May
06
Not-so-light reading: The MTA bill (now with Cliffnotes)
ByThe Senate and Assembly have finally released the full text of the bill designed to rescue the MTA from Doomsday. If you are so inclined, you can read the full text of it here. Unfortunately, I’m amidst studying for an eight-hour Con Law exam. I’ll try to skim through the bill tonight. Jimmy Vielkind is currently reading it. I’ll link to his analysis when it is published.
Update 8:14 p.m.: In case you can’t make heads or tails of the legalese in the full bill, the floor memo summarizing the important parts can be viewed on scribd.
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RE: Not-so-light reading
Yeah, I’m not a lawyer, so that text might as well be Klingon to me.
The legislation appears to replace the Chairman of the MTA Board and merge the Chairman and CEO functions. Is this right?
Without having read the bill, I believe that’s right. That move had been discussed a few weeks ago.
WHAT’S Con Law?
Is that the Bar Exam?
Constitutional Law. Definitely not the bar. That’s still a few years away.
OK, so the vote is supposed to be today. It’s 9PM and so far I can’t find any news articles saying that it passed. Given the reluctance for some of these politicians to accept parts of the plan, I wouldn’t be surprised if some of them reversed course.
Good luck with you ConLaw exam, and thanks for the updates.
From the memo:
Provides that the MTA must promote and detail minority and women-owned business enterprises activity for each MTA capital project.
This may be a laudable goal but… what’s it doing in this bill?
Satisfying some senator who would have otherwise voted against it, I’m sure.