Bill Text: NY S01238 | 2013-2014 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Enacts the "MTA safety data reporting act"; requires the MTA to submit annual reports on assaults, including sexual assaults, attacks, injuries or deaths reported to or otherwise known to it in connection with its facilities and premises; requires a report relating to assaults, including sexual assaults, and attacks on employees and non-employees, and a report relating to physical infrastructure, safety, condition, security and other health hazards; requires separate tabulations for employees and other persons; requires recommendations to reduce such incidents.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 6-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2014-01-08 - REFERRED TO TRANSPORTATION [S01238 Detail]

Download: New_York-2013-S01238-Introduced.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         1238
                              2013-2014 Regular Sessions
                                   I N  S E N A T E
                                      (PREFILED)
                                    January 9, 2013
                                      ___________
       Introduced by Sens. PERKINS, ADDABBO, AVELLA, DILAN, HASSELL-THOMPSON --
         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 enacting  the
         "MTA safety data reporting act"
         THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section 1. Short title. This act shall be known and may  be  cited  as
    2  the "MTA safety data reporting act".
    3    S  2.  The  public  authorities law is amended by adding a new section
    4  1269-h to read as follows:
    5    S 1269-H. SUBMISSION OF REPORTS. 1. ASSAULTS AND ATTACKS ON  EMPLOYEES
    6  AND  NON-EMPLOYEES.  (A)  ON OR BEFORE JULY FIRST, TWO THOUSAND FOURTEEN
    7  AND ANNUALLY THEREAFTER, THE AUTHORITY SHALL SUBMIT TO THE GOVERNOR, THE
    8  TEMPORARY PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE, AND THE SPEAKER  OF  THE  ASSEMBLY  A
    9  REPORT OF ALL ASSAULTS, INCLUDING SEXUAL ASSAULTS, OR ATTACKS ON EMPLOY-
   10  EES  AND  PASSENGERS  AND  OTHER  NON-EMPLOYEES REPORTED TO OR OTHERWISE
   11  KNOWN TO THE AUTHORITY, WHETHER OR NOT SUCH ACTS ARE CRIMINAL, ON OR  IN
   12  CONNECTION  WITH  BUS, SUBWAY, AND TRAIN EQUIPMENT OWNED OR OPERATED, OR
   13  BOTH, BY THE AUTHORITY OR ITS SUBSIDIARIES AND ON  OR  IN  ANY  PREMISES
   14  OWNED  OR  USED,  OR  BOTH,  BY  THE  AUTHORITY  OR  ITS SUBSIDIARIES IN
   15  CONNECTION WITH SUCH BUS, SUBWAY, AND TRAIN OPERATIONS.
   16    (B) SUCH REPORT SHALL CONTAIN AT LEAST TWO SEPARATE  TABULATIONS,  ONE
   17  RELATING  TO  EMPLOYEES  OF  THE  AUTHORITY AND ITS SUBSIDIARIES AND ONE
   18  RELATING TO PASSENGERS AND OTHER  NON-EMPLOYEES.  EACH  SUCH  TABULATION
   19  SHALL  SET  FORTH  THE NUMBER OF ASSAULTS AND ATTACKS, THE CATEGORIES OF
   20  CAUSES OR ALLEGED CAUSES OF SUCH ASSAULTS AND ATTACKS, AND  THE  GENERAL
   21  LOCATIONS  WHERE  SUCH  ASSAULTS AND ATTACKS HAVE OCCURRED. IN ADDITION,
   22  SUCH REPORT  SHALL  PROVIDE  RECOMMENDATIONS  TO  AVOID  OR  REDUCE  THE
   23  FREQUENCY OF SUCH ASSAULTS AND ATTACKS.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                  LBD02699-01-3
       S. 1238                             2
    1    2.  PHYSICAL  INFRASTRUCTURE,  SAFETY,  CONDITION, SECURITY, AND OTHER
    2  HEALTH HAZARDS. (A) ON OR BEFORE JULY FIRST, TWO THOUSAND  FOURTEEN  AND
    3  ANNUALLY  THEREAFTER,  THE  AUTHORITY  SHALL SUBMIT TO THE GOVERNOR, THE
    4  TEMPORARY PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE, AND THE SPEAKER  OF  THE  ASSEMBLY  A
    5  REPORT  OF  ALL INJURIES OR DEATHS TO EMPLOYEES AND PASSENGERS AND OTHER
    6  NON-EMPLOYEES REPORTED TO OR OTHERWISE KNOWN TO THE AUTHORITY AND CAUSED
    7  OR CLAIMED TO BE CAUSED BY PHYSICAL INFRASTRUCTURE,  SAFETY,  CONDITION,
    8  SECURITY,  OR OTHER HEALTH HAZARDS IDENTIFIED BY THE AUTHORITY, ON OR IN
    9  CONNECTION WITH BUS, SUBWAY, AND TRAIN EQUIPMENT OWNED  OR  OPERATED  OR
   10  BOTH  BY  THE  AUTHORITY  OR  ITS SUBSIDIARIES AND ON OR IN ANY PREMISES
   11  OWNED OR USED,  OR  BOTH,  BY  THE  AUTHORITY  OR  ITS  SUBSIDIARIES  IN
   12  CONNECTION WITH SUCH BUS, SUBWAY, AND TRAIN OPERATIONS.
   13    (B)  SUCH  REPORT SHALL CONTAIN AT LEAST TWO SEPARATE TABULATIONS, ONE
   14  RELATING TO EMPLOYEES OF THE AUTHORITY  AND  ITS  SUBSIDIARIES  AND  ONE
   15  RELATING  TO  PASSENGERS  AND  OTHER NON-EMPLOYEES. EACH SUCH TABULATION
   16  SHALL SET FORTH THE NUMBER OF INJURIES  OR  DEATHS,  THE  CATEGORIES  OF
   17  CAUSES  OR  ALLEGED  CAUSES OF SUCH INJURIES AND DEATHS, AND THE GENERAL
   18  LOCATIONS WHERE SUCH INJURIES HAVE OCCURRED. IN  ADDITION,  SUCH  REPORT
   19  SHALL  PROVIDE  RECOMMENDATIONS TO AVOID OR REDUCE THE FREQUENCY OF SUCH
   20  INJURIES.
   21    3. DEFINITIONS. FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION,  THE  TERM  "SUBSID-
   22  IARY"  SHALL  INCLUDE  THE  NEW YORK CITY TRANSIT AUTHORITY, LONG ISLAND
   23  RAIL ROAD, LONG ISLAND BUS SERVICE, AND METRO-NORTH RAILROAD,  INCLUDING
   24  THEIR SUBSIDIARIES.
   25    S 3. This act shall take effect immediately.