Senate Bill S6262

2017-2018 Legislative Session

Creates the New York city transit authority safety advisory panel to study and report on safety from terrorist acts

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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-S6262 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A7266
Current Committee:
Senate Transportation
Law Section:
Public Authorities Law
Laws Affected:
Add §§1204-f & 1205-b, Pub Auth L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2009-2010: A1442
2011-2012: A641
2013-2014: A2924
2015-2016: A1876
2019-2020: S2534, A3388
2021-2022: S5792, A3775
2023-2024: S2768, A9582

2017-S6262 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Creates the New York city transit authority safety advisory panel to study and report on safety from terrorist acts and to provide a moratorium on the closing of token booths and minimum staffing levels on trains operated in passenger service in the NYC transit system.

2017-S6262 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2017-S6262 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   6262
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                               May 11, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  COMRIE -- 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  creating  a
   New  York  city  transit  authority safety advisory panel to study and
   report on safety from terrorist acts and to provide for  a  moratorium
   on  the  closing of token booths and minimum staffing levels on trains
   operated in passenger service in the New York city transit system
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  Short  title. This act shall be known and may be cited as
 the "transit authority passenger security and safety act".
   § 2. The public authorities law is amended by  adding  a  new  section
 1204-f to read as follows:
   § 1204-F. MINIMUM STAFFING OF TRAINS OPERATED IN PASSENGER SERVICE. 1.
 THE  LEGISLATURE  FINDS  THAT THE PRESENCE OF TRAIN CONDUCTORS AND TRAIN
 OPERATORS ON SUBWAY TRAINS OPERATED BY  THE  AUTHORITY  IS  PARTICULARLY
 ESSENTIAL  TO  THE SAFETY OF PASSENGERS WHEN EMERGENCIES ARISE INCLUDING
 WHEN TRAINS ARE IN TUNNELS UNDER BODIES OF WATER  OR  ON  BRIDGES,  WHEN
 TRAINS  ARE  LONG  OR  COMPOSED  OF NUMEROUS CARS, AND DURING PERIODS OF
 HEAVY PASSENGER VOLUME.
   2. THE AUTHORITY SHALL INSURE THAT AT LEAST ONE TRAIN OPERATOR AND ONE
 CONDUCTOR SHALL BE DEPLOYED ON EACH AND EVERY TRAIN IN PASSENGER SERVICE
 WHICH MEETS ONE OF THE FOLLOWING CONDITIONS:
   A. THE TRAIN IS MADE UP OF MORE THAN FOUR RAILROAD CARS OR IS  GREATER
 THAN THREE HUNDRED SIXTY FEET IN LENGTH; OR
   B.  THE TRAIN SERVES PASSENGERS ON A LINE THAT PASSES THROUGH A TUNNEL
 UNDER A RIVER OR TIDAL ESTUARY OR ON BRIDGES; OR
   C. THE TRAIN IS OPERATING IN PASSENGER SERVICE ON  A  LINE  WHERE  THE
 POTENTIAL  PASSENGER LOAD ON THE TRAIN AT ANY POINT IN TIME IS IN EXCESS
 OF SEVEN HUNDRED FIFTY PASSENGERS.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD10623-01-7
              

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