Bill Text: NY A03173 | 2015-2016 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Requires the port authority of New York and New Jersey to hold a public hearing in each county in the port district not less than 30 days prior to any proposed toll or fare increase for the use of authority transportation facilities, and requires the holding of such hearings not less than 15 days prior to the effective date of any amendments to the proposed toll or fare increase.

Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 5-1)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2016-01-06 - referred to corporations, authorities and commissions [A03173 Detail]

Download: New_York-2015-A03173-Introduced.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         3173
                              2015-2016 Regular Sessions
                                 I N  A S S E M B L Y
                                   January 22, 2015
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       Introduced  by M. of A. TITONE, MILLER, COLTON, FINCH -- Multi-Sponsored
         by -- M. of A.  HOOPER, MOYA -- read once and referred to the  Commit-
         tee on Corporations, Authorities and Commissions
       AN  ACT  to amend chapter 154 of the laws of 1921 authorizing designated
         authorities in behalf of the state of New York to enter into an agree-
         ment or compact with designated authorities of the state of New Jersey
         for the creation of the "Port of New York District",  in  relation  to
         requiring  public hearings to be held by the commissioners of the port
         authority of New York and New Jersey prior to the increase of any fee,
         toll, charge or fare for the use of the transportation  facilities  of
         such authority
         THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section 1.  Article VI of section 1 of chapter 154 of the laws of 1921
    2  authorizing designated authorities in behalf of the state of New York to
    3  enter into an agreement or compact with designated  authorities  of  the
    4  state  of New Jersey for the creation of the "Port of New York District"
    5  is amended to read as follows:
    6                                  ARTICLE VI.
    7    The port authority shall constitute a body, both corporate  and  poli-
    8  tic,  with full power and authority to purchase, construct, lease and/or
    9  operate any terminal or transportation facility  within  said  district;
   10  and to make charges for the use thereof[:]; and for any of such purposes
   11  to  own, hold, lease and/or operate real or personal property, to borrow
   12  money and secure the same by bonds or by  mortgages  upon  any  property
   13  held or to be held by it. No property now or hereafter vested in or held
   14  by  either  state, or by any county, city, borough, village, township or
   15  other municipality, shall be taken by the port  authority,  without  the
   16  authority  or  consent  of  such  state, county, city, borough, village,
   17  township or other municipality, nor  shall  anything  herein  impair  or
   18  invalidate  in  any  way  any bonded indebtedness of such state, county,
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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       A. 3173                             2
    1  city, borough, village, township or other municipality, nor  impair  the
    2  provisions  of law regulating the payment into sinking funds of revenues
    3  derived from municipal property, or dedicating the revenues derived from
    4  any municipal property to a specific purpose.
    5    PROVIDED  THAT NOT LESS THAN 30 DAYS PRIOR TO THE ADOPTION BY THE PORT
    6  AUTHORITY OF ANY INCREASE IN ANY FEE, TOLL, CHARGE OR FARE FOR  THE  USE
    7  OF  THE  TRANSPORTATION FACILITIES OF SUCH AUTHORITY, THE PORT AUTHORITY
    8  SHALL CONDUCT A PUBLIC HEARING LOCATED WITHIN  THE  DISTRICT.    IN  THE
    9  EVENT THAT AMENDMENTS ARE MADE TO SUCH PROPOSAL THE PORT AUTHORITY SHALL
   10  CONDUCT  A  PUBLIC HEARING ON THE AMENDED PROPOSAL IN EACH COUNTY WITHIN
   11  THE DISTRICT NO LESS THAN 15 DAYS PRIOR TO ITS ADOPTION.    EACH  PUBLIC
   12  HEARING SHALL BE ATTENDED BY ALL THE COMMISSIONERS OF THE PORT AUTHORITY
   13  THEN IN OFFICE AT THE TIME OF THE HEARING.
   14    The  powers granted in this article shall not be exercised by the port
   15  authority until the legislatures of both states shall have approved of a
   16  comprehensive plan for  the  development  of  the  port  as  hereinafter
   17  provided.
   18    S  2.  This  act  shall take effect upon the enactment into law by the
   19  state of New Jersey of legislation having an identical effect with  this
   20  act,  but  if  the  state  of New Jersey shall have already enacted such
   21  legislation, this act shall take effect immediately; provided  that  the
   22  chairman  of  the port authority of New York and New Jersey shall notify
   23  the legislative bill drafting commission  upon  the  occurrence  of  the
   24  enactment  of the legislation provided for in section one of this act in
   25  order that the commission may maintain an accurate and timely  effective
   26  data  base of the official text of the laws of the state of New  York in
   27  furtherance of effectuating the provisions of section 44 of the legisla-
   28  tive law and section 70-b of the public officers law.