New York S 2048: Requires the department of transportation to establish a central registry of reports, audits, plans and public inspections for freight rail operators, rail cars and freight lines

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S02048 Summary:

BILL NOS02048 

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SAME ASNo Same As

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SPONSORWEBB

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COSPNSRADDABBO, MAY

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Requires the department of transportation to establish a central registry of reports, audits, plans and public inspections regarding freight rail operators, rail cars and freight lines or routes and rights of way.

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BILL NOS02048 

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01/15/2025REFERRED TO TRANSPORTATION

06/09/2025COMMITTEE DISCHARGED AND COMMITTED TO RULES

06/09/2025ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.1608

06/10/2025PASSED SENATE

06/10/2025DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY

06/10/2025referred to transportation

01/07/2026died in assembly

01/07/2026returned to senate

01/07/2026REFERRED TO TRANSPORTATION

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 2048

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 January 15, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by Sens. WEBB, ADDABBO, MAY -- read twice and ordered print-
 ed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Transporta-
 tion

 AN ACT to amend the transportation law, in relation to requiring the
 department of transportation to establish a central registry of
 reports, audits, plans and public inspections for freight trains and
 freight rail lines

 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 establish a publicly available central registry of all
 4 reports, audits, plans and public inspections regarding freight rail
 5 operators, freight rail cars and train sets, freight lines or routes,
 6 and freight railroad corporation rights of way. Such reports shall
 7 include, without limitation, daily inspection reports, safety plans,
 8 track inspection reports, bridge and tunnel inspection reports, safety
 9 incident reports, and annual bridge and tunnel certifications by such
 10 railroad corporations. The commissioner or such commissioner's designee
 11 shall maintain and regularly update such registry. Provided, further,
 12 that the commissioner or such commissioner's designee may redact any
 13 records or portions thereof that are specifically exempted from disclo-
 14 sure by state or federal statute or regulation.
 15 § 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after
 16 it shall have become a law. Effective immediately, the addition, amend-
 17 ment and/or repeal of any rule or regulation necessary for the implemen-
 18 tation of this act on its effective date are authorized to be made and
 19 completed on or before such effective date.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD00359-01-5

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