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SECTION 72-M*2
Emergency transportation plans
General Municipal (GMU) CHAPTER 24, ARTICLE 5
* § 72-m. Emergency transportation plans. Within sixty days after this
section becomes law any transportation authority and any city, county or
municipality operating a public transportation system and any county
within the geographical territory of any transportation authority shall
prepare and publicize a plan for transportation to be followed in the
event mass transportation services are discontinued due to a labor
dispute, fire, accident, flood, storm or any other emergency, provided,
however, that in the case of the five counties comprising the city of
New York such plan shall be filed by the city of New York. Such plan
shall designate the persons responsible for its implementation and shall
provide for designation of emergency routes for vehicular traffic,
maximum utilization of existing and emergency parking and alternative
mass transportation facilities and such other matters as such
transportation authority, city, county or municipality shall determine
appropriate.

A plan and any amendment thereto, prepared pursuant to the provisions
of this section shall be filed with the department of transportation at
its Albany office. The department shall examine the plan and determine
its feasibility. The plan shall be made available to any and all
persons, corporations, departments and agencies necessary to enable
timely publication and implementation in the event of any such
emergency.

* NB There are 2 § 72-m's