PRINTER'S NO. 3830
No. 2699 Session of 1976
INTRODUCED BY CIANCIULLI, McINTYRE, LEDERER, GIAMMARCO, GARZIA,
OLIVER AND O'KEEFE, NOVEMBER 15, 1976
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION, NOVEMBER 15, 1976
AN ACT
1 Amending the act of August 14, 1963 (P.L.984, No.450), entitled
2 "An act to increase the commerce and prosperity of the people
3 of the Commonwealth, to improve their health and living
4 conditions, and to alleviate the problems created by traffic
5 congestion and the existence of inadequate mass
6 transportation facilities, by authorizing the creation of a
7 transportation authority to function in each metropolitan
8 area consisting of any county of the first class and all
9 nearby counties within a radius of twenty (20) miles of any
10 such first class county, as a body corporate and politic for
11 the purpose of establishing an integrated mass transportation
12 system with all pertinent powers including, but not limited
13 to, leasing, acquiring, owning, operating and maintaining a
14 system for, or otherwise providing for, the transportation of
15 persons, authorizing the borrowing of money and issuance of
16 bonds therefor, conferring the right of eminent domain on the
17 authority; altering the jurisdiction of the Public Utility
18 Commission, authorizing the acceptance of grants from
19 Federal, State and local governments, limiting actions
20 against the authority and exempting it from taxation,
21 authorizing counties and municipalities to enter into
22 compacts for the financing of each authority and to make
23 appropriations in accordance with such compacts, conferring
24 exclusive jurisdiction upon certain courts with respect to
25 matters relating to such authority, and empowering each
26 authority to function outside of the metropolitan area under
27 certain terms and conditions," further providing for the
28 membership of the board.
29 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
30 hereby enacts as follows:
31 Section 1. Section 16, act of August 14, 1963 (P.L.984,
1 No.450), known as the "Metropolitan Transportation Authorities
2 Act of 1963," is amended to read:
3 Section 16. Appointment of Board Members.--
4 (a) At any time after the effective date of this act,
5 (1) The Governor may appoint as a member of the board, one
6 person, who may be an ex-officio appointee from among the
7 various officials in the government of the Commonwealth, and
8 whose term as a board member shall run concurrently with that of
9 his Commonwealth position, if any, or the term of the appointing
10 Governor, whichever is shorter.
11 (2) The county commissioners in each county, [and, in any
12 county of the first class containing a city of the first class,
13 the mayor, with the approval of the city council,] except in
14 counties of the first class, may appoint two (2) persons for
15 each county to serve as board members, for staggered initial
16 terms, two of which terms, but not two from the same county,
17 shall expire on the first day of September, beginning in 1964
18 and continuing until all initial terms shall have expired. In
19 any county of the first class containing a city of the first
20 class, the mayor, with the approval of the city council, may
21 appoint three (3) persons to serve as board members. Specific
22 expiration dates for the several terms shall be apportioned
23 among the counties in such manner as shall be agreed upon by the
24 appointing powers.
25 (3) The Speaker of the House of Representatives shall
26 appoint two (2) members of the House of Representatives, one(1)
27 from the majority party and one (1) from the minority party, to
28 serve as board members. The President pro tempore of the Senate
29 shall appoint two (2) members of the Senate, one (1) from the
30 majority party and one (1) from the minority party, to serve as
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1 board members. The members appointed by the Speaker of the House
2 of Representatives and the President pro tempore of the Senate
3 shall serve at the pleasure of their respective appointing
4 authorities.
5 (b) At the expiration of the term of any board member, his
6 successor shall be appointed by the same power who appointed
7 him, for a term of five (5) years from such expiration date
8 except in the case of the board members who are appointed
9 pursuant to subsection (a)(3), who shall serve as provided
10 therein.
11 (c) The appointing powers shall certify their respective
12 appointments, whether initial or subsequent, to the Secretary of
13 the Commonwealth. Within thirty (30) days after certification of
14 his appointment and before entering upon the duties of his
15 office, each member of the board shall take and subscribe the
16 constitutional oath of office and file it in the office of the
17 Secretary of the Commonwealth.
18 Section 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
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