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Assembly Bill A944

2013-2014 Legislative Session

Requires any renovations of mass transit or rapid transit stations by the MTA shall include facilities to expand access to include persons with disabilities

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2013-A944 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Corporations, Authorities And Commissions
Law Section:
Metropolitan Transportation Authority
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2009-2010: A7747
2011-2012: A744

2013-A944 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires any renovations of mass transit or rapid transit stations by the MTA shall include elevators, escalators or other facilities to expand access to include persons with disabilities.

2013-A944 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                   944

                       2013-2014 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                               (PREFILED)

                             January 9, 2013
                               ___________

Introduced  by M. of A. KELLNER, CLARK -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A.
  MILLMAN -- read once and referred to the  Committee  on  Corporations,
  Authorities and Commissions

AN ACT to require the metropolitan transit authority to include accessi-
  bility  in  mass  transit  and  rapid  transit  stations whenever such
  authority makes major capital improvements to such stations

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

  Section  1. Notwithstanding any law, administrative code, act, rule or
regulation to the  contrary,  the  metropolitan  transit  authority,  as
established  by  section  1263  of the public authorities law, is hereby
required to remove architectural and  communication  barriers  that  are
structural  in nature and to make alterations necessary to ensure access
by persons with disabilities in each  existing  mass  transit  or  rapid
transit  station within that portion of the metropolitan commuter trans-
portation district, as established by section 1262 of the public author-
ities law, that is within the boundaries of the city of New York,  when-
ever  such  authority  makes  alterations  to such mass transit or rapid
transit station, unless such authority can demonstrate that  such  addi-
tional alterations or removal of such architectural barriers or communi-
cation barriers would result in an undue burden.
  S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.



 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD01813-01-3

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