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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                         5754--A
            Cal. No. 976
 
                               2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                    IN SENATE
 
                                     April 28, 2017
                                       ___________
 
        Introduced  by  Sen. PERALTA -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
          printed to be committed to the Committee on Transportation --  commit-
          tee  discharged  and  said bill committed to the Committee on Rules --
          reported favorably from said committee, ordered to  a  third  reading,
          passed  by Senate and delivered to the Assembly, recalled, vote recon-
          sidered, restored to third reading,  amended  and  ordered  reprinted,
          retaining its place in the order of third reading
 
        AN  ACT  to direct the metropolitan transportation authority and the New
          York city transit authority to study aboveground  transit  infrastruc-
          ture
 
          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 and the New  York
     2  city  transit authority, in consultation with the department of environ-
     3  mental conservation and the department of health, shall conduct a  study
     4  to  examine  and  evaluate  aboveground stations, elevated trestles, and
     5  elevated subway and railway tracks owned or controlled by the  metropol-
     6  itan transportation authority, regarding, but not limited to the follow-
     7  ing determinations:
     8    (a)  review  past  renovations  to stations to determine the amount of
     9  lead paint abatement;
    10    (b) determine the degree  to  which  the  metropolitan  transportation
    11  authority  complies  with  federal  and state air quality laws and regu-
    12  lations;
    13    (c) establish recommendations to further lead paint abatement, enhance
    14  air quality controls, and to ensure protection of public health and  the
    15  environment; and
    16    (d) determine the fiscal impact of any aforementioned recommendations.
    17    The metropolitan transportation authority and the New York city trans-
    18  it  authority,  in  consultation  with  the  department of environmental
    19  conservation and the department of health, shall limit such study  to  a

         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD11263-03-7
        S. 5754--A                          2
 
     1  statistically  significant  subset of the aboveground stations, elevated
     2  trestles, and elevated subway and railway tracks to be representative of
     3  all aboveground transit infrastructure. Testing shall include  all  five
     4  boroughs,  low-income  neighborhoods, and densely populated areas of the
     5  city of New York.
     6    § 2. On or before March 1, 2018,  the  chairman  of  the  metropolitan
     7  transportation  authority  and the chairman on the New York city transit
     8  authority shall submit a written report to the governor, temporary pres-
     9  ident of the senate, speaker of the assembly and mayor of  the  city  of
    10  New  York,  with the findings and recommendations of the study conducted
    11  pursuant to section one of this act.
    12    § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.