§ 1299-dd. Rochester-Genesee regional transportation authority. 1.\n(a) There is hereby created the Rochester-Genesee regional\ntransportation authority. The authority shall be a body corporate and\npolitic constituting a public benefit corporation. It shall consist of:\n(i) at least one member from each county that elects to join the\nauthority except that the county of Monroe shall have seven members of\nwhom three shall be appointed from the city of Rochester and four at\nlarge from the county of Monroe, (ii) and a voting member who is a\ntransit dependent individual appointed pursuant to paragraph (c) of this\nsubdivision, and (iii) one non-voting member as described in paragraph\n(b) of this subdivision. The members shall be appointed by the governor\nby and with the advice and consent of the senate. The governor shall\nmake initial appointments to the authority in such number and from lists\nsubmitted as follows: three members shall be appointed to the authority\nfrom a list of not less than six names, all of whom must be residents of\nthe city of Rochester, submitted to the governor by the council of the\ncity of Rochester; four persons from a list of not less than eight\npersons, all of whom must be residents of the county of Monroe submitted\nby the legislature of the county of Monroe. Other counties electing to\nparticipate shall each submit to the governor a list of not less than\ntwo persons for each one hundred thousand or major fraction of the total\npopulation, as determined by the last federal decennial or federal\ncounty-wide special census. From the counties outside the county of\nMonroe which shall elect to participate, the governor shall appoint one\nmember for each one hundred thousand or major fraction of the total\npopulation, as determined by the last federal decennial or federal\ncounty-wide special census, with a minimum of one member to represent\neach county outside the county of Monroe so electing to participate. All\nmembers of the authority shall be residents of the area from which they\nare nominated.\n (b) The non-voting member of the authority, who shall not be\nconsidered in determining a quorum, shall be recommended to the governor\nby the labor organization representing the plurality of the employees\nwithin the authority and shall be a resident of the Rochester-Genesee\nregional transportation district as described in section twelve hundred\nninety-nine-cc of this title. Such non-voting member shall be appointed\nfor a term of five years, provided, however, that if at any time during\nthe term of appointment such non-voting member ceases to be affiliated\nwith the labor organization representing the plurality of employees\nwithin the authority, then such labor organization may at any time\nduring such term recommend a new member to the governor who shall serve\nthe remainder of the term. If the local bargaining unit decertifies its\nexisting union affiliation and certifies a new union, the union which\nrepresents the plurality of the employees may recommend a new member to\nthe governor who shall serve the remainder of the term. The chairman of\nthe authority, at his or her discretion, may exclude such non-voting\nmember from attending any portion of a meeting of the authority or of\nany committee held for the purpose of discussing negotiations with labor\norganizations, pending litigation involving the labor organization, or\nthe investigation, evaluation, or discipline of an employee.\n (c) The voting member who is a transit dependent individual as\ndescribed in paragraph (a) of this subdivision shall be appointed by the\ngovernor for a term of five years. Such member shall be a resident of a\ncounty within the district. If a vacancy occurs for such position, a\nreplacement shall be appointed within six months pursuant to this\nprocess. Any local or statewide transit advocacy organization may\nrecommend one or more transit dependent individuals to be considered\npursuant to this secti
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