Bill Text: NY A06109 | 2011-2012 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Requires any public authority that provides bus transportation in the county of Queens to perform a security audit on all of its bus routes.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 4-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2012-01-13 - print number 6109a [A06109 Detail]

Download: New_York-2011-A06109-Introduced.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         6109
                              2011-2012 Regular Sessions
                                 I N  A S S E M B L Y
                                     March 7, 2011
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       Introduced  by M. of A. TITUS, PHEFFER -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A.
         BOYLAND, LAVINE -- read once and referred to the Committee  on  Corpo-
         rations, Authorities and Commissions
       AN  ACT  to  amend  the  public  authorities  law, in relation to public
         authority accountability and security
         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 2933 to read as follows:
    3    S 2933. PUBLIC  AUTHORITY  ACCOUNTABILITY  AND  SECURITY.  ANY  PUBLIC
    4  AUTHORITY  WHICH  PROVIDES  SURFACE BUS TRANSPORTATION, OR CONTRACTS FOR
    5  THE PROVISION OF SURFACE BUS TRANSPORTATION, IN  THE  COUNTY  OF  QUEENS
    6  SHALL:
    7    1.  IN COOPERATION WITH THE POLICE DEPARTMENT OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK,
    8  PERFORM A SECURITY AUDIT OF ALL ITS SURFACE  BUS  TRANSPORTATION  ROUTES
    9  WITHIN  THE  COUNTY  OF QUEENS, AND SHALL MAKE A REPORT WITH RECOMMENDA-
   10  TIONS AS TO HOW IT MAY PROVIDE FOR THE INCREASED SAFETY AND SECURITY  OF
   11  ITS  RIDERS,  TO  BOTH  THE  SENATE  AND ASSEMBLY STANDING COMMITTEES ON
   12  CORPORATIONS, AUTHORITIES AND COMMISSIONS, ON OR BEFORE MARCH FIFTEENTH,
   13  TWO THOUSAND THIRTEEN; AND
   14    2. DEVELOP AND IMPLEMENT A PLAN TO INCREASE ROUTES  AND  RIDERSHIP  OF
   15  SUCH  SURFACE BUS TRANSPORTATION PROVIDED WITHIN THE COUNTY OF QUEENS BY
   16  JANUARY FIFTEENTH, TWO THOUSAND FIFTEEN.
   17    S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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