S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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I N S E N A T E
April 9, 2010
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Introduced by Sens. PERKINS, ADDABBO, PADAVAN, PARKER -- read twice and
ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on
Corporations, Authorities and Commissions
AN ACT relating to the various budgets of the metropolitan transporta-
tion authority
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, in
the event that the metropolitan transportation authority receives or has
received American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 dollars for
capital purposes and improvements, the MTA shall transfer at least 30
million dollars originally allocated to its capital budget into its
operating budget, to avert diminution in the level of service and safety
including personnel directly serving the public in the normal course of
their duties in effect and prevailing on or about January 4, 2010, and,
other than reductions caused by normal attrition of its personnel serv-
ing the public, maintain such effort throughout the state fiscal year
ending on March 31, 2011.
S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
LBD16356-03-0