New York S 4939: Implements combination lap safety and shoulder harness seat safety belts and requiring students use safety belts on school buses

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S04939 Summary:

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Amd §14, Transp L

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Requires the commissioner to promulgate rules and regulations requiring entities proposing construction of a new building development within one mile of a transit facility to submit environmental impact statements; defines transit facility.

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BILL NOS04939 

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02/14/2025REFERRED TO TRANSPORTATION

01/07/2026REFERRED TO TRANSPORTATION

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
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 4939

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 February 14, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by Sen. COMRIE -- 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 requiring the
 submission of environmental impact statements by entities proposing
 construction of a new building development within one mile of a trans-
 it facility

 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. (a) To promulgate, in consultation with the department of environ-
 4 mental conservation, rules and regulations requiring any entity propos-
 5 ing construction of a new building development within one mile of any
 6 transit facility to submit an environmental impact statement to the
 7 department. Such environmental impact statement shall conform with the
 8 requirements of article eight of the environmental conservation law and
 9 shall contain a thorough investigation of the underground environmental
 10 impact, including but not limited to, current and potential contribution
 11 to soil toxicity, the effects of the exploitation of geo-energy
 12 resources (such as the fracking and transmission of shale gas), geother-
 13 mal energy generation, and the sequestration of carbon dioxide.
 14 (b) For purposes of this subdivision, the following terms shall have
 15 the following meanings:
 16 (i) "Building development" shall mean the proposed construction of a
 17 road or structure.
 18 (ii) "Transit facility" shall mean a rapid transit railroad, omnibus
 19 line or any other facility or any railroad used for service in the
 20 transportation of passengers as common carriers for hire or in the
 21 transportation of the United States mail or personal property, and any
 22 portion thereof and the rights, leaseholds or other interests therein,
 23 together with the devices and appurtenances, facilities and equipment

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD05988-01-5

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 1 thereof and power plants and other instrumentalities used or useful
 2 therefor or in connection therewith. Transit facility shall include
 3 airports, bus terminals, ferry terminals and any other structure
 4 designed to effectuate or coordinate the use and accessibility of mass
 5 transportation in the state, including facilities under the authority of
 6 the metropolitan transit authority, the New York city transit authority
 7 and the port authority of New York and New Jersey.
 8 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.

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