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History
- Approval memo.30
- Signed chap.538
- Delivered to governor
- Returned to senate
- Passed assembly
- Ordered to third reading cal.567
- Substituted for A8262
- Referred to corporations, authorities and commissions
- Delivered to assembly
- Passed senateVote 61–0
- Ordered to third reading cal.1008
- Committee discharged and committed to rules
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- Reported and committed to finance
- Referred to transportation
- Referred to transportation
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Removes restrictions on designation of officers or employees of subsidiary corporations of the MTA as public officers or public employees
Assembly Floor Calendar · Sponsor Peter Abbate
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Sponsor's memo
BILL NUMBER:S5634
Title of bill
An act to amend the public authorities law, in relation to designation of certain officers and employees of subsidiary corporations as public officers or public employees
Purpose
To remove restrictions on designation of officers or employees of subsidiary corporations of the MTA and provide that such employees be deemed as public officers or public employees.
Summary of provisions
Amends the public authorities law to require the MTA's subsidiary corpo- rations to utilize public employees for their day-to-day operations.
Justification
The current language of this section of law prohibits the MTA Capital Company, a subsidiary company of the MTA, from hiring civil service employees. As a result, MTA employees must borrow employees in profes- sional titles such as architects, engineers, draft persons and others from parts of the MTA. Additionally, the inability to hire civil service employees lends itself to poor hiring and retention practices and the disregard for the merit and fitness system in the agency. This legis- lation will remove this barrier and provide the MTA Capital Company with qualified, civil servants who in addition to their services, will help save the MTA millions in public dollars, being they will perform work in-house instead of contracting out.
Legislative history
2009 Session: New Bill.
Fiscal implications
None.
Effective date
Immediately.
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