New York A 6299: Withdraws Orange county from the metropolitan commuter transportation district

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A06299 Summary:

BILL NOA06299 

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SAME ASSAME AS S04288

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SPONSORJacobson

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COSPNSREachus, Kay, Brabenec, Maher

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §1279-b, Pub Auth L

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Withdraws Orange county from the metropolitan commuter transportation district.

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BILL NOA06299 

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03/03/2025referred to corporations, authorities and commissions

01/07/2026referred to corporations, authorities and commissions

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
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 6299

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 March 3, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by M. of A. JACOBSON, EACHUS, KAY, BRABENEC, MAHER -- read
 once and referred to the Committee on Corporations, Authorities and
 Commissions

 AN ACT to amend the public authorities law, in relation to withdrawing
 Orange county from the metropolitan commuter transportation district

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

 1 Section 1. Section 1279-b of the public authorities law, as added by
 2 chapter 669 of the laws of 1986 and the opening paragraph of subdivision
 3 1, the opening paragraph of paragraph (a) of subdivision 1, and subdivi-
 4 sions 3 and 5 as amended by chapter 670 of the laws of 1986, is amended
 5 to read as follows:
 6 § 1279-b. Transition--election to withdraw from the metropolitan
 7 commuter transportation district. 1. The counties of Dutchess, Orange
 8 and Rockland shall have an option to withdraw from the metropolitan
 9 commuter transportation district and have such withdrawal take effect on
 10 either: (a) January first, nineteen hundred eighty-seven. If any such
 11 county plans to withdraw from the district on January first, nineteen
 12 hundred eighty-seven, it shall (i) no later than seventy-five days after
 13 the effective date of this section, furnish the commissioner of trans-
 14 portation, and [chairman] chair of the authority and the other counties
 15 which have an option to withdraw, a resolution adopted by the county
 16 legislature providing notice of intent to withdraw, (ii) on or before
 17 October first, nineteen hundred eighty-six, furnish to the commissioner
 18 of transportation, the [chairman] chair of the authority and other coun-
 19 ties which have an option to withdraw, a resolution adopted by the coun-
 20 ty legislature providing for a public transportation plan. For the
 21 purposes of this section, a "public transportation plan" shall mean a
 22 plan that maintains adequate and continuous public transportation
 23 services from the withdrawing county to the city of New York or any
 24 terminus previously served, provides a reasonable level of rail passen-

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD07870-01-5

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 1 ger service, provides a schedule for implementing such service, protects
 2 the public investment in the rail transportation system and any other
 3 criteria deemed necessary by the commissioner of transportation. Prior
 4 to withdrawal pursuant to this paragraph or paragraph (b) of this subdi-
 5 vision, a county must receive approval of its public transportation plan
 6 pursuant to paragraph (c) of this subdivision, (iii) on or before Decem-
 7 ber fifteenth, nineteen hundred eighty-six, furnish the commissioner of
 8 transportation, a copy of an agreement with the authority or an operator
 9 of rail passenger service for the provision of rail passenger service to
 10 and from such county and the city of New York or any terminus previously
 11 served.
 12 If a county planning to withdraw on January first, nineteen hundred
 13 eighty-seven is unable to withdraw because it could not meet the
 14 requirements of this paragraph, it may elect to withdraw pursuant to
 15 paragraph (b) of this subdivision hereafter.
 16 (b) January first, nineteen hundred eighty-eight or January first,
 17 nineteen hundred eighty-nine. If any such county plans to withdraw on
 18 either January first, nineteen hundred eighty-eight or January first,
 19 nineteen hundred eighty-nine, it shall (i) no lat