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Assembly Bill A8309

2017-2018 Legislative Session

Authorizes the Metropolitan Transportation Authority and the Long Island Rail Road Company to discontinue payments to Amtrak

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2017-A8309 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S6421
Current Committee:
Assembly Corporations, Authorities And Commissions
Law Section:
Metropolitan Transportation Authority
Versions Introduced in 2019-2020 Legislative Session:
A3030

2017-A8309 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Authorizes the Metropolitan Transportation Authority and the Long Island Rail Road Company to discontinue payments to Amtrak to ensure that impacted commuters are fully compensated due to unscheduled delays and cancellations caused by inadequate maintenance of the Penn Station Complex and tunnels for the period commencing March 24, 2017 through December 31, 2017.

2017-A8309 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   8309
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                               June 7, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by M. of A. SOLAGES -- read once and referred to the Commit-
   tee on Corporations, Authorities and Commissions
 
 AN ACT  in  relation  to  authorizing  the  Metropolitan  Transportation
   Authority  and  the  Long  Island  Rail  Road  Company  to discontinue
   payments to Amtrak

   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  Notwithstanding any contrary provision of law, the Metro-
 politan Transportation Authority and the Long Island Rail  Road  Company
 shall  discontinue  any and all payments to Amtrak, as needed, to ensure
 that impacted commuters are fully compensated due to unscheduled  delays
 and  cancellations  caused by inadequate maintenance of the Penn Station
 Complex and tunnels, for the period commencing March  24,  2017  through
 December  31,  2017,  unless  service is restored to ninety-five percent
 on-time performance for trains arriving and departing at  Penn  Station,
 for  a  period  of no less than one month. Any and all payments withheld
 shall be refunded to impacted commuters in the form of free  rail  tick-
 ets.
   ยง 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD11791-01-7

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