Section 1269-A. Metropolitan transportation authority capital program review board

1.  The  metropolitan  transportation  authority capital program  review board is hereby  created  to  exercise  the  powers,  duties  and
  prerogatives   as   hereinafter  provided  in  sections  twelve  hundred
  sixty-nine-b and twelve hundred sixty-nine-c of this title.
    2. The voting membership of the board shall consist  of  four  persons
  appointed  by the governor of which one shall be upon the recommendation
  of the temporary president of the senate, one upon the recommendation of
  the speaker of the assembly and one upon the recommendation of the mayor
  of the city of New York. The member appointed upon the recommendation of
  the mayor of the city of New York shall participate and be  entitled  to
  vote only with respect to bond resolutions and the capital program plans
  and  any  amendments  or  modifications  thereof  for transit facilities
  operated by the New York city transit authority,  its  subsidiaries  and
  the   Staten   Island   rapid   transit   operating  authority.     Upon
  recommendation of the nominating party, the  governor  may  replace  any
  member  in  accordance  with  the  provision  contained  herein  for the
  appointment of members. The governor shall designate one of the  members
  to  serve as chairman. Any determination of the board shall be evidenced
  by a certification thereof executed by all the members entitled to  vote
  on  the  matter so certified. Each member of the board shall be entitled
  to designate a representative to attend meetings of  the  board  in  his
  place  and to vote or otherwise act on his behalf in his absence. Notice
  of such designation shall be furnished in writing to the  board  by  the
  designating  member. A representative shall serve at the pleasure of the
  designating member during the member's term of office. A  representative
  shall  not  be  authorized to delegate any of his duties or functions to
  any other person.
    3. The governor shall also  appoint  two  non-voting  members  to  the
  metropolitan  transportation  authority  capital program review board of
  which one shall be upon the recommendation of the minority leader of the
  senate and one upon the recommendation of the  minority  leader  of  the
  assembly.  Each  non-voting  member  shall  be  entitled  to designate a
  representative to attend meetings of the board in his place.
    4. The members of the metropolitan  transportation  authority  capital
  program   review  board,  and  their  representatives  shall  be  deemed
  employees within the meaning of such term as  provided  for  in  section
  seventeen of the public officers law.