Bill Text: NY S01388 | 2011-2012 | General Assembly | Amended
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 5-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2012-06-21 - COMMITTED TO RULES [S01388 Detail]
Download: New_York-2011-S01388-Amended.html
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 1388--A 2011-2012 Regular Sessions I N S E N A T E January 7, 2011 ___________ Introduced by Sens. PERKINS, DILAN -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Transportation -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee 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 TWELVE AND 7 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. LBD04136-05-1 S. 1388--A 2 1 2. PHYSICAL INFRASTRUCTURE, SAFETY, CONDITION, SECURITY, AND OTHER 2 HEALTH HAZARDS. (A) ON OR BEFORE JULY FIRST, TWO THOUSAND TWELVE 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.