Bill Text: NY A08076 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Introduced


Bill Title: Establishes a moratorium on the increase in rates of railroad fares established by the metropolitan transportation authority until the authority has fully implemented the positive train control requirements of the federal rail safety improvement act of 2008; provides that such moratorium shall be in effect on and after January 1, 2020.

Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 8-1)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-01-08 - referred to corporations, authorities and commissions [A08076 Detail]

Download: New_York-2019-A08076-Introduced.html



                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          8076

                               2019-2020 Regular Sessions

                   IN ASSEMBLY

                                      May 31, 2019
                                       ___________

        Introduced by M. of A. D'URSO -- read once and referred to the Committee
          on Corporations, Authorities and Commissions

        AN  ACT to amend the public authorities law, in relation to establishing
          a moratorium on the increase in rates of railroad fares established by
          the metropolitan  transportation  authority;  and  providing  for  the
          repeal of such provisions upon expiration thereof

          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 1279-i to read as follows:
     3    §  1279-i. Moratorium on railroad fare increase; positive rail control
     4  implementation. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, on and after
     5  January first, two thousand twenty, a moratorium shall be established on
     6  the increase in the rates of fare established by the metropolitan trans-
     7  portation authority for any railroad operated by the metropolitan trans-
     8  portation authority or any of its  subsidiaries  for  passengers  riding
     9  such  railroads  and  such  rates of fare shall be fixed at the rates of
    10  fare in existence on December thirty-first, two thousand nineteen.  Such
    11  moratorium  shall continue in effect until all railroads operated by the
    12  metropolitan transportation authority or any of  its  subsidiaries  have
    13  fully implemented the  positive train control requirements of the feder-
    14  al  rail safety improvement act of 2008. Upon such compliance such mora-
    15  torium shall be lifted.
    16    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately and shall  expire  and  be
    17  deemed  repealed  when all railroads operated by the metropolitan trans-
    18  portation authority or any of its subsidiaries  have  fully  implemented
    19  the  positive  train  control  requirements  of  the federal rail safety
    20  improvement act of 2008; provided that
    21    1. the provisions of this act shall apply to rates of fare established
    22  by the metropolitan transportation authority on or after January 1, 2020

         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD09563-03-9

        A. 8076                             2

     1  for any railroad operated by the metropolitan  transportation  authority
     2  or any of its subsidiaries for passengers riding such railroads; and
     3    2. the metropolitan transportation authority shall notify the legisla-
     4  tive  bill  drafting commission upon the occurrence of the compliance by
     5  the  metropolitan  transportation  authority  with  the  positive  train
     6  control  requirements of the federal rail safety improvement act of 2008
     7  as provided for in this act in order that the commission may maintain an
     8  accurate and timely effective data base of the official text of the laws
     9  of the state of New York in furtherance of effectuating  the  provisions
    10  of  section  44  of  the  legislative law and section 70-b of the public
    11  officers law.
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