Bill Text: NY S06926 | 2023-2024 | General Assembly | Introduced


Bill Title: Requires the department of transportation to conduct a follow up inspection of any freight rail train or freight rail track audit within the state conducted by the federal railroad administration that identifies safety-related deficiencies or violations.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 5-0)

Status: (Engrossed) 2024-05-16 - referred to transportation [S06926 Detail]

Download: New_York-2023-S06926-Introduced.html



                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________

                                          6926

                               2023-2024 Regular Sessions

                    IN SENATE

                                      May 15, 2023
                                       ___________

        Introduced  by  Sen. MANNION -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
          printed to be committed to the Committee on Transportation

        AN ACT to amend the transportation law, in  relation  to  requiring  the
          department  of transportation to conduct certain follow up inspections
          of freight rail trains or freight rail tracks within the state

          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:

     1    Section 1. Section 14 of the transportation law is amended by adding a
     2  new subdivision 37 to read as follows:
     3    37.  To  conduct  a  follow up inspection of any freight rail train or
     4  freight rail track inspection within the state conducted by the  federal
     5  railroad  administration  that identifies safety-related deficiencies or
     6  violations or for corresponding freight rail trains where safety-related
     7  deficiencies or violations were reported by  regulators  in  neighboring
     8  states on routes that will subsequently travel through New York.
     9    §  2.  This  act shall take effect on the thirtieth day after it shall
    10  have become a law; provided, however, that  this  act  shall  be  deemed
    11  repealed if any federal agency determines in writing that this act would
    12  render New York state ineligible for the receipt of federal funds or any
    13  court  of  competent jurisdiction finally determines that this act would
    14  render New York state out of compliance with federal law or  regulation;
    15  and  provided  that  the commissioner of transportation shall notify the
    16  legislative bill drafting commission  upon  any  such  determination  in
    17  order  that the commission may maintain an accurate and timely effective
    18  data base of the official text of the laws of the state of New  York  in
    19  furtherance of effectuating the provisions of section 44 of the legisla-
    20  tive  law  and  section 70-b of the public officers law. Effective imme-
    21  diately, the addition, amendment and/or repeal of any rule or regulation
    22  necessary for the implementation of this act on its effective  date  are
    23  authorized to be made and completed on or before such effective date.

         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD10340-03-3
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