in section twelve hundred sixty-six-i of  this
chapter, on the following:
(a)  the  operations  of  the rapid transit, omnibus and commuter rail
line facilities of the authority including, but not limited to:
(i) the quality of service provided on any rapid transit, omnibus, and
commuter rail line or route;
(ii) the frequency  of  operating  service  on  the  authority's  mass
transit facilities;
(iii)  the  maintenance  and condition of the authority's mass transit
facilities including, but not limited to,  rapid  transit  and  commuter
rail  stations, railcars, buses, rail lines, fare collection systems and
sound systems; and
(iv) proposed service changes, including any reductions  or  expansion
of  services,  as it relates to the authority's mass transit facilities;
and
(b) any proposed, submitted and/or approved capital program plan,  its
components, elements and projects, and associated expenditures. Any such
comments,  concerns  and recommendations relating to the capital program
plan, its components, elements and projects, and associated expenditures
shall be taken into consideration in the development of the current  and
each successive capital program plan and/or any amendment to such plan.
2.  The office shall establish a process to ensure timely notification
of  the  receipt  of,  and  response   to,   comments,   concerns,   and
recommendations  by  members  of  the  legislature  or  members  of  the
permanent citizens advisory committee to the authority.
3. The  chair  and  office  shall  prepare  a  report  containing  the
following information:
(a)  a  compilation  of  the  comments,  concerns, and recommendations
received by the office;
(b) how these comments, concerns or recommendations were  or  will  be
addressed,  such  as  the  authority's  response by the incorporation or
initiation  of  system  and  operational  adjustments,  improvements  or
expansions if applicable; and
(c)  how  these  comments, concerns or recommendations were or will be
addressed, such as the authority's response by changing or amending  the
capital  plan,  as  well  as providing status updates on the progress of
such plan.
4. Such report shall on a biannual basis, commencing September  first,
two thousand nine, be submitted to the governor, the temporary president
of  the  senate  and  the  speaker  of  the  assembly,  be posted on the
authority's website and also be made readily available to the public.
2023 New York Laws › PBA - Public Authorities › Article 5 - Public Utility Authorities › Title 11 - Metropolitan Commuter Transportation Authority › 1279-D - Supplemental Revenue Reporting Program.

§  1279-d.  Supplemental  revenue  reporting  program. 1. On or before
  January first, two thousand nineteen,  the  authority  shall  develop  a
  supplemental  revenue  reporting  program.  Such program shall provide a
  detailed accounting of the amount spent from  supplemental  revenues  on
  actions,  measures or projects undertaken to reduce major incidents that
  have been found to cause delays to the  New  York  city  subway  system,
  including  but  not limited to: track incidents; signal failure; persons
  on the track; police and medical  activity;  structural  and  electrical
  problems;  and  broken  traincar equipment. The information described in
  this subdivision, including the  spending  details  and  the  associated
  category   of   major  incident,  shall  be  updated  quarterly  and  be
  prominently posted together on the authority's website.
2. Definitions. For purposes of this section, "supplemental  revenues"
  shall  include  any  funds  appropriated by the state or the city of New
  York to support the NYC subway action plan approved by the board of  the
  authority  and  any revenues received pursuant to section twelve hundred
  ninety-nine-H of the tax law.
2023 New York Laws › PBA - Public Authorities › Article 5 - Public Utility Authorities › Title 11 - Metropolitan Commuter Transportation Authority › 1279-G - Major Construction Review Unit.

§   1279-g.  Major  construction  review  unit.  The  authority  shall
  establish the major construction review unit within the  authority  that
  shall  consist  of a panel of internal and external experts appointed by
  the board. Panel members shall have extensive  background  or  executive
  experience  in at least one of the following areas: engineering; design;
  construction; or, project management. The major construction review unit
  shall  review  all  large  scale  projects   of   the   authority,   its
  subsidiaries,  affiliates  and the subsidiaries of its affiliates before
  award and shall also review any plans involving signal system  upgrades,
  including,  but  not  limited  to  the use of communications based train
  control and ultra-wideband technology for use within the New  York  City
  subway  system  before  they  shall  be  implemented.  The review of any
  project or system upgrade referred to the review unit shall be completed
  within thirty days from the submission of such project or system to  the
  review unit.
2023 New York Laws › PBA - Public Authorities › Article 5 - Public Utility Authorities › Title 11 - Metropolitan Commuter Transportation Authority › 1279-H - Debarment.

