Bill Text: NY S03385 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Amended
Bill Title: Establishes a moratorium on the increase in rates of railroad fares established by the metropolitan transportation authority until the authority has fully implemented the positive train control requirements of the federal rail safety improvement act of 2008; provides that such moratorium shall be in effect on and after January 1, 2020.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-01-08 - REFERRED TO TRANSPORTATION [S03385 Detail]
Download: New_York-2019-S03385-Amended.html
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 3385--A 2019-2020 Regular Sessions IN SENATE February 6, 2019 ___________ Introduced by Sen. KAPLAN -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Transportation -- commit- tee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recom- mitted to said committee AN ACT to amend the public authorities law, in relation to establishing a moratorium on the increase in rates of railroad fares established by the metropolitan transportation authority; and providing for the repeal of such provisions upon expiration thereof 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 1279-i to read as follows: 3 § 1279-i. Moratorium on railroad fare increase; positive rail control 4 implementation. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, on and after 5 January first, two thousand twenty, a moratorium shall be established on 6 the increase in the rates of fare established by the metropolitan trans- 7 portation authority for any railroad operated by the metropolitan trans- 8 portation authority or any of its subsidiaries for passengers riding 9 such railroads and such rates of fare shall be fixed at the rates of 10 fare in existence on December thirty-first, two thousand nineteen. Such 11 moratorium shall continue in effect until all railroads operated by the 12 metropolitan transportation authority or any of its subsidiaries have 13 fully implemented the positive train control requirements of the feder- 14 al rail safety improvement act of 2008. Upon such compliance such mora- 15 torium shall be lifted. 16 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately and shall expire and be 17 deemed repealed when all railroads operated by the metropolitan trans- 18 portation authority or any of its subsidiaries have fully implemented 19 the positive train control requirements of the federal rail safety 20 improvement act of 2008; provided that EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD09563-02-9S. 3385--A 2 1 1. the provisions of this act shall apply to rates of fare established 2 by the metropolitan transportation authority on or after January 1, 2020 3 for any railroad operated by the metropolitan transportation authority 4 or any of its subsidiaries for passengers riding such railroads; and 5 2. the metropolitan transportation authority shall notify the legisla- 6 tive bill drafting commission upon the occurrence of the compliance by 7 the metropolitan transportation authority with the positive train 8 control requirements of the federal rail safety improvement act of 2008 9 as provided for in this act in order that the commission may maintain an 10 accurate and timely effective data base of the official text of the laws 11 of the state of New York in furtherance of effectuating the provisions 12 of section 44 of the legislative law and section 70-b of the public 13 officers law.
