Bill Text: NY A08029 | 2023-2024 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Directs the metropolitan transportation authority and the New York city transit authority to rename the 23rd Street subway station to the 23 St-Baruch College station.

Spectrum: Strong Partisan Bill (Democrat 12-1)

Status: (Engrossed) 2024-05-23 - RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY [A08029 Detail]

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________

                                          8029

                               2023-2024 Regular Sessions

                   IN ASSEMBLY

                                   September 13, 2023
                                       ___________

        Introduced  by M. of A. EPSTEIN -- read once and referred to the Commit-
          tee on Corporations, Authorities and Commissions

        AN ACT directing the metropolitan transportation authority and  the  New
          York  city  transit authority to rename the 23rd Street subway station
          to the 23rd Street Baruch College station; and provides 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:

     1    Section  1.  Upon  a  determination by the metropolitan transportation
     2  authority or the New York city transit authority that  sufficient  funds
     3  have  been  committed to it specifically for such purpose, the metropol-
     4  itan transportation authority, the public benefit corporation created by
     5  section 1263 of the public authorities law, and the New York city trans-
     6  it authority, the public benefit corporation created by section 1201  of
     7  the  public authorities law, shall use such specifically committed funds
     8  to rename the 23rd Street subway station on the IND Sixth Avenue line of
     9  the New York city subway to the 23rd Street Baruch College station.  The
    10  metropolitan  transportation  authority  shall ensure that all signs and
    11  any other items issued by the metropolitan transportation authority  are
    12  updated  to  accurately  reflect  the new name of the station within ten
    13  months.
    14    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately and shall  expire  and  be
    15  deemed  repealed  after  the  signs  and  any other items are accurately
    16  updated. The chief executive officer of the metropolitan  transportation
    17  authority  or  president  of  the  New York city transit authority shall
    18  notify the legislative bill drafting commission upon the  completion  of
    19  such  updates  in order that the commission may maintain an accurate and
    20  timely effective data base of the official text of the laws of the state
    21  of New York in furtherance of effectuating the provisions of section  44
    22  of the legislative law and section 70-b of the public officers law.

         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD11931-01-3