New York A 2016: Relates to the regulation of bus privatization contracts

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A02016 Summary:

BILL NOA02016 

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SAME ASNo Same As

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SPONSORSolages

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COSPNSRWoerner, Steck, Santabarbara, Bronson, Weprin

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MLTSPNSR

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Add §2875-c, Pub Auth L

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Requires the state comptroller to approve any attempt to privatize a public bus service by a locality.

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BILL NOA02016 

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01/14/2025referred 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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 2016

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 January 14, 2025
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 Introduced by M. of A. SOLAGES, WOERNER, STECK, SANTABARBARA, BRONSON,
 WEPRIN -- read once and referred to the Committee on Corporations,
 Authorities and Commissions

 AN ACT to amend the public authorities law, in relation to the regu-
 lation of bus privatization contracts

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

 1 Section 1. Legislative intent. The legislature hereby finds and
 2 declares that decisions to use private contractors to provide public
 3 transportation service must be based on factors which promote the public
 4 interest. To ensure that citizens of the state receive high quality
 5 transit services at low cost, with due regard for the taxpayers of the
 6 state and the needs of public and private workers, the legislature finds
 7 it necessary to regulate such privatization contracts.
 8 § 2. The public authorities law is amended by adding a new section
 9 2875-c to read as follows:
 10 § 2875-c. Regulation of privatization contracts. 1. Definitions. As
 11 used in this section, the following words shall have the following mean-
 12 ings:
 13 a. "Public transportation system" means any passenger transportation
 14 service provided by bus, which, during its hours of operation, is avail-
 15 able on an equal opportunity basis to any person, without preference for
 16 service availability, eligibility or design being given to any person or
 17 population sub-group because of age, gender, race, national origin,
 18 creed or agency client status, and which is regularly advertised and
 19 marketed as available to the general public. Nothing in this article
 20 shall be deemed to mean that the transportation services operated or
 21 provided by human or social service agencies solely for their clients or
 22 programs constitute, in and of themselves, public transportation
 23 services.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD04502-01-5

 A. 2016 2

 1 b. "Privatization contract" shall mean an agreement or combination or
 2 series of agreements by which a private person or entity agrees with a
 3 public transportation system to provide services, valued at one hundred
 4 thousand dollars or more, which are substantially similar to and in lieu
 5 of, services heretofore provided, in whole or in part, by regular
 6 employees of the public transportation system. An agreement solely to
 7 provide legal, management consulting, planning, engineering or design
 8 services shall not be considered a privatization contract.
 9 2. Requirements. a. A public transportation system shall not make any
 10 privatization contract and no such contract shall be valid unless the
 11 public transportation system complies with each of the following
 12 requirements:
 13 (1) the public transportation system shall prepare a specific written
 14 statement of the services proposed to be the subject of the privatiza-
 15 tion contract, including the specific quantity and standard of quality
 16 of the subject services;
 17 (2) the public transportation system shall include in the written
 18 statement a summary of the employees' salaries, pension benefits and
 19 health care coverage and how those salaries, pension benefits and health
 20 care coverage will be affected by the privatization contract;
 21 (3) the organization shall solicit competitive sealed bids for the
 22 privatization contracts based upon this statement;
 23 (4) the day designate