Bill Text: NY A03281 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relates to the metropolitan transportation authority providing signs that would give the public immediate instruction on how to react to a fall onto the authority facility tracks.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 9-0)

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2020-01-14 - amended on third reading 3281b [A03281 Detail]

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          3281
                               2019-2020 Regular Sessions
                   IN ASSEMBLY
                                    January 29, 2019
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        Introduced  by M. of A. CARROLL, VANEL, COLTON, SEAWRIGHT, D'URSO, GOTT-
          FRIED, MOSLEY, BLAKE -- read once and referred  to  the  Committee  on
          Corporations, Authorities and Commissions
        AN ACT to amend the public authorities law, in relation to the metropol-
          itan  transportation  authority  providing  signs  that would give the
          public immediate instruction on how to react to a fall onto the trans-
          it facility tracks
          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section  1.  The  public  authorities  law  is amended by adding a new
     2  section 1277-b to read as follows:
     3    § 1277-b. Emergency transit facility signs.  1.  The  authority  shall
     4  create  and  post signage in a clear and conspicuous manner, in at least
     5  sixteen point font that will instruct the public on how to react when an
     6  individual falls onto the transit facility tracks.
     7    2. Such signage shall be posted on every transit facility station.
     8    § 2. This act shall take effect one year after it shall have become  a
     9  law.
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD01238-01-9