New York S 7829: Directs the metropolitan transportation authority to study and report on potentially hazardous structures and storage areas under elevated train tracks, and its commuter notification system

Bill Text

STATE OF NEW YORK
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7829
IN SENATE
February 25, 2020
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Introduced by Sen. COMRIE -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
printed to be committed to the Committee on Transportation
AN ACT to direct the metropolitan transportation authority to examine,
assess and report on potential hazardous structures and storage areas
under the elevated train tracks; and the commuter notification system
of such authority
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. The metropolitan transportation authority is hereby
2 directed to examine, evaluate and make recommendations relating to:
3 (a) designating and determining those structures and storage areas
4 under the elevated train tracks of such authority, which may pose a
5 hazard to the facilities, infrastructure and commuters of the metropol-
6 itan transportation authority; and
7 (b) the use and effectiveness of the commuter notification system,
8 operated by the authority, in providing timely notifications to commu-
9 ters of hazards, emergencies and changes in the provision of transporta-
10 tion and service.
11 § 2. The metropolitan transportation authority shall, within 1 year of
12 the effective date of this act, submit to the governor and the legisla-
13 ture, a report of its findings, conclusions and recommendations. Any
14 information that may be deemed classified may be omitted from the final,
15 published report at the discretion of the chair of the metropolitan
16 transportation authority.
17 § 3. All costs of implementing the provisions of this act shall be
18 borne by the metropolitan transportation authority.
19 § 4. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in (underscored) is new; matter in bracketsitalics
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
LBD05643-04-0