Senate Bill S6229

2019-2020 Legislative Session

Relates to the appointees to the interagency coordinating committee on rural public transportation, and transportation of eligible persons residing in a rural area

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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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2019-S6229 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A8107
Current Committee:
Assembly Transportation
Law Section:
Transportation Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §73-d, Transp L; amd §365-h, Soc Serv L
Versions Introduced in 2021-2022 Legislative Session:
S1509, A1360

2019-S6229 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to the appointees to the interagency coordinating committee on rural public transportation, and transportation of eligible persons residing in a rural area.

2019-S6229 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2019-S6229 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   6229
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                               May 24, 2019
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sens. MAY, O'MARA -- read twice and ordered printed, and
   when printed to be committed to the Committee on Transportation
 
 AN ACT to amend the transportation law, in relation to  the  interagency
   coordinating  committee  on  rural public transportation; and to amend
   the social services law, in relation to the transportation of eligible
   persons residing in a rural area
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Section 73-d of the transportation law, as amended by chap-
 ter 562 of the laws of 1987, is amended to read as follows:
   § 73-d. Interagency coordinating committee on rural public transporta-
 tion. 1. There is hereby created a committee to be known as the "intera-
 gency  coordinating  committee  on  rural  public transportation", to be
 comprised of nineteen members. The commissioner or his or  her  designee
 shall  serve as chairperson. Twelve of such members shall be the follow-
 ing or his or her duly designated representative: the  director  of  the
 office for the aging; the commissioner of education; the commissioner of
 labor;  the  commissioner  of  health; the commissioner of the office of
 mental  health;  THE  COMMISSIONER  OF  THE  OFFICE  OF  ALCOHOLISM  AND
 SUBSTANCE  ABUSE  SERVICES;  the  commissioner  of the office [of mental
 retardation and] FOR PEOPLE WITH developmental disabilities; the commis-
 sioner of [social services; state advocate for the disabled] THE  OFFICE
 FOR  TEMPORARY  AND DISABILITY ASSISTANCE; THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE
 NEW YORK STATE JUSTICE CENTER FOR THE PROTECTION OF PEOPLE WITH  SPECIAL
 NEEDS;  THE  secretary  of  state;  THE  commissioner of agriculture and
 markets[; the director of the office of rural affairs] and the [director
 of the division for youth] COMMISSIONER OF THE OFFICE  OF  CHILDREN  AND
 FAMILY  SERVICES.  Six  additional  members, [all] FIVE of whom shall be
 transportation providers or consumers representing  rural  counties  AND
 ONE  SHALL  BE  A  REPRESENTATIVE OF A LABOR UNION AFFILIATED WITH RURAL
 PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS RECEIVING  PUBLIC  TRANSPORTATION  SYSTEMS
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

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