STATE OF NEW YORK
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7618
IN SENATE
April 26, 2010
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Introduced by Sen. DILAN -- (at request of the Metropolitan Transporta-
tion Authority Inspector General) -- read twice and ordered printed,
and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Transportation
AN ACT to amend the public authorities law, in relation to requiring MTA
officers and employees to report serious misconduct to the MTA inspec-
tor general
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Section 1279 of the public authorities law is amended by
2 adding a new subdivision 8 to read as follows:
3 8. Every officer or employee of the authority, the Long Island
4 railroad, metro north railroad, metropolitan suburban bus authority, the
5 Staten Island rapid transit operating authority, the Triborough bridge
6 and tunnel authority, the New York city transit authority and its
7 subsidiary, the Manhattan and Bronx surface transit operating authority,
8 or any other agency that may come under the control of the authority, or
9 within their custody or control, must report promptly to the inspector
10 general any information concerning corruption, fraud, criminal activity,
11 conflicts of interest or abuse by another officer or employee relating
12 to his or her office or employment, or by a person having business deal-
13 ings with the authority or any of the foregoing agencies relating to
14 those dealings. The knowing failure of any officer or employee to so
15 report shall be cause for removal from office or employment or other
16 appropriate penalty. Any officer or employee who acts pursuant to this
17 subdivision by reporting to the inspector general improper governmental
18 action as defined in section seventy-five-b of the civil service law
19 shall not be subject to dismissal, discipline or other adverse personnel
20 action.
21 § 2. This act shall take effect on the sixtieth day after it shall
22 have become a law.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
LBD16101-03-0
