The name of the Authority is "York County Transportation Authority."
The York County Transportation Authority is hereinafter in these bylaws
referred to as the "Authority."
The Seal of the Authority shall contain the name of the Authority
and the year of its incorporation and shall be in the form impressed
in the margin of these bylaws.
[Amended 12-20-1995 by Res. No. 95-20]
The office of the Authority shall be located at such place designated
by the Authority.
The purpose of the Authority is to own and operate a public
transportation system in York County, Pennsylvania, and to do all
things authorized or allowed by law incident to ownership and operation
of a public transportation system.
The Board shall have the right and power to do all acts authorized
by the Municipality Authorities Act of 1945, P.L. 382, as amended, and specifically shall have the right and power to raise
revenues from all proper sources and to establish, alter, charge and
collect fares, rentals and other charges for its facilities and services
at reasonable and uniform rates and to make expenditures in keeping
with and to advance the purpose of the Authority.
There shall be 12 members of the Board of the Authority. The
governing body of the County of York shall appoint all members of
the Board of the Authority for such terms as are authorized by the
Municipality Authorities Act of 1945, P.L. 382, as amended. Whenever
a vacancy has occurred by reason of the expiration of the term of
a member of the Board of the Authority, the governing body of the
County of York shall appoint a member of the Board of the Authority
for a term of five years from the date of expiration of the prior
term to succeed the member whose term has expired. In the event of
a vacancy occurring on the Board of the Authority by reason of death,
resignation or removal of member prior to expiration of such member's
term, the remaining members of the Board of the Authority may fill
such vacancy for the unexpired term of the member whose death, resignation
or removal created the vacancy.
All Board members shall be residents of the County of York. Failure to maintain residence within the County of York shall result in the automatic vacancy of such Board member's membership on the Authority Board. Appointment of a replacement Board member shall be done in conformance with §
451-6 above. The governing body of the County of York may remove a Board member as provided by law.
Board members shall serve without compensation but may be reimbursed
for reasonable expenses incurred in the performance of their duties
as a Board member of the Authority.
The Chairperson may appoint committees as necessary or appropriate.
The rules contained in the current edition of Robert's
Rules of Order shall govern the Board in all cases to which they are
applicable and in which they are adopted by the Board or applicable
by law.
The bylaws of the Authority shall be amended only with approval
of at least a majority of the members of the Board of the Authority
at a regular or a special meeting and only after ten-day notice in
writing of the intention to present such an amendment.
The bylaws, as amended, shall be effective as of April 6, 1995,
and shall remain in effect until revoked, modified or amended by the
Board.
[Added 2-9-2005 by Ord. No. 2005-02]
York County Transportation Authority is hereby designated to
coordinate services under Section 1312(b)(1) of Public Transportation
Act, 74 Pa.C.S.A. § 1312(b)(1), in York County for the purpose
of adding, replacing, upgrading and overhauling equipment for the
provision of shared ride transit services responsive to and accessible
by the general public as well as elderly and disabled citizens.