Senate Bill S5555

2021-2022 Legislative Session

Establishes the Big Apple Transit Authority and the Commuter Transit Authority; repealer

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Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Transportation Committee


  • 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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2021-S5555 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A1915
Current Committee:
Senate Transportation
Law Section:
Public Authorities Law
Laws Affected:
Amd Pub Auth L, generally; amd §17-b, Transp L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2019-2020: S7840, A9850
2023-2024: S2830, A2196

2021-S5555 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to establishing the big apple transit authority and the commuter transportation authority for the purpose of providing such authorities with municipal control over the New York city subway system (Part A); relates to establishing the big apple transit authority within the New York city transit authority (Part B); relates to establishing the big apple transit authority; repeals provisions relating thereto (Part C)

2021-S5555 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2021-S5555 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   5555
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                              March 10, 2021
                                ___________
 
 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 and the  transportation  law,
   in  relation  to  establishing the big apple transit authority and the
   commuter transportation authority for the purpose  of  providing  such
   authorities  with  municipal  control  over  the  New York city subway
   system; and to repeal certain provisions of the public authorities law
   relating thereto (Part A); to amend the  public  authorities  law,  in
   relation  to  establishing  the big apple transit authority within the
   New York city transit authority (Part B); to amend the public authori-
   ties law, in relation to establishing the big apple transit authority;
   and to repeal subdivision 5 of section 553-k of the public authorities
   law relating thereto (Part C); to amend the public authorities law  in
   relation to establishing the big apple transit authority (Part D); and
   to  amend  the public authorities law, in relation to establishing the
   commuter transportation authority (Part E)
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  This  act enacts into law major components of legislation
 which establish the Big Apple Transit Authority and the Commuter Transit
 Authority. Each component is wholly contained within a  Part  identified
 as  Parts  A through E. The effective date for each particular provision
 contained within such Part is set forth in  the  last  section  of  such
 Part.  Any  provision  in any section contained within a Part, including
 the effective date of the Part, which makes a reference to a section "of
 this act", when used in connection with that particular component, shall
 be deemed to mean and refer to the corresponding section of the Part  in
 which  it  is  found.  Section  three of this act sets forth the general
 effective date of this act.
 
                                  PART A

  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

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