New York A 3069: Requires the provision of assistive listening systems in New York state public transportation terminals

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A03069 Summary:

BILL NOA03069 

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SAME ASNo Same As

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SPONSORRosenthal

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COSPNSR

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MLTSPNSR

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Add §§15-d & 15-e, Transp L

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Requires the provision of assistive listening systems in New York state public transportation terminals.

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BILL NOA03069 

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01/23/2025referred to transportation

01/07/2026referred to transportation

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 3069

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 January 23, 2025
 ___________

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

 AN ACT to amend the transportation law, in relation to requiring the
 provision of assistive listening systems in New York state public
 transportation terminals

 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 section
 2 15-d to read as follows:
 3 § 15-d. Accessible transportation system; assistive listening systems.
 4 1. All public transportation terminals including but not limited to
 5 airports, bus stations, rest areas, and railroad stations located within
 6 the state shall be equipped and maintained with an assistive listening
 7 system for use by people who are hard of hearing who require the use of
 8 such a system to improve their reception of sound. Standards for such
 9 systems shall be developed by the state fire prevention and building
 10 code council upon receiving recommendations from the advisory board on
 11 assistive listening systems in places of public assembly, and shall
 12 provide for:
 13 (a) announcements to passengers, including emergency instructions, to
 14 be captioned in real time on screens in airports and rail stations;
 15 (b) prominently display appropriate signage and using specific symbols
 16 indicating the type of assistive listening systems available; and
 17 (c) microphone systems sufficient to support a hearing-aid compatible
 18 assistive listening system. Display the universal symbol for assistive
 19 listening at ticketing and information booths and the areas where it is
 20 available.
 21 2. The commissioner is authorized to promulgate such rules and regu-
 22 lations as such commissioner deems necessary to carry out the provisions
 23 of this section.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD05286-01-5

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 1 3. The provisions of this section shall not apply to private-use
 2 airports or railroad terminals.
 3 4. All facilities subject to the provisions of this section shall have
 4 a compliant assistive listening system installed and available for
 5 public use by a date no later than thirty-six months after the effective
 6 date of this section.
 7 5. For purposes of this section:
 8 a. "airport" has the same meaning as such term is defined in subdivi-
 9 sion five of section two hundred forty of the general business law;
 10 b. "assistive listening system" shall mean situational-personal acous-
 11 tic communication equipment designed to improve the transmission and
 12 auditory reception of sound. Such system shall include but not be limit-
 13 ed to the use of standard amplitude modulation, frequency modulation,
 14 induction loop, infrared system (IR), or hard wired induction loop
 15 system;
 16 c. "private-use" refers to an airport terminal, bus station or rail-
 17 road station used exclusively by the owner thereof and persons author-
 18 ized by such owner;
 19 d. "public-use" refers to an airport terminal, bus station, rest area,
 20 railroad station or other public transportation terminal available for
 21 use by the general public without a requirement for the prior approval
 22 of the owner or operator thereof except as may be required by federal
 23 law or regulation; and
 24 e. "railroad" has the same meaning as such term is defined in section
 25 two of this chapter.
 26 § 2. The transportation law is amended by adding a new section 15-e to
 27 read as follows:
 28 § 15-e. Visual emergency