New York A 3383: Establishes the freight rail safety task force

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Establishes the freight rail safety task force to review the state of freight rail safety in the state and make policy and budgetary recommendations related thereto.

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01/27/2025referred to transportation

01/07/2026referred to transportation

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 3383

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 January 27, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by M. of A. EACHUS -- read once and referred to the Committee
 on Transportation

 AN ACT in relation to establishing a freight rail safety task force; 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. 1. There is hereby established the freight rail safety task
 2 force. The purpose of such task force is to review the state of freight
 3 rail safety in the state and make policy and budgetary recommendations
 4 related thereto.
 5 2. The freight rail safety task force shall consist of 11 members as
 6 follows: the commissioner of transportation or their designee, two
 7 members appointed by the temporary president of the senate, one member
 8 appointed by the minority leader of the senate, two members appointed by
 9 the speaker of the assembly, one member appointed by the minority leader
 10 of the assembly, and four members appointed by the governor.
 11 3. The commissioner of transportation shall be designated as the
 12 chairperson of the freight rail safety task force. The members of the
 13 freight rail safety task force shall serve without compensation, except
 14 that members shall be allowed their necessary and actual expenses
 15 incurred in the performance of their duties under this act.
 16 4. The task force shall be authorized to hold public hearings and
 17 meetings, and to consult with any organization, educational institution,
 18 or other government entity or person, to enable it to accomplish its
 19 duties. Such task force shall hold at least one public hearing in the
 20 state for the purpose of soliciting public comment on freight rail safe-
 21 ty.
 22 5. To effectuate the purposes of this act, the task force may request
 23 and shall receive from any department, division, board, bureau, commis-
 24 sion, or other agency of the state or any state public authority such

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD06614-01-5

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 1 assistance, information, and data as will enable the task force to prop-
 2 erly carry out its powers and duties hereunder.
 3 6. The task force shall undertake a review of the actions and measures
 4 that are needed to ensure safe, adequate, efficient, and reliable
 5 freight rail transportation and make recommendations regarding:
 6 a. enhanced coordination between the federal, state, and local regula-
 7 tors and officials regarding freight rail regulations, including an
 8 examination into how the relevant state agencies can share necessary
 9 information related to freight rail trains and their operators includ-
 10 ing, but not limited to, inspection status, registration status, heat
 11 safety gauge and other real-time safety information, safety plans, and
 12 other metrics that can help prevent catastrophic incidents;
 13 b. the establishment and adoption of a uniform safety training program
 14 for department of transportation engineers and local regulators;
 15 c. a review of federal laws and rules as they relate to the regulation
 16 of freight rail operations and operators, including but not limited to,
 17 identification of the subject areas specifically regulated by federal
 18 laws and rules, whether and to what extent such federal laws and rules
 19 preempt state action with respect to the regulation of freight rail
 20 safety, and areas of freight rail safety regulation which are subject to
 21 oversight by the state; and
 22 d. the need fo