Bill Text: NY S02522 | 2009-2010 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Authorizes and directs the metropolitan transportation authority to prepare a study on the feasibility of developing a Long Island high speed rail initiative for the operation of a high speed rail transportation system in the Long Island expressway corridor between New York City and Southampton.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2010-01-06 - REFERRED TO TRANSPORTATION [S02522 Detail]

Download: New_York-2009-S02522-Introduced.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         2522
                              2009-2010 Regular Sessions
                                   I N  S E N A T E
                                   February 23, 2009
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       Introduced  by  Sen. LAVALLE -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
         printed to be committed to the Committee on Transportation
       AN ACT to amend the public authorities law, in relation to directing the
         metropolitan transportation authority to conduct a study on the feasi-
         bility of developing a Long Island high speed rail initiative
         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 1263-a to read as follows:
    3    S 1263-A. LITRACK HIGH SPEED RAIL INITIATIVE; STUDY. 1. THE  AUTHORITY
    4  IS  HEREBY  AUTHORIZED AND DIRECTED TO PREPARE OR CAUSE TO BE PREPARED A
    5  STUDY ON THE FEASIBILITY OF DEVELOPING A LONG  ISLAND  HIGH  SPEED  RAIL
    6  INITIATIVE. SUCH STUDY SHALL INCLUDE:
    7    A. THE FEASIBILITY OF ESTABLISHING A NEW SUBSIDIARY PUBLIC CORPORATION
    8  OF  THE  AUTHORITY,  TO  BE CALLED LITRACK, TO OWN, OPERATE, ADMINISTER,
    9  DEVELOP, CONSTRUCT AND MAINTAIN A HIGH SPEED RAIL TRANSPORTATION  SYSTEM
   10  OPERATED  IN  THE  LONG ISLAND EXPRESSWAY CORRIDOR BETWEEN NEW YORK CITY
   11  AND SOUTHAMPTON, WITH A MINIMUM NUMBER  OF  STOPS  ALONG  SUCH  CORRIDOR
   12  NECESSARY TO SERVICE THE MAJOR POPULATION AREAS WITHIN LONG ISLAND ON OR
   13  BEFORE THE FIRST DAY OF JULY, TWO THOUSAND FOURTEEN.
   14    B.  AN ASSESSMENT OF THE MATERIALS, ACQUISITIONS AND CONSTRUCTION, AND
   15  THE EMERGENCY, TECHNICAL, ENGINEERING AND  LEGAL  ISSUES,  NECESSARY  TO
   16  CONSTRUCT  AND OPERATE A LONG ISLAND HIGH SPEED RAIL INITIATIVE IN ORDER
   17  TO PROVIDE PASSENGER SERVICE ON OR BEFORE THE FIRST  DAY  OF  JULY,  TWO
   18  THOUSAND FOURTEEN.
   19    C.  AN  ASSESSMENT  OF THE CAPITAL, OPERATING, AND CUSTOMER COSTS THAT
   20  WOULD BE NECESSARY TO CONSTRUCT AND OPERATE THE LONG ISLAND  HIGH  SPEED
   21  RAIL  INITIATIVE  IN ORDER TO PROVIDE PASSENGER SERVICE ON OR BEFORE THE
   22  FIRST DAY OF JULY, TWO THOUSAND FOURTEEN.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                  LBD08135-01-9
       S. 2522                             2
    1    D. THE PREPARATION OF AN  ENVIRONMENTAL  IMPACT  STATEMENT  CONSISTENT
    2  WITH  THE PROVISIONS OF SECTION 8-0109 OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION
    3  LAW.
    4    2.  THE  AUTHORITY SHALL SUBMIT A REPORT SETTING FORTH THE FINDINGS OF
    5  THE FEASIBILITY STUDY PREPARED  PURSUANT  TO  SUBDIVISION  ONE  OF  THIS
    6  SECTION TO THE GOVERNOR, THE COMMISSIONER OF THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPOR-
    7  TATION,  THE  COMMISSIONER  OF ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION, THE TEMPORARY
    8  PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE, THE SPEAKER OF THE ASSEMBLY, AND THE CHAIRS  OF
    9  THE  SENATE  AND  ASSEMBLY  STANDING COMMITTEES ON TRANSPORTATION, ON OR
   10  BEFORE THE FIRST DAY OF MARCH, TWO THOUSAND TEN.
   11    S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.