Bill Text: NY A02733 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Enacts a twenty year limit on contracts entered into by the MTA for the lease of railroad facilities; also prevents contract renewals by lessees with more than 3 violations of permits issued pursuant to section 27-0305 of the environmental conservation law.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-01-08 - referred to corporations, authorities and commissions [A02733 Detail]

Download: New_York-2019-A02733-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          2733
                               2019-2020 Regular Sessions
                   IN ASSEMBLY
                                    January 25, 2019
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        Introduced  by  M.  of  A. M. G. MILLER -- read once and referred to the
          Committee on Corporations, Authorities and Commissions
        AN ACT to amend the public authorities law,  in  relation  to  contracts
          entered into by the metropolitan transportation authority
          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section 1. Paragraph (a) of subdivision  6  of  section  1265  of  the
     2  public  authorities  law, as amended by chapter 988 of the laws of 1984,
     3  is amended to read as follows:
     4    (a) To enter into contracts and leases and to execute all  instruments
     5  necessary or convenient; provided, however:
     6    (i)  that  contracts for the lease of any railroad facilities shall be
     7  for a term no longer than twenty years; and
     8    (ii) any lessee seeking to renew a contract for the lease of any rail-
     9  road facilities who has committed more  than  three  violations  of  any
    10  permit issued pursuant to section 27-0305 of the environmental conserva-
    11  tion law, shall be barred from such renewal;
    12    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD00348-01-9