Senate Bill S5002

Signed By Governor
2017-2018 Legislative Session

Establishes a committee on safety within the metropolitan transportation authority

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  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2017-S5002 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A2319
Law Section:
Public Authorities Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §1263, Pub Auth L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2013-2014: S7748, A9087
2015-2016: S3875, A1963

2017-S5002 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Establishes a committee on safety within the metropolitan transportation authority.

2017-S5002 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2017-S5002 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   5002
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                               March 3, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  BAILEY -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Transportation
 
 AN ACT to amend the public authorities law, in relation to  establishing
   a committee on safety within the metropolitan transportation authority
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Paragraph (b) of subdivision  4  of  section  1263  of  the
 public  authorities  law, as amended by chapter 549 of the laws of 1994,
 is amended to read as follows:
   (b) The chairman shall establish  committees  to  assist  him  in  the
 performance  of his duties and shall appoint members of the authority to
 such committees. Among such committees, there shall be  a  committee  on
 operations  of  the  New  York city transit authority, the Manhattan and
 Bronx surface transit operating authority and the  Staten  Island  rapid
 transit  operating  authority;  a  committee  on  operations of the Long
 Island Rail Road and the metropolitan suburban bus authority; a  commit-
 tee  on  operations of the Metro-North commuter railroad; a committee on
 operations of the Triborough bridge and tunnel authority; a committee on
 finance; [and] a committee on capital program oversight; AND A COMMITTEE
 ON SAFETY. In addition to such appointed members, each of the non-voting
 members referred to in subparagraph two of paragraph (a) of  subdivision
 one  of  this  section  shall  serve on the committee on capital program
 oversight, the committee  on  finance,  THE  COMMITTEE  ON  SAFETY,  the
 committee  on  operations of the Triborough bridge and tunnel authority,
 and the operations committee  relevant  to  the  commuter  council  that
 recommended  such  member.  The  alternate non-voting members shall each
 serve on the respective operations committee relevant  to  the  commuter
 council  that recommended each member.  The committee on capital program
 oversight AND THE COMMITTEE ON SAFETY shall include not less than  three
 members,  and  shall  include the chairpersons of the committee on oper-
 ations of the New York city transit authority, the Manhattan  and  Bronx
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

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