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A8309 (ACTIVE) - Details
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.
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