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Assembly Bill A1858

2009-2010 Legislative Session

Enacts the New York city transit passenger safety act

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2009-A1858 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Corporations, Authorities And Commissions
Law Section:
Public Authorities Law
Laws Affected:
Add ยง1204-e, Pub Auth L

2009-A1858 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Enacts the New York city transit passenger safety act; provides for minimum staffing levels on trains operated in passenger service in the New York city transit system; requires at least one train operator and one conductor on each and every train in passenger service meeting certain conditions.

2009-A1858 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                  1858

                       2009-2010 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                            January 12, 2009
                               ___________

Introduced by M. of A. NOLAN, GLICK, BRODSKY -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M.
  of  A.  COLTON, DINOWITZ, FARRELL, GOTTFRIED, GREENE, HEASTIE, JACOBS,
  JOHN, MILLMAN, PHEFFER, SCARBOROUGH, WRIGHT -- read once and  referred
  to the Committee on Corporations, Authorities and Commissions

AN ACT to amend the public authorities law, in relation to providing for
  minimum staffing levels on trains operated in passenger service in the
  New York city transit system

  THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section 1. Short title. This act shall be known and may  be  cited  as
the "New York city transit passenger safety act".
  S  2.  The  public  authorities law is amended by adding a new section
1204-e to read as follows:
  S 1204-E. MINIMUM STAFFING OF TRAINS OPERATED IN PASSENGER SERVICE. 1.
THE LEGISLATURE FINDS THAT THE PRESENCE OF TRAIN  CONDUCTORS  AND  TRAIN
OPERATORS ON SUBWAY TRAINS OPERATED BY THE NEW YORK CITY TRANSIT AUTHOR-
ITY  IS PARTICULARLY ESSENTIAL TO THE SAFETY OF PASSENGERS WHEN EMERGEN-
CIES ARISE INCLUDING WHEN TRAINS ARE IN TUNNELS UNDER BODIES OF WATER OR
ON BRIDGES, WHEN TRAINS ARE LONG  OR  COMPOSED  OF  NUMEROUS  CARS,  AND
DURING PERIODS OF HEAVY PASSENGER VOLUME.
  2. THE AUTHORITY SHALL INSURE THAT AT LEAST ONE TRAIN OPERATOR AND ONE
CONDUCTOR SHALL BE DEPLOYED ON EACH AND EVERY TRAIN IN PASSENGER SERVICE
WHICH MEETS ONE OF THE FOLLOWING CONDITIONS:
  A.  THE TRAIN IS MADE UP OF MORE THAN FOUR RAILROAD CARS OR IS GREATER
THAN THREE HUNDRED SIXTY FEET IN LENGTH; OR
  B. THE TRAIN SERVES PASSENGERS ON A LINE THAT PASSES THROUGH A  TUNNEL
UNDER A RIVER OR TIDAL ESTUARY OR ON BRIDGES; OR
  C.  THE  TRAIN  IS  OPERATING IN PASSENGER SERVICE ON A LINE WHERE THE
POTENTIAL PASSENGER LOAD ON THE TRAIN AT ANY POINT IN TIME IS IN  EXCESS
OF SEVEN HUNDRED FIFTY PASSENGERS.
  S 3. This act shall take effect immediately.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD02141-01-9

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