Assembly Bill A5699

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Relates to the regulation of bus privatization contracts

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  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
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    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
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2023-A5699 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S2761
Current Committee:
Assembly Corporations, Authorities And Commissions
Law Section:
Public Authorities Law
Laws Affected:
Add §2875-c, Pub Auth L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2013-2014: A9679, S7574
2015-2016: A1210, S1139
2017-2018: A3164, S1554
2019-2020: A2442, S5108
2021-2022: A6606, S5741

2023-A5699 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires the state comptroller to approve any attempt to privatize a public bus service by a locality.

2023-A5699 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   5699
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                              March 22, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M. of A. SOLAGES, WOERNER, STECK, SANTABARBARA, BRONSON,
   WEPRIN -- read once and referred to  the  Committee  on  Corporations,
   Authorities and Commissions
 
 AN  ACT  to  amend  the public authorities law, in relation to the regu-
   lation of bus privatization contracts

   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  Legislative  intent.  The  legislature  hereby  finds and
 declares that decisions to use private  contractors  to  provide  public
 transportation service must be based on factors which promote the public
 interest.  To  ensure  that  citizens  of the state receive high quality
 transit services at low cost, with due regard for the taxpayers  of  the
 state and the needs of public and private workers, the legislature finds
 it necessary to regulate such privatization contracts.
   §  2.  The  public  authorities law is amended by adding a new section
 2875-c to read as follows:
   § 2875-C. REGULATION OF PRIVATIZATION CONTRACTS.  1.  DEFINITIONS.  AS
 USED IN THIS SECTION, THE FOLLOWING WORDS SHALL HAVE THE FOLLOWING MEAN-
 INGS:
   A.  "PUBLIC  TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM" MEANS ANY PASSENGER TRANSPORTATION
 SERVICE PROVIDED BY BUS, WHICH, DURING ITS HOURS OF OPERATION, IS AVAIL-
 ABLE ON AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY BASIS TO ANY PERSON, WITHOUT PREFERENCE FOR
 SERVICE AVAILABILITY, ELIGIBILITY OR DESIGN BEING GIVEN TO ANY PERSON OR
 POPULATION SUB-GROUP BECAUSE OF  AGE,  GENDER,  RACE,  NATIONAL  ORIGIN,
 CREED  OR  AGENCY  CLIENT  STATUS, AND WHICH IS REGULARLY ADVERTISED AND
 MARKETED AS AVAILABLE TO THE GENERAL PUBLIC.  NOTHING  IN  THIS  ARTICLE
 SHALL  BE  DEEMED  TO  MEAN THAT THE TRANSPORTATION SERVICES OPERATED OR
 PROVIDED BY HUMAN OR SOCIAL SERVICE AGENCIES SOLELY FOR THEIR CLIENTS OR
 PROGRAMS  CONSTITUTE,  IN  AND  OF  THEMSELVES,  PUBLIC   TRANSPORTATION
 SERVICES.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD04412-01-3
 A. 5699                             2
              

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