Establishes a moratorium on the increase in rates of railroad fares established by the metropolitan transportation authority until the authority has fully implemented the positive train control requirements of the federal rail safety improvement act of 2008; provides that such moratorium shall be in effect on and after January 1, 2020.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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3385--A
2019-2020 Regular Sessions
IN SENATE
February 6, 2019
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Introduced by Sen. KAPLAN -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
printed to be committed to the Committee on Transportation -- commit-
tee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recom-
mitted to said committee
AN ACT to amend the public authorities law, in relation to establishing
a moratorium on the increase in rates of railroad fares established by
the metropolitan transportation authority; and providing for the
repeal of such provisions upon expiration thereof
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. The public authorities law is amended by adding a new
2 section 1279-i to read as follows:
3 § 1279-i. Moratorium on railroad fare increase; positive rail control
4 implementation. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, on and after
5 January first, two thousand twenty, a moratorium shall be established on
6 the increase in the rates of fare established by the metropolitan trans-
7 portation authority for any railroad operated by the metropolitan trans-
8 portation authority or any of its subsidiaries for passengers riding
9 such railroads and such rates of fare shall be fixed at the rates of
10 fare in existence on December thirty-first, two thousand nineteen. Such
11 moratorium shall continue in effect until all railroads operated by the
12 metropolitan transportation authority or any of its subsidiaries have
13 fully implemented the positive train control requirements of the feder-
14 al rail safety improvement act of 2008. Upon such compliance such mora-
15 torium shall be lifted.
16 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately and shall expire and be
17 deemed repealed when all railroads operated by the metropolitan trans-
18 portation authority or any of its subsidiaries have fully implemented
19 the positive train control requirements of the federal rail safety
20 improvement act of 2008; provided that
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
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1 1. the provisions of this act shall apply to rates of fare established
2 by the metropolitan transportation authority on or after January 1, 2020
3 for any railroad operated by the metropolitan transportation authority
4 or any of its subsidiaries for passengers riding such railroads; and
5 2. the metropolitan transportation authority shall notify the legisla-
6 tive bill drafting commission upon the occurrence of the compliance by
7 the metropolitan transportation authority with the positive train
8 control requirements of the federal rail safety improvement act of 2008
9 as provided for in this act in order that the commission may maintain an
10 accurate and timely effective data base of the official text of the laws
11 of the state of New York in furtherance of effectuating the provisions
12 of section 44 of the legislative law and section 70-b of the public
13 officers law.