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Assembly Bill A8076

2019-2020 Legislative Session

Establishes a moratorium on the increase in rates of railroad fares established by the metropolitan transportation authority

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2019-A8076 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S3385
Current Committee:
Assembly Corporations, Authorities And Commissions
Law Section:
Public Authorities Law
Laws Affected:
Add §1279-i, Pub Auth L

2019-A8076 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Establishes a moratorium on the increase in rates of railroad fares established by the metropolitan transportation authority until the authority has fully implemented the positive train control requirements of the federal rail safety improvement act of 2008; provides that such moratorium shall be in effect on and after January 1, 2020.

2019-A8076 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   8076
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                               May 31, 2019
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. D'URSO -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on Corporations, Authorities and Commissions
 
 AN  ACT to amend the public authorities law, in relation to establishing
   a moratorium on the increase in rates of railroad fares established by
   the metropolitan  transportation  authority;  and  providing  for  the
   repeal of such provisions upon expiration thereof
 
   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 1279-i to read as follows:
   §  1279-I. MORATORIUM ON RAILROAD FARE INCREASE; POSITIVE RAIL CONTROL
 IMPLEMENTATION. NOTWITHSTANDING ANY OTHER PROVISION OF LAW, ON AND AFTER
 JANUARY FIRST, TWO THOUSAND TWENTY, A MORATORIUM SHALL BE ESTABLISHED ON
 THE INCREASE IN THE RATES OF FARE ESTABLISHED BY THE METROPOLITAN TRANS-
 PORTATION AUTHORITY FOR ANY RAILROAD OPERATED BY THE METROPOLITAN TRANS-
 PORTATION AUTHORITY OR ANY OF ITS  SUBSIDIARIES  FOR  PASSENGERS  RIDING
 SUCH  RAILROADS  AND  SUCH  RATES OF FARE SHALL BE FIXED AT THE RATES OF
 FARE IN EXISTENCE ON DECEMBER THIRTY-FIRST, TWO THOUSAND NINETEEN.  SUCH
 MORATORIUM  SHALL CONTINUE IN EFFECT UNTIL ALL RAILROADS OPERATED BY THE
 METROPOLITAN TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY OR ANY OF  ITS  SUBSIDIARIES  HAVE
 FULLY IMPLEMENTED THE  POSITIVE TRAIN CONTROL REQUIREMENTS OF THE FEDER-
 AL  RAIL SAFETY IMPROVEMENT ACT OF 2008. UPON SUCH COMPLIANCE SUCH MORA-
 TORIUM SHALL BE LIFTED.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately and shall  expire  and  be
 deemed  repealed  when all railroads operated by the metropolitan trans-
 portation authority or any of its subsidiaries  have  fully  implemented
 the  positive  train  control  requirements  of  the federal rail safety
 improvement act of 2008; provided that
   1. the provisions of this act shall apply to rates of fare established
 by the metropolitan transportation authority on or after January 1, 2020
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD09563-03-9

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