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Assembly Bill A8595

2017-2018 Legislative Session

Provides for the accelerated development and installation of advanced signal and communications technologies by the metropolitan transportation authority

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2017-A8595 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S6776
Current Committee:
Assembly Corporations, Authorities And Commissions
Law Section:
Public Authorities Law
Laws Affected:
Amd Part NN §§1 & 2, Chap 54 of 2016; amd §1, Chap 54 of 2017; amd §1, Chap 55 of 2016

2017-A8595 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Provides for the accelerated development and installation of advanced signal and communications technologies by the metropolitan transportation authority.

2017-A8595 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   8595
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                               July 10, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by M. of A. RA -- read once and referred to the Committee on
   Corporations, Authorities and Commissions
 
 AN ACT to amend chapter 54 of the laws  of  2016,  amending  the  public
   authorities  law  relating to committing the state of New York and the
   city of New York to partially fund part of the costs of the  Metropol-
   itan Transportation Authority's capital program, in relation to accel-
   erating the development and installation of advanced signal and commu-
   nications  technologies;  and to amend chapter 54 of the laws of 2017,
   enacting the capital projects budget and chapter 55  of  the  laws  of
   2016, enacting the capital projects budget, in relation to funding for
   the  acceleration  of  the  development  and  installation of advanced
   signal and communications technologies by 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.  Legislative intent. The legislature hereby finds that the
 metropolitan transportation authority has 837 track  miles,  over  1,600
 mainline  switches  and  13,000  signals.    While the three most recent
 metropolitan transportation authority capital plans dedicate  more  than
 five billion dollars to signal repair and upgrades, much of this funding
 is maintaining existing signaling systems, some of which are more than a
 century  old. As ridership reaches highs last seen in the post-World War
 II years, replacing the signal system must receive the highest  priority
 to ensure a safe, efficient and reliable means of transportation.
   §  2. Section 1 and subdivision (a) of section 2 of part NN of chapter
 54 of the laws of 2016, amending the public authorities law relating  to
 committing  the  state of New York and the city of New York to partially
 fund part of the costs of the  Metropolitan  Transportation  Authority's
 capital program, are amended to read as follows:
   Section 1. This act commits the state of New York (state) and the city
 of New York (city) to fund, over a multi-year period, $10,828,000,000 in
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.

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