§  1279-h.  Debarment.  The  authority  shall  establish,  pursuant to
  regulation, a debarment process for contractors of  the  authority  that
  prohibits  such  contractors  from  bidding on future contracts, after a
  debarment determination by such authority, for a period  of  five  years
  from  such  determination.  Such  regulations  must ensure notice and an
  opportunity to be heard before such debarment determination and  provide
  as  a  defense  acts  such as force majeure. Such regulations shall only
  provide for a debarment in situations involving a  contractor's  failure
  to  substantially  complete  the work within the time frame set forth in
  the contract, or in any  subsequent  change  order,  by  more  than  ten
  percent  of  the  contract  term;  or where a contractor's disputed work
  exceeds ten percent or more of the total  contract  cost  where  claimed
  costs  are  deemed  to  be  invalid  pursuant by the contractual dispute
  resolution process.
2023 New York Laws › PBA - Public Authorities › Article 5 - Public Utility Authorities › Title 11 - Metropolitan Commuter Transportation Authority › 1279-L - Right to Share Employees.

§ 1279-l. Right to share employees. 1. It is hereby found and declared
  to be necessary and proper to authorize the authority, its subsidiaries,
  affiliates,  and  subsidiaries  of  affiliates, powers to effectuate and
  ensure such entities continued financial viability, which  is  at  issue
  given sizable operating deficits and significant capital needs. Allowing
  wholesale  internal  management  reforms  will  create  savings,  combat
  entrenched bureaucracies, create  streamlined,  uniform,  and  efficient
  services,  ensure public accountability and reestablish public trust. In
  order to facilitate these necessary goals it is both  reasonable  and  a
  legitimate  public  purpose  to  provide  systematic  authority  for the
  sharing of employees within and between the respective entities.
2.  Notwithstanding  any  provision  of  law  to  the  contrary,   the
  authority,  its subsidiaries, affiliates, and subsidiaries of affiliates
  shall each have the right to share employees  within  and  between  such
  entities  and  to  assign  such  employees  to  perform any operation or
  function subject only to a determination  that  they  are  substantially
  similar  to any operation or function currently performed. Substantially
  similar operation or function shall be  determined  exclusively  by  the
  authority.
3. Nothing set forth in this subdivision shall be construed to impede,
  infringe  or  diminish  the rights and benefits that accrue to employees
  and employers through collective bargaining  agreements,  or  impact  or
  change an employee's membership in a bargaining unit.
2023 New York Laws › PBA - Public Authorities › Article 5 - Public Utility Authorities › Title 12 - New York State Environmental Facilities Corporation › 1283 - Purposes of the Corporation.

§   1283.  Purposes  of  the  corporation.  1.  The  purposes  of  the
  corporation shall be the planning, financing, construction,  maintenance
  and  operation of sewage treatment works, sewage collecting systems, air
  pollution control facilities, water management facilities,  storm  water
  collecting  systems,  solid  waste  disposal  facilities  and state park
  infrastructure projects, the construction on  behalf  of  municipalities
  and state agencies of sewage treatment works, sewage collecting systems,
  air  pollution  control  facilities,  water management facilities, storm
  water collecting  systems  and  solid  waste  disposal  facilities,  the
  financing,  for  or on behalf of persons, of sewage treatment works, air
  pollution control facilities, water  management  facilities,  and  solid
  waste  disposal  facilities  and the making of loans which may, but need
  not, be secured by mortgage, contracts and other instruments to  persons
  for  the  planning  and  construction  of  sewage  treatment  works, air
  pollution control facilities,  water  management  facilities  and  solid
  waste  disposal  facilities  and the assistance of municipalities, state
  agencies  and  the  state  in  the  planning,  financing,  construction,
  maintenance  and  operation of sewage treatment works, sewage collecting
  systems, air pollution control facilities, water management  facilities,
  storm  water  collecting systems and solid waste disposal facilities, in
  accordance with the provisions of this title. In addition, the  purposes
  of  the  corporation  shall  include  financing the design, acquisition,
  construction, improvement and installation of  all  or  any  portion  of
  Riverbank Park.
2.  It  is  hereby  found  and  declared that such purposes are in all
  respects for the benefit of the people of the state of New York and  the
  corporation  shall  be  regarded as performing an essential governmental
  function in carrying out its  purposes  and  in  exercising  the  powers
  granted by this title.
2023 New York Laws › PBA - Public Authorities › Article 5 - Public Utility Authorities › Title 12 - New York State Environmental Facilities Corporation › 1285-B - Additional Special Powers of the Corporation With Respect to Projects and Persons.

