New York S 3804: Establishes a state high speed rail planning board

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Establishes a state high speed rail planning board; requires the planning board to report to the governor and legislature two years from the effective date with a plan for financing of high speed rail and the organizational entity which would oversee and operate New York's high speed rail program.

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01/30/2025REFERRED TO TRANSPORTATION

01/07/2026REFERRED TO TRANSPORTATION

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 3804

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 January 30, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by Sen. PARKER -- 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 establishing a
 state high speed rail planning board

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

 1 Section 1. The transportation law is amended by adding a new article
 2 23 to read as follows:
 3 ARTICLE 23
 4 STATE HIGH SPEED RAIL PLANNING BOARD
 5 Section 490. State high speed rail planning board.
 6 491. Powers and duties of the board.
 7 492. Assistance of other agencies.
 8 § 490. State high speed rail planning board. 1. There is hereby
 9 created in the department a board, to be known as the state high speed
 10 rail planning board. Such board shall be responsible for planning and
 11 advising the department on future improvements to the state's rail
 12 systems that are necessary to implement high speed rail service in the
 13 state, including making recommendations for the best governmental struc-
 14 ture to design, build, operate, maintain and finance a high speed rail
 15 system. The board shall also be responsible for reviewing relevant
 16 recommendations as guidelines for future improvements, enhancements and
 17 additions to rail service in the state, including without limitation the
 18 New York state rail plan put forth by the department in two thousand
 19 nine, the federal Railroad Administration's high speed rail intercity
 20 passenger rail program of two thousand nine, and Amtrak's northeast
 21 corridor vision reports.
 22 2. Such board shall consist of the commissioner, the president of the
 23 Metro-North Railroad and nine other members. The governor shall appoint
 24 two members of the board upon recommendation of the temporary president
 25 of the senate and two upon recommendation of the speaker of the assem-

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD08294-01-5

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 1 bly. The governor shall appoint one member upon recommendation of the
 2 minority leader of the senate and one upon recommendation of the minori-
 3 ty leader of the assembly. The remaining three members shall be
 4 appointed by the governor without recommendation, provided, however,
 5 that at least one selection shall be a regular mass transit or passenger
 6 rail user and another selection shall represent a passenger rail advoca-
 7 cy organization. The governor may also select a non-voting member from a
 8 labor organization representing railroad employees. Board members shall
 9 be subject to confirmation by the senate. Any member appointed to a
 10 term on the board shall have experience in one or more of the following
 11 areas of expertise: transportation and railroad infrastructure projects,
 12 public administration, financing of infrastructure, engineering, law,
 13 land use, urban and regional planning, management of large capital
 14 projects, labor relations, or have experience in some other area of
 15 activity central to the mission of the board. A majority of the entire
 16 board shall select a chair from among the members.
 17 3. Board members shall be appointed within thirty days after the
 18 effective date of this article; provided, however, that after the expi-
 19 ration of the thirty day period, a majority of the appoi