Bill Text: NY A01360 | 2021-2022 | General Assembly | Amended
Bill Title: Relates to the appointees to the interagency coordinating committee on rural public transportation, and transportation of eligible persons residing in a rural area.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 6-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2021-05-10 - substituted by s1509a [A01360 Detail]
Download: New_York-2021-A01360-Amended.html
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 1360--A 2021-2022 Regular Sessions IN ASSEMBLY January 8, 2021 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. MAGNARELLI, LUPARDO, SANTABARBARA, WOERNER -- read once and referred to the Committee on Transportation -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee AN ACT to amend the transportation law, in relation to the interagency coordinating committee on rural public transportation; and to amend the social services law, in relation to the transportation of eligible persons residing in a rural area The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Section 73-d of the transportation law, as amended by chap- 2 ter 562 of the laws of 1987, subdivision 1 as amended by chapter 672 of 3 the laws of 2019, is amended to read as follows: 4 § 73-d. Interagency coordinating committee on rural public transporta- 5 tion. 1. There is hereby created a committee to be known as the "inter- 6 agency coordinating committee on rural public transportation", to be 7 comprised of nineteen members. The commissioner or his or her designee 8 shall serve as chairperson. Twelve of such members shall be the follow- 9 ing or his or her duly designated representative: the director of the 10 office for the aging; the commissioner of education; the commissioner of 11 labor; the commissioner of health; the commissioner of the office of 12 mental health; the commissioner of the office of addiction services and 13 supports; the commissioner of the office for people with developmental 14 disabilities; the commissioner of [social services; state advocate for15the disabled] the office for temporary and disability assistance; the 16 executive director of the New York state justice center for the 17 protection of people with special needs; secretary of state; the commis- 18 sioner of agriculture and markets[; the director of the office of rural19affairs] and the [director of the division for youth] commissioner of 20 the office of children and family services. Six additional members, 21 [all] five of whom shall be transportation providers or consumers EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD01858-05-1A. 1360--A 2 1 representing rural counties and one of whom shall be a representative of 2 a labor union affiliated with rural public transportation systems 3 receiving mass transportation operating assistance pursuant to section 4 eighteen-b of this chapter, shall be appointed to serve a term of three 5 years as follows: two by the temporary president [pro-tempore] of the 6 senate, two by the speaker of the assembly, one by the minority leader 7 of the senate, and one by the minority leader of the assembly. Efforts 8 shall be made to provide a broad representation of consumers and provid- 9 ers of transportation services in rural counties when making such 10 appointments. Members of the committee shall receive no salary. Any 11 vacancies on the committee shall be filled in the manner provided for in 12 the initial appointment. Beginning January first, two thousand twenty- 13 two, the committee shall meet at least once every three months and, 14 beginning January first, two thousand twenty-four, the committee shall 15 meet at least once every four months. 16 The commissioner shall cause the department to provide staff assist- 17 ance necessary for the efficient and effective operation of the commit- 18 tee. 19 2. The committee shall: 20 a. identify programs and the annual amounts and sources of funds from 21 such programs that are eligible to be used to support a coordinated 22 public transportation service, and the annual amounts and sources of 23 such funds that are actually used for client transportation or for 24 transportation of persons in connection with agency-affiliated programs 25 or services; such data shall be provided on a county basis; 26 b. identify restrictions on existing programs that inhibit funds from 27 such programs being used to pay for a coordinated public transportation 28 service in rural counties; 29 c. recommend changes in state or local laws or regulations that would 30 improve the coordination of funds, facilities, vehicles or equipment and 31 other resources used for transportation at the local level; 32 d. upon request, compile and forward to the commissioner any data or 33 other information required by this section; 34 e. conduct a study, in consultation with the department, of the avail- 35 ability of public transportation services in rural counties. Such study 36 shall identify, examine and review the following: the efficiency, effec- 37 tiveness, quality and availability of public transportation services in 38 rural counties; the current and projected operating and capital costs, 39 revenues, subsidies, and ridership and service area data of each public 40 transportation system operating within rural counties; the barriers and 41 financial challenges to providing and operating public transportation 42 services in rural counties; and the demographics of the populations 43 which have, and those which lack, access to public transportation 44 services in rural counties. Such study shall include findings and recom- 45 mendations to expand the level and availability of public transportation 46 services in rural counties. On or before January first, two thousand 47 twenty-three, the committee shall deliver such study to the governor, 48 the temporary president of the senate, the speaker of the assembly, and 49 the chairs of the senate and assembly transportation committees; and 50 f. beginning June first, two thousand twenty-four and on the same date 51 in each succeeding year, submit an annual report to the governor, the 52 temporary president of the senate, the speaker of the assembly, and the 53 chairs of the senate and assembly transportation committees on the level 54 and availability of public transportation services in rural counties. 55 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.