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Senate Bill S715

2009-2010 Legislative Session

Requires railroads transporting hazardous materials through the counties of Nassau and Suffolk to give advance notice

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2009-S715 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A4663
Current Committee:
Senate Transportation
Law Section:
Transportation Law
Laws Affected:
Amd ยง14-f, Transp L

2009-S715 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Amends the transportation law to require any railroad transporting hazardous materials through the counties of Nassau and Suffolk to give advance notice to the Metropolitan Transportation Authority, local governments and municipalities, and law enforcement and first responder personnel located within a quarter mile of the railroad tracks.

2009-S715 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2009-S715 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                   715

                       2009-2010 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                            January 14, 2009
                               ___________

Introduced  by  Sen.  C. JOHNSON  -- read twice and ordered printed, and
  when printed to be committed to the Committee on Transportation

AN ACT to amend the transportation law, in  relation  to  requiring  all
  railroads  transporting  hazardous  materials  through the counties of
  Nassau and Suffolk to give advance notice to the  Metropolitan  Trans-
  portation  Authority,  local  governments  and municipalities, and law
  enforcement and first responder personnel  located  within  a  quarter
  mile of the railroad tracks

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

  Section 1. Subdivision 3 of section 14-f of the transportation law  is
amended by adding a new paragraph (c) to read as follows:
  (C)  NOTWITHSTANDING  ANY OTHER PROVISIONS OF LAW TO THE CONTRARY, ALL
RAILROADS TRANSPORTING  HAZARDOUS  MATERIALS  THROUGH  THE  COUNTIES  OF
NASSAU AND SUFFOLK SHALL, AT LEAST TWENTY-FOUR HOURS PRIOR TO COMMENCING
ANY  SUCH  TRANSPORT,  NOTIFY THE METROPOLITAN TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY,
ALL LOCAL GOVERNMENTS AND MUNICIPALITIES, AND LAW ENFORCEMENT AND  FIRST
RESPONDER PERSONNEL LOCATED WITHIN A QUARTER MILE OF THE RAILROAD TRACKS
ON  WHICH  THE  HAZARDOUS MATERIAL IS BEING TRANSPORTED OF THE IMPENDING
TRANSPORT. SUCH NOTIFICATION SHALL BE GIVEN IN SUCH FORM AND  MANNER  AS
PRESCRIBED BY THE DEPARTMENT.
  (I) FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS PARAGRAPH, THE TERM "RAILROAD" SHALL MEAN
A  PRIVATE  OR  PUBLIC  RAILROAD OPERATING IN THE COUNTIES OF NASSAU AND
SUFFOLK CARRYING EITHER FREIGHT OR FREIGHT AND PASSENGERS INCLUDING, BUT
NOT LIMITED TO, THOSE OPERATED BY THE AUTHORITY  AND  ITS  SUBSIDIARIES,
THE  LONG  ISLAND RAIL ROAD, THE METRO-NORTH RAILROAD, THE STATEN ISLAND
RAPID TRANSIT OPERATING AUTHORITY, THE NEW YORK CITY TRANSIT  AUTHORITY,
ANY  OTHER PUBLIC AUTHORITY OR LOCAL GOVERNMENT, OR ANY PRIVATE RAILROAD
ENTITY OPERATING ON TRACKS OF THE LONG ISLAND RAIL ROAD.
  (II) THE PROVISIONS OF THIS PARAGRAPH SHALL NOT APPLY IN THE  CASE  OF
AN EMERGENCY AS DESIGNATED BY THE DEPARTMENT.
  S  2.  This  act shall take effect on the thirtieth day after it shall
have become a law.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets

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