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Assembly Bill A8868

2017-2018 Legislative Session

Prohibits the idling of certain railroad engines in the counties of Nassau and Suffolk

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2017-A8868 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Corporations, Authorities And Commissions
Law Section:
Public Authorities Law
Laws Affected:
Add §1264-a, Pub Auth L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2009-2010: A7291
2011-2012: A7460
2013-2014: A8135
2015-2016: A8668

2017-A8868 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Prohibits the idling of certain railroad engines in the counties of Nassau and Suffolk; defines railroad; prohibits a railroad engine to idle for longer than fifteen minutes while parking, standing or stopping within two hundred feet of a residential property; authorizes the metropolitan transportation authority to impose a fine for a violation and post signs.

2017-A8868 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   8868
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             December 22, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. THIELE -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on Corporations, Authorities and Commissions
 
 AN  ACT  to amend the public authorities law, in relation to authorizing
   the metropolitan transportation authority to prohibit idling  railroad
   engines in the counties of Nassau and Suffolk

   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. The public authorities law  is  amended  by  adding  a  new
 section 1264-b to read as follows:
   §  1264-B.  ADDITIONAL  PURPOSES  OF  THE  AUTHORITY;  IDLING RAILROAD
 ENGINES IN NASSAU AND SUFFOLK COUNTIES. 1.  FOR  THE  PURPOSES  OF  THIS
 SECTION,  THE  TERM  "RAILROAD"  SHALL MEAN A PRIVATE OR PUBLIC RAILROAD
 OPERATING IN THE COUNTIES OF NASSAU AND SUFFOLK CARRYING EITHER FREIGHT,
 PASSENGERS 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 OR ANY OTHER
 PUBLIC AUTHORITY OR LOCAL GOVERNMENT.
   2. THE AUTHORITY SHALL PROHIBIT A RAILROAD ENGINE TO IDLE  FOR  LONGER
 THAN  FIFTEEN  MINUTES  WHILE PARKING, STANDING, OR STOPPING WHEN WITHIN
 TWO HUNDRED FEET OF ANY RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY.
   3. THE PROVISIONS OF SUBDIVISION TWO OF THIS SECTION SHALL  NOT  APPLY
 WHEN  (A)  THE RAILROAD IS USED TO OPERATE A LOADING, UNLOADING OR PROC-
 ESSING DEVICE; OR (B) THE RAILROAD IS PARKING, STOPPING OR STANDING IN A
 MUNICIPAL PARKING LOT.
   4. THE AUTHORITY SHALL POST SIGNS RELATING TO PROHIBITED IDLING  WHERE
 PRACTICABLE  AND  INCLUDE  THE MAXIMUM PENALTY THAT MAY BE IMPOSED FOR A
 VIOLATION OF SUBDIVISION TWO OF THIS SECTION. SUCH SIGNS SHALL BE POSTED
 AT OTHER APPROPRIATE LOCATIONS THROUGHOUT THE  COUNTIES  OF  NASSAU  AND
 SUFFOLK, AS JOINTLY DETERMINED BY THE AUTHORITY AND THE NEW YORK TRANSIT
 AUTHORITY,  INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO, LOCATIONS FOR WHICH SUCH COUN-
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.

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