Bill Text: NY S00509 | 2009-2010 | General Assembly | Introduced

New York Senate Bill 509 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: Provides for the establishment of express bus service to the south shore of Staten Island.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2010-01-06 - REFERRED TO TRANSPORTATION [S00509 Detail]

Download: New_York-2009-S00509-Introduced.html

                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                          509
                              2009-2010 Regular Sessions
                                   I N  S E N A T E
                                      (PREFILED)
                                    January 7, 2009
                                      ___________
       Introduced  by  Sen.  LANZA  -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
         printed to be committed to the Committee on Transportation
       AN ACT to amend the public authorities law, in relation to the provision
         of express bus service to the south shore of Staten Island
         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 1266-i to read as follows:
    3    S 1266-I. STATEN ISLAND EXPRESS BUS SERVICE. THE AUTHORITY  IS  HEREBY
    4  DIRECTED  TO CONTINUE TO FUND AND OPERATE EXPRESS BUS SERVICE TRANSPORT-
    5  ING RIDERS BETWEEN THE  COMMUNITIES  OF  TOTTENVILLE,  RICHMOND  VALLEY,
    6  PRINCE'S  BAY,  PLEASANT  PLAINS,  CHARLESTON,  WOODROW AND ROSSVILLE IN
    7  STATEN ISLAND TO THE  DOWNTOWN  AND/OR  MIDTOWN  BUSINESS  DISTRICTS  OF
    8  MANHATTAN  ON  ALL ROUTES OPERATING SUCH SERVICE ON APRIL THIRTIETH, TWO
    9  THOUSAND NINE. THE AUTHORITY IS HEREBY DIRECTED TO  ASSUME  AND  OPERATE
   10  THE TWO EXPRESS BUS ROUTES SERVING THE COMMUNITIES OF HUGUENOT, PRINCESS
   11  BAY, WOODROW, ROSSVILLE, ANNADALE AND ARDEN HEIGHTS TO THE MIDTOWN BUSI-
   12  NESS  DISTRICT  OF  MANHATTAN AND BEING OPERATED BY ATLANTIC EXPRESS BUS
   13  COMPANY ON APRIL THIRTIETH, TWO THOUSAND TEN AND BETTER KNOWN AS  ROUTES
   14  NUMBERED X23 AND X24.
   15    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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