Bill Text: NY A00859 | 2013-2014 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Requires cameras at all offices operating the paratransit transportation program in NYC.
Spectrum: Strong Partisan Bill (Democrat 13-1)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2014-01-08 - referred to transportation [A00859 Detail]
Download: New_York-2013-A00859-Introduced.html
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 859 2013-2014 Regular Sessions I N A S S E M B L Y (PREFILED) January 9, 2013 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. WEPRIN -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. ARROYO, BENEDETTO, BOYLAND, CASTRO, COOK, GOTTFRIED, MAISEL, MILLER, MILLMAN, MONTESANO, PERRY, RIVERA, ROSENTHAL, TITONE, TITUS -- read once and referred to the Committee on Transportation AN ACT to amend the public authorities law, in relation to the New York city paratransit transportation program THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: 1 Section 1. The public authorities law is amended by adding a new 2 section 1269-h to read as follows: 3 S 1269-H. PHOTOGRAPHS AT PARATRANSIT OFFICES. THE AUTHORITY SHALL 4 PROMULGATE RULES AND REGULATIONS REQUIRING EACH OFFICE OPERATING A PARA- 5 TRANSIT TRANSPORTATION PROGRAM TO INSTALL AND OPERATE PHOTO CAMERAS IN 6 EACH PARATRANSIT OFFICE FOR THE PURPOSE OF PHOTOGRAPHING APPLICANTS 7 ATTENDING THE REQUIRED EVALUATION. SUCH RULES AND REGULATIONS SHALL SET 8 FORTH THAT THE TAKING OF SUCH PHOTOGRAPHS AT SUCH PARATRANSIT OFFICES 9 SHALL BE FREE TO APPLICANTS. 10 S 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred twentieth day after 11 it shall have become a law. Effective immediately, the addition, amend- 12 ment and/or repeal of any rule or regulation necessary for the implemen- 13 tation of this act on its effective date is authorized to be made on or 14 before such date. EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD03922-01-3