§ 1285-b. Additional special powers of the corporation with respect to
  projects and persons. In order to effectuate the purposes of this title,
  the  corporation shall have the following additional special powers; (1)
  to extend credit  and  make  loans  to  a  person  or  persons  for  the
  construction  or  acquisition of a project or for the reimbursement to a
  person or persons for  costs  incurred  in  connection  with  a  project
  completed  or  not  completed  at the time of such credit or loan, which
  credits or loans may, but need not, be secured by  mortgages,  contracts
  or  other instruments, upon such terms and conditions as the corporation
  shall determine reasonable in connection with such credits or loans, and
  (2) in the exercise of powers granted in this section in connection with
  a project for a person or persons,  to  require  the  inclusion  in  any
  contract, loan agreement or other instrument, of such provisions for the
  financing  of  such project and such other financial and other covenants
  applying to  such  person  or  persons,  as  the  corporation  may  deem
  necessary  or  desirable  and  to  do  all  things  and  to  execute all
  instruments  necessary  and  desirable  in  connection   therewith.   In
  connection   with  the  extension  of  any  such  credit  or  loan,  the
  corporation may fix and collect such fees and charges, including but not
  limited to reimbursement of all costs of financing by the corporation as
  the corporation shall determine to be  reasonable.  In  connection  with
  such  extension  of  credit  or  loan  to such person or persons for the
  construction or acquisition of a project as provided above, such  person
  or  persons  shall  submit  to  the  corporation  an application for the
  extension of credit or  loan  as  set  forth  in  the  application.  The
  corporation   may   deny  such  application  for  any  reason  it  deems
  appropriate in the public interest. The extension of any such credit  or
  loan  is  subject  to  the  ability  of  the  corporation  to secure the
  necessary financing and subject to  the  obtaining  by  such  person  or
  persons   of   certification   by   the  commissioner  of  environmental
  conservation that the project for which such credit or loan is  extended
  is  intended  to meet or exceed applicable state environmental standards
  as set forth in law, rules and regulations.
2023 New York Laws › PBA - Public Authorities › Article 5 - Public Utility Authorities › Title 12 - New York State Environmental Facilities Corporation › 1285-C - Construction, Operation and Maintenance of Industrial Hazardous Waste Treatment, Storage and Disposal Facilities.

§  1285-c.  Construction,  operation  and  maintenance  of  industrial
  hazardous waste treatment, storage and disposal facilities. In  addition
  to   its  existing  powers,  the  corporation  is  hereby  empowered  to
  construct, operate and maintain industrial  hazardous  waste  treatment,
  storage    and    disposal    facilities,   including   plants,   works,
  instrumentalities, or parts thereof, and appurtenances thereto  for  the
  collection,  conveyance,  treatment,  exchange and disposal of hazardous
  wastes provided such a facility receives a certificate of  environmental
  safety  and  public  necessity  as  provided  in title eleven of article
  twenty-seven of the environmental conservation law  and  is  located  on
  lands  in  a  municipality where such industrial uses are permitted. The
  corporation may subcontract for the construction or  operation  of  such
  facility.
2023 New York Laws › PBA - Public Authorities › Article 5 - Public Utility Authorities › Title 12 - New York State Environmental Facilities Corporation › 1285-D - Studies Regarding Design, Construction and Operation of Industrial Waste Treatment, Storage and Disposal Facilities.

§  1285-d.  Studies  regarding  design,  construction and operation of
  industrial waste treatment, storage  and  disposal  facilities.  1.  The
  purposes  of  the  corporation shall include research and development of
  technologies for treatment, storage and disposal of industrial hazardous
  wastes consistent with economic, social and environmental objectives. In
  carrying  out  such  purposes  the  corporation  shall  prepare  studies
  regarding  the  best  technology  or  systems  possible  for the design,
  construction and operation  of  industrial  hazardous  waste  treatment,
  storage  and  disposal facilities including methods to recover materials
  or energy and to detoxify or neutralize wastes. Studies  shall  also  be
  made   of   methods   to  guarantee  long-term  maintenance,  ownership,
  monitoring, and environmental soundness  of  long-term  hazardous  waste
  storage  and  disposal  sites.  With respect to matters of operation and
  long-term maintenance, consideration  shall  be  given  to  the  various
  options  for  locating such storage and disposal sites and for public or
  private ownership and for public or private  operation  consistent  with
  the  maximum  protection  of  public  health, safety and welfare and the
  natural environment.
2. Not later than one year from the effective date  of  this  section,
  the   corporation  shall  submit  a  report  to  the  governor  and  the
  legislature of its studies conducted pursuant to subdivision one of this
  section.
3. In exercising its  responsibilities,  the  corporation  shall  also
  cooperate  and  act in conjunction with industrial, commercial, medical,
  scientific, public interest and  educational  organizations  within  the
  state, and with agencies of the federal government, of the state and its
  political subdivisions, of other states, and joint agencies thereof.
2023 New York Laws › PBA - Public Authorities › Article 5 - Public Utility Authorities › Title 12 - New York State Environmental Facilities Corporation › 1285-E - Inactive Hazardous Waste Disposal Site Remedial Programs.

§ 1285-e. Inactive hazardous waste disposal site remedial programs. In
  addition  to its existing powers, the corporation is hereby empowered to
  carry out inactive hazardous waste disposal site remedial programs.  The
  corporation  may  subcontract for the work included in carrying out such
  programs.