Requires the MTA to hold hearings in each county affected by proposed fare increases, major reductions of transportation and/or major service changes; does not apply to standard seasonal or holiday adjustments, temporary changes due to routine maintenance and/or temporary changes in response to emergency situations; requires the authority to hold a hearing in each county of a service area that is affected by the proposed change(s) in fares or services, provided that such hearings be limited to one hearing per calendar day.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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2642
2023-2024 Regular Sessions
IN SENATE
January 23, 2023
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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 amend the public authorities law, in relation to requirements
for metropolitan transportation authority hearings for proposed fare
increases, major reductions of transportation and/or major service
changes
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Section 1263 of the public authorities law is amended by
2 adding a new subdivision 10 to read as follows:
3 10. (a) The authority shall hold hearings in each county affected by
4 proposed fare increases, major reductions of transportation and/or major
5 service changes.
6 (b) The hearing requirements set forth in paragraph (a) of this subdi-
7 vision shall not apply to standard seasonal or holiday adjustments,
8 temporary changes due to routine maintenance and/or temporary changes in
9 response to emergency situations.
10 (c) The authority shall hold a hearing in each county of a service
11 area that is affected by the proposed change or changes in fares or
12 services, provided that such hearings be limited to one hearing per
13 calendar day.
14 § 2. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall
15 have become a law.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
LBD00747-01-